T-6 Texan, Harvard & SNJ Main Directory
WIX Forums Warbird Registry U.S.A.A.F Resource Center U.S. Naval Aviation Resource Center British Aviation Resource Center Luftwaffe Resource Center Imperial Japanese Aviation Resource Center Russian Aviation Resource Center Vietnam Conflict Aviation Resource Center Allied Aviation Resource Center Aviation Powerplants Resource Center Forgotten Aviation: Aircraft Service Histories Military Movie Guide: A Guide to Military movies
PX STORE CONTACT US SUPPORT THE SITE
Warbirds Resource Group Logo
A WARBIRDS RESOURCE
GROUP WEBSITE
DEPARTMENTS:
RESOURCE CENTERS:

Custom Search
STAFF
PX STORE
CONTACT US
SUPPORT THE SITE
LINKS
TEXAN/49-3009

Serial #: 49-3009
Construction #: 168-113
Civil Registration:
  N2819Z
Model:
  T-6G Texan
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1969
History:
Delivered to United States Air Force as 49-3009.
  • Assigned to the 3304th Pilot Training Squadron, Hondo AB, TX.
  • Transferred to the 3040th Aircraft Storage Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, February 7, 1955.
Tony M. Paplia, Long Beach, CA, 1963-1964.
  • Registered as N2819G.
Stanley Kurzet, Covina, CA, 1966.
20th Century Fox Film Corp, Los Angeles, CA, 1969-1970.
  • Converted to Nakajima B5N Kate Replica, Long Beach, CA, 1968.
  • Used in movie Tora! Tora! Tora!.
  • Suffered engine failure and ditched in the Pacific Ocean off Barbers Point, HI, February 19, 1969.
Removed from USCR, July 13, 1970.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
None.
Research Assistance:
WARBIRDS RESOURCE GROUP:
WARBIRD REGISTRY • U.S.A.A.F • United States Navy • BRITISH • LUFTWAFFE • JAPANESE • RUSSIAN • VIETNAM ERA • ALLIED • POWERPLANTS • FORGOTTEN AVIATION • WARBIRD INFORMTATION XCHANGE • MILITARY MOVIE GUIDE
 Layout and design copyright © 1996-2025 by the Scott Rose and the Warbirds Resource Group.