B-25 Wild Cargo

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The B-25J-25-NC SN 44-30129 now flying as "Wild Cargo" was delivered on December 19, 1944. Her Initial assignment was to Douglas, Arizona as an advanced twin-engine trainer. She wa s used to transition pilots to multi-engine aircraft as well as training foreign aircrews in navigation. In August of 1945, she was assigned to Victorville, California for administrative duties, but may have been placed in storage when the war ended. In December of 1945, she was assigned to Randolph Field, Texas where she was used for administrative duties. By early 1946, she was in storage. She was sent to Chanute AAF, Illinois in April of 1946 and was used in base maintenance training programs. She would later be transferred to Barksdale, Louisiana for pilot training. She moved around quite a bit until March of 1949 when she was assigned to Vance Air Force Base. In late 1951, she was modified by Hughes and redesignated as a TB-25K. She was assigned to James Connally Air Force Base until December of 1957 when she was flown to storage. In September of 1964, she was sold to Walter A. Soplata of Newbury, Ohio. She was disassembled and moved to his display yard. In December of 1990 she was sold to Steven A. Detch of Aopharetta, Georgia. She was then sold to Gerald Yagen in Suffolk, Virginia in December of 1997. Her first flight after being restored to airworthiness was on November 19, 2005. She now resides at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Photo by Philip Bean Show more