Cambridge, UK — A North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell bomber, which formed the inspiration for Joseph Heller’s novel Catch 22, has received a detailed repaint from experts at Duxford Imperial War Museum.

The aircraft has been repainted to represent the B-25J Mitchell 43-4064, which served with the 488th bomb squadron of the 340th bomb group, 12th Air Force, in the latter stages of the conflict.

American author Heller served as a bombardier in the 488th squadron and missions carried out in the B-25J Mitchell were the basis for his novel.

B-25 at Duxford
The newly painted North American B-25J Mitchell bomber

The historically-accurate repaint was completed over a period of six weeks by a team of three conservation experts.

Chris Knapp, section head of conservation at Duxford, said: “We’re really pleased with it, the guys worked 
really hard.

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B-25J Mitchell gets repaint at Duxford

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