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    Airframe Family: North American B-25/PBJ Mitchell
    Latest Model:B-25J-5-NC Mitchell
    Last Military Serial:43-28059 USAAF
    Construction Number:108-35072
    Last Civil Registration:N1943J
    Latest Owner or Location:Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-25J-5-NC by North American at Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-28059.

    10 September 1958

    To Blue Mountain Air Service, La Grande, OR with new c/r N9857C.

    1959

    Converted to air tanker, - Fitted with 1000 gallon tank.

    From December 1959 to 1970

    To Earl Red Dodge, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N9857C.
    Markings added: 4

    1 September 1966


    Photographer: Neil Aird
    Notes: At Fairbanks, Alaska

    From 1970 to 1979

    To Edgar L. Thorsrud, Missoula, MT keeping c/r N9857C.

    From 1979 to 1980

    To Max Power Inc, Carlsbad, CA keeping c/r N9857C.

    September 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: B-25 N9857C was Alaskan tanker #8 at Fairbanks, Alaska

    September 1980

    To Holden Aviation Services, Lamont, Alberta, with new c/r C-GTTM.

    May 1981

    To Aero Trader, Borrego Springs, CA with new c/r N26795.

    11 August 1983

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL with new c/r N1943J.

    17 June 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL1943J (B-25N, 43-28059A) issued.

    6 April 2002


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Mustangs and Mustangs Fly-in, Fantasy of Flight, Polk City FL.

    To Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
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    Markings Applied: APACHE PRINCESS, 152

    26 February 2007


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Flight of Fantasy, Polk City, FL

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Matt Maranto
    Notes: Parked in front of maintenance hanger actively being worked on. Wish I had a wider angle lens, limited to photos taken from tram

    24 February 2015

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL keeping c/r N1943J.
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