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Aircraft History Built by North American Aviation (NAA). Constructors Number unknown. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-25 Mitchell model and serial number unknown. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific to the South West Pacific Area (SWPA). Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF) with fuselage U.S. star and bar markings. Mission History This B-25 force landed wheels up near the northern bank of the Markham River near Pyramid Hill and Nadzab at roughly Lat 6° 37' S, Long 145° 32' E. Wreckage This B-25 remained in situ in nearly intact condition. By 1959, the Markham River had eroded the soil below the bomber, placing it at the edge of the Markham River. Sometime after 1959, this aircraft fell into the Markham River and was covered by water and mud. Fate today unknown. Richard Leahy adds: "This is quite a significant photograph and could be the only, or one of the only photographs in existence of this aircraft. I took the photograph from a Crowley Cessna 170 being flown by Laurie Crowley himself, in about April or May 1959. Dad [Michael 'Mick' James Leahy] had a farm a few miles away beside Pyramid Hill and a week or two later I went there to harvest a crop of sorghum. It was raining one day and it is not possible to effectively harvest grain when it is wet so I took the tractor and some cable cross country to this site. It was my intention to tow the aircraft away from the river to a safer place. Very ambitious, the tractor was only a wheel International W6. The Markham River beaten me to it by maybe a week or so. All that was in evidence was about two feet of one of the vertical stabilizers. So that was the end of that dream. Interestingly this aircraft remains in the Markham river to this day. So in there somewhere is an almost perfect combat zone B-25. It could have a lot of mud and silt over it now." References Thanks to Richard Leahy for additional information Contribute
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