There are more than one hundred surviving North American B-25 Mitchells scattered over the world, mainly in the United States. Most of them are on static display in museums, but about 45 are still airworthy.
A significant number of these were brought together for Catch-22, a 1970 war film adapted from the book of the same name by Joseph Heller. When Catch-22 began preliminary production, Paramount hired the Tallmantz Aviation organization to obtain available B-25s. Tallmantz president, Frank G. Tallman ended up finding war-surplus aircraft, and eventually gathered not only pilots to fly the aircraft but also a ground support crew to maintain the fleet.
B-25J 44-28932TondelayoB-25J Mitchell – 44-30069 at Museu Aerospacial in Campos dos Afonsos Air Force Base – Rio de JaneiroB-25H Barbie III taxiing at Centennial Airport, ColoradoB-25J 45-8883Grumpy of the Canadian Warplane HeritageB-25J 44-30832Take-off TimeB-25D 43-3634Yankee WarriorB-25J 43-28222 at Hurlburt Field, FloridaB-25J 44-86772 at the Hill Air Force Base Museum, Hill AFB, UtahB-25J 44-86725Super Rabbit at the Evergreen Aviation MuseumB-25J 44-30734Panchito of Rag Wings and Radial AircraftB-25J 44-86843 at Grissom ARB, IndianaB-25J 44-86872Little King at Robins AFB, GeorgiaB-25J 44-86891Lazy Daisy Mae at former Castle AFB, CaliforniaB-25J-30NC 44-86777Martha Jean of Blue Yonder, IncF-10D 43-3374 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (in Doolittle markings) at Wright-Patterson AFB, OhioB-25J 44-86893 of the Flying Bulls in AustriaB-25J 44-29507Sarinah of the Duke of Brabant's Air ForceB-25J 43-28059Apache Princess at the Fantasy of Flight Museum in Polk City, FloridaB-25J 45-8811Russell's Raiders at the 2007 International Air Picnic in Góraszka, Poland
Argentina
Under restoration
B-25J
44-31173 – under restoration to flightworthiness by Gustavo M. Passano and his team.[2]
40-2168 Miss Hap – based at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, NY. This aircraft was the fourth off the North American production line in 1940 and was designated an RB-25 (the "R" indicating restricted from combat, not a reconnaissance aircraft) and was assigned to General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold in 1943 and 1944. It was later sold to Howard Hughes in 1951 and took Elizabeth Taylor to the funeral of her husband, Mike Todd. Hughes sold the aircraft in 1961.[40][41]
B-25D
43-3318 Grumpy – based at the Historic Flight Foundation in Spokane, Washington.[42][43]
43-3634 Rosie's Reply (formerly Yankee Warrior) – Combat Veteran served with the 12th AF, 57th BW, 340th BG, 489th BS (8 combat missions). Based at the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This aircraft has been recently repainted and remarked in its original squadron markings and as a flyable tribute to the women known as Rosie the Riveter.[44][45]
43-28204 Pacific Princess – privately owned in Missoula, Montana.[55]
43-35972 Maid in the Shade – based at the Commemorative Air Force (Airbase Arizona) in Mesa, Arizona. This aircraft flew fifteen actual combat missions from Seraggia Airport on the island of Corsica in November and December 1944 as Battle 18 with the distinctive blue tail and blue ring cowls she now displays. She was later an aerial pest spray aircraft and arrived at the then Arizona Wing of the CAF and was in restoration for almost 29 years until her first flight in May 2009. [56][57]
The "Maid in the Shade" is currently flying over the Hanover, Virginia region, located just north of Richmond, Virginia.
44-28925 How Boot That – based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.[60][61] Removed from public display when the museum indefinitely closed on 1 January 2024. To be moved to North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas.[48]
44-28932 Tondelayo (listed as B-25J but had been a TB-25N) – based at the Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts, aircraft was based at the Foundation's maintenance plant at American Aero Services at New Smyrna Beach Airport in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, but in August 2013 the aircraft was moved to Nut Tree Airport in Solano County, California to aid the fundraising campaigns of the Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Center by offering rides over the San Francisco Bay area.[62][63]
44-28938 Old Glory – privately owned in Latham, New York.[64] Being restored after non-fatal crash in Stockton, California on 19 September 2020.[65][66]
44-30423 Photo Fanny – based at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California. This airplane has appeared in numerous movies, e.g. Catch-22 and Forever Young.[79][80]
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