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"Dog Daize"



Serial #: 43-4999
Construction #:
  98-22200
Civil Registry:
  N3970C
Model: B-25H
Name: Dog Daize
Status: Static Display
Last Info: 2002
  History:
Jack P. Hardwick, El Monte, CA, 1950.
- Delivered to Dominican AF as 2503, 1950.
Charles E. Mathews & Co, Miami, FL, July 8, 1952.
Babb Co Inc, Newark, NJ, July 1952-1954.
- Registered as N3970C.
- Advertised for sale in full military configuration, including guns, June 1953.
Les Bowman, Long Beach, CA, 1957.
- Sale not completed, WFU and derelict at West Trenton-Mercer County, NJ, 1957-1969.
Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT, Apr. 1970-1984.
- Trucked to CT dismantled.
- Restored for static display as "Dog Daize".
- Damaged by tornado at museum, Oct. 3, 1979.
- Stored, damaged, 1979-1986.
New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT, 1986-2002.
- Restored 1986-1993.
- Displayed as "Dog Daize".



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.
Photo Source(s):
Scott Rose - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002