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Serial #: 44-31032 Construction #: 108-35357 Civil Registration: N3174G |
Model(s): B-25J Mitchell TB-25J Mitchell TB-25N Mitchell Name: Problem Child Status: Displayed Last info: 2015 |
Manufactured by North American Aviation, Kansas City KS.
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-31032.
- BOC: March 29, 1945.
- SOC: April 1958.
- Assigned To 4168th AAF Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), South Plains AAF, TX, March 1945.
-- Stored.
- Transferred to 4141st AF Base Unit (Air Materiel Command), Pyote AFB, TX, July 1947.
-- Stored.
- Transferred to 3575th Pilot Training Wing (Air Training Command), Enid (later Vance) AFB, OK, November 1948.
-- Modified to TB-25J standard.
- Transferred to 3700th Military Training Wing (ATC), Lackland AFB, TX, May 1951.
- Transferred to 3535th Military Training Wing (ATC), Mather AFB, CA, April 1951.
- Transferred to 3575th Pilot Training Wing (ATC), Vance AFB, OK, September 1952.
-- Modified to TB-25N standard, 1954.
- Retired and stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, September 1957-1958.
Aircraft Rental Service, Fleming Field, MN, October 6, 1958-1965.
- Registered as N3174G.
Walston Aviation Inc, East Alton, IL, February 1965-1968.
- Stored 1958-1965.
- Certificate of Airworthiness issued, June 1965.
Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA, September 1968-1972
- Flew in movie Catch 22, 1968-1969
-- Flew as Blonde Bomber.
David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1972-2003
- Stored, 1972-1980.
- Loaned to March Field Air Museum, CA, 1982-2015.
-- Displayed as 6D/Blonde Bomber(later as Problem Child).
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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. Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL |
Photo Source(s): None Research Assistance: March Field Air Museum |
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