Paul Mantz Master Listing Aero Vintage Books
Manufacturer	Type	Built	MSN	Military Serial	Registration	Remarks	Photo
Beechcraft	AT-11		4037	AAF 42-37444	N63158	"Mad Mad World"
Beechcraft	C-17L Staggerwing	1936	100		NC16441	To N962W; current: Staggerwing Museum, Tullahoma, OK
Bleriot (replica)	XI	1953	1		N6683C	Replica built in 1953 by Stan Green; to CF-HDG-X; current: Janice Perlitch, Morgan Hill, CA	Photo
Bleriot (replica)		1967	1		N1197	Replica built 1967 ?? By Herbert Troutman, Cosa Mesa, CA
Boeing	100	1934	1144		N873H	(F4B-1) current: Kermit Weeks
Boeing	B-17F	1943		AAF 42-3360	N67974	Stillwater surplus; used in "Command Decision", "Chained Lightning". Destoyed as CP-570, 1955.
Boeing	B-17G		32166	AAF 44-83525	N83525	International Flight and Space Museum; acquired by Tallmantz in 1971; current: Kermit Weeks	Photo
Boeing	B-47				--------	International Flight and Space Museum
Boeing	P-12			?		Unknown ident, incomplete, dismantled; fate unknown
Cessna	T-37			USAF 64-0717	--------	International Flight and Space Museum
Cessna	UC-78B		6117	43-32179	NC67832	Delivered to AAF 8/16/43; Minter Field, CA; to WAA as surplus; sold 11/1/8/46; to PMAS 8/8/50; used in Sky King; sold by PMAS 4/18/54; ultimately scrapped, engines salvaged for reuse (as per M. McMurtrey)
Chanute Glider (replica)
Consolidated	PBY-5			BuNo 21232	N5609V	reported as owned by Mantz; current: Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA.
Convair	F-102					International Flight and Space Museum
Curtiss	JN-4 Jenny		396	"A-196"	N5391	To Rosen-Novak?; to Aeroflex?; to Larsen Museum, Minneapolis, MN; to San Diego Aerospace Museum; Ranger engine while with Tallmantz; now OX-X6
Curtiss	JN-4 Jenny			"A-169"	N6898
Curtiss	JN-4C Canuck		1898	"A-186"	N10389	From: Roosevelt Field Museum, Cole Palen
Curtiss	JN-4D Jenny		400	"A-179"	N2821D	From Bower; from Paramount Pictures; to Mantz 1946; to Tallmantz; to Rosen-Novak 1966; to to  Bill McCandless 3/67; to Paul Knepper, Pennsylvania; current: ?
Curtiss	Oriole					No information
Curtiss (replica)	JN-4D Jenny	1969	TM-4		N2062	Replica; currently registered to Tallmantz Aviation; steel-tube fuselage
Curtiss (replica)	JN-4D Jenny	1973	TM-7		N33627	Replica; Ranger engine; steel-tube fuselage
Curtiss-Pusher	JP-1 Pusher	1960	1		N8234E	3/4 scale replica built in 1960 by John Pruett; current: Weeks collection	Photo
Curtiss-Pusher	Pusher	1934	101		N8Y	Billy Parker-built pusher (1934); Jenny wings, OX-5 engine; incomplete & dismantled at 1968 auction; current: Terry Brandt, Hood River, OR
Curtiss-Wright	CW-1 JR	1930	1145		N10967	Camera ship. Current: Kermit Weeks	Photo
Curtiss-Wright	F6C-4	1927	1		N982V	Gulfhawk 1A. Offered but not sold at auction (legal). Current: NASM	Photo
Curtiss-Wright	P-40E			RCAF 1082	N1207V	Current:War Eagles Air Museum	Photo
Curtiss-Wright	P-40N			AAF 44-7983		Stillwater surplus; PMAS storage; Tallmantz storage; reportedly sold c. 1970 to MARC as N9950; current: reported stored in the UK.
Curtiss-Wright	P-40N			AAF 44-7192	N4161K	Stillwater surplus; PMAS until? Was it ever Tallmantz?; to N10626; current: Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA.
Curtiss-Wright	P-40N			AAF 44-7203		Stillwater surplus; no known civil history; possibly held in storage by PMAS until 1960; reported as displayed at Chino, CA, in 1972; no further information.
