Mitchell serial nr. trace

Rob Philips · Post by **Rob Philips** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:42 am

Gentlemen,

Anyone who can match Air Corps OR Bureau No. 42-47440 to a Mitchell B-25C, delivered to the RAF, flown by 320 (Dutch) Sqn Bomber Command.
Number found on a Mitchell engine found in France, believed to be of Mitchell FR146 NO-O, crashed 26/11/1943 at Tréauville, Manche, France.

Coert Munk · Post by **Coert Munk** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:05 pm

Hi Rob,
The answer must be "NO" after 4 1/2 yrs of waiting for an answer.
FR146 NO-O was 42-32277 and went missing on 26Nov43 indeed.
The AAC serial 42-47440 belongs to a CG-4A, not to a B-25.
Kind regards,
Coert

Post by **aerovin2** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:02 pm

I don't think airplane serial numbers were ever attached to engines. The engine may have had its own serial number, though not sure on this.

Coert Munk · Post by **Coert Munk** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:48 pm

Engines have their own serial numbers. You might check http://www.enginehistory.org/ for additional info
Coert

Chris Brame · Post by **Chris Brame** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:55 pm

The P-36 engine for sale by Aircorps Depot has a dataplate stating the aircraft type as P-36A and a serial number of 37-280 (which would be an O-47A). Weren't engines and props usually a separate purchase and therefore had their own year-dated serial numbers?

Several years ago there was a propellor listed on eBay as having come from a B-17 but was obviously an older ground-adjustable (like on a P-6E, A-12 or B-10). I recall the A.C. serial was 33-xxx on that one.