1st Edition
Mitchell Masterpieces 3 An Illustrated History of B-25 Warbirds in Business
By Wim Nijenhuis
Copyright 2024
256 Pages
by
Lanasta
This is the third and final book about the North American B-25 Mitchell in service. The Volumes 1 and 2 of Mitchell Masterpieces dealt with the B-25s in military service. In this Volume 3, many B-25s are described which operated in civil service in all different countries. After the Second World War, the B-25 got a role in civil aviation. Many airplanes were stripped of their armament and... Read more
Foreword, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Scrapping and storage, The civil market, U.S.A.- Firefighting and agricultural duties- Maintenance, restoration, and trading- Various companies/owners- Other civil B-25s- Museums- U.S. military bases- American film industry, Canada, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Australia, Soviet Union, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela, Final word, Appendix 1 Civil registration numbers with corresponding US AAF serial numbers, Appendix 2 Owners and museums with civil B-25s, Appendix 3 Airworthy B-25 Mitchells, Index, Bibliography.
Biography
Wim Nijenhuis was beroepsmatig technisch manager bij woningcorporaties en is hobbymatig een enthousiast modelbouwer. Nijenhuis was oprichter van de Regio Oost van IPMS-Nederland, mede-oprichter van de eerste Special Interest Group binnen IPMS-Nederland en meerdere jaren voorzitter van IPMS-Nederland. Hoewel hij werd geboren na de Tweede Wereldoorlog, hadden de vliegtuigen uit de oorlog zijn interesse. Hij heeft zich gespecialiseerd in de geallieerde bommenwerpers. Zijn favoriete vliegtuig is de B-25 Mitchell.
