Other B-25's that flew with Tallmanz aviation
Serial #: 43-28204 Construction #:
108-35117 Civil Registration: N9856C Model(s): B-25J TB-25J TB-25N Name:
Pacific Princess Status: Airworthy Last info:2002
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History: Delivered to USAAF as 43-28204, 19??. - Stored at Davis
Monthan AFB, AZ, 1958. Blue Mountain Air Service, La Grande, OR, Sept. 18, 1958-1961. - Registered as N9856C. - Converted
to air tanker, May 1959. -- Fitted with 1000 gallon tank. Idaho Aircraft Inc, Boise, ID, Mar. 1961-1962. - Flown
as tanker. Dennis G. Smilanch, Boise, ID, May 1962-1968. - Flown as tanker. Filmways Inc., Hollywood, CA, 1968-1972. -
Flew in movie "Catch 22", 1968-1969. Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA, Apr. 1971. Ted Itano, Borrego Springs, CA,
1972-1984. Ted Itano/Aero Trader, Chino, CA, 1984-2002. - Flies as 43-28204/Pacific Princess. - Flew off carrier USS Constelation
for movie Pearl Harbor, Sept. 2000. -- Flew in movie as 0203/Whirling Dervish.
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Serial #: 43-28222 Construction #:
108-35235 Civilian Registration: N5256V Model(s): B-25J TB-25J Name:
None Status: Display Last Info: 2002
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History: Delivered to USAAF as 43-28222, 19??. - Stored at Davis
Monthan AFB, AZ, Dec. 1957-1958. Les Bowman, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 13, 1958-1962. - Registered as N5256V. - Converted
to air tanker, Apr. 1959. -- Fitted with 1000 gallon tank. - Operated by Paul Mantz Air Services, Santa Ana, CA, 1960. --
Flew as tanker #81. -- Flew to Caracus, Venezuala for fire bombing contract, Mar. 1960. Zack C. Monroe, Burbank, CA,
Feb. 1962-1963. - Fitted with agricultural spray bars, June 1962. Les Bowman, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 1963-1964. Cal
Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, Nov. 1964-1970. - WFU, engines stripped, Grass Valley, CA, 1968-1978. Gary R. Larkins/Air
Pirates, Auburn, cA, 1976-1978. Ralph M. Ponte, Grass Valley, CA, May 1978-1980. USAFM, Beale AFB, CA, Aug. 1980-1993. -
Displayed as 328222. USAFM, Hurlbert Field, FL, Apr. 1995-2002. - Restored for static display. - Displayed
initially as 28222, later as 02344.
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Serial #: 43-3376 Construction #:
100-23702 Civilian Registration: N7493C Model(s): B-25D F-10 RF-10
RB-25D TB-25D Name: None Status: Destroyed Last Info: 1970
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History: Delivered to USAAF as 43-3376, 19??. - Stored at Davis
Monthan AFB, AZ, May 1957. Les Bowman Engineering Co, Long Beach, CA, Sept. 12, 1957. - Registered as N7493C. Paul
Mantz Air Service Corp, Santa Ana, CA, Oct. 1957-1969. - Converted to fire tanker. - Based out of Caracas, Venezuela,
1961. Removed from U.S. Civil Registry as destroyed, June 1970.
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Serial #: 44-29035 Construction #:
108-32310 Civil Registration: N3516G N61821 Model(s): B-25J TB-25J
TB-25N Name: None Status: Display Last Info: 2002
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History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-29035, 19??. - Stored at Davis
Monthan AFB, AZ, Dec. 1957-1959. National Metals Co, Tucson, AZ, July 7, 1959. - Registered as N3516G. Les Bowman
& Paul Mantz, Santa Ana, CA, July 1959. - Converted to firetanker, Nov. 1959. -- Fitted with 1,200 gallon tank. -
Operated by Paul Mantz Air Service as tanker #82, 1960. - Flown to Caracas, Venezuala for fire tanker contract, MAr. 1960. Venezualan
Government, May 1960. Delivered to Venezulan AF as FAV 4146, 19??. - WFU, open storage, El Libetader AB, 1980-1991. Steven
A. Detch, Alpharetta, GA, 1992. - Crated. Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, OCt. 1992-1993. David C.
Tallichet/MARC, Jan. 25, 1993. - Registered as N61821. Tony Mazzolini/US Aviation Museum, Cleveland, OH, July 1993-1998. -
Trucked to Cleveland for static restoration for NMNA. - Completed, Beaver Falls, PA, Mar. 1998. National Museum Of
Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, Mar. 1998-2002. - Displayed as USN PBJ-1D/35087/MB22.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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Serial #: 44-30801 Construction #: 108-34076 Civilian
Registration: N3699G N30801 Model(s): B-25J TB-25J VB-25J
TB-25N Name: Executive Sweet Status (2008): Airworthy Last Info: 2008
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History: Manufactured by North American Aviation, Kansas City, KS Delivered
to USAAF as 44-30801 – BOC: Feb. 7, 1945. – SOC: March 1959 – Assigned to 2144th AAF Base Unit
(Advanced Two-Engine Pilot School, ATC), Moody AAF GA, March 1945 – Transferred to 2109th AAF Base
Unit (Advanced Two-Engine Pilot School, ATC), Turner AAF GA, April 1945 – Transferred to 2100th AAF
Base Unit (Headquarters, Eastern Air Training Command), Maxwell AAF AL (deployment to Kirtland AFB NM), May
1945 – Transferred to 42nd AAF Base Unit (Air University Command), Maxwell AAF (deployment to Greenville
AAF SC), Feb. 1946 – Transferred to 27th AF Base Unit (AUC), Randolph AB TX (to VB-25J), Feb. 1947 – Transferred
to AF School of Aviation Medicine (AUC), Randolph AFB, TX, Nov. 1948 – Transferred to VB-25N (deployment to Carswell
AFB TX), Dec. 1954 – Transferred to 3800th Air Base Wing (AUC), Maxwell AFB, AL, April 1947 – Transferred
to Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch (Air Materiel Command), Davis-Monthan AFB AZ, June 1958-1959 Fogle Aircraft, Tucson,
AZ, Sept. 9, 1959. - Registered as N3699G. Christler & Avery Aviation, Greybull, WY, Jan. 1960. Avery Aviation,
Greybull, WY, Aug. 1961-1968. - Flew as sprayer. Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA, 1968-1972 - Flew in movie "Catch 22"
as Vestal Virgin, 1968-1969. Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA, Aug. 1971-1972. Ed Schnepf/Challenge Publications,
Van Nuys, CA Feb. 1972-1978. Challenge Publications, Van Nuys, CA, 1978-1984. - Registered as N30801. American
Aeronautical Foundation, Van Nuys, CA, July 1985-2008. - Flown as 430801/Executive Sweet.
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Serial #: 44-31042 Construction #:
108-34317 Civilian Registration: N3515G Model(s): B-25J TB-25J
TB-25N Name: None Status: Unknown Last Info: 1970
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History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-31042, 19??. - Stored at Davis
Monthan AFB, AZ, Dec. 1958-1959. National Metals Inc, Phoenix, AZ, July 28, 1959. - Registered as N3515G. Les Bowman
& Paul Mantz AirServices, Orange County, CA, July 1959-1960. Les Bowman, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 1960-1962. Zack C.
Monroe, Burbank, CA, Feb. 1962-1963. - Flew as sprayer. Les Bowman, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 1963. Cal Nat Airways,
Grass Valley, CA, Dec. 1964. Reported for sale by U.S. Civil Register, 1966-1970.
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