The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War II, and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating across four decades. Produced in numerous variants, nearly 10,000 B-25s were built.
The North American B-25 Mitchell was flown by the RCAF during and after the Second World War. The RCAF flew the B-25 Mitchell for training during the war and continued flying operations after the war, in Canada with most of 162 Mitchells received. The first B-25s had originally been diverted to Canada from RAF orders. These included one Mitchell Mk. I, 42 Mitchell Mk. IIs, and 19 Mitchell Mk. IIIs. No 13 (P) Squadron was formed unofficially at RCAF Station Rockcliffe in May 1944 and flew Mitchell Mk. IIs on high-altitude aerial photography sorties. No. 5 OTU (Operational Training Unit) at Boundary Bay, British Columbia and Abbotsford, British Columbia, operated the B-25D Mitchell in a training role together with B-24 Liberators for Heavy Conversion as part of the BCATP. The RCAF retained the Mitchell until October 1963.
No. 418 (Auxiliary) Squadron received its first Mitchell Mk. IIs in January 1947. It was followed by No. 406 (Auxiliary), which flew Mitchell Mk. IIs and Mk. IIIs from April 1947 to June 1958. No. 418 Operated a mix of Mk. IIs and Mk. IIIs until March 1958. No. 12 Squadron of Air Transport Command also flew Mitchell Mk. IIIs along with other types from September 1956 to November 1960. In 1951, the RCAF received an additional 75 B-25Js from USAF stocks to make up for attrition and to equip various second-line units.. Wikipedia and Harold Skaarup web page
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Built for USAAF as B-25D-1, serial number 41-29886.Known Squadron Assignments:
Built for USAAF as B-25D-1, serial number 41-29924.Known Squadron Assignments:
Built for USAAF as B-25D-10, serial number 41-30195.Known Squadron Assignments: 13P;413
Built for USAAF as B-25D-1, serial number 41-29877.413 (Photographic) Squadron (Ad vigilamus undis) RCAF Rockcliffe. B-25 Mitchell aircraft 894 was missing on flight from Calgary, Alberta to Penticton, British Columbia. The aircraft encountered poor weather with icing conditions, fog and low visibility and crashed in a mountainous area near Nelson, BC with no survivors
LAC WH Molyneux (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant JL MacLeod DFC (RCAF), Flying Officer AG Robertson (RCAF), Flying Officer B Cook DFM (RCAF), Flying Officer GY Lebel DFC (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman BES Bowman (RCAF), Cpl JN Sabourin (RCAF) and two Canadian civilians, husband and wife Fred and Beulah Knight were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
A massive search was undertaken, covering 30,000 square miles, which failed to find the aircraft or survivors after a search lasting four weeks
On October 7, 1952, Mr Wilf Gibbard caught sunlight glinting off a piece of aluminum high on Record Mountain, near Rossland, BC while out hunting and Mitchell 894 was finally found
No human remains were found at the crash site and the missing have no known grave. They are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial. A cairn was also erected at the crash site, October 14, 1952 to commemorate all lost in the crash
RCAF 894 was built for the USAAF as B25D-1 serial 41-29877 and converted to F-10 photo configuration before delivery to RCAF on 23 April 44. She was part of the "˜Photographic Flight,' later known as No. 413 (P) Squadron, from RCAF Rockcliffe, Ontario with tri-camera survey installation. She operated in British Columbia in late 1947 until lost
The last flight of Penticton-bound RCAF Mitchell 894 I iNFOnews I ...
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Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30267. To Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 9 August 1951. To North West Industries at Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and inspection 28 January to 8 May 1953. To stored reserve with No. 25 Air Material Base when completed. Back to North West Industries on 20 November 1953, for inspection by Air Material Command representative.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30393. May have initially been a Mk. 3PT. Fitted with APG 40 radar, exact date uncertain. To No. 25 Air Material Base in August 1951. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for prototype modifications, from 13 September 1951 to 26 June 1952. To Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan when completed, delivered there on 3 October 1952. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 31 December 1954. Back to Training Command on 21 April 1955. To workshop reserve at Lincoln Park on 11 July 1955. To Hughes Aircraft in the US on 2 August 1955, for modification to TB-25M configuration, probably designated Mk. 3AIA from that time. To Air Defence Command on 2 May 1956, for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. To Training Command on 17 December 1957, for use by No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To Bristol Aerospace for modifications, back to No. 2 AOS on 29 January 1958. To Bristol again for completion of modifications and installation of Stromberg carburetors, back to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve at Lincoln Park on 21 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N92873. To Stanley T. Edwards of Northville, Michigan in September 1962. To Robert A. Ball of Flint, Michigan in November 1962. To Carolina Aircraft Corp. of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in August 1964. To Greene International Food Co. of Arlington, Maine in September 1964. To C.I.T. Corp. of Boston, Maine in November 1964. To W. F. Waugh of Arlington in November 1964. To I.J. Banta of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in August 1965, still with this owner in 1970. Registered as N522DB by then, but reported out of service in 1971, and this registration re-allocated in 2007.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30812? NOTE: USAF serial has been corrected on History card, might be 44-30882 or 44-30842. Issued to Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 9 August 1951. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton on 10 November 1952, for modifications and major inspection. Delivered there on 19 November 1952. To Training Command on 30 December 1952. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, 17 April to 27 November 1958. Back to Training Command for use by No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960. To stored reserve at Lincoln Park on 2 February 1961. To storage with No. 6 Repair Depot at Dunnville, Ontario from 13 July 1961. Pending disposal there from 4 February 1963. Sold into US. May have been registered as N92890, which was exported to Venezuela in 1963.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-86724. Issued to Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 9 August 1951. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta from 10 November to 30 December 1952, for modifications and major inspection. To Training Command when completed, for use by Flying Instructors School at Trenton. To Bristol Aerospace for modifications, 17 April 1958. To Central Flying School at Trenton on 10 March 1959. With this unit when it moved to RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 27 May 1959. Noted "for disposal" on 5 January 1961. Pending disposal at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta from 17 March 1961. Sold to Avaco Services of Salmon Arm, BC. To civil register as CF-NTU. Ferried to Kamloops, BC in 1962, stored outside, derelict, until at least 1971. To Canadian Forces for restoration in 1974, displayed at CFB Winnipeg by 2002.Known Squadron Assignments: 1AFS
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-86820. Issued to Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 9 August 1951. To North West Industries in Edmonton for major inspection, 10 November to 30 December 1952. To stored reserve at No. 25 Air Material Base when completed. Issued to Training Command on 24 June 1953. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft at Winnipeg on 27 January 1955. To No. 1 Advanced Flying School at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan next day. Seen at Dorval airport in October 1957. Flying Officer T.W. Clark reported killed in this aircraft on 21 February 1958, no details. To Bristol Aerospace at Winnipeg on 17 April 1958 for modifications. To Training Command at Saskatoon on 14 October 1958. To RCAF Station Winnipeg on 26 November 1958. To Inactive Reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 27 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewiston, Montana. To US civil register as N92874. To Atlantic Trading Corp. of West Palm Beach, Florida in October 1962, registered as N232S. To Walter Quick Freeze Corp. of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands in March 1963. To Santiago Perez & Ronald Chase of Miami, Florida in November 1965. To Paramount Aquarium Inc. of Vero Beach, Florida in March 1966. To Jets International of Coconut Grove, Florida in August 1966. To Transportes Aereos Bolivianos of La Paz, Bolivia in March 1967. To F. Garcia/Transportes Aereos Bolivianos, La Paz, Bolivia in April 1967. Registered as CP-808. Crashed at Itagua, Bolivia, on 19 April 1967, repaired. To Servicios Aeros Bolivianos Bolivariana de Aviacon-Bolivariana, La Paz, Bolivia in 1972. Crashed on 21 November 1977.1 Advanced Flying School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Flying Officer T W Clark (RCAF) had returned to base having just completed an efficiency check flight in Mitchell 3PT aircraft 5204, when upon disembarking from the aircraft, slipped and fell into the spinning left propeller. Seriously injured, Flying Officer Clark was rushed to hospital but succumbed to his injuries before going into surgery. No other crew members were injured in this accident
Flying Officer Clark had also served in the RCAF during the Second World War
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Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-86879. Issued to Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 9 August 1951. To North West Industries in Edmonton for inspection and modifications, 25 January to 8 May 1953. To storage at No. 24 Air Material Base when completed. Back to North West on 20 November 1953, for inspection by Air Material Command representative.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-15/17-NC serial number 44-28847. Issued to Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 9 August 1951. To North West Industries in Edmonton for inspection and modifications, 28 January to 8 May 1953. To storage at No. 24 Air Material Base when completed. Back to North West on 20 November 1953, for inspection by Air Material Command representative.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30391. To North West Industries in Edmonton for modifications and major inspection, 10 November 1952 to 30 December 1952. To Training Command when completed. Delivered to Flying Instructors School at RCAF Station Trenton on 24 March 1953. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta, then to No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 8 August 1957. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, back to No. 2 AOS on 15 November 1957. To Bristol again, 18 November 1958 to 20 February 1959, for fitment of modified Holly carburetor air scoop. To Inactive Reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta from No. 2 AOS on 21 September 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. Registered as N92888, reported out of service by end of 1963. NOTE: some sources also report this US serial number going to Netherlands East Indies AF, their serial N5-257.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30304. Issued to Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 9 August 1951. To North West Industries in Edmonton for inspection and modifications, 28 January to 8 May 1953. To storage at No. 24 Air Material Base when completed. Back to North West on 20 November 1953, for inspection by Air Material Command representative.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30402. Issued to Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 9 August 1951. To North West Industries in Edmonton for inspection and modifications, 15 December 1952 to 8 May 1953. To storage at No. 24 Air Material Base when completed. Back to North West on 20 November 1953, for inspection by Air Material Command representative.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-30935. Received from Hughes Aircraft, Culver City, California. To North West Industries in Edmonton for modifications and major inspection, 27 February to 12 June 1953. To No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at North Bay when completed. To Training Command on 4 March 1954, for use by No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 25 September 1958.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAAF B-25J-25/27-NC Mitchell 44-30254. Received from Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California. To North West Industries in Edmonton for modifications and major inspection, 2 to 26 February 1953. To Air Defence Command at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario when completed, delivered there on 1 May 1953. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg on 17 August 1954 for rewiring of ADG33 armament system, and installation of AN/APX-6 transponder. To Training Command on 29 February 1956, for use at No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, back to No. 2 AOS on 12 August 1957. To Bristol again for installation of Stromberg carburetors, back to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To Inactive Reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 9 December 1960. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Cascade Drilling Company of Calgary, Alberta. To civil register as CF-MWC. Still airworthy 1976, used as a diesel tanker by Northwestern Air Lease of St. Albert, Alberta. To G&M Aircraft of St. Albert on 28 April 1981, used as fire bomber #2, later #337. Deleted from Canadian register on 19 June 1995. To Vintage Wings of Arlington, Washington on 28 June 1995, registered as N41123. To Flying Heritage Collection of Bellevue, Washington on 22 February 1999. Delivered to Chino, California for restoration in May 1999. Later to Aero Trader in Chino, still undergoing restoration in 2002. Registered to Vulcan Warbirds of Seattle, Washington on 12 May 2004.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-30947. Received from Hughes Aircraft at Culver City, California. To North West Industries in Edmonton for modifications and major inspection, 27 February to 25 April 1953. To Air Defence Command at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario when completed. To long term storage at No. 6 Repair Depot on 24 April 1955. To workshop reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot on 6 February 1957, for modifications. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 29 July 1957. To RCAF Station Winnipeg on 31 March 1958. To Bristol again on 9 June 1958 for installation of modified Holly carburetor air scoop, and prototype installation of AN/APX25A(?). To No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 24 September 1958. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 9 December 1960. Pending disposal there from 22 February 1961. Sold to Cascade Drilling of Calgary, Alberta. To civil register as CF-NTP. This registration re-assigned by 1975. Also reported on US register as N92880, out of service by end of 1964.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30479. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. To Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 1 December 1951. To Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 7 January 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 6 October to 8 November 1952. Back to Training Command when completed. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta for minor inspection on 19 August 1954. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including APG40 radar, on 23 September 1954. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To Air Defence Command on 22 June 1955, for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg on 17 December 1957 for modifications. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 20 May 1958. To Bristol again for installation of Stromberg carburetors, back to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960. Stored at Claresholm, Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Cascade Drilling of Calgary, Alberta. Later to US register as N8012, out of service by 1965.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30481. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. To storage with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 1 December 1951. To Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 7 January 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 6 October to 8 November 1952. To Training Command when completed, delivered to Saskatoon on 22 December 1952. To workshop reserve at Lincoln Park on 19 August 1954, for minor inspection. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including APG40 radar, on 23 September 1954. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To Air Defence Command on 22 June 1955, for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. Seen at Malton, Ontario in October 1957, coded "JF*214". To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba on 17 December 1957. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, back to No. 2 AOS on 4 February 1958. To Bristol again for installation of Stromberg cerebrates, back to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960. Stored at Claresholm, Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Camper(?) Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: ;CEPE;Air
