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TEXAN/44-81014
T-6 Texan 44-81014 WRG#: 0021225
Serial #: 44-81014
Construction #: 121-41736
Civil Registration:
  N3239G
  N1689C
Model(s):
  AT-6D Texan
  SNJ-5
Name: Dress Blues
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019
History:
Built for the United States Army Air Force as 44-81014, 19??.
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 90950
John M. Wallace, Nashville TN & Hurst, TX, 1963-1966.
  • Registered as N3239G.
20th Century Fox Film Corp, Hollywood, CA, circa 1967-1971.
  • Converted to Nakajima B5N Kate replica at Long Beach, CA, circa 1968.
  • Used in movie Tora! Tora! Tora!.
  • Noted in open storage Long Beach, CA, 1969-1971.
  • Sold at auction Long Beach, CA, February 1971.
Gerald D. Weeks, Memphis, TN, February 1971-1972.
  • Flew as Japanese "Kate", marked as AI-301.
Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, January 28, 1972-1988.
  • Aircraft heavily damaged after stalling during low level demonstration and crashing at air show at Kingsville NAS, TX, June 25, 1983.
Clyde F. Barton, Angleton, TX & Clute, TX, November 1989-1992.
  • Registered as N1689C.
  • Restored as standard SNJ-5 configuration.
  • Flew as Marines/CB89/GTMO BAY/Dress Blues.
Wally Fisk/Amjet Aircraft Corp/Polar Air Museum, Anoka County, MN, August 26, 1993-2005.
Prime Star Leasing, Forest Lake, MN, September 8, 2006-2009.
21F LLC, St Paul, MN, June 21, 2011-2013.
Baker Planes LLC, White Bear Lake, MN, February 6, 2015.
Blue Prop Warbirds, Long Lake, MN, September 2015-2021.
T-6 Texan 44-81014 WRG#: 0021226
Dan Johnson
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
Dan Johnson
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