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Serial #: 44-30210 Construction #: 108-33485 Civil Registration: N9455Z Model(s): B-25J TB-25J TB-25N Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-30210, 19??. - Open storage, Aug. 1958-1959. - Surplused at MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Dec. 31, 1959. National Metals, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 15, 1960. - Registered as N9455Z. Les Bowman & Paul Mantz Air Service, Santa Ana, CA, May 1960. - Converted to fire tanker, Aug. 1960. -- Fitted with 1,000 gallon tank. - Used as tanker, based in Caracas, Venezuela, 1961. Les Bowman Engineering Co, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 1960-1962. - Flew as tanker #82. Zack C. Monroe, Burbank, CA, Feb. 1962. Les Bowman, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 1963. Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, Dec. 1964-1970. - WFU, open storage, Grass Valley, CA, 1963-1968. Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, Feb. 1970. Daryl M. Jackson, Moses Lake, WA, Sept. 1970-1975. David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, Jan. 1975-2002. - Ferried to Luton UK for movie Hanover Street, May 11, 1978. -- Flew as 151863/Big Bad Bonnie. - Stored Blackbushe & Dublin, 1978-1981. - Operated by Jeff Hawke/Mitchell Flight, Cranfield, May 1981-1983. - Forced landing after engine failure, Aix-en-Provence, France, July 1982. -- abandoned, Avignon, France, July 1982-1983. - Warplane Flying Group, Wellsbourne Mountford, 1983. -- Ferried from UK to Chino, CA, Aug. 1, 1986. - Loaned to USAFM, March AFB, 1987-1990. -- Displayed as 30210/Big Bad Bonnie/8U. - Open storage, Chino, CA, 1991. - Restoration project, Chino, CA, 1997-2000. |