• Aircraft:

  North American B-25J Mitchell

• Reg: N125AZ photos
• Serial #:

  43-35972

• Airline: Commemorative Air Force
• Photo Date: Sep 09, 2023
• Uploaded: Oct 03, 2023
• Logan-Cache Airport - KLGU, USA - Utah

If you ever get the chance to see this airplane, one thing you will be told often is that this airframe flew 15 combat missions over Italy in November and December of 1944. Combat veterans are something of a rarity among surviving WWII aircraft, so of course that makes this airplane really cool; but what I want to know is, did the people who used it as a cropduster in the early 1960s know about its combat history? (Side note: hearing a B-17 take off just prior to this picture was really cool, but hearing this guy take off was amazing!)

Photographer

Aircraft

Sean Harold N125AZ

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“Maid in the Shade” departing during a summer evening at the Skyfest 2023

Luft Spotter N125AZ

1,275 76 19 North American B-25J Mitchell

Michael Rodeback N125AZ

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Photo location

Michael Rodeback N125AZ

1,744 12 0 North American B-25J Mitchell

This B-17 was built in March, 1945

Michael Rodeback N9323Z

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If you ever get the chance to see this airplane, one thing you will be told often is that this airframe flew 15 combat missions over Italy in November and December of 1944

Michael Rodeback N125AZ

1,002 12 0 North American B-25J Mitchell

Photographer

Michael Rodeback PH-BQN

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Michael Rodeback PH-BQP

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