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Description
| Manufacturer: | North American | |
| Base model: | B-25 | |
| Designation: | TB-25 | |
| Version: | J | |
| Nickname: | Mitchell | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
| Modified Mission: | Trainer | |
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Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Reese AFB | Reese AFB | Texas |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Tony Orth Capistrano Beach, CA | During one of my lay offs from United Airlines I was working at Tallmantz Aviation as a flight mechanic on a modified B25 (42B). One of our missions was to film "thrill shots" for the worlds fair. I particularly enjoyed hedge hopping over the desert then diving into the Grand Canyon for a hot river run. On our first pass the cameraman in the nose was so impressed with the experience he forgot to start the camera. I have a few 35 mm slides I took from my station aft of the pedestal where I monitored and trimmed engine parameters as required, needless to say the Aircraft Commander and Co-Pilot had their hands full and eyes peeled on the Canyon walls. I was surprised we were permitted to accomplish this portion of the mission as we must have freaked out a few hikers and mule riders. Wish I could get a copy of that film and a sound recording from the Canyon. 05/22/2011 @ 15:08 [ref: 38161] |
| Larry D. Emlet , PA | Note to John K Pumphrey, It seems that I was there when you were.
I graduated from flight training at Reese in class 58-F. While there, I was in the 3500thPTS, my instructor was Lt. Eugene Kerr,and I learned to fly that twin ruddered bird very well there. Those of you at Reese AFB have not mentioned it, but maybe you are aware that the Group Commander at the time was Col. Travis Hoover who was the pilot of the second B-25 to leave the deck of the Hornet for the first raid on Tokyo. He passed in 2004. We called him "NO Flap Hoover". If you watch films of the takeoff or the movie "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", you will understand why. (little problem of sleeve and flap handle). Got a lot of static for choosing the B-25 over the T-33 For basic pilot training, from the guys that went "JETS", but after getting my wings, I was sent to Tyndall AFB and all that was available for me to fly was (you guessed it - T-33 JETS!). Later at another station I became the check out pilot to some of those guys who went "JETS", in multi-engine Aircraft (all that was available for them to fly) The B-25 was a good learning experience; no hydraulic assist on controls and LOUD engines near bothe ears, but it was a pleasure for me to be able to fly it! 12/03/2010 @ 19:01 [ref: 33882] |
| John K Pumphrey Westminster, CA | January 1955 to May 1958 I was assigned to the 3501st PTS. I worked in flight operations on the flight line. It wasn't long before I discovered there were CRT flight on most weekends and there was always a plane or two going to California. Since I got to know most of the instructors, it was just a matter of asking if I could ride along. You can imagine the thrill a 17 year old kid got out of this. My boss, Maj John Susko kept an undated 3-day pass in his desk in the event we didn't get back on Sunday afternoon. Over the following years I considered I had my own private airline. It was great!! Probably the high-light of these trips was a Saturday flight that lasted all day. The weather was unfavorable in Long Beach, but the pilots decided to go anyway to get their CRT hours. WE flew NW and stopped at Hill, AFB in Utah to refuel. Riding in the nose over the Rockies on a summer morning was better than an IMAX movie. Leaving Hill, AFB we flew SSW and followed the Green River to where it joined the Colorado. Breaking a few rules we flew down the river along and below the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. From there we flew over Lake Mead and Hoover Dam to Luke AFB, AZ to refuel. After leaving Luke the co-pilot asked me if I would like to sit in his seat while he stretched out in the tunnel below. WOW! what a treat for me, an 18 year old kid. Not much to do as the plane was trimmed, but I got to have "hands on control" making a couple of turns until we turned left at El Paso.
to head for Reese. I'm over seventy now and that one day is still my fondest memory of my Air Force days. 06/22/2008 @ 16:09 [ref: 21576] |
| Philip S. Mygatt Englewood, FL | The B-25 that was at the entrance to Reese was moved many years ago and is now on display at the Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg TX. This was Admiral Nimitz' birthplace. I have visited there many times but never went through the museum and I now regret not having done so. I was in 66-D Class that graduated December 7, 1965.
