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"Pacific Princess"

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Serial #: 43-28204
Construction #:
  108-35117
Civil Registration:
  N9856C
Model(s):
  B-25J
  TB-25J
  TB-25N
Name: Pacific Princess
Status: Airworthy
Last info:2002
  History:
Delivered to USAAF as 43-28204, 19??.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, 1958.
Blue Mountain Air Service, La Grande, OR, Sept. 18, 1958-1961.
- Registered as N9856C.
- Converted to air tanker, May 1959.
-- Fitted with 1000 gallon tank.
Idaho Aircraft Inc, Boise, ID, Mar. 1961-1962.
- Flown as tanker.
Dennis G. Smilanch, Boise, ID, May 1962-1968.
- Flown as tanker.
Filmways Inc., Hollywood, CA, 1968-1972.
- Flew in movie "Catch 22", 1968-1969.
Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA, Apr. 1971.
Ted Itano, Borrego Springs, CA, 1972-1984.
Ted Itano/Aero Trader, Chino, CA, 1984-2002.
- Flies as 43-28204/Pacific Princess.
- Flew off carrier USS Constelation for movie Pearl Harbor, Sept. 2000.
-- Flew in movie as 0203/Whirling Dervish.

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.
Pat Carry.
Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002
Bradley W. Althouse
Linda Carry.