Opening bid is 30k w/ a reserve. There is one grainey picture of the B-25 at what looks like an open house or an airshow. here is the text:
WWII B25C Mitchell Medium Bomber "Skunkie"
Vehicle Description
The Celebrate Freedom Foundation offers for bid a rare WWII B25C Mitchell medium Bomber. Serial number 41-13285. This aircraft has been cosmetically restored in the early war colors and markings of LtCol. Jimmy Doolittle’s plane number 1. This aircraft has served as the premier icon and exhibit at the historic 50th, 60th, and 67th reunions of the famous Doolittle Raiders hosted by the Foundation in Columbia, SC.
This C Model B25 was manufactured in 1941 by North American Aviation at its Inglewood, California factory and will make an impressive exhibit for any museum or private collector of military aircraft.
Offered as is, where is, the aircraft may be inspected at the Jim Hamilton – Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, Columbia, SC, USA, by contacting the Foundation via email at:
CelebrateFreedom@earthlink.net. The successful bidder will be required to remove the aircraft from its current stored location, in our Curtis Wright hangar, at buyers expense, within 90 days. This aircraft is being sold for static display only and no aircraft maintenance records nor logbooks are available.
I guess the description isnt too bad, if your interested, most people would inspect it. But one grainey picture is a bit of a let down.
Here is the groups web page.
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I still have my issue of Warbirds International from 1986 or so with the story on that recovery. Other than the grime from the lake, I remember the plane looking very complete. They brought the whole thing up in one piece.