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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-5 Texan
    Last Military Serial:84875 USN
    Construction Number:88-16686
    Last Civil Registration:N3725G
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-5 sn 84875 USN cn 88-16686 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:American Airpower Heritage Fly Musm, Dallas, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-84905.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 84875 as a SNJ-5.

    1953

    Transferred to Basic Training Unit 1S (BTU-1S), NAAS Whiting Field, Milton, FL.

    9 July 1953

    Damaged.
    Substantially damaged when ground looped taking off from NOLF Spencer Field, Pace, FL.

    By July 1954

    Transferred to BTU-2, NAAS Saufley Field, Pensacola, FL.

    14 July 1954

    Damaged.
    Substantially damaged in a mid-air collision with SNJ-5 BuAer 43973 six miles west of Saufley Field.

    27 April 1955

    Damaged.
    Substantially damaged in a mid-air collision with SNJ-5 BuAer 90732 thirty-four miles west of Saufley Field.

    1958

    To unknown owner with c/r N3725G.

    From 1963 to 1966

    To Marsh Aviation Co, Litchfield Park, AZ keeping c/r N3725G.

    From 1968 to 1971

    To 20th Century Fox Film Corp, Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N3725G.
    Markings added: AII-356

    1968

    Converted to Nakajima B5N Kate replica for the filming of the movie Tora, Tora, Tora.

    1968

    Shipped to Honolulu on USS Yorktown with other movie aircraft.

    1969

    Open storage at Long Beach, CA.

    From February 1971 to 1972

    To Eugene Reid, Lakewood, CA keeping c/r N3725G.
    Purchased at auction.

    Circa 1972


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Lake Tahoe, CA.

    1976

    To Eagle Aviation Inc, Tulsa, OK keeping c/r N3725G.

    March 1977

    To Ronald Bryant, Springfield, MO keeping c/r N3725G.

    6 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: SNJ-5 Bu 84875 as Kate replica at the 1978 Confederate Air Force Airshow at Harlingen, Texas.

    6 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Another view of the Kate replica N3725G at the 1978 Confederate Air Force Airshow at Harlingen, Texas.

    6 October 1978

    To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen/Midland, TX keeping c/r N3725G.

    14 March 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX3725G (SNJ-5, 84875) issued.

    5 September 1991

    In the inventory of American Airpower Heritage Fly Museum, Midland, TX.

    5 September 1991

    To American Airpower Heritage Fly Musm, Midland, TX keeping c/r N3725G.

    In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    March 2000

    Shipped from San Diego, CA to Hawaii for movie Pearl Harbor [2001].

    To Commemorative Air Force-Gulf Coast Wing, David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), Houston, TX.
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    26 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    27 July 2012


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Airventure 2012

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX3725G (SNJ-5, 84875) issued.

    24 August 2015

    To American Airpower Heritage Fly Musm, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N3725G.

    26 June 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    26 June 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    26 June 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

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    Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson

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