Sandbar Mitchell News Today

Some of the parts for rebuilding the B-25 bomber were recovered from a plane that was shot down in Italy in 1945.

Some of the parts for rebuilding the B-25 bomber were recovered from a plane that was shot down in Italy in 1945.

Some of the parts for rebuilding the B-25 bomber were recovered from a plane that was shot down in Italy in 1945.

Some of the parts for rebuilding the B-25 bomber were recovered from a plane that was shot down in Italy in 1945.

Pat Epps donates Link Trainer project to the Warbirds of Glory Museum, which is raising funds to transport the item from Georgia to their home base in Michigan

A few days ago, Volatus Infrastructure, LLC announced that it has chosen to support the Warbirds of Glory Museum; its first charitable cause. As most readers will know, this museum and its band of highly skillful, teenage volunteers, is in the process of restoring B-25J Mitchell 44-30733, lovingly referred to as the Sandbar Mitchell due to the airframe having spent many years marooned on a spit of sand in an Alaskan river.

The goal: To bring history back to life with a special surprise.

WWII Rosie the Riveter, Mary Lou White, helps build Sandbar Mitchell instrument panel - revisiting her work for North American during WWII