After this last film, it was stored, changed hands several times and was stored at various locations like Coventry Airport where it was parked at a place called 'Rock Farm'. It finished in a dismantled condition at Sandtoft. There its condition, slowly but certainly, deteriorated. In December 2004, one of our members discovered in "Flypast" news, that a B-25 stored near Hull was on sales after demise of the Imperial Aviation Group.
A small project team was created and studied the possibility to raise funds for the project to buy and convoy the aircraft to Belgium. Just before the New Year 2005-2006, the Brussels Air Museum Fund gave her formal approval to house the administrative and financial aspects of the project. A bid was placed, which was accepted.
That was just the beginning …
First contact
As offered, the B25 was in a dismantled state, missing its engines and the gun turret, but in quite fair condition. We later discovered that the plane was not in the expected location, stored in the open and damaged by a shift in poor condition.
Last but not least, many components of the plane were scattered around the storage yard and some components were missing.