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| USAAF 10th AF 1st Air Commando Group |
Aircraft History Built by North American Aviation (NAA). Constructors Number unknown. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-25H-1 Mitchell serial number 43-4??? (last three digitis unknown). Ferried overseas to China-Burma-India (CBI). Wartime History Assigned to the 10th Air Force, 1st Air Commando Group, to pilot Lt. Col. R. T. Smith who nicknamed the aircraft "Barbie II" after his wife. Painted light olive drab over neutral gray lower surfaces. The fuselage had five diagonal white stripes (1st Air Commando Group markings). Wartime History During a combat mission on February 21, 1944 the nose machine gun access hatch flipped upward and ripped off in flight. Returning, this aircraft was damaged and written off. B-25H "Barbie III" 43-4380 replaced it. References Contribute
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