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    Airframe Family: North American B-25/PBJ Mitchell
    Latest Model:B-25D Mitchell
    Last Military Serial:41-30222 USAAF
    Construction Number:87-8387
    Compressed ID:NA B-25D sn 41-30222 USAAF cn 87-83...
    Latest Owner or Location:Darwin Aviation Museum, Winnellie, Darwin, Northern Territory

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-25D.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-30222.

    25 January 1945

    Crashed.
    Around 1:50 PM Forced landing about 60 miles west of Tennant Creek, NT, Australia.

    From 25 January 1945 to 26 January 1945

    Recovery party.

    From 3 June 1974 to 7 June 1974

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Australian Aviation Heritage Centre, Winnellie, Darwin, Northern Territory.
    Towed out of the desert and recovered by a recovery party of the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre.
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    Markings Applied: HAWG MOUTH

    From 24 December 1974 to 25 December 1974

    Damaged.
    Tropical cyclone Tracy devastates the city of Darwin, and with it the rear fuselage of the Mitchell Hawg Mouth. The aircraft was stored in the open air.

    October 1975


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: The scene at East Point Military Museum, Darwin in October 1975 after a some aircraft wrecked by Cyclone Tracy were moved here from Darwin Airport. The museums B-25D Mitchell 41-30222 had been salvaged from a forced landing site 75 miles east of Tennant Creek NT. Wreckage of RAAF Dakota A65-104 and DC-3 PK-RDB can be seen behind the Mitchell

    27 August 2001


    Photographer: Han de Ridder

    27 August 2001


    Photographer: Han de Ridder

    Another rear fuselage with tail section has since been located and is prepared to be mounted on the aircraft.

    To Darwin Aviation Museum, Winnellie, Darwin, Northern Territory.
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    24 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With its tail separated at Darwin, NT
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