There are more than one hundred surviving
North American B-25 Mitchells scattered over the world, mainly in the United States. Most of them are on static display in museums, but about 45 are still airworthy.
A significant number of these were brought together for Catch-22, a 1970
war film adapted from the
book of the same name by
Joseph Heller. When Catch-22 began preliminary production, Paramount hired the
Tallmantz Aviation organization to obtain available B-25s. Tallmantz president,
Frank G. Tallman ended up finding war-surplus aircraft, and eventually gathered not only pilots to fly the aircraft but also a ground support crew to maintain the fleet.
44-86893 Red Bull – based in
Salzburg, flown for the Flying Bulls/
Red Bull and owned by Aircraft Guarantee Corp Trustee of
Onalaska, Texas, USA.[7][8]
40-2168 Miss Hap – based at the
American Airpower Museum in
Farmingdale, NY. This aircraft was the fourth off the North American production line in 1940 and was designated an RB-25 (the "R" indicating restricted from combat, not a reconnaissance aircraft) and was assigned to General
Henry H. "Hap" Arnold in 1943 and 1944. It was later sold to
Howard Hughes in 1951 and took
Elizabeth Taylor to the funeral of her husband,
Mike Todd. Hughes sold the aircraft in 1961.[40][41]
43-3634 Rosie's Reply (formerly Yankee Warrior) – Combat Veteran served with the 12th AF, 57th BW, 340th BG, 489th BS (8 combat missions). Based at the
Yankee Air Museum in
Ypsilanti, Michigan. This aircraft has been recently repainted and remarked in its original squadron markings and as a flyable tribute to the women known as Rosie the Riveter.[44][45]
43-35972 Maid in the Shade – based at the
Commemorative Air Force (Airbase Arizona) in
Mesa, Arizona. This aircraft flew fifteen actual combat missions from Seraggia Airport on the island of
Corsica in November and December 1944 as Battle 18 with the distinctive blue tail and blue ring cowls she now displays. She was later an aerial pest spray aircraft and arrived at the then Arizona Wing of the CAF and was in restoration for almost 29 years until her first flight in May 2009.[56][57]
44-28925 How Boot That – based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.[60][61] Removed from public display when the museum indefinitely closed on 1 January 2024. To be moved to North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas.[48]
44-28932 Tondelayo (listed as B-25J but had been a TB-25N) – based at the
Collings Foundation in
Stow, Massachusetts, aircraft was based at the Foundation's maintenance plant at American Aero Services at
New Smyrna Beach Airport in
New Smyrna Beach, Florida, but in August 2013 the aircraft was moved to
Nut Tree Airport in Solano County, California to aid the fundraising campaigns of the Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Center by offering rides over the San Francisco Bay area.[62][63]
44-28938 Old Glory – privately owned in
Latham, New York.[64] Being restored after non-fatal crash in Stockton, California on 19 September 2020.[65][66]
44-30423 Photo Fanny – based at the
Planes of Fame in
Chino, California. This airplane has appeared in numerous movies, e.g. Catch-22 and Forever Young.[79][80]