06/01/2008 @ 07:05 [ref: 21068] |
| Dick Adams Newport news, VA | During the period Nov 1948 - April 1952 I was assigned to the 3575th Maintenance Squadron at Barkesdale AFB, thence Vance AFB in Enid OK. The mission of this squadron was to maintain and service about 50 TB-25J aircraft in support of the Air Force Advanced Multi-Engine Flight Training School for Aviation Cadets and Student Officers. During this period I was school and on-the-job trained as an A&E Mechanic and earned the designation Flight Mechanic Technician (Flight Engineer/Crew Chief) on this wonderful aircraft along with the privilege of wearimg silver crew-member wings. During this period I proudly logged about 750 hours flight time and was delighted to receive the $50 per month flight (hazardous duty) pay which, as a buck sgt during the later years, amounted to about 30% of my gross pay. Those were the good old days. The greatest thrill was to serve as the visual observer in the "glass nose", with infinite visibility, during unusual attitude recovery practice by the student pilots. During these maneuvers the student pilot was under the hood on instruments, the instructor pilot would make the student turn his head to the left an down, while he typically put the aircraft into a descending left followed by a climbing right turn to near stall airspeed, chop power on the right engine and say OK you have the controls. If the student pilot was not able to assess the attitude from the flight instruments within a few seconds and make the proper control inputs for recovery the TB-25J could flip on its back and usually enter a high speed vertical spin. We had some very good instructors and student pilots and overstressed only a very few aircraft. But this was a thrill to the only guy in the aircraft (me) who had clear visibility of the horizon. The TB-25J was a tough, forgiving aircraft. 05/20/2007 @ 18:23 [ref: 16541] |
| JOSEPH SWAN Norwood, NY | FLEW AS ENLISTED ECM OPERATOR INTB 25J--ECM AIRCRAFT IN 1954 OUT OF HAMILTON AFB, CALIF TRAINING INTERCEPTORS AND AC&W STATIONS UP AND DOWN WEST COAST FOR 28TH AIR DIVISION. GREAT AIRCRAFT--HAVE MANY HOURS IN IT--OUR CODE NAME FOR AIRCRAFT WAS "FORBID". 01/18/2006 @ 18:59 [ref: 12193] |
| Col R J Powers, USAF (Ret) , LA | I flew as an enlisted aircrewman in the PBJ-1D and PBJ-1J (B-25)in the Marines in 1944-1945 in the Northern Solomons and the Philippines. After receiving a commission in the USAF in 1948, I flew the TB-25J in advanced pilot training with Class 49-C at Barksdale AFB, La. It was a wonderful experience to move up to the left seat of my old warbird and actually fly it. A fine, honest airplane. It had one really wicked stall characteristic --- but, you can't have everything! 09/15/2002 @ 19:08 [ref: 5699] |
| ESTEBAN L BOVO MIAMI, FL | GRADUATED AS PART OF CLASS 59-E AT REESE AFB, WITH FELLOW, EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM CUBA, MATIAS FARIAS AND CRISPIN GARCIA, THE THREE OF US FLEW B-26 DURING THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION AND GARCIA WAS KILLED IN ACTION. MEMORIES OF THE B-25 ARE STILL VIVID IN MY MIND, WHAT A PLANE 03/31/2001 @ 20:04 [ref: 1950] |
| ESTEBAN L BOVO MIAMI, FL | GRADUATED AS PART OF CLASS 59-E AT REESE AFB, WITH FELLOW, EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM CUBA, MATIAS FARIAS AND CRISPIN GARCIA, THE THREE OF US FLEW B-26 DURING THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION AND GARCIA WAS KILLED IN ACTION. MEMORIES OF THE B-25 ARE STILL VIVID IN MY MIND, WHAT A PLANE 03/31/2001 @ 20:04 [ref: 1949] |
| William Reynolds Columbia, IL | During the summer of 1954, I spent four weeks at Reese AFB taking part in ROTC summer camp and had an opportunity to fly about 4 1/2 hours as a passenger in the TB-25. It was a very exciting ride and I was able to overcome my air sickness.
It was a beautiful sight riding in the nose looking out over the plans of west Texas. Best wishes on your development of the museum at Reese. 01/02/2001 @ 22:52 [ref: 1303] |
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