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Serial #: 44-30748 Construction #: 108-34023 Civil Registration: N3447G N8195H |
Model(s): B-25J-25-NC TB-25J Mitchell TB-25N Mitchell Name: Heavenly Body Status: Airworthy Last Info: 2015 |
Built at NAA's Kansas City Plant, late 1944.
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-30748.
- BOC: February 1945.
- SOC: January 1959.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1958-1959.
Ace Smelting Inc, Phoenix, AZ, May 19, 1959.
- Registration N3447G reserved but not taken up.
- Acquired as surplus for $1,143.
Alson-Niblock Flying Inc, Elkhart, IN, May 1959.
- Registered as N8195H.
Christler & Avery Aviation, Greybull, WY, December 1959-1963.
- Fitted with agricultural hopper & spray bars installed, January 1960.
Avery Aviation, Greybull, WY, August 1961-1968.
Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA, 1968-1972.
- Flew in movie Catch-22 as "M&M" and "Miss Renee", 1968-1969.
Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA, August 1971-1972.
- Open storage, 1970-1972.
Milan S. Pupich, Van Nuy, CA, March 1972-2013.
- Restored to airworthy status, 1972-1974.
- First flight, 1974.
- Flew off deck of USS Ranger to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, 1992.
- Complete Upper Gun Turret and tail gun assembly installed, March 1997.
- Flown as 430748/Heavenly Body.
-- Scheme of Heavenly Body, 390th BS, 42nd BG, 13th AF.
Erickson Group Ltd, Beaverton, OR, June 20, 2014-2015.
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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-6th Edition, 2013. Federal Aviation Administration. |
Photo Source(s): Ernie Viskupic - www.wingmanphotography.com Jack Cook Brian Lockett - Goleta Air & Space Museum Research Assistance: - |
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