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Flight of the B-25J "Champaign Gal" at Champaign Aviation Museum.(Multiple Cameras-Highlights)

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We recorded a flight of the B-25J "Champaign Gal" at Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio on Aug. 28, 2021. National Museum of the U.S. Air Force volunteer Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jack Hampshire was on board for this flight.

https://www.champaignaviationmuseum.org/

The B-25J-15-NC SN 44-28866 now flying as "Champaign Gal" was accepted on July 27, 1944. Her first flight after modifications was on August 10, 1944, flown by test pilot James Malone and lasted approximately 30 minutes. First assigned to Moody Field, Georgia, she was used for advanced twin-engine pilot training. After several months of use, she was transferred to Turner Field, Georgia for use as a twin-engine trainer. She continued in use as a twin engine-trainer through the end of the war. In 1947, she was flying at Kessler AFB, Mississippi as a proficiency aircraft as well as administrative duties. By 1948, she was transferred to Hamilton AFB, California as a utility transport. She would be assigned to pilot training at Mather AFB, California in 1950, but later sent to the Military Airlift Command. She was briefly stationed at the Canal Zone in Panama during 1953. Her last four years of active duty were spent with the 1708th Ferry Squadron based out of Kelly AFB, Texas where she was used to transfer Air Force personnel to base assignments. She was placed into storage in 1957 and declared surplus in by October of that year.

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