Mystery B-25

[Elwyn]

I'm posting this for a friend

"Mystery B-25 -- Bangkok, 1966"

Here's a photo I snapped at Bangkok's Don Muang airport in April '66 while on R&R from Vietnam. A bunch of us had just de-planed from a USMC R5D (C-54E) upon arrival from Pleiku --- after a C-123 transfer from the 1st Cav Div base camp at An Khe.

As we were herded toward the terminal I recognized a "time warp" aircraft parked across the ramp -- and took a chance by quickly shooting this photo since there were "No Cameras" signs posted in Thai & English all over the place, plus a bunch of little guys standing around holding some sort of submachine gun. (Well? I was young, full of myself and...upon reflection...pretty stupid.)

Parked to the left of the C-124 (to the right, in this very grainy photo) was a highly polished North American B-25 Mitchell. It had no markings whatsoever, yet glinted in the sunlight like a jewel.
Remember: this was 1966. Those things were supposed to've been extinct many years prior.

Does anyone have a rational explanation for what a completely UNMARKED, highly polished B-25 was doing at Don Muang in 1966?

(I know: they've been lying to us for years. Give it a shot anyway.)

Mike K

[N3Njeff]

Dont quote me on this but I think I had read some where that Air America had a couple on the inventory list.

[n5151ts]

Dont quote me on this but I think I had read some where that Air America had a couple on the inventory list.

my bets down on that as well...