The B25J -35-NC Serial Number 45-8898, now flying as "Axis Nightmare", was completed on October 29, 1945 and delivered when the B25 contract was terminated. She was the second to the last B25J bomber built. In December 1946 she was added to the USAAF inventory, and on December 18th she was flown to storage in Pyote, Texas. She remained in storage until 1948when she was recalled for maintenance and eventual administrative and utility duties at Bolling Field, Washington DC. She was stationed at Bolling Field from 1948 to 1958, and then retired to Davis-Monthan AFB Arizona. She had served her entire military life as a staff support and administrative aircraft.The B25J as with many others, was bought and sold by many hands. In August 1959 she was sold to H.H. Coffield of Rockdale, Texas, By August of 1974 she was derelict. In October 1983, she was sold to Aero Trader, then to Binary Warriors in July 1985. There she was disassembled and trucked to Tom Reilly for restoration. Her first flight after restoration was in 1988. She was finally sold to Gene Rayburn of Arizona who painted it in the RAF color scheme. On July 2, 1997 she was sold to Don George of Springfield Illonis, where her paint scheme was altered to represent American markings and was named "Axis Nightmare." On April 8, 1999 she was transferred to Warbirds Incorporated. In 2004 she was sold to the Tri-State Warbird Museum. In 2018 she was one of the two B25s used in the film remake of "Catch 22."For the movie she was painted with special removable paint to resemble "Yankee Doodle", the main B25 of the series. Axis Nightmare is currently at the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio.