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30485. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. To storage with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 1 December 1951. To Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 7 January 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 10 November 1952 to 27 January 1953. To storage at No. 25 Air Material Base when completed. Assigned to Central Experimental and Proving Establishment on 18 April 1953, for use at CARDE (Canadian Armament Research and Development Centre) at Valcartier, Quebec. Delivered to Valcartier on 5 May 1953, by No. 129 (A&F) Flight. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 15 July 1955, for various modifications, including installation of MN53 marker beacon system and replacement of 8 channel VHF with ARC502, and insulation of bomb bay and crew space. To CEPE at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario when completed. Struck off by this unit, possibly following an accident on 2 March 1957.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-86731. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. To storage with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 1 December 1951. To Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 7 January 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for major inspection and modifications, 26 September to 20 November 1952. To Training Command when completed, delivered to AFS at Saskatoon on 31 October 1952. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg for repairs, 27 January to 26 May 1955. To ready reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, and storage at Carberry, Manitoba on 26 May 1955, pending availability of a centre section for further repairs.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30483. With Advanced Flying School at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 26 January 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications, 25 September to 31 October 1952. Back to AFS at Saskatoon when completed. To RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta for minor inspection on 19 August 1954. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including APG40 radar, on 23 September 1954. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To Air Defence Command on 22 June 1955, for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. Coded "JF*217 while there. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, then to Training Command for use by No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for repairs and modifications, back to No. 2 AOS on 17 December 1957. To Bristol again for installation of Stromberg carburetors, back to No. 2 AOS on 27 August 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 21 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N3504G. To Chile as CC-CLK, reported out of service by 1963.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-31504. To storage with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 1 December 1951. To Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 26 January 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 6 October to 8 November 1952. Back to Training Command when completed. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 17 April 1958. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 20 February 1959. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960. Stored at Claresholm, Alberta, pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Cansfer(?) Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta. Registered to A.J. Warlick & J.E. Kowing of Seattle, Washington in November 1961 as N9753Z. To Flair, Inc. of Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii in May 1963. Delivered to Honolulu from San Francisco, CA for use in film "In Harms Way", shot in Hawaii in 1965. To Technical Trade School at Honolulu Airport from 1971 to 1974. To Pacific Aerospace Museum in Honolulu from 1977 to 1993. Also reported with USAF Museum, Hickam AFB, Hawaii from 1977 to 2002. Displayed in USAAF markings. Later moved to Ford Island, Hawaii.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC, serial number 44-30478. To storage with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 21 November 1951. To Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 7 January 1952. Category B crash at Saskatoon on 26 June 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 30 June 1952, for repairs and winterization modifications. Back to Advanced Flying School on 9 March 1953. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including installation of APG40 radar, on 23 September 1954. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To Air Defence Command on 22 June 1955, for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. To Training Command on 17 December 1957, for use by No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg. To Bristol Aerospace for modifications, back to No. 2 AOS on 8 April 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960, stored at Claresholm, Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec(?) Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta. To US civil register as N9754Z. Used in movie "In Harm's Way", shot in Hawaii in 1965. Converted to resemble a Douglas A-20 Havoc for the movie "Tora Tora Tora", released in 1970. Severely damaged during filming, scrapped by 1969.Known Squadron Assignments: ;412;Air
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-86729. To storage with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 21 November 1951. To Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 7 January 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta 2 November to 19 December 1952, for modifications and major inspection. To Training Command when completed, delivered to No. 1 Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon by No. 129 (A&F) Flight on 22 April 1953. Fitted with solid nose, highly polished finish, and VIP interior from 6 September 1956, at No. 6 Repair Depot at Trenton. Operated by No. 412 (T) Squadron from RCAF Station Uplands from 9 October 1956. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for fitment of dual ARN6 radio compasses, back to 412 Squadron on 20 June 1957. Redesignated Mk. 3ST on 17 March 1958. To Bristol again, back to 412 Squadron on 16 January 1959. To No. 6 Repair Depot for wiring modifications, back to 412 Squadron on 23 September 1959. Destroyed during crash landing at Milwaukee, USA following propeller run away on 19 April 1960. All 6 on board killed, including A/C J.G. Stephenson OBE, AFC, CD..412 RCAF Air Transport Command (Falcon) Squadron, Uplands, Ottawa. B-25 Mitchell III aircraft 5220 had just taken off from Milwaukee airport with an intended destination of Truax Field Air National Guard Base at the Dane County Regional Airport near Madison, Wisconsin. However, with one engine out of control and with a over-speeding propeller, the Mitchell was forced to turn back. Tragically, it crashed into the Milwaukee Harbour of Lake Michigan, 1 mile off shore, three miles short of the runway at Billy Michell Field, Milwaukee. All six crew members on board the aircraft perished in the accident
Air Commodore JG Stephenson OBE AFC CD (RCAF), Wing Commander GW Kusair DFC CD (RCAF), Flyong Officer RP Howard (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant DE Dyck (RCAF), Sergeant LUJ Bisson (RCAF) and Leading Aircraftman NA Porteus (RCAF) were all killed in the crash
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Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-86735. To Training Command on 21 November 1951. Delivered to storage at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 24 January 1952. Issued from storage on 31 March 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton for modifications and major inspection on 7 April 1952. To Training Command at Saskatoon on 25 August 1952. Category A crash at Winnipeg on 21 February 1957. Aircraft was arriving from Vancouver, BC and ran out of fuel on appraoch due to faulty fuel gauge, plus higher than expected fuel consumption. Came to rest with nose inside a house in St. James neighbourhood of Winnipeg. Pilot was later court marshalled, found guilty of unlawfully deviating from authorized orders, failing to make a refueling stop at Rivers, and failing to take appropriate landing action on approaching the WinnipegKnown Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-31506. To storage with Training Command on 15 January 1952, delivered to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 30 January 1952. Issued from storage on 18 February 1952. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection on 31 October 1952, delivered there on 10 November 1952. To Training Command on 27 November 1952. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including installation of APG40 radar, on 2 August 1955. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 2 May 1956. To serviceable reserve there on 6 February 1957. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 26 April 1957. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 17 December 1957. To Bristol again for further modifications including installation of Stromberg carburetors, back to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 21 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 May 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N92877, reported destroyed in 1966.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J, probably serial number 44-86738 (note: History Card lists both 44-86738 and 44-86735, both crossed out). To storage with Training Command on 15 January 1952, delivered to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 30 January 1952. Issued from storage on 18 February 1952. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection on 6 October 1952, delivered there on 10 November 1952. To Training Command on 8 November 1952. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 11 July 1955. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including installation of APG40 radar, on 2 August 1955. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To Air Defence Command at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta on 2 May 1956. To Training Command on 17 December 1957, for use at No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To Bristol Aerospace for retrofit, back to No. 2 AOS on 8 April 1958. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 23 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N92878. Exported to Venezuela in 1963.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-86727. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications, winterization, and major inspection on 15 January 1952. To Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 10 July 1952. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 17 April 1958. To No. 1 Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 31 October 1958. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 26 November 1958. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 21 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N92875. To South West Air Contractors of Deming, New Mexico in September 1962. To Meteorology Operations Inc. of Hollister, California in April 1968. To A. W. McDonnell of Mojave, California in May 1973. To L. Sansom of Daytona Beach, Florida in October 1978. To USMC Museum at MCAS Quantico, Virginia c.1976 to 1979, displayed as USAAF 43-28217, marked as 328217. Displayed at MCAS El Toro, California, 1987 to 1999. To USMC Museum at MCAS Miramar, California in 1999. To Flying Leather Necks Aviation Museum at MCAS Miramar in 2002, still there 2004. Displayed outside, marked as a PBJ-1J.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC, serial number 44-30475. To storage with Training Command on 15 January 1952. Issued from storage on 18 February 1952. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications, winterization, and major inspection on 7 April 1952. Assigned to Training Command on 1 October 1952. Delivered to Saskatoon by "A&FF Calgary" on 24 October 1952. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta for minor inspection on 19 August 1954. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including installation of APG40 radar, on 23 September 1954. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To Air Defence Command for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta on 22 June 1955. To Training Command on 17 December 1957, for use by No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To Bristol Aerospace for modifications, back to No. 2 AOS on 8 April 1958. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 21 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N92884. To Venzuelan Air Force in 1963.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-31494. Delivered to storage at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 30 January 1952. Issued from storage on 18 February 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 14 July to 24 October 1952. To Training Command when completed, for use by No. 1 Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 17 April 1958. To Training Command at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 27 November 1958. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 21 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N92885. To Venezuelan Air Force in 1963.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-86736. Delivered to storage at No. 25 Air Material Base. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 7 April 1952. To Tactical Group on 23 April 1952, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton, Alberta. Back to North West for further modifications on 15 September 1952, to 418 Squadron when completed. To Training Command on 19 August 1954, for use by No. 1 Advanced Flying School at RCAF Station Saskatoon. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park on 11 July 1955. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including installation of APG40 radar, on 2 August 1955. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg on 3 May 1956, for modifications of the wing to fuselage attachment frame, and prototype installation of ignition analyzer. To Central Experimental and Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario on 1 October 1957. Back to Bristol in April 1958 for installation and testing of modified carburetor air scoop, then to No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 2 September 1958. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 21 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N92886. To Venezuelan Air Force in 1963.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-31399. Delivered to storage with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To No. 25 Air Material Base on 5 March 1952 To Tactical Group on 25 April 1952, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton, Alberta. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection on 24 October 1952. Back to 418 Squadron on 21 January 1953. To Training Command on 19 August 1954, for use by No. 1 Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon. To Bristol Aerospace at Winnipeg on 17 April 1958, for modifications. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 12 January 1959. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960, stored at nearby Claresholm, Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Avaco Services of Salmon Arm, BC. Later to civil register as CF-NTV. This registration re-assigned in 1965. Stored outdoors at Kamloops, BC for many years, seen there as late as 1974.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-86730. Delivered to stored reserve with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 30 January 1952. Issued from storage on 18 February 1952, for use at Saskatoon. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection on 31 October 1954. Back to Training Command on 27 November 1952. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, to No. 1 Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon on 22 January 1958. Category B crash on 3 July 1958. Assigned to RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 24 July 1958.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-20/22-NC serial number 44-29128. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. Assigned to stored reserve with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 30 January 1952, delivered there on 20 February 1952. To storage at No. 25 Air Material Base on 27 February 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection on 17 April 1952. Back to Training Command at Saskatoon on 10 September 1952. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 11 July 1955. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including installation of APG40 radar, on 2 August 1955. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta on 2 May 1956. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 17 December 1957. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 20 March 1958. Back to Bristol for installation of Stromberg carburetors, returned to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve with Lincoln Park on 7 October 1960, stored at Claresholm. Pending disposal there from 4 October 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N92872. To R. M. Egeland of Missoula, Montana in April 1962. To Air Cargo Enterprises of Pocatello, Idaho in October 1962. Back to R.M. Egeland in February 1963. To Midwest Aviation of Portland, Oregon in March 1964. Back to R.M. Egeland again in July 1964. To Lebate Corp. of Culver City, California from 1966-1970. To Museum of Technology, Mexico City, 1972. Reported displayed on a pole at Technical Museum, Chapultepec Park, Mexico City in 2002.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-86726. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. Assigned to storage with Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, delivered there on 20 February 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection on 14 July 1952. Back to Training Command at Saskatoon on 1 October 1952. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 17 April 1958. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 23 March 1959. To inactive reserve with Lincoln Park on 7 October 1960, stored at Claresholm. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1962. Sold to Skyline Development of Calgary, Alberta. To civil register as CF-NTP. This registration re-assigned in 1964. Displayed at Belmore's Altamont Museum in Coutts, Alberta, 1981 to 1988. Displayed, unrestored, at Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta from 1992.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-86697. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. To stored reserve at No. 25 Air Material Base on 5 March 1952. To North West Industries on 14 May 1952 for modifications and major inspection. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment on 25 June 1952, for use at Canadian Armament Research Establishment at Valcartier, Quebec. May have been designated as Mk. 3U while there, perhaps unofficially. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 24 April 1953, for modifications and major inspection. To storage at No. 25 Air Material Base on 15 July 1953. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at Trans Canada Airlines on the same day, for "purpose of surveying maintenance problems". To Training Command on 19 August 1954 for use by No. 1 Advanced Flying School at RCAF Station Saskatoon. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 17 April 1958. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 12 January 1959. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 21 September 1961. Pending disposal there from 23 November 1961. Sold to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. To US civil register as N62163, then to Venezuelan Air Force as FAV 0953. Back to US register as N62163. Reported operational at Kissimmee, Florida c.2000.Known Squadron Assignments: ;3
