This B-25 'Mitchell' is a World War II medium bomber. Gerry Beck flew this aircraft from Rockville TX to Wahpeton ND on 2/3/1984. He never got around to restoring it. It was towed to Fargo last year after Beck died in a flying accident. It is on display at the Fargo Air Museum, in a building that carries his name in tribute.

quot;The restorers riveted and bolted aluminum covers over ports where .50 caliber machine guns once bristled from the nose, tail and aides of the airplane. They did nothing, however, about polishing away black paint on the engine cowlings. Much corrosion remains on the aluminum skin, which still shows the heavily faded aircraft number 499 just above US AIR FORCE.

quot; -Fargo Forum, 2/4/1984 page A1