Curtiss-Wright	TP-40N		33915	AAF 44-47923	N923	Current: Kermit Weeks	Photo
De Havilland	90A Dragonfly	1936	7508		N2304	Ex G-AEDT; ex VH-AAD; current ZK-AYR at Mandeville, New Zealand	Photo
De Havilland	DH 100 Vampire F.3		EEP42389	RCAF 17071	N6883D	Current: Reynolds Museum, Canada
De Havilland	DH 100 Vampire F.3			RCAF 17072	N6878D	Current: Wings of Flight, Rochester, NY	Photo
De Havilland	DH-4					No information
De Havilland	DH-4 M1	1918	ET-4		N3258	Boeing rebuild (post war) with steel tube fuselage; current: Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA; on loan to K48Evergreen Air Museum, McMinnville, OR
De Havilland	DH-82		15		N1151T	No information
De Havilland	DH-82A	1943	82960		N523R	Ex G-ANEI (Hunt 1966); current: Nicholas Baker, Upland, CA
De Havilland	Moth DH-82A	1943	DE-298		N524R	Current: William Lusk, Newport Beach, CA
De Havilland	Moth DH-82C		DHC1608	RCAF 3947	N6970	From: CF-CIT; Current: Kermit Weeks
Douglas	A-20G	1944		AAF 43-21658	N67932	Stillwater surplus; to N3WF; current: Steave Searle, Australia (still in U.S. pre-delivery)
Douglas	A-24B		17371	42-54532	N54532	XB-QUC to N54532 to N82GA; To Air Museum, c. 1965; current, CAF
Douglas	A-24B		17521	AAF 42-54682	N74133	XB-ZAH to N74133; Current: Lone Star Flight Museum	Photo
Douglas	B-23			AAF 39-36	N52327	Reported owned/operated by Mantz; current: McChord Air Museum, WA.
Douglas	DC-7B		45193		N8210H	With CO, replaced original N8210H (msn 45192) lost on 1/31/57 in midair.
Douglas	B-45C			USAF 48-007?	----------	International Flight and Space Museum
Douglas	A-26C		28784	AAF 44-35505	N4815E	Purchased 10/6/62; sold 2/28/77	Photo
Eastern	FM-2		4752	BuNo 74560	N90523	No information
Eastern	FM-2			BuNo 86564	N4629V	Current: Yanks Air Museum, Chino.	Photo
Fairchild	KR-21	1925	1053		N962V	Painted as Fokker D-VII; current: Al Stix, St. Louis, MO	Photo
Fairchild	M-62			AAF 42-3056 ??	N1332N	Painted as PT-19; Current: William Maidhot, Palm Springs, CA
Fleet	Model 2	1930	223		N648M	To Larsen Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Fleet	Model 2	1930	291		N725V	Loop record
Fokker	D VII	1917	504/17	"7748/17" "2528/18"	N4729V	From N6268; "Hells Angel" camera ship; Hisso engine; ex 3764; to Aeroflex, $20,000: current: Fokker/Netherlands	Photo
Fokker	D VII				N6288	Replica from Travel Air 2000??
Fokker	E.3 Eindecker	1962	401	"417/15"	N3363G	Replica built by Jim Appleby 1957-1962; destroyed in the San Diego Air Museum fire	Photo
Fokker (replica)	Dr.I		DB-1		N5523V	Replica built by Anthony Bright & Harold Duringer, Burbank, CA; reg cx 1/24/89
Garland Lincoln	LF-1	1932	3		N12237	From: Jarrett War Collection (?); Nieuport 28 replica built by Claude Flagg for Garland Lincoln at VNY. Current: Brent Mone, Santa Rosa, CA	Photo
Goodyear	FG-1D		2900	BuNo 88086	N63382	Current: Kermit Weeks as N63382
Goodyear	FG-1D		3111	BuNo 88297	N9154Z	Current: The Fighter Collection as G-FGID	Photo
Goodyear	FG-1D		3694	BuNo 92433	N3440G	To Burchinal 9/16/69 in trade for J2F-6 N67790; reported destroyed in 1979 hangar fire at Addison, TX.	Photo
Goodyear	FG-1D				N9153Z	No information
Grumman	F11F			BuNo 141868	----------	To MOTA 1/22/65; to Air Museum c. 1969/70; former "Blue Angel"
Grumman	F9F-6P			BuNo 127478
Grumman	J2F-6			BuNo 33587	N67790	From Burchinal c. 1969 for FG-1D N3440G; "Murphy's War"; current: Museum of the USAF	Photo
Grumman	J2F-6			BuNo 36967	N1196N	From Layfayette, LA c. 1969; "Murphy's War"; current: EAA Museum
Grumman	TBF-1C			BuNo 46122	NX9394H	Mantz modified as first modern air tanker, 1954.	Photo
John Montgomery Glider (replica						Replica built for movie "Gallant Journey"
Lockheed	12A	1937	1243		N16020	Built 11/37 as NC18955; to Western Air Express 2/24/38; to Lockheed in 1939; converted to prototype 212 bomber (msn changed to 212-13); to CF-BQX, RCAF 7642; to PM 1/21/46, re-registered as N16020 (Amelia Earhart's L-10) on 8/9/61; sold by Mantz 2/14/61; destroyed 12/16/61. Used in Sky King for one episode. Info as per M. McMurtrey.
