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"Heavenly Body"
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Serial #: 44-30748 Construction #: 108-34023 Civil Registration: N3447G N8195H Model(s): B-25J-25-NC TB-25J TB-25N Name: Heavenly Body Status: Airworthy Last Info: 2002 |
History: Built at NAA's Kansas City Plant, late 1944. Delivered to USAAF as 44-30748. - BOC: Feb. 1945. - SOC: Jan. 1959. - Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, Dec. 1958-1959. Ace Smelting Inc, Phoenix, AZ, May 19, 1959. - Registration N3447G reserved but not taken up. - Acquired as surplus for $1,143. Alson-Niblock Flying Inc, Elkhart, IN, May 1959. - Registered as N8195H. Christler & Avery Aviation, Greybull, WY, Dec. 1959-1963. - Fitted with agricultural hopper & spray bars installed, Jan. 1960. Avery Aviation, Greybull, WY, Aug. 1961-1968. Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA, 1968-1972. - Flew in movie "Catch 22" as "M&M" and "Miss Renee", 1968-1969. Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA, Aug. 1971-1972. - Open storage, 1970-1972. Milan S. Pupich, Van Nuy, CA, Mar. 1972-2002. - Restored to airworthy status, 1972-1974. - First flight, 1974. - Flew off deck of USS Ranger in San Diego Bay to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, 1992. - Complete Upper Gun Turret and tail gun assembly installed, Mar. 1997. - Flown as 430748/Heavenly Body. -- Scheme of Heavenly Body, 390th BS, 42nd BG, 13th AF. |
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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): Ernie Viskupic - www.wingmanphotography.com Jack Cook Brian Lockett - Goleta Air & Space Museum, http://www.air-and-space.com/home.htm, 2002. |
