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New owner for Mitchell ‘Executive Sweet’

The Georgia, US-based Liberty Foundation has announced its acquisition of North American TB-25N Mitchell N30801 from the American Aeronautical Foundation

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Mitchell to the skies - could East Kirkby's B-25 fly?

Another American bomber might just be destined to take to British skies. Jamie Ewan spoke to Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre boss Andrew Panton about East Kirkby's B-25 Mitchell

Famed B-25 warbird returning to Europe

‘Grumpy’ being prepared for trans-Atlantic flight following sale to new owner

US museum acquires Link Trainer

Based in North Hudson, Michigan, the Warbirds Of Glory Museum is hoping to restore a wartime Link Trainer

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Mitchell and Bolingbroke for East Kirkby

The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre – home to Lancaster Just Jane – has now received a B-25 Mitchell and two Bolingbrokes

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Flying Bulls Display Team: hangar tour

Lured to Austria by an access-all-areas visit and the chance to fly with the Flying Bulls, Luke Bimm discovered a museum unlike any other

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What it's like to fly in Flying Bulls’ B-25J Mitchell

Luke Bimm looks back at the legendary ‘Doolittle Raids’ and experiences what it was like to fly one of the machines responsible for the United States’ first bombing raid of World War Two

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B-25 Mitchell heads south for restoration

The rear fuselage and centre section of North American B-25J Mitchell 44-30861, nicknamed the Bedsheet Bomber, was transported by road to the Wings Aviation Museum near Balcombe, West Sussex, on May 3 to continue a thorough refurbishment.

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B-25s in unusual Pacific Theatre clash

Lou Fulgaro, one of the four ‘Weary Warriors’ who restored B-25 ‘Barbie III’, recounts an unusual Pacific Theatre clash

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Top 5 North American Aviation Aircraft

On the anniversary of the founding of North American Aviation, we take a look back at their top 5 aircraft