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-86733. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. To stored reserve at No. 25 Air Material Base on 5 March 1952. To Tactical Group on 25 April 1952, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 15 September 1952. Back to 406 Squadron on 3 November 1952. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 May 1954. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot on 20 July 1954. To Hughes Aircraft for modification to TB-25M configuration, including installation of APG40 radar, on 24 September 1954. Probably redesignated Mk. 3AIA at this time. To Air Defence Command at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta on 22 June 1955, for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit. Category A crash at Cold Lake on 19 July 1955. Flight Lieutenant H.A.K. Fisher killed. Scrapped on site by 10 August 1955, by crews from Lincoln Park and Canadian Pacific Airlines.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-86725. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. Delivered to RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan by No. 6 Repair Depot crew on 20 February 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection on 31 October 1952. To Training Command on 19 December 1952, for use by No. 1 Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, 22 January to 12 June 1958. Back to Saskatoon when completed. To Bristol again from 18 November 1958 to 14 April 1959, for fitment of modified Holley carburetors and air scoops. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg when completed. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Uplands on 14 May 1959. Still there on 10 April 1961. To storage with No. 6 Repair Depot at Dunnville, Ontario on 26 September 1962. Pending disposal from 4 February 1963. Sold to C.L. Woods of Lewistown, Montana. To Bellomy Aviation of Miami, Florida in October 1963. On US civil register as N92889, dates not known. To FAV (Venezuelan AF) in December 1963 as 5880. Later to FAB (Bolivian AF) as FAB 541, later TAM541. Displayed as gate guardian at La Paz, Bolivia. Returned to USA and restored by C.A. Bird from July 1984. Registered as N25NA in May 1985, to Doan Helicopters Inc. of New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Force-landed in Everglades near Titusville on 2 April 1987 following failure of both engines, recovered and under restoration from 1992. To Jim Morgan of Salem, Oregon in November 1996. Flown marked as USAAF 486725, "Super Rabbit". Still active in 2008.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-86699. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. Taken on strength at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 10 November 1952, for modifications and major inspection. Back to Training Command on 30 December 1952, for use at Flying Instructors School at Trenton. Served with No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, coded "QP*244" in 1950s, exact dates unknown. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg on 17 April 1958. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 4 March 1959. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario on 25 October 1960. Still there on 10 April 1961. To active reserve with No. 6 Repair Depot at Dunnville, Ontario on 20 September 1962. To inactive reserve there on 1 February 1963. To workshop reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot on 11 February 1964. To museum at Rockcliffe, Ontario on 8 May 1964. With National Museum of Science and Technology in 1970s. Restored to RAF 98 Squadron markings at National Aviation Museum by 1982, still there 2002. Reported on US civil register in 1977 as N62163, registered to Tri Con Group, but this is actually ex 44-86697.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-31491. Received from USAF at Mobile, Alabama. Taken on strength at MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 15 September 1952, for modifications and major inspection. To Tactical Air Group on 19 March 1953, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Delivered to Saskatoon on 27 March 1953. To stored reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 May 1954. Back to Saskatoon on 19 August 1954, for use by No. 1 Advanced Flying School. To RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 28 August 1956, for use by Central Flying School. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 7 April 1958. Back to CFS on 31 October 1958. Still with this School when it moved to Saskatoon on 27 May 1959. Pending disposal, in storage at Lincoln Park, from 17 March 1961. Sold to Cascade Drilling of Calgary, Alberta. Sold October 1963 to Bellomy Aviation of Miami, Florida, registered as N8013. Sold to Intercontinental Trading Corporation in 1964, reported as exported in 1967. Reportedly used by Biafran Air Force in Biafran civil war from 1969.Known Squadron Assignments: ;1
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-31346. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 15 January 1952, for winterization modifications and major inspection. Delivered there on 10 March 1952. To Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 10 July 1952, for use by No. 406 Squadron. Went missing from Saskatoon on 29 January 1953, search called off on 5 March 1953. Wreckage later located in Rockie Mountains above Pitt Lake in fall of 1954, no survivors. Was being operated by No. 1 Advanced Flying School, on a cross country training flight to Sea Island, when it crashed. Flying Officer M.D. Hill, Flying Officer J.W. McIntosh, and Flying Officer E.D. Thygesen killed. Wreckage still on site in 2009.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC, serial number 44-86728. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 15 January 1952, for winterization modifications and major inspection. Delivered there on 3 April 1952. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Namao, Alberta on 9 September 1952. Back to NWI from 1 April to 30 April 1953, for repair of corroded wing attachment flange and prototype installation of engine crankcase breather. Back to CEPE at Namao when completed. To Training Command on 19 August 1954, for use by No. 1 Advanced Flying School at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta for repairs to rib bolts and braces, then to No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba from 26 March 1957. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 17 April 1958, back to No. 2 AOS on 27 November 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960, stored at Claresholm, Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Avaco Services of Salmon Arm, BC. Reported derelict at Kamloops, BC in 1970s, registered as CF-NTW. Scrapped by 1973.Known Squadron Assignments:
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Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-31493. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 3 June 1952. To Training Command on 10 September 1952, for use by Central Flying School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Back to NWI for further modifications. To Training Command at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 13 January 1955. To Bristol Aerospace for modifications, to RCAF Station Winnipeg on 31 March 1958. Back to Bristol on 9 June 1958, for installation of modified Holley carburetors. To Saskatoon on 4 October 1958, for use at No. 1 Advanced Flying School. To No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 26 November 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960, stored at Claresholm, Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Avaco Services of Salmon Arm, BC. Later to civil register as CF-NTX. This registration re-assigned in 1964. Reported derelict at Kamloops, BC airport in 1974.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-30484. Received from Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California. Delivered to RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 17 June 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 27 April 1953. To Air Defence Command on 12 June 1953, for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit. To stored reserve with No. 6 Repair Depot on 29 April 1955. To No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba on 16 June 1955. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg on 12 August 1957. To RCAF Station Winnipeg on 31 March 1958. Back to Bristol on 9 June 1958, for fitment of modified Holley carburetors. To No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 19 September 1959. To stored reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 27 November 1959. To active reserve at Claresholm, Alberta on 2 February 1961. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Cascade Drilling of Calgary, Alberta. Later that year to Woods Body Shop of Lewistown, Montana. Registered as N92882. To A&A Enterprises of Bozeman, Montana in April 1963. Noted impounded at Port-au-Prince, Haiti in March 1974. Reported derelict there in 1976. May have still been at Port-au-Prince as late as 1994.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC , serial number 44-30315. Received from Hughes Aircraft at Culver City, California. Delivered from No. 6 Repair Depot to RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 12 June 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 2 to 26 February 1953. Back to ADC at North Bay when completed. To Training Command on 4 March 1954, for use at No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 25 September 1958. Noted as "for disposal" on 11 January 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC , serial number 44-30714. Received from Hughes Aircraft at Culver City, California. Delivered from No. 6 Repair Depot to RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 12 June 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 27 February to 31 July 1953. Back to ADC at North Bay when completed. To No. 6 Repair Depot for storage on 29 April 1955. To workshop reserve at No. 6 RD for modifications on 6 February 1957. Scheduled for retrofits at Bristol Aerospace in July 1957, but apparently cancelled. Pending disposal at No. 6 RD from 28 April 1960. Sold to Aircraft Parts & Supply of Montreal, Quebec.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC, serial number 44-30317. Received from Hughes Aircraft at Culver City, California. First used at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 27 April to 31 July 1953. To Training Command when completed, for use by No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 15 October 1958. Noted as "for disposal" on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC, serial number 44-30612. Delivered to Ancienne Lorette, Quebec on 19 June 1952, for use by Central Experimental & Proving Establishment detachment working with the Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment (CARDE) at Valcartier, Quebec. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 18 June to 30 July 1953. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment CARDE detachment when complete. To No. 2 Air Navigation School, RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. Coded "SV*254". Assigned to serviceable reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot on 7 February 1957, delivered there on 13 February 1957. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications "6A and 6B" on 25 June 1957. To RCAF Station Winnipeg on 31 March 1958. Back to Bristol on 9 June 1958 for installation of modified Holley carburetor scoops. To No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 24 September 1958. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 9 December 1960. Pending disposal there from 22 February 1961. Sold to Cascade Drilling of Calgary, Alberta. Photo, with radar nose, in "the Avro CF-100" by Milberry.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC, serial number 44-30128(maybe). Received from Hughes Aircraft at Culver City, California. First used at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 27 April to 22 September 1953. To Training Command when completed, for use by No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta. Pending disposal from 27 February 1961, stored at Claresholm, Alberta by then. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-20/22-NC, serial number 44-29251?. Received from Hughes Aircraft at Culver City, California. Delivered to RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 2 January 1953. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection, 27 February to 18 June 1953. To Air Defence Command when completed, for use by No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at North Bay. Category A crash at North Bay on 8 September 1954.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC, serial number 44-30641. Received from Hughes Aircraft at Culver City, California. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection, 7 January to 27 January 1953. To Air Defence Command when completed, delivered to RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 4 March 1953. To long term storage at No. 6 Repair Depot on 29 April 1955. To workshop reserve at No. 6 RD on 6 February 1957 for modifications. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg on 29 July 1957, for "6A and 6B" modifications. To RCAF Station Winnipeg on 31 March 1958. Back to Bristol for fitment of modified Holley carburetor air scoops, 4 June 1958. To No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 9 October 1958. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 9 December 1960. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. sold to Fairey Aviation of Canada, Victoria International Airport. To civil register as CF-NTS. Reported scrapped by 1970.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC, serial number 44-30642. Received from Hughes Aircraft at Culver City, California. Delivered to stored reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection, 20 January to 26 February 1953. To Air Defence Command when completed, delivered to RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 1 May 1953. To Training Command on 5 March 1954, for use at No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg for inspection on 8 June 1954, back to No. 2 ANS on 2 September 1954. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 25 September 1958. Noted as "for disposal" on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30601. Delivered to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection on 24 February 1953. To Tactical Air Command on 22 September 1953, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Coded "XK*259" while with this unit. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. May have been stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta. Pending disposal from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30828. Delivered to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection on 3 March 1953. To Tactical Air Command on 17 March 1954, for use by an Auxiliary squadron. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. May have been stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta. Pending disposal from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30639. Delivered to stored reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot. Delivered to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection on 8 July 1953. To Tactical Air Command on 17 March 1954, for use by an Auxiliary squadron. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. May have been stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta. Pending disposal from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30652. Delivered to stored reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot. Delivered to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection on 8 July 1953. To Tactical Air Command on 17 May 1954, for use by an Auxiliary squadron. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. May have been stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta. Pending disposal from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30615. Delivered to stored reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot. Delivered to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection on 21 May 1954. To Tactical Air Command on 18 October 1954, for use by an Auxiliary squadron. To Air Material Command on 18 November 1954, for use by Central Experimental & Proving Establishment Detachment at Suffield, Alberta. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 10 December 1957, then to workshop reserve there on 7 August 1958. Back to CEPE at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta on 25 August 1958. To No. 129 (A&F) Flight Detachment at Lincoln Park on 22 September 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 20 May 1959. Pending disposal from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30612. Delivered to stored reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot. Delivered to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection on 18 February 1954. To Tactical Air Command on 7 July 1954, for use by an Auxiliary squadron. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. May have been stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta. Pending disposal from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: ;129
