Mitchell Masterpieces 3: An Illustrated History of B-25 Warbirds in Business - Paperback

by Wim Nijenhuis (Author)

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 other military equipment and often came through auctions in the civilian market. They came in private hands and were deployed for transportation of personnel or goods, for training, fire fighting, agricultural spraying of other purposes. Some were converted into a luxury business plane and some were used in the film industry.

This book should serve as a general view of the companies, organisations and owners and the B-25s they flew. Moreover, the book would not be complete if no attention was paid to the civilian B-25s in the various museums and the warbird circuit. All this is described in detail and provided with about 750 pictures, many of which are in full colour.

Author 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.