TEXAN/41-34527
Serial #: 41-34527
Construction #: 88-15757
Civil Registration:
N3242G
Construction #: 88-15757
Civil Registration:
N3242G
Model(s):
AT-6D Texan
SNJ-5
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2021
AT-6D Texan
SNJ-5
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2021
History:
Built for United States Army Air Force as 41-34527, 19??.
Delivered to United States Navy as SNJ-5/Bu. 43766, 19??
Robert C.Smith, Britt, IA, 1963-1964.
20th Century Fox Film Corp, Hollywood, CA, circa 1967-1971.
Built for United States Army Air Force as 41-34527, 19??.
Delivered to United States Navy as SNJ-5/Bu. 43766, 19??
Robert C.Smith, Britt, IA, 1963-1964.
- Registered as N3242G.
20th Century Fox Film Corp, Hollywood, CA, circa 1967-1971.
- Rebuilt as flying 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.
- Flew as Kate/T-313.
- Flew as AI-313 as part of Tora Tora Tora.
- Appeared in the movie Empire of the Sun, 1987.
- Shipped from San Diego to Hawaii, March 2000.
- Used in movie Pearl Harbor.
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.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Mike R. Henniger.
Jason Knutson via Mike R. Henniger.
Steve Tournay.
Research Assistance:
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Mike R. Henniger.
Jason Knutson via Mike R. Henniger.
Steve Tournay.
Research Assistance:
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