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30629. Scheduled for delivery to North West Industries on 21 May 1954, but this was cancelled.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30599. Delivered to long term storage at No. 6 Repair Depot. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection on 18 February 1954. To Tactical Air Command on 13 August 1954, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. May have been stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta. Noted as "wings removed to facilitate inside storage" on 8 June 1958. Pending disposal from 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30625. Delivered to long term storage at No. 6 Repair Depot. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection on 18 February 1954. To Tactical Air Command on 4 October 1954. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg, then to No. 406 (LB) Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 27 January 1955. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta for rewiring of bombing system, back to 406 Squadron on 22 September 1955. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. May have been stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta. Pending disposal from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30645. Delivered to long term storage at No. 6 Repair Depot. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization modifications and major inspection on 15 January 1954. To Tactical Air Command on 16 June 1954, for use by an Auxiliary squadron. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. May have been stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta. Pending disposal from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30234. Received from Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta from 20 August to 21 October 1953, then back to No. 2 ANS. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, then to No. 2 Air Observer School in Winnipeg on 12 August 1957. Back to Bristol for completion of installation of Stromberg carburetors, then to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 27 November 1959, stored at Claresholm, Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30239. Received from Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 11 September 1953 to 20 May 1954, then to storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta. Back to No. 2 ANS on 23 August 1954. To workshop reserve at Lincoln Park for repair or replacement of fuselage frame at station 523, then back to No. 2 ANS on 13 October 1955. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications. To No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 12 August 1957. Back to Bristol for further modifications and installation of Stromberg carburetors. Back to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 9 December 1960. Pending disposal from 27 February 1961. Sold to Fairey Aviation of Canada, Victoria Airport, BC.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30375. Received from Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 11 September to 27 October 1953, then back to No. 2 ANS. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 1 October 1958. Noted as "for disposal" on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30421. Received from Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 11 September to 27 October 1953, then back to No. 2 ANS. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications. To No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 12 August 1957. Back to Bristol for further modifications and installation of Stromberg carburetors. Back to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960. Stored at Claresholm. Alberta. Pending disposal from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta. Later to I.J. Dowler of Vancouver, BC. To civil register as CF-OVN. To Columbia Airmotive of Troutdale, Oregon in January 1969. Registered as N7674. To Historical Aircraft Preservation Group of Borrego Springs, California in June 1978. Restored to airworthy, Certificate of Airworthiness issued in August 1978. To Wings & Wheels of Burlington, North Carolina in March 1979. Reported crashed and then scrapped in Columbia, c.1980.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30791. Received from Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 11 September 1953. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 2 September 1954. To Training Command on 29 February 1956, for use by No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications. To No. 2 Air Observer School on 12 August 1957. Back to Bristol for further modifications and installation of Stromberg carburetors. Back to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960. Stored at Claresholm. Alberta. Pending disposal from 27 February 1961. Sold to Skyline Development of Calgary, Alberta. Later to Northwestern Air Lease of St. Albert, Alberta. Some parts sold, hulk stored on farm near St. Albert for several years. Trucked to Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton, Alberta in April 2002, placed in storage. Reported under restoration in Edmonton in 2008, to be marked as a 418 Squadron aircraft.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-20/22-NC serial number 44-29726A. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 13 to 27 October 1953, back to No. 2 ANS when completed. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 25 September 1958. Noted as "for disposal" on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30359A. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 13 to 27 October 1953, back to No. 2 ANS when completed. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg on 12 July 1956, for repairs following a Category B crash, plus modifications. Delivered from RCAF Station Winnipeg on 23 November 1956. To No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 12 August 1957. Back to Bristol for modifications and installation of Stromberg carburetors, to No. 2 AOS on 26 August 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960. Stored at Claresholm. Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: ;RCAF;2
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30250A. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 13 October 1953 to 2 March 1954, back to No. 2 ANS when completed. Category A crash on 7 December 1954, near Headingly, Manitoba (7 miles west of RCAF Station Winnipeg). Flying Officer J.W. Daly kiled.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-20/22-NC serial number 44-29750A. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 13 October to 4 December 1953, back to No. 2 ANS when completed. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 15 October 1958. Stored at Claresholm. Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-20/22-NC serial number 44-29699. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 23 November to 4 December 1953, back to No. 2 ANS when completed. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 17 December 1958. Stored at Claresholm. Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-20/22-NC serial number 44-29907. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 23 November 1953 to 10 March 1954, back to No. 2 ANS when completed. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 17 December 1958. Stored at Claresholm. Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30366. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 23 November 1953 to 4 February 1954, back to No. 2 ANS when completed. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 17 December 1958. Stored at Claresholm. Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-25/27-NC serial number 44-30786. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 23 November 1953 to 7 April 1954. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta when completed. To Training Command on 21 December 1954, for use at No. 2 Air Navigation School, replacing Mitchell 5276. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 21 December 1958. Noted as "for disposal" on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
May have been ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-86773. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 23 November 1953 to 12 May 1954. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta when completed. To serviceable reserve at Lincoln Park on 6 May 1957. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications on 26 April 1957. To RCAF Station Winnipeg, possibly on 31 May 1957. Back to Bristol on 4 June 1958 for fitment of modified Holley carburetor air scoop, to No. 2 Air Observer School at Winnipeg on 14 October 1958. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 7 October 1960. Stored at Claresholm. Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Cascade Drilling Company of Calgary, Alberta. To US civil register as N8010, first with Bellomy Aviation of Miami, Florida and later with Jovan Corp. of Florida. To Venezuela in December 1964, to Tranarg C.A. of Caracas. Registered as YV-E-IPU c.1965, to S.A. Proyectos Y Levantamientos Aereos Y Terrestres (SAPROLATE). Also reported as YV-19CP, c.1975. Damaged in accident on 11 August 1975. Reported derelict at Caraca-Maiquetia, Venezuela in 1983.Known Squadron Assignments:
Ex USAF B-25J-20/22-NC serial number 44-29903. First assigned to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To No. 10 Technical Support Unit at North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications and major inspection from 23 November 1953 to 4 February 1954, back to No. 2 ANS when completed. To inactive reserve with RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 25 September 1958. Noted as "for disposal" on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
8883 (MSN 108-47734) N75755, then C-GCWA (ntu), then C-GCWM. Airworthy with Canadian Warplane Heritage, Hamilton, Ontario.
Restored as HD372 of 98 Sqn RAF.
The Museum's B-25J Mitchell was assembled in Kansas City in early 1945, but never saw military service. It was operated as a civilian transport for over 25 years and the Museum found it abandoned at Wilmington Airport, Delaware, in 1975. After repairs, the aircraft was flown to the Museum, where it underwent extensive restoration. The aircraft now displays the markings of a B-25J of RAF No. 98 Squadron, which fought over North West Europe during 1944-45. It is dedicated to the Canadians who flew with that squadron.
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: 12
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Known Squadron Assignments: 81BS
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Originally built as a B-25J-25-NC, converted to TB-25 while with US. Assigned to No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 16 May 1955, for major inspection and general clean up.Known Squadron Assignments:
Originally built as a B-25J-25-NC, converted to TB-25 while with US. Assigned to No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 26 August 1954. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 16 May 1955, for major inspection and general clean up.Known Squadron Assignments:
Originally built as a B-25J-25-NC, converted to TB-25 while with US. Assigned to No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 16 May 1955, for major inspection and general clean up.Known Squadron Assignments:
Originally built as a B-25J-25-NC, converted to TB-25 while with US. Assigned to No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 26 August 1954. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 16 May 1955, for major inspection and general clean up.Known Squadron Assignments:
Originally built as a B-25J-25-NC, delivered to USAAF on 19 January 1945, never served outside of US. Stored from 10 February 1945. Converted to TB-25L in July 1953, then to TB-25M in August 1954. Assigned to No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 26 August 1954. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 16 May 1955, for major inspection and general clean up. Returned to Boeing Aircraft at Birmingham, Alabama for modifications. Later served with 3565th Observer Training wing in Texas, to storage again in April 1955. Preserved after retirement from USAF, displayed at General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1960.Known Squadron Assignments:
Originally built as a B-25J-25-NC, converted to TB-25 while with US. Assigned to No. 3 (AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 26 August 1954. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 16 May 1955, for major inspection and general clean up.Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Ex US B-25B 40-2341.Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Ex US B-25B 40-2340.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2313.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to B-25B. Intended for use by No. 2 Operational Training Unit at Pennfield Ridge, NB. Delivered to Pennfield Ridge on 30 June 1942, and placed in storage pending formation of No. 2 OTU. Returned to Dorval on 24 July 1942, after decision to not proceed with No. 2 OTU. Ownership returned to RAF at request of British Aircraft Commission, with the concurrance of the UK Air Liaison Mission. Later used by RAF at No. 111 Operational Training Unit in the Bahamas.Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Ex US B-25B 40-2339.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to B-25B. Intended for use by No. 2 Operational Training Unit at Pennfield Ridge, NB. Delivered to Pennfield Ridge on 30 June 1942, and placed in storage pending formation of No. 2 OTU. Returned to Dorval on 24 July 1942, after decision to not proceed with No. 2 OTU. Ownership returned to RAF at request of British Aircraft Commission, with the concurrance of the UK Air Liaison Mission. Later used by RAF at No. 111 Operational Training Unit in the Bahamas.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2289.Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Ex US B-25B 40-2338. Retained in Canada. (maybe for No. 5 OTU?)Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2315.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2314.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to B-25B. Intended for use by No. 2 Operational Training Unit at Pennfield Ridge, NB. Delivered to Pennfield Ridge on 30 June 1942, and placed in storage pending formation of No. 2 OTU. Returned to Dorval on 3 August 1942, after decision to not proceed with No. 2 OTU. Ownership returned to RAF at request of British Aircraft Commission, with the concurrance of the UK Air Liaison Mission. Later used by RAF at No. 111 Operational Training Unit in the Bahamas.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2322.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2317.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2323.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2320.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to B-25B. Intended for use by No. 2 Operational Training Unit at Pennfield Ridge, NB. Delivered to Pennfield Ridge on 30 June 1942, and placed in storage pending formation of No. 2 OTU. Returned to Dorval on 22 July 1942, after decision to not proceed with No. 2 OTU. Ownership returned to RAF at request of British Aircraft Commission, with the concurrance of the UK Air Liaison Mission. Later used by RAF at No. 111 Operational Training Unit in the Bahamas.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to B-25B. Intended for use by No. 2 Operational Training Unit at Pennfield Ridge, NB. Delivered to Pennfield Ridge on 30 June 1942, and placed in storage pending formation of No. 2 OTU. Returned to Dorval on 24 July 1942, after decision to not proceed with No. 2 OTU. Ownership returned to RAF at request of British Aircraft Commission, with the concurrance of the UK Air Liaison Mission. Later used by RAF at No. 111 Operational Training Unit in the Bahamas.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to B-25B. Intended for use by No. 2 Operational Training Unit at Pennfield Ridge, NB. Delivered to Pennfield Ridge on 30 June 1942, and placed in storage pending formation of No. 2 OTU. Returned to Dorval on 24 July 1942, after decision to not proceed with No. 2 OTU. Ownership returned to RAF at request of British Aircraft Commission, with the concurrance of the UK Air Liaison Mission. Later used by RAF at No. 111 Operational Training Unit in the Bahamas.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2332.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to B-25B. Intended for use by No. 2 Operational Training Unit at Pennfield Ridge, NB. Delivered to Pennfield Ridge on 30 June 1942, and placed in storage pending formation of No. 2 OTU. Returned to Dorval on 22 July 1942, after decision to not proceed with No. 2 OTU. Ownership returned to RAF at request of British Aircraft Commission, with the concurrance of the UK Air Liaison Mission. Later used by RAF at No. 111 Operational Training Unit in the Bahamas.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2326.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2343.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Ex US B-25B 40-2345.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/ 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Mitchell II aircraft FL 197 crashed in the sea near Hardinot, France.
