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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. On 18 April 2010, 17 airworthy B-25s took off from the airfield behind the National Museum of the United States Air Force and flew over in formation to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. Four of the surviving members of the Raid were in attendance for the reunion; Cole, Griffin, Hite and Thatcher, although Hite departed before the flyover. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Commander of Air Force Material Command General Donald Hoffman and the Director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force Major General (ret.) Charles Metcalf were there also.〔("B-25 bomber fly-over largest of its kind since WWII." ) ''Dayton Daily News,'' 19 April 2010. Retrieved: 19 April 2010.〕 In September 2005, a B-25C Mitchell that crashed in 1943 during a training exercise was raised from the depths of Lake Murray, SC.〔Gordon, Kay. ("Lake Murray's Mitchell." ) ''Air & Space Magazine, Smithsonian'', January 2007.〕 Dr. Bob Seigler who spearheaded the project, John Hodge and Dr. Bill Vartorella, formed the Lake Murray B-25 Rescue Project to salvage the aircraft from the bottom of Lake Murray.〔("B-25 Mitchell Bomber salvaged from Lake Murray." ) ''Lake Murray's B-25''. Retrieved" 24 May 2015.〕 After recovery, the remains of the aircraft were moved to the Southern Museum of Flight〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.al.com/news/audio/flightwrap.mp3 )〕 in Birmingham, Alabama for conservation and museum display.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.southernmuseumofflight.org/exhibits.html )〕 A video crew, including maritime video experts Nautilus Productions Rick Allen (2nd camera & underwater camera) and Ric Hase (sound), documented the recovery for the Mega Movers series on the History Channel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2971671/ )〕 This is a list of surviving North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft. ==B-25 survivors== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of surviving North American B-25 Mitchells」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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