This B25D was built by North American Aviation and delivered to the US Army Air Force as B25D-25 Serial Number 42-87293. She was ferried to Hickam Field, HI, then across the Pacific to the South West Pacific Area. She was assigned to the 38th Bombardment Group, and later assigned to the 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 17th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, nicknamed "Mitch the Witch" and was assigned to pilot Captain Bert Sill. This B25D flew at least 190+ combat missions in the Pacific, and although her fate is unknown, she was likely scrapped at the end of the Pacific War.
The B25J-30-NC Serial Number 44-86747 now known as "Mitch the Witch II" was delivered on June 25th, 1945. She was flown straight to storage at Independence Missouri and later to Pyote, Texas. She was removed from storage in 1949 and assigned to Andrews AFB, in Maryland. In 1959 she was sold to a company in Alaska and was fitted with tanks to fight fires. She was sold several more times in Alaska, then in December 1978 was sold to the Air Museum in Chino California. Mitch the Witch II was featured in several movies such as Forever Young and Pearl Harbor in which she was launched off the aircraft carrier CV-16 USS Lexington. She is currently on display at the Palm Springs Air Museum.