Pilot Officer GA Calder (RCAF) and Sergeant F.P.C. Gower (RAFVR) were killed. Flying Officer IW Tweddell (RCAF)and Sergeant J Gale (RAF) were take as Prisoners of War. While a PoW Flying Officer Tweddell received textbooks and material from the University of Saskatchewan so he could continue his studies in engineering (T. Barris). Flying Officer Tweddle was interred in Stalag Luft L3, location of the Great Escape
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98/180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98/180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98/180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 1482 B&G Flight
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226/ 2GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226/ 2 GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
180 Squadron RAF (Saeviter in modo, fortiter in re) RAF Dunsfold. Mitchell II aircraft FL 685 EN-V was likely shot down by flak during an operation against V1 rocket positions at Bonnieres, France. Oddly, the rest of the squadron returned without bombing (no explanation in the ORB)
Flying Officer H R Baldwin (RCAF), Sergeant A J Guluche (RCAF), Flight Sergeant G R McGillvray (RCAF) survived and were all aided by the French Resistance but were all ultimately captured to become Prisoners of War
Pilot Officer H R A Catt (RCAF) evaded briefly before being captured to become a Prisoner of War
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/305 /320
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
111 Operational Training Unit, Nassau, Bahamas. Mitchell II aircraft FL 697 suffered a starboard engine fire at 800 feet while on a training flight and crashed at New Providence, Bahamas
Pilot Officer AJ Daiken (RCAF), Pilot Officer BH Zdan (RCAF) and Pilot Officer DT Hollowell (RCAF) were severely injured and all three died the next day from their injuries
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU/ 98/ 2 GSU/ 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
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45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Mitchell II aircraft FR148 lost without a trace during a trans-Atlantic flight from Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick, Scotland
Canadian civilian Radio Officer CD Saugstad, Navigator Flying Officer LE Triplett (RCAF)(USA) and American civilian Pilot Captain DL Annibal (ATA) were all missing presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known graves. Saugstad and Annibal are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial and Triplett is commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 318
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
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Known Squadron Assignments: 45 (Transport) Group Canada
45 Group RAF Transport Command Dorval, Quebec. Mitchell II aircraft FR 203, engaged in a trans-Atlantic ferry flight from Canada to the UK. On the flight between Bluie West-1, Greenland and Reykjavik, Iceland, a distress signal was sent stating that the aircraft was on fire approximately 50 miles west of Reykjavik. A second contact was made a few moments later but then now further contact could be established. Air-Sea Rescue operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft or crew was ever found
Canadian Civilian Pilot, Gay Thomas Record, Navigator Flying Officer Frederick Avery Beyer (RAAF) and British Civilian Radio Officer Owen Geraint Davies were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 321[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
World War II Crash Sites in Iceland - B25 Mitchell, Crashed into Sea...
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
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Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Mitchell I aircraft disappeared on a ferry flight over the Atlantic Ocean after leaving Gander, Newfoundland with the loss of the entire crew
Flight Lieutenant RL Moss (RAFVR), Pilot Officer FJ Pook (RAFVR), Sergeant MJ Gardner (RAFVR) and British civilian Radio Officer LRJ Vine were missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave. Moss, Pook and Vine are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Gardner is commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, pages 314, 395n52
Known Squadron Assignments: AAEE/ 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226/ 2GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
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Known Squadron Assignments: 226/ 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: RAE/180
Known Squadron Assignments: 21/180/ A&AEE
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Known Squadron Assignments: 305
Known Squadron Assignments: 21/180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/98/ 226/342 /13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98/180
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 226/98
Known Squadron Assignments: 305
Known Squadron Assignments: 12 MU
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/226/ 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 226/ 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 1482 B&G Flight
Known Squadron Assignments: 1482 B&G Flight
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Known Squadron Assignments: Bombing Trials Unit
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Known Squadron Assignments: 1482 B&G Flight
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98/ 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 313 FTU
45 Group RAF Transport Command. Mitchell BIII aircraft FV 987, crashed in North Bay, Ontario while on a ferry training exercise, killing two of the four crew aboard
Pilot LW Davies (RAFVR) and Wireless Operator FS W Gribben (RAFVR) were killed in this flying accident
Two civilian crew were also aboard and both survived the crash but no detail as to their identity has been found to date
The four crew members were part of 313 Ferry Training Unit, located in North Bay, Ontario
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 328Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
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Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Mitchell aircraft FW 138 disappeared between from Goose Bay, Labrador and Reykjavik, Iceland with the loss of the aircraft and the entire four man crew, cause unknown
The aircraft was damaged by a storm while on a stopover at station Bluie West 1, Greenland before carrying on for Iceland. Whether this was a factor in the subsequent loss is unknown
Navigator, Flight Lieutenant WL Halperin (RCAF), Pilot/Captain, Flying Officer AC Monkiewicz (PAF), Wireless Operator, Flying Officer SJ Hansen (RAAF) and Pilot/1st Officer, Flight Lieutenant DJ Pyne (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave. Halpern, Hansen and Pyne are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Monkiewicz is commemorated on the Polish Air Force Memorial at RAF Northholt
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 321,373Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
November 1944 Allied High Command assigned the Mitchells and Bostons of 137 & 139 Wings RAF the job of destroying the bridges at Venlo, Holland to stymie the German retreat.
The two Wings attacked the bridges seven times damaging, but not destroying them. The Germans quickly repaired the damage and continued moving troops and equipment.
WO Cote RCAF was a Wireless Air Gunner in one of the Mitchells and experienced one of the most unique life escapes of the war
His aircraft was hit by flak on the run in and broke in two just ahead of the upper turret. The starboard (right) wing also broke off from the fuselage and the three parts spun violently down. Cote was strapped in to his seat on the MUG. The spin continued for for several thousand feet before settling into a fluttering motion like a falling leaf. which it did to the ground, landing in an orchard. The farmer helped Cote from the tail section after a fall of 11500 feet suffering various injuries, the most serious being a broken leg. All other crew were killed.
Killed: Squadron Leader Gilbert Campbell DFC RAF pilot KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery grave 20. A. 7. Flying Officer Douglas Gerald Farquhar DFC RAF (Amer.) KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery Joint grave 20. A. 8-9. Flying Officer John Lawry Halliday RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery grave 20. A. 6. Pilot Officer William Hodson RAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery Joint grave 20. A. 8-9. Pilot Officer Wallace Edgar Osmond RAAF KIA Jonkerbos War Cemetery grave 20. A. 5.
POW: Because of his injuries the farmer had to inform the Germans. They splinted his broken leg, but 3 weeks later it still hadn't been set. Many days and many moves later an Australian doctor (and also a POW) was allowed to break and re-set the leg and place it in traction until it was healed. Cote was then returned to the general population. There is no record of where Cote was a POW.
He was liberated by the US Army in April 1945 and flown back to England to his wife Winifred (Howell), whom he had married in 1943, and his daughter Carolyne, born in Sept. 1944. They moved to Ottawa, Ontario to live with his mother, Ida Cote.
Excerpts from 'Survival Miracle from 11,500 Feet' by David PoissantKnown Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
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Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: Bombing Trials Unit
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Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval Quebec. Mitchell II aircraft FW 159 missing between Goose Bay, Labrador and Reykjavik, Iceland, cause unknown. An air search was instituted but no trace of the aircraft or crew was found
Pilot Pilot Officer WF Forster (RCAF), British Civilian Pilot Captain HNE Salmon, Navigator Pilot Officer RD Darling (RAFVR) and Radio Operator Flying Officer EA Richardson (RAAF) were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command, Carl A Christie, page 322
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Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
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Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/ 2 GSU/ 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 180 /13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 342
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 226 342
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/320
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98/320
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/342 /98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98/226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98/180/ 320
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Mitchell aircraft FW 210 was hit by flak during a bombing operation against enemy troop concentrations south of Caen, France. The crew was forced to bail out over the English Channel west of Brest, France. F/Os G. Green and L.W. Pattyson were also killed. One Canadian member of the crew states he was the first out of the aircraft and saw three other parachutes. Air-sea rescue stated there were other boats in the vicinity that might have picked up the others who bailed out.
12 Mitchell.II aircraft of 226 Squadron in company with 48 MITCHELLS from 139 WING were detailed to attack Wood U1160, containing a large concentration of troops, heavy and mobile guns. All aircraft did not bomb. The first box was unable to bomb, owing to the navigator of the lead aircraft being wounded on the bombing run and aircraft No.2 became out of control, with its port engine on fire. The second box was unable to bomb, owing to the G.H. operator of the leading aircraft being off track. 1 aircraft is missing, the crew baling out 30 to 40 miles N of CAEN and were seen to take to their K type dinghies, 1 Navigator was wounded in another aircraft. 1 aircraft landed in the beachead at B5. 4 aircraft received minor damage from flak. Very intense and accurate flak over the target area.