Lockheed	Orion 9C	1932	180		N12222	(Altair DL-2A); Current: Swiss Transport Museum	Photo
Lockheed	P-38L		8270	AAF 44-53015	N9957F	F-5G; current: display at McGuire AFB, NJ (2002)	Photo
Lockheed	P-38L			AAF 44-26961	N74883	Reported displayed at MOTA; ownership??; FAH 504. N74883 to N38DH to N6961; crashed and destroyed 4/9/81 at KSLC.
Lockheed	P-80A		080-1511	AAF 44-85488	-----------	International Flight and Space Museum: Current: Planes of Fame
Lockheed	PV-1					Reported (Hunt 1966), no information
Lockheed	PV-2		15-385	BuNo 37419	N7486C	Current: reported stored at Museo Storico del'Aeronautica Militare, Rome, Italy
Lockheed	Sirius 8A	1930	151		NC117W	Mantz camera ship; lost May 1940 midair.	Photo
Lockheed	T-33A			USAF 53-5541	-----------	International Flight and Space Museum:Current: Planes of Fame
Lockheed	Vega 1	1929	40		N965Y	To PMAS 7/28/56 as N199E; current: Ford Museum, Dearborne, MI	Photo
Maurice	Farman S.11 Shorthorn	1915-16	25A		N96452	To VH-UBC, G-AUBC; current: Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Ontario	Photo
McDonnell	F-101A			USAF 53-2431	-------------	International Flight and Space Museum:No wings	Photo
McDonnell	XF-85			AAF 46-524	----------	International Flight and Space Museum:Current: Display at the SAC Museum, Nebraska
Morane Borel	1910	1910				Acquired from Mrs. Earl Daugherty; current: Weeks Collection
Morane-Saulnier	A-1	1918	20308		N5130K	Current: Kermit Weeks  "MoS 1573"
Moth	Moth DH-82A	1943	82960		N523R	Current: Nicholas Baker, San Bernardino, CA
Nieuport	28		512	"N4434"	N4728V	Current:James Hall, Midland, TX	Photo
Nieuport	28		7171.2.19		N8539	Current status?
Nieuport	28				?	Replica; crashed during filming of "Great Waldo Pepper (WWI Aero 9/75)
Norde	Stampe SV4C		190		N1606	Current: Kermit Weeks
North American	AT-6C			USAF 55-53150	N7078C	Current: Christopher Prevost, Sonoma, CA
North American	AT-6D			CCF-4-16	N15796	Zero replica; current, Olympic Jet,Olympia, WA
North American	AT-6D			AAF 45-43766	N3242G	BT-13 parts also; Kate replica (Tora); current: John Rawson, Rocky Hill, NJ
North American	AT-6F		12142541	AAF 44-81819	N7446C	Zero replica
North American	AT-6G		168-315	USAF 49-3211A	N9893C	Current: Dee Michael, Lighthous Point, FL
North American	B-25D	1943		AAF 43-3376	N7493C	USAF surplus May 1957; to Les Bowman; to PMAS 10/57; probably exported to Venezuela in 1961 as an air tanker; deleted by FAA in 1970 after being reported as destroyed.
North American	B-25H	1944		AAF 43-4643	N1203	Mantz Stillwater surplus; as primary Mantz cameraship; "Catch-22" as "6A", sold in 1975; reported lost in Colombia c. late 1970s.	Photo
North American	B-25H	1944		AAF 43-4645		Stillwater surplus; sold as parts and reassembled as N123A, later XB-CIV; no further record.
North American	B-25H	1944		AAF 43-4432	N10V	"Catch-22" as "6N", Berlin Express; to Tallmantz in 1968 for 1 month, then Filmways; to Sherman Cooper in 1971; current: EAA Museum, Oshkosh, WI.
