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Gentlemen,

This B-25 was purchased by Bob Diemert of Carman, Manitoba in the mid--1970s in Texas The aircraft was to be scrapped and Diemert bought both engines. The owner did not want the airframe, so Diemert left the engines on the aircraft, and flew it direct to Carman, Manitoba.

Diemert later sold it to a company in Alberta that had B-25 water- bombers. They had planned using it as a parts source. But I am told this did not happen--the B-25s were phased out of the water-bomber role, and this Mitchell was sold and flown back to the USA.

I have photos of this B-25 in the identical paint scheme parked at Diemert's air strip--Friendship Field. Pictures of the aircraft appeared in Air Classics back in the late 1970s.

Norman Malayney

Scott Thompson's, B-25 Mitchell in Civil Service, identifies it as 44-30456. Further info available here: http://www.aerovintage.com/b25bits.htm

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Gentlemen,

Yes the above identity, 44-30456 is correct. Its brief history is also listed on the Warbird Registry, and the B-25 currently is on display at the Tillamook Aviation Museum.

Norman Malayney