B-25 Mitchell WW2 USAF Bomber

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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
  • This B-25 Mitchell has undergone a white glove restoration by Paul Allen. It is nicer than new. New skins, new plexiglass. It used to fly and I've cut in flying footage from Jason at Fight to Fly Photography.
    Built in Kansas in 1944 this Mitchell never saw combat. She was used for training until 1950 then transferred to the Canadian Air Force and used by them until 1960. At that time she was sold to a company in Edmonton that used it to haul diesel up to the dew line until 1979. She was then sold again and by 1980 she was converted to a water bomber and used to fight forrest fires until 1995. At that time she was still flyable but probably needed a bunch of work. In 1999 Paul bought it and had it ferried to Chino California. It spent the next 12 years being disassembled and rebuilt to better than new. Completely recertified and flyable. It has flown many times from this museum up until Pauls death in 2019. Now she sits indoors. I believe the museum is continuing a minimum maintenance schedule on her but I'm not sure if they have run the engines lately. The new owner has not said exactly what his plans are for this plane and the other priceless aircraft in this collection. This airplane is similar to at least a dozen others at this museum where unlimited funds have been spent to restore to an operating flyable perfection condition. It's hard to describe the aircraft here. There are many that are completely perfect like this one. The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Everett Washington.

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