North American	B-25J	1944		AAF 43-28222	N5256V	Owned by Les Bowman; operated by PMAS; used as air tanker, 1961 in Venezuela; various owners after 1962; current: USAF display at Hurlburt Field, FL.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-22939	N9456Z	From Les Bowman to PMAS 1960; "Catch-22" as "6C" no name; current: Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-31042	N3515G	PMAS and Les Bowman initial owners; to Les Bowman in 1960; last reported with Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, c. 1964; no further information.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-29035	N3516G	PMAS and Les Bowman initial owners; as Tanker to Venezuela in 1960; back to U.S. in 10/92; current: USN Museum, Pensacola, FL.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-30210	N9455Z	PMAS and Les Bowman initial owners; as Tanker to Venezuela in 1960; back to U.S. in 1960; many subsequent owners; in "Hanover Street"; last reported with MARC
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-30823	N1042B	As primary Tallmantz camera ship; "Catch-22" ; current: Jim Terry, Meacham Field, TX.	Photo
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 43-28204	N9856C	"Catch-22" as "6G", Booby Trap, to Tallmantz as surplus from Filmways in 1971; current: Aero Trader, Chino, CA as Pacific Princess.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-30748	N8195H	"Catch-22" as "6H", Miss Renee; to Tallmantz as surplus from Filmways in 1971; current: Mike Pupich, Van Nuys, CA, as Heavenly Body.
North American	B-25N	1945		AAF 44-86701	N7681C	"Catch-22" as "6J", Annzas; purchased in 1968 by Tallmantz on behalf of Filmways for 1 month; sold to MARC in 1978; "Hanover Street"; destroyed in 1990 in museum fire, Paris, France.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-30801	N3699G	"Catch-22" as "6K", Vestal Virgin; to Tallmantz as surplus from Filmways in 1971; to Challenge Publications in 1972; to N30801; current: Camarillo, CA as Executive Sweet.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-30077	N2849G	"Catch-22" as "6Q", Denver Dumper, to Tallmantz as surplus from Filmways in 1971; various subsequent owners; last flew as Mouthy Mitchell; current: reported stored with Tom Reilly.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-30493	N9451Z	"Catch-22" as "6V", Dumbo; to Tallmantz as surplus from Filmways in 1971; modified as Tallmantz cameraship (replaced N1203); traded to USAF Museum in 1985; current: display, Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, MT.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-30649	N9452Z	"Catch-22" as "6W", Hot Pants; to Tallmantz in 1968 for 1 month, then Filmways; back to Tallmantz in 1971 as surplus from Filmways; traded to USAF in 1971; current: display, Maxwell AFB, AL.
North American	B-25N	1945		AAF 44-86843	N3507G	"Catch-22" as "6B", Passionette Paulette; to Tallmantz in 1968 for 1 month, then Filmways; back to Tallmantz in 1971 as surplus from Filmways; traded to USAF in 1971; current: display, Grissom AFB, IN.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-28925	N7687G	"Catch-22" as "6F", Superman; to Tallmantz in 1968 for 1 month, then Filmways; after 1971 displayed at cemetery, Pittsburg, PA: in 1992 to Cavanaugh Flight Museum for restoration by Aero Trader; current: display with museum as How 'Boot That!?.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-29987	N10564	"Catch-22" as "6Y", Luscious Lulu; never Filmways?; varous owners after 1971; to NASM in 1985; stored for future display; last marked as Carol Jean.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-31032	N3174G	"Catch-22" as "6D", Free Fast and Ready; Filmways only, never Tallmantz; current: display, March Field Museum, CA
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-29366	N9115Z	"Catch-22" as "6M", Abominable Snowman; Filmways only, never Tallmantz; to MARC; "Hanover Street", current: display, RAF Bomber Command Museum, Hendon, UK.
North American	B-25N	1944		AAF 44-30925	N9494Z	"Catch-22" as "6I", Laden Maiden; Filmways only, never Tallmantz; to John Stokes; to John Hawke for "Hanover Street," current: Brussels Air Museum Foundation Vissenaken, Belgium.
North American	B-25N	1945		AAF 45-8843	XB-HEY	"Catch-22" as "6S", no name; never Tallmantz; bought in Mexico for use in film; damaged beyond repair during filming and reportedly buried on site at Guaymas, Mexico.
