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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.

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