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Bureau #: 28536 Construction #: 3883 Civil Registration: N670AM Model: SBD-5 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
History: Delivered to RNZAF as NZ5062. - BOC: March 1944. - SOC: May 1944. - Assigned to No. 25 Squadron. -- Flew 30 Combat missions againt Rabaul. Delivered to USMC as 28536. - Accepted at Russel Field, SOuth Pacific. MGM Studios, Culver City, CA, 19??. - Used as wind machine. The Air Museum/Planes Of Fame, Ontario (later Chino), CA, circa 1968-2004. - Restored to airworthy started in 1982. -- Used wings recovered from Guadalcanal. - Registered as N670AM. - First flight July 2, 1987. - Used as ststaic airframe for movie "Midway". - Flew in movie "War And Rememberance", 1987. - Flew off ATV16 Lexington on Sept. 8, 1987. - Flown as USN/39. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Photo Source(s): Ernie Viskupic via JetPhotos.net BDK. |
