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    Airframe Family: North American B-25/PBJ Mitchell
    Latest Model:TB-25N Mitchell
    Last Military Serial:44-86843 USAF
    Construction Number:108-47597
    Last Civil Registration:N3507G
    Compressed ID:NA TB-25N sn 44-86843 USAF cn 108-4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru - Kokomo, Indiana

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a B-25J.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-86843.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-86843.

    Circa 1953

    Converted to a TB-25N.
    Converted by Hayes Aircraft Corp.

    August 1958

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.

    14 August 1959

    To Ace Smelting Co, Phoenix, AZ.

    After August 1959

    To Sprung Aviation, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N3570.

    July 1960

    Converted as a fire tanker.

    April 1962

    To Major Air Corp, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N3570.

    Operated as fire service #05C.

    By May 1968

    To Donald Cochran, Montslair, CA keeping c/r N3570.

    May 1968

    To Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA keeping c/r N3570.

    To Tallmantz Aviation Inc, Santa Ana, CA with new c/r N3507G.

    September 1968

    To Filmways Inc, Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N3507G.

    From 1968 to 1969

    Used in the filming of the movie Catch-22.

    August 1971

    To Tallmantz Aviation, Inc, Orange County, CA keeping c/r N3507G.

    27 March 1972

    To Tallmantz Aviation Inc, Santa Ana, CA keeping c/r N3507G.

    10 July 1972

    Civil registration, N3507G, cancelled.

    August 1972

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    August 1972

    Loaned to Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: PASSIONETTE PAULETTE

    17 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    17 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Grissom Air Museum at Grissom AFB, Indiana.

    17 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Grissom Air Museum at Grissom AFB, Indiana.

    24 June 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed in the rain

    By 2006

    Markings Applied: 58, 344

    5 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    15 May 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    Markings Applied: PASSIONATE PAULETTE, 6C, 8643

    11 May 2018


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: Looks like the wrong number is painted on the tail. It should be 6843 not 8643.
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