Searching for a B-25

Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:37 pm

I need help with a long shot from all you B-25 afficionados....
I'm trying to determine if a B-25 that was based at Jefferson County mun. airport near Beaumont, Tx. in the 1960's still exists. My dad has some old photos of it that I've seen years ago but I don't know if he has any that show the tail number.
My interest in this aircraft is that my stepmom's late husband flew it some as a freight hauler in the sixties. (he passed away in 1968). Locally it was just known as "the chicken freighter."
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

BTW-I made my first warbird flight two weekends ago in Lone Star's "Special Delivery" Totally awesome experience!

Doug Ratchford 'Canso42'

Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:47 pm

It could be this one:
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25regis ... 30925.html

Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:41 pm

Thanks Brian,
This looks promising enough to pursue further. The location/date lines match up well. I know there weren't two twenty-fives there. Now I really need to bug Daddy about finding those photos. A tail number would sure nail it down nicely. Nice to know its still around if it's the one. According to this registry, are the Belgians intending to restore it to airworthy???

Doug.

Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:17 pm

Brian,
There are two 1978 pix of it on a.net from the Hannover Street filming and my late seventies CAF Airsho program has a shot of it in the B-25 section.
BTW, Lone Star's PBY-5A is in the background in a marshalling scene in that movie. Actually it was in a video sort of a 'making-of'. I never saw Catch-22. I was in high school then, tried to read the book and found it too weird.

Doug.