source: RAF Squadron 226 Operating Record Book
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/ 13 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30-NA serial number 43-3540. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at Abbotsford, BC on 3 December 1945. Stored at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 4 December 1946. Noted as being robbed for parts at Gimli on 5 February 1948, parts to be shipped to Trenton. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for reconditioning and modifications, 8 October 1948 to 20 May 1949. To storage with No. 6 Repair Depot at Trenton on 21 May 1949. To Aircraft Armament School at Trenton on 25 August 1948. Redesignated as Mk. 2 in early 1950. Assigned to storage at Trenton on 27 November 1952, delivered there on 30 January 1953. To Avro again 14 May to 27 July 1954, for "fitment of Mk. 8 mods and winch", possibly a prototype target towing installation. Probably re-identified as a Mk. 2TT at this time. To Air Material Command when completed, for use by Central Experimental and Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 28 October (or 3 November?) 1954, for Janitrol heater installation, inspection, repairs, and other modifications. Back to CEPE at Cold Lake on 7 January 1955. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 29 November 1955, for inspection. To ready reserve at Lincoln Park on 5 April 1956.Known Squadron Assignments: 180/ 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180/98
Known Squadron Assignments: Bombing Trials Unit
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30-NA serial number 43-3557. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Gimli, Manitoba by 2 February 1946. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for reconditioning and modifications, 8 October 1948 to 28 July 1949. To North West Air Command when completed, for use by No. 406 (LB) Squadron (Auxiliary), at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To North West Industries for winterization modifications, 28 November 1949 to 20 January 1950. To NWAC when completed, again for 406 Squadron. Re-designated as Mk. 2 in early 1950. To storage with No. 6 Repair Depot on 24 November 1950. Still there in 1951, 1954, and 1955. Pending disposal at No. 6 Repair Depot from 28 April 1960. Sold to General Smelting Corporation of Hamilton, Ontario.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 342
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: To RCAF - no RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30-NA serial number 43-3566. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Stored post war at Gimli, Manitoba, where it was test flown on 14 January 1948. Used by Central Flying School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, dates not known.Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3686. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. To Avro Canada in Malton for reconditioning and modifications, 6 October 1948 to 18 March 1950, to North West Air Command when completed. Re-designated as Mk. 2 in early 1950. To North West Industries in Edmonton for winterization, 3 to 23 January 1952. To No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan when completed. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg for overhaul, back to Tactical Air Group on 13 December 1953. Category B crash on 27 May 1957. This may have been when the aircraft struck a hanger at RCAF Station Edmonton after a brake failure, was operated by No. 418 Squadron at the time, coded "HO*251". To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 22 August 1957, struck off same day.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3694. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 2 Air Command on 31 July 1945. To storage on 14 September 1945. Stored at No. 10 Repair Depot detachment at RCAF Station Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan by 4 June 1946. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for overhaul and modification to Light Bomber configuration, 23 June 1948 to 1 April 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 5 to 23 January 1953. To Tactical Air Group when completed, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Namao. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg, Manitoba for overhaul, 10 December 1954. Still with No. 418 Squadron when it crashed on 22 January 1955. Struck a cable strung across the North Saskatchewan River. 3 fatalities. Wreckage to Canadian Pacific Airlines for scrapping on 4 February 1955.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3695. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Coded "AL" while with this Unit. To stored reserve at No.3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba. To Avro Canada in Malton, Ontario for modifications and reconditioning, 16 May 1949 to 1 April 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. With No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) in Alberta in 1950s, coded "HO*260". To No. 10 Repair Depot on 27 April 1951, for investigation of nose gear modifications. To NWAC at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 6 November 1951 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Air Group when completed, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon. Category B crash at Whitehorse, Yukon on 7 July 1952. Back to NWI on 30 July 1952 for repairs. To Tactical Air Command on 1 February 1955. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. Stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta, without engines, by fall of 1959. Pending disposal at Lincoln Park from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage in Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35 serial number 43-3710. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To stored reserve at No.3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for modifications, 4 February 1947 to 28 October 1948. Had 646:05 logged time when it arrived there. To North West Air Command when completed, reported with 656:50 when it arrived there. Had 669:30 logged time by 1 March 1949. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 30 November 1949 to 20 January 1950. To NWAC when completed. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot on 17 April 1950. To NWI for overhaul and modifications, 14 December 1951. Reported burned while with No. 6 Repair Depot.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3712. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Classified as synthetic trainer A 402 on 12 May 1944. Noted as to be reduced to spares and produce on 13 August 1945, when it was assigned to workshop reserve at No. 3 Repair Depot. Had been RCAF FW273Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3718. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Category A crash while with this School on 10 August 1944. To No. 3 Repair Depot on 15 August 1944 for scrappingKnown Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3751. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To workshop reserve at Boundary Bay for repairs, 5 to 27 October 1944. To stored reserve at No.3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for overhaul and conversion to Light Bomber, 8 October 1948 to 10 March 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. With No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton and / or Namao, Alberta, c.1950 to 1958. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 9 to 23 January 1952. Back to 418 Squadron when completed. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg, Manitoba for reconditioning, back to Tactical Air Group on 13 December 1954. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg in 1957 for installation of ARN6 radio compass, back to 418 Squadron on 3 June 1957. To Inactive Reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. Pending disposal there from 20 October 1959. Stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta, without engines, by 23 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3752. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 22 Sub Repair Depot at Sea Island, BC for repairs, 11 December 1944 to 12 February 1945. To storage with No. 2 Air Command when completed. Reported serviceable on 15 October 1945. Stored at Abbotsford, BC by 27 November 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for overhaul and conversion to Light Bomber, 8 October 1948 to 15 March 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries for winterization, 27 December 1951 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Air Group when completed, for use by No. 418 (LB) Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton, Alberta. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft for reconditioning, 13 December 1954 to 23 January 1955(?). To Tactical Air Group when completed. To Inactive Reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. Pending disposal there from 20 October 1959. Stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta, without engines, by 23 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3753. Ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II, identified as B-25D when first taken on RCAF books. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Coded "AT" while with this Unit. To stored reserve at No.3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for overhaul and conversion to Light Bomber, 16 March 1949 to 15 March 1950. To North West Air Command when completed, for use by No. 418 (LB) Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton, Alberta. To North West Industries for winterization, 27 December 1951 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Air Group when completed. To Canadian Pacific Airlines (Repair) for "installation tests", delivered to Suffield Experimental Station at Suffield, Alberta on 15 September 1952. Back to TAG and 418 Squadron on 28 October 1952. Category B crash at CJATC, Rivers Camp, Manitoba on 28 November 1954. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg for repairs, 8 December 1954 to 28 November 1955. To Tactical Air Group when completed. To Inactive Reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. Pending disposal there from 20 October 1959. Stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta, without engines, by 23 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: Bombing Trials Unit
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 180/98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 320/342
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D. Retained in Canada.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3764, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD310. Officially identified as a B-25D in RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Crashed at Boundary Bay on 20 June 1945. Originally classified as Category B, but not repaired. To No. 3 Repair Depot at Vancouver, BC on 29 June 1945 for scraping.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3779, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD312. Officially identified as a B-25D in RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Crashed at Toledo Airfield, Washington state, on 2 May 1945. Originally reported as Category C, revised to Category A. To No 3 Repair Depot on 10 May 1945 for scrapping.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3780, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD312. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Category C crash while with this Unit on 19 September 1944. Repaired by 5 OTU, returned to service status on 14 May 1945. Category B crash on 22 June 1945. Repaired on site by mobile party, returned to 5 OTU on 26 June 1945. To storage with Western Air Command on 3 October 1945, reported serviceable at that time. Stored at Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Abbotsford, BC by 27 November 1945. To No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 4 February 1946, later stored at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Light Bomber, 1 June 1949 to 1 April 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 9 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Group when completed, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg, Manitoba for overhaul, 10 to 13 December 1954. To Air Transport Command when completed. Reported scraped on site, probably following a wheels up landing on 23 July 1957.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3781, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD313. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To stored reserve with No. 2 Air Command on 31 July 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan by 4 June 1946. To North West Air Command in April 1947, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton, Alberta. Reported on 30 November 1947 with 754:20 total time, condition fair, fitment standard. On 1 March 1948 had 784:35 logged time. On 1 March 1949 had 1038:20 logged time. Back to 10 RD for storage on 29 March 1950. Reported held at MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 31 May 1951. To North West Industries in Edmonton for modifications on 19 October 1951, reported as "the last one delivered to NWI". To Training Command on 2 May 1953. May have been used at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg in late 1957 for modifications. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 10 December 1958. Listed as available for disposal on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3782, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD314. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Category A crash at Boundary Bay aerodrome on 11 May 1945. Allocated to No. 3 Repair Depot in Vancouver on 17 May 1945 for scrapping.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3783, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD315. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Category A crash while with this unit on 23 December 1944. One engine failed shortly after takeoff, aircraft attempted to land back on, over ran end of runway and was destroyed by post impact fire. Only survivor was Flight Lieutenant R. Clothier, who would later play Relic on CBC series The Beachcombers. Allocated to No. 3 Repair Depot in Vancouver on 29 December 1944 for scrapping.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3785, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD317. Officially identified as a B-25D in RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 2 Air Command on 21 March 1946, may have been stored before this. Seen at Suffield, Alberta, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, in November 1946. Converted to Instructional Airframe A547 on 7 February 1947, used by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton, Alberta. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 26 September 1951, for scrapping.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3786, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD318. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Coded "J" while with this Unit. In storage by 3 December 1945, at the Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Abbotsford, BC. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada in Malton, Ontario for modifications and reconditioning, 4 February 1948 to 14 March 1949. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot when completed. To Training Command on 4 October 1949, for use at the Aircraft Armament School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Back to storage on 12 December 1952. In storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta by 13 March 1956. To Tactical Air Command on 5 April 1956, for use by 3043 TTU (Target Tug Unit?) at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Still with this unit when it Transferred to Training Command on 9 October 1958. Pending disposal at Saskatoon from 6 October 1959. Reduced to spares and scrap.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3787, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD319. Officially identified as a B-25D in RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Reported missing on operations, 14 July 1944. Allocated to No. 3 Repair Depot at Vancouver for write off on 22 July 1944. Later found to have struck the side of Skihist Mountain (about 40 miles east of Whistler, BC), at the 700 foot level. Wreckage was reported in 1960, but crash site was not visited until 1961. No human remains were identified. Wreckage field suggested the aircraft struck high ground at high speed, and the pilot's seat was probably occupied when it crashed.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3788, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD320. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Abbotsford, BC on 3 December 1945. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Light Bomber, 1 June 1949 to 14 March 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 1 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Group when completed, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To No. 25 Air Material Base for repairs, 1 December 1952. Assigned to 406 Squadron on 26 February 1953, delivered there on 4 March 1953. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg, Manitoba for reconditioning, 13 December 1954. To Tactical Air Command on 1 March 1956. Stored at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications including camera installation, 30 July 1956. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario on 22 August 1957. Noted as "equipped for napalm carrying", no date given. To inactive reserve at Lincoln Park on 19 February 1958. Noted as "for disposal" on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD322. Aircraft History Card records USAAF serial as 43-3790, but that aircraft went to the Dutch East Indies and then Australia. Other sources identify RAF HD322 as ex 43-3793. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To storage with No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. Stored at Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Target Tug, 8 October 1948 to July 1949. To Training Command when completed. To No. 6 Repair Depot for repairs, 15 March 1950. To Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario on 15 December 1950. To de Havilland Canada early 1951, for repairs, reconditioning, and installation of prototype equipment. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment on 8 January 1952. With CEPE detachment at RCAF Station Namao, Alberta by 20 June 1952. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for replacement of outer auxiliary fuel tanks and several minor modifications, from 14 November 1952 to 19 June 1953. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment at Namao when completed. To workshop reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta for modifications to towing gear on 15 November 1955. Back to CEPE at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta when completed. Category A crash at RCAF Station Comox, BC on 10 July 1956. Ownership transferred to RCAF Station Lincoln Park on 17 July 1956, for disposal.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3794, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD323. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Abbotsford, BC on 3 December 1945. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 4 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Light Bomber, 16 March 1949 to 1 April 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for sheet metal repairs and winterization, 28 November 1951 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Group when completed, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton. Went missing 30 June 1952. 3 fatalities.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3795, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD324. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 4 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for modifications and reconditioning, 4 February 1948 to 14 March 1949. Had 670:45 logged time when it arrived. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot when completed. To Training Command on 26 November 1949 for use by Aircraft Armament School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. To workshop reserve at No. 6 RD for bomb sight installation, 21 to 27 April 1950. Back to Aircraft Armament School when completed. Assigned to Air Defence Command on 9 July 1952, delivered to RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 1 August 1952. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot, delivered there on 3 September 1952. Assigned to Central Experimental & Proving Establishment on 19 March 1953, delivered to RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario on 1 May 1953. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, back to CEPE at Rockcliffe on 29 December 1954. To Bristol Aerospace on 31 January 1957, for removal of camera which was then installed in Mitchell HD320. To ready reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta when completed. Pending disposal there from 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3796, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD325. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 4 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Pilot Trainer, 1 June 1949 to 1 April 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for repairs and modifications, 6 July 1951 to 14 November 1952. To Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario when completed. Later to No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg. Category A crash while with this School on 6 December 1956. Also reported with No. 2 air Navigation School at time of crash.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3797, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD325. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve. Issued on 9 March 1944 to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To workshop reserve at Boundary Bay on 5 October 1944 for repairs. Back in service from 8 February 1945. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Target Tug, 10 October 1948 to 28 July 1949. To Training Command when completed, for use at Aircraft Armament School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot on 27 November 1952. Back to Avro Canada for installation of Mk. 8 Mod 0 winch, 14 May to 27 July 1954. To Air Material Command when completed, for use by Central Experimental & Proving Establishment detachment at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for installation of Janitrol heater, and inspection and repair of wiring, on 28 October 1954, back to CEPE at Cold Lake on 7 January 1955. With No. 3 Advanced Flying School at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba in 1958, coded "GM*L". To long term storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 16 June 1959. Pending disposal there from 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3844, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD331. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Category C damage while with this Unit on 15 November 1944. To No. 22 Sub-Repair Depot for repairs, 18 November 1944 to 16 May 1945. To storage at Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Abbotsford, BC on 3 December 1945. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 4 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Light Bomber, 16 March 1949 to 15 March 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 9 to 23 January 1953. To Tactical Group when completed, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Emergency landing at Rivers, Manitoba on 16 February 1954, following an engine failure. Category B damage while with this squadron on 13 March 1954. Still with this unit when it crashed on 12/13 August 1954. 3 fatalties. Assigned to RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta for scrapping on 2 September 1954.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3845, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD332. Officially identified as a B-25D in RCAF records. First used by No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 3 Repair Depot on 30 January 1945, for scrapping.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3846, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD333. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Bombing Trainer, 6 October 1948 to 21 May 1949. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot when completed. To Training Command on 4 October 1949, for use at Aircraft Armament School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Assigned to storage at No. 25 Air Material Base on 12 December 1952, delivered there on 2 February 1953. To ready reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 12 March 1956. To Tactical Air Command on 5 April 1956, for use by No. 3054 TTU at Edmonton, probably as a training aid. Still with this unit when it transferred to Training Command on 29 December 1958. Pending disposal at RCAF Station Namao, Alberta from 6 October 1959. Sold to Western Surplus Sales of Edmonton.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3847, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD334. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To stored reserve at Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Abbotsford, BC on 3 December 1945. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 4 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for modifications, 4 March 1948 to 25 January 1949. Had 713:50 logged time when it arrived there. To North West Air Command when completed, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. By 1 April 1949 had 753:45 logged time. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot on 24 March 1950. To Training Command on 22 September 1950. To Air Defence Command at RCAF Station St. Hubert, Quebec on 9 July 1952. Back to storage at 6 RD on 19 August 1952. Pending disposal there from 28 April 1960. Sold to General Smelting Company of Hamilton, Ontario.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3848, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD335. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Coded "V" while with this Unit. To stored reserve at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Light Bomber, 16 March 1949 to 15 March 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. With No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the 1950s. To No. 10 Repair Depot on 7 September 1950, for fitment of prototype exhaust stack collector ring. Back to 406 Squadron when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton for winterization, 9 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Group when completed. Assigned to MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg, Manitoba for reconditioning on 3 December 1954, but by 9 November 1955 was in ready reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta, noted as "not worked on by MBA". To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for inspection and modifications, 7 June to 12 December 1957, then back to Lincoln Park. Pending disposal there from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage in Edmonton, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25D.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3850, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD337. Officially identified as a B-25D in RCAF records. Used by Test and Development Establishment, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, when it was damaged at Rockcliffe on 2 May 1944. Landing gear retracted early on take off, propellers bent and fuselage skin torn. Repaired. To No. 1 Training Command on 10 July 1944. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 17 November 1944, following another Category B crash (or does this refer to first crash at Rockcliffe?). Still there 29 November 1945. Pending disposal at 6 RD from 2 July 1946, with 126:45 logged time.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3851, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD338. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To storage with Western Air Command on 8 February 1945. To stored reserve at Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Abbotsford, BC on 27 November 1945. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 4 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Bomber Trainer, 8 October 1948 to 21 May 1949. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot when completed. To Training Command on 4 October 1949, for use by Aircraft Armament School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. To Air Defence Command at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario on 9 July 1952. Assigned to AAS at Trenton on 20 August 1952, delivered there on 25 August 1952. Assigned to storage with No. 6 Repair Depot at Trenton on 25 March 1953. Noted in ready reserve at Trenton on 12 March 1956. Pending disposal at Trenton form 28 April 1960. Sold to General Smelting Company of Hamilton, Ontario.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3852, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD339. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Bomber Trainer, February 1948 to 21 December 1948. Had 747:50 logged time when it arrived there. Not clear if identified as Mk. IIBT at this time. To North West Air Command when completed, for use by No. 418 (LB) Squadron (Auxiliary, at Edmonton, Alberta. To North West Industries in Edmonton for winterization, 30 November 1949 to 20 January 1950. To NWAC when completed. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot on 17 April 1950. To North West Industries for reconditioning and further modifications, 13 June 1952 to 16 December 1953. Possibly converted to Mk. 2PT at this time. To storage at No. 25 Air Material Base when completed. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba on 12 December 1956. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, back to No. 2 AOS on 16 September 1957. To Bristol again, 1 April 1959 to 2 June 1959 for modifications of Stromberg carburetors, then back to No. 2 AOS. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 15 March 1960, then to long term storage at Claresholm, Alberta. Pending disposal there from 27 February 1961. Sold to Canspec Air Transport of Calgary, Alberta.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3853, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD340. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To workshop reserve at Boundary Bay on 25 October 1944 for repairs. To storage with Western Air Command on 3 October 1945, reported serviceable on that date. To stored reserve at Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Abbotsford, BC on 27 November 1945. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 4 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for reconditioning and modifications, 16 March 1949 to 15 March 1950. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 3 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Group when completed, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg for reconditioning, 10 to 13 December 1954. To Tactical Air Group when complete. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 1 March 1956. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for modifications, 30 October 1956. Stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta, without engines, by 23 October 1959.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3854, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD341. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 2 Air Command on 30 July 1945. To storage with No. 2 AC on 20 September 1945, reported serviceable on that date. To storage with No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba on 4 June 1946. To Avro Canada in Malton, Ontario for conversion to Bomber Trainer, 8 October 1948 to 29 April 1949. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot when completed. To Training Command on 4 October 1949, for use at Aircraft Armament School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Category A crash 7 miles south-east of Trenton on 11 December 1949, at least 3 fatalities, including Flying Officer L.V. Pepin.1 Air Armament School, RCAF Station Trenton. Mitchell aircraft HD 341, returning from a routine meteorological flight, when the port engine caught fire. The flames spread to the fuselage, and the Mitchell exploded in mid-air; it crashed in a field 7 miles south-east of RCAF Station Trenton, killing the aircraft's crew of four. A local witness on the ground, stated that it appeared that the pilot deliberately avoided crashing into a populated area by veering the burning aircraft in another direction
Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3855, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD342. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Light Bomber, 16 March 1949 to 12 April 1950. To storage with No. 6 Repair Depot when completed. To North West Air Command on 25 August 1950, for use by Winter Experimental Establishment at Edmonton, Alberta. Still with WEE in June 1952, now at RCAF Station Namao, Alberta. To North West Industries in Edmonton for winterization, 23 October to 19 December 1952. To Tactical Air Group when completed, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton. Category A crash while with this squadron, on 16 August 1953.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3856 ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD343. Officially identified as a B-25D in RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Stolen on 6 December 1944 by Sgt. D.P. Scratch, who flew the aircraft for several hours before crashing 4 miles north of Boundary Bay airport, killing himself. From the Globe and Mail newspaper, 9 December 1944: Scratch had enlisted in the RCAF on 18 July 1940. Court-martialled and dismissed from the service in August 1944 for conducting a similar unauthorized flight in a Liberator in Newfoundland. He was a commissioned officer at that time. He had been permitted "due to a scarcity of flying personnel" to re-enlist as a Sergeant (pilot). He had previously tried to steal a Liberator that night, but damaged it badly during attempted take-off. He then jumped in the Mitchell and proceeded to beat up the area for several hours before crashing. Declared Category A, to No. 3 Repair Depot on 8 December 1944 for scrappingKnown Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3857, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD344. Officially identified as a B-25D in early RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Assigned to No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Carberry, Manitoba on 2 February 1946. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba by 1948. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario for conversion to Light Bomber, 16 March to 29 September 1949. To North West Air Command when completed. To North West Industries in Edmonton for winterization, 9 to 23 January 1952. To NWAC when completed, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Delivered to Saskatoon on 7 May 1952. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg for reconditioning, 28 July 1954 to 6 July 1955. To Tactical Air Command when completed. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. Pending disposal there from 20 October 1959. Stored at Fort McLeod, Alberta, without engines, by 23 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3858, ex RAF Mitchell Mk. II HD345. Officially identified as a B-25D in RCAF records. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Reported missing on cross country training flight on 29 May 1944. Later found to have flown into side of mountain and exploded. Location reported as near Mt. Whymper, on what was later named Crash Creek, on Vancouver Island. All 5 crew buried on sitye, all listed on Ottawa Memorial because gravesite is not accessible.Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226/ 2 GSU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226/180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98/342
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: RAE
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: A&AEE
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98/180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 342
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
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Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 320/342
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 320/342
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 180
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Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Equivalent to USAAF B-25J.Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 12 MU
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 180
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 226
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 342
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 342
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: No. 45 (Transport) Group Canada
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 180
Known Squadron Assignments: 320
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
Known Squadron Assignments: 111 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 180
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Known Squadron Assignments: 2 GSU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
Known Squadron Assignments: 342
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
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Known Squadron Assignments: 98
Known Squadron Assignments: 13 OTU
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Loaned to No. 2 Air Command, for use at Canadian Winter Experimental Establishment at Suffield, Alberta. Noted on 1 December 1947 with 430:15 total time, condition good, fitment standard. On 1 March 1948 had 454:45 logged time. On 1 April 1949 had 617:00 logged time. To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario on 8 November 1949, for fitment of complete de-icing system, plus inspection and repairs to hydraulic system. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 7 February 1950, for "elimination of snags" and preparation for ferry back to CWEE. To Northwest Air Command on 18 February 1950, and returned to CWEE at Suffield. Still based at Suffield when it was used to bomb ice jam in the South Saskatchewan River on 31 March 1951, near Medicine Hat. 1000 pound bomb struck ice but did not dislodge the jam. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for winterization, 9 to 23 January 1952. To Tactical Group at Suffield when completed. To Air Material Command on 20 August 1952, when the CWEE at Suffield became the Central Experimental & Proving Establishment Detachment Ralston (name of airport at Suffield). To North West Industries for installation of heater and air conditioning, back to CEPE on 9 April 1953. Still at Suffield in summer of 1953, when it was used in bombing trials. Took part in Exercise Coyote 2 at Wainwright, Alberta in July 1953. To MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg for modifications, 13 December 1954. Probably redesignated as Mk. 3LB during this time. To No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 12 November 1957. To storage at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 19 March 1958. Pending disposal there from 20 October 1959. Sold to Canadian Consolidated Salvage of Edmonton.Known Squadron Assignments: 342
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To No. 1 Air Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, on special loan from RAF Ferry Command at Dorval, Quebec. To No. 9 (T) Group on 5 July 1946, for use by Test and Development Establishment, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. To storage with No. 6 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Mountain View, Ontario on 9 October 1946. Noted on 6 January 1948 with 204:40 total time, condition good, fitment "Gunnery". To Avro Canada at Malton, Ontario on 5 January 1949, for use in prototyping nose section modifications, and then to be scrapped. Category B crash on 8 January 1949. Always identified as B-25J in RCAF records.Known Squadron Assignments:
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Ex USAAF B-25D-15-NC serial number 41-30548
One of 29 used late model B-25Ds ordered in late 1944 in two batches (the first for 17 a/c, the second for 12) for the expansion of No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Boundary Bay (Vancouver), British Columbia.
No. 5 OTU, operated by the RCAF British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), was an RAF heavy bomber conversion unit where Mitchells were a training step for aircrew destined to fly B-24 Liberators. B-25J model Mitchells were being produced at the time, but the RCAF wanted to match the B-25C/Ds already in service at Boundary Bay to limit confusion for crews in training, so they requested reconditioned used aircraft preferably from USAAF training bases. The RCAF specified no guns or armour protection were to be provided and related turrets removed if possible.
The USAAF could not source enough B-25D training versions and after discussion with RCAF officials the remainder of the order was filled with suitable Mitchells from combat and patrol units. All 29 aircraft were overhauled, including new engines as required, at Kelly Field Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. All were inspected and approved by Squadron Leader Black, RCAF Resident inspector at Kelly Field.
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-15-NC serial number 41-30596
One of 29 used late model B-25Ds ordered in late 1944 in two batches (the first for 17 a/c, the second for 12) for the expansion of No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Boundary Bay (Vancouver), British Columbia.
See RCAF serial number KL133 for more order details.
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-15-NC serial number 41-30637
One of 29 used late model B-25Ds ordered in late 1944 in two batches (the first for 17 a/c, the second for 12) for the expansion of No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Boundary Bay (Vancouver), British Columbia.
See RCAF serial number KL133 for more order details.
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-15-NC serial number 41-30757
One of 29 used late model B-25Ds ordered in late 1944 in two batches (the first for 17 a/c, the second for 12) for the expansion of No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Boundary Bay (Vancouver), British Columbia.
See RCAF serial number KL133 for more order detail.
Information required for periods 23 Dec 44 - 19 Jan 50 and 20 Jan 50 - 08 Sep 60
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-20-NA serial number 41-30758.One of 29 used late model B-25Ds ordered in late 1944 in two batches (the first for 17 a/c, the second for 12) for the expansion of No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Boundary Bay (Vancouver), British Columbia.
See RCAF serial number KL133 for more order detail.
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-20-NA serial number 41-30759.One of 29 used late model B-25Ds ordered in late 1944 in two batches (the first for 17 a/c, the second for 12) for the expansion of No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Boundary Bay (Vancouver), British Columbia.
See RCAF serial number KL133 for more order detail.
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-20-NA serial number 41-30760.
One of 29 used late model B-25Ds ordered in late 1944 in two batches (the first for 17 a/c, the second for 12) for the expansion of No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Boundary Bay (Vancouver), British Columbia.
See RCAF serial number KL133 for more order detail.
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-20-NA serial number 41-30814. To Western Air Command, for use by No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-25-NA serial number 41-87146. To Western Air Command, for use by No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-25-NA serial number 42-87288. Identified as a B-25D Twin Engine Transport in early RCAF records. First used by No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 22 Sub-Repair Depot on 20 February 1945, for repairs. Scrapped without being repaired.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-25-NA serial number 42-87290. Identified as a B-25D Twin Engine Transport in early RCAF records. Delivered to stored reserve at Vancouver, BC. Issued from storage on 3 November 1944, for use by No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 22 Sub Repair Depot for modifications, 20 February to 14 May 1945. To storage with Western Air Command when completed, issued from storage on 7 July 1945. To No. 2 Air Command on 31 July 1945. To storage on 20 September 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba from 4 June 1946. Noted on 30 November 1947 with 601:00 total time, condition good, fitment standard. To North West Air Command on 27 January 1948, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton and / or Namao, Alberta. By 1 March 1948 had 621:40 total time. To RCAF Station Gimli with Squadron in July 1948, for summer exercises. On 1 March 1949 had 752:45 logged time. To storage at No. 10 Repair Depot on 28 May 1950. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for reconditioning and modifications, 6 September 1951 to 18 September 1952. To Training Command at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario when completed. To Central Experimental & Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario on 5 March 1956. To Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg for development of wing and nose modifications, back to CEPE on 29 May 1956. To Bristol again for modifications on 1 May 1957. To Training Command at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba on 25 September 1957. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 12 January 1959. Noted as available for disposal on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-25-NA serial number 42-87352. Identified as a B-25D Twin Engine Transport in early RCAF records. First used by No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 22 Sub Repair Depot for modifications, 26 March to 30 July 1945. To No. 2 Air Command when completed. To stored reserve on 20 September 1945, noted as serviceable on that date. Stored with No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan from 14 June 1946. Noted on 1 November 1947 with 530:05 total time, being prepared for flight by No. 10 Repair Depot, for allotment to North West Air Command. To North West Air Command on 28 February 1949, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Nose gear damaged on take off while with this unit, on 9 March 1950. To stored reserve with No. 10 Repair Depot, and noted as being held to next fiscal year, pending allotment to contractor, on 24 March 1950.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-25 serial number 42-87379. Identified as a B-25D early RCAF records. Delivered to workshop reserve at No. 22 Sub-Repair Depot. To No. 1 Training Command on 10 December 1944, for use by Central Flying School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945. To storage with No. 1 AC on 18 February 1947. To No. 9 (T) Group on 24 April 1947, for use by No. 413 (P) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Noted on 1 September 1947 with 650:05 total time, fitment standard, being used for spare parts only. Noted on 24 March 1948 with 707:55 total time, fitment standard, condition fair. To Air Transport Command on 1 April 1948. To storage at No. 6 Repair Depot on 26 October 1948, with 768:20 total time. To Avro Canada in Malton, Ontario on 21 January 1949, for reconditioning and conversion to tactical photographic configuration.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35-NA serial number 43-3629. Identified as a B-25D early RCAF records. Delivered to workshop reserve at No. 22 Sub-Repair Depot. To Western Air Command on 2 February 1945, probably for use at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 2 Air Command in December 1944. To storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Later stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-25 serial number 42-87501. Identified as a B-25D early RCAF records. Delivered to workshop reserve. To No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC on 27 January 1945. Category B crash at Boundary Bay airfield at 09:25 on 13 May 1945. To No. 22 Sub-Repair Depot at Vancouver on 17 May 1945, for repairs. To storage with Western Air Command on 18 September 1945. Still at Sea Island on 2 October 1945, preparing for ferry to Abbotsford. Stored at Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite Abbotsford, BC from 27 November 1945. Pending disposal at Abbotsford from 22 January 1946. Ownership to No. 7 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 1 February 1946, still pending disposal.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-15-NC serial number 43-3634
One of 29 used late model B-25Ds (Mitchell II series ii) ordered in late 1944 in two batches (the first for 17 a/c, the second for 12) for the expansion of No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Boundary Bay (Vancouver), British Columbia.
See RCAF serial number KL133 for more order detail.
last update: 2024-December-25Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-35 serial number 43-3647. Assigned to RAF while under production, and assigned serial KL149. Diverted back to USAAC before completion. Taken on strength at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 22 Sub-Repair Depot at Vancouver for modifications to RAF standards, 21 January 1945. Loaned to No. 3 Repair Depot at Vancouver, used for Victory Loan display on 26 April 1945. To No. 22 SRD again for repairs and modifications, 22 June 1945. To No. 2 Air Command on 30 July 1945. To stored reserve on 20 September 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan by 4 June 1946. Noted as being prepared for flight by No. 10 Repair Depot on 1 November 1947, with 408:55 total flying time. Same total time noted on 11 January 1948. To North West Air Command on 1 June 1948, for use by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Noted on 1 April 1949 with 490:20 logged time. To storage with No. 10 Repair Depot on 24 March 1950. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta on 12 October 1951, for modifications. To Tactical Air Group on 21 May 1953. Served with No. 418 Squadron, RCAF Station Namao, Alberta, in mid 1950s, coded "HO*149". Landing gear retracted early on take off on 24 July 1957, severly damaged in subsequent fire.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3300. Assigned to RAF while under production, and assigned serial KL150. Diverted back to USAAC before completion. Delivered to workshop reserve, to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC on 13 February 1945. To No. 2 Air Command on 31 July 1945. To stored reserve on 20 September 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot detachment at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan by 4 June 1946. Noted as being prepared for flight by No. 10 Repair Depot on 1 November 1947, with 1876:25 total flying time, preparations completed in August 1948. Noted on 1 April 1949 with 1952:00 total time. With No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in late 1949. Transferred to CJATC at Rivers Camp, Manitoba in December 1949. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications, 19 October 1951 to 2 December 1953. To storage at No. 25 Air Material Base when completed. To Air Material Command on 8 December 1954, for use by No. 129 (A&F) Flight at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 29 July 1958. Noted as available for disposal on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3301. Delivered to workshop reserve. Issued to Western Air Command on 21 February 1945, for use at No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Later stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at Gimli, Manitoba.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3302. Delivered to workshop reserve, for modifications before being issued. Issued to Western Air Command on 26 January 1945, for use at No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Later stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at Gimli, Manitoba.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3303. Delivered to workshop reserve, for modifications before being issued. Issued to Western Air Command on 23 March 1945, for use at No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Boundary Bay, BC. To No. 2 Air Command on 31 July 1945. To storage with No. 2 Air Command on 20 September 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan by 4 June 1946. To North West Air Command on 9 April 1947, for use by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton. To storage with No. 10 Repair Depot on 28 March 1950. To North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications, 19 October 1951 to 22 September 1953. To long term storage at No. 25 Air Material Base when completed. To Training Command on 8 March 1955, for use by No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To Bristol Aircraft for modifications, back to No. 2 AOS on 16 September 1957. To inactive reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 27 November 1959. Noted as available for disposal on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3304. To Western Air Command, for use at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Used post war by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.. Ferried to No. 10 Repair Depot for overhaul on 23 December 1949.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3307. Category A crash at Lachine, Quebec on 15 May 1953, while with No. 1 Flying Instructors School. Flying Officer C.F. Griffin, Flight Lieutenant L.H. Ferguson, Flying Officer W.L. MacDonald, Sgt. F.H. Paradis, Flying Officer P.M. Mallory, Flying Officer D.R. Robertson and Flying Officer K.E. Turner killed (total of 7 fatalities).Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3308. Stored at No. 7 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Vancouver, BC by March 1946. Used as unit hack, visited Boeing Field, Seattle on 16 March 1946. Used post war by No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To US civil register when struck off, as N8011 with Bellomy Aviation of Miami, Florida. To Aerovias Internacional Alianza in 1966, registered as HP-248. To Transportes Aereos Benianos of La Paz in April 1970, as HP-428, later CP-915. To Sudamerican, La Paz in 1976. Sold to J. Sangueza of La Paz. Reported derelict at La Paz in 1976. Back to USA, bought by R.M. Stafford of Jacksonville, Florida in 1987. Shipped to USA. Restored and put on static display as PBJ-1D at USMC Museum, Quantico, Virginia from 1987 to 2003. Loaned to Freedom Museum in Pampa, Texas, still in USMC colours, in 2003, having been traded for a real PBJ.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3310. Crashed in US on delivery flight, on RCAF books for accounting purposes only.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3311. To Western Air Command for use at No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay, BC. Stored at No. 7 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Vancouver, BC by March 1946, where it was used as unit hack, to deliver ferry pilots to outlying facilities.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3312. Delivered to workshop reserve, for modifications before being issued. Issued to Western Air Command on 20 February 1945, for use at No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Stored at No. 7 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit at Vancouver, BC by March 1946, where it was used as unit hack, to deliver ferry pilots to outlying facilities. Transferred to storage at Patricia Bay, BC on 23 March 1946. Later stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at Gimli, Manitoba. Scheduled for modifications at Avro Canada from 18 March 1948, but this appears to have been cancelled.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
Ex USAAF B-25D-30 serial number 43-3316. Delivered to workshop reserve, for modifications before being issued. Issued to Western Air Command on 5 April 1945, for use at No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Boundary Bay, BC. To storage at No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit on 2 February 1946. Transferred to storage at Patricia Bay, BC on 23 March 1946. Later stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at Gimli, Manitoba. Assigned to North West Industries in Edmonton, Alberta for modifications on 19 October 1951, delivered there on 4 February 1952. To long term storage at No. 25 Air Material Base on 25 August 1953. To serviceable reserve at RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Alberta on 6 February 1957. To Bristol Aircraft on 26 April 1957 for modifications. To No. 2 Air Observer School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba on 16 September 1957. To workshop reserve at Lincoln Park on 24 March 1959 for inspection and survey report, then to inactive reserve on 16 April 1959. Noted as available for disposal on 11 July 1960.Known Squadron Assignments: No RAF service
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