North American	F-100				----------	International Flight and Space Museum
North American	F-86A			USAF 51-4482	----------	International Flight and Space Museum
North American	P-51C		103-26385	42-103831	N1204	Current: Kermit Weeks	Photo
North American	P-51C				N1202	Current: NASM
North American	P-51D		124-48389	AAF 45-11636	N5467V	N5467V to N11636. Current: Michael Bertz
North American	YF-107A			USAF 55-5118	-----------	International Flight and Space Museum; marked as 55-5120.	Photo
Northrop	SM-62				----------	International Flight and Space Museum
Orenco	F-4 Tourister	1920	45	"A-197"	N2145	Back to Tallmantz after auction? current: Kermit Weeks	Photo
Parker-Curtiss	Pusher				N8Y	Parker-built pusher; incomplete, dismantled at 1968 auction	Photo
Phalz	D XII			7511/16	N43C	From: Jarrett War Collection; FAA: Tallman-Phalz msn 1 rebuilt 1958 by Bob Rust. Current: Museum of Flight, WA; 1968 purchaser: Dolph Overton	Photo
Piper	PA-23		23-1055		N3131P	Curent: Nevada Feed & Cattle, Bonsall, CA
Pitcairn	PA-7 Mailwing		144		N54W	Current: John Desmond, Philadelphia, PA
Pitcairn	PA-7S Mailwing	1928	147		N95W	To Larsen Museum, Minneapolis, MN; current: Stephen Pitcairn, Robbinsville, NJ
Republic	F-84				-----------	International Flight and Space Museum
Royal Aircraft Factory Eberhardt	SE-5E	1918		AAS 22-296	N4488	S.E.5a assembled by Eberhart Steel Co. in 1922. To the UK in 1983 (Patrick Lindsay); G-BLXT (1985); flown with The Old Flying Machine Co, Duxford; to the U.S. Army Aviation Museum, Ft. Rucker, AL, in 1995.	Photo
Ryan	B-1		153		N7206	Rebuilt B-1 as "Spirit of St. Louis" for 1957 movie of same name. Current: displayed at St. Louis, MO	Photo
Ryan	B-1		159		N7212	Rebuilt B-1 as "Spirit of St. Louis" for 1957 movie of same name. Current: on display at Cradle of Aviation  Museum, Long Island, NY.	Photo
Ryan	C-1		402		N558N	No information
Santos Durmont Demoiselle (replica)
Sikorsky	S-39A			905	NC804W
Sikorsky	S-51	1951	5139		N92813	Ex Los Angeles Airways; to San Diego Air Museum; Current: ??
Sopwith	Camel F1	1917	3	"B7270" "A-1171"	N6254	From: Jarrett War Collection; current: Arkansas Education Center, Little Rock	Photo
Sopwith (replica)	Camel F1	1974	TM10	" F 542"	N8997 G-BPOP	Replica built by Herber Troutman, Costa Mesa, CA; current: Blue Max Movie Aircraft Museum, UK
Sopwith (replica)	Pup	1972	OE1		N4308	Replica
Sopwith (replica)	Triplane	1967	ET-1		N5492	Replica; built by Lou Stolp; possibly only on loan from Earl Tavan; to San Diego Air Museum; current: Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, UK
Spad	VII	1918	S-248	"S 4523"	N4727V	Current: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK	Photo
Spad	XIII					No information
Stampe	SV 4C		190		N1606	Current: Kermit Weeks
Standard	J-1		1582	"A-179"	N2825D	Current: Kermit Weeks (MFG: Mantz-Standard)' Hisso engine	Photo
Standard	J-1		1598	"A-190"	N2826D	To Larsen Museum, Minneapolis, MN; current: San Diego Air Museum
Standard	J-1		T 4595		N62505	To Ray Folsom, then to Al Stix, St. Louis, MO
Stearman	PT-17		75-8024		N63588	Current: Louis Radwanick, Virginia Beach, VA
Stearman	PT-17	1941	75-1652		N53422	MOTA WWII PT-17 markings; current: Terence Bolger, Palatine, IL
Stearman	PT-17		75-7332		N5001V	Current: Lawrence Johnson, Colville, WA
Stearman	PT-17		75-7613		N9090H	No information
Stearman-Hammond	YS-1		307		N15522	Current: Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA
Stinson	L-1			AAF 40-3102	N63230	Current: Kermit Weeks	Photo
Stinson	L-1			AAF 40-291	N63229	No information
Stinson	L-5		76-560	AAF 42-98319	N64669	Current: Sam Tabor, East Troy, WI
Supermarine	Spitfire IX				N93081	Display only (Cliff Robertson)
Tallmantz	"Spirit of St. Louis"	1967	TM-3		N1967T	Replica built by Tallmantz; used M-1 fuselage, 46 ft. wing, Wright J-5; constructed for 50th Anniversery celebration in Paris; delivered by USAF in May 1967 to Paris, flown by Tallman.
Thomas-Morse	S-4-C		257	"5163"		Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80 hp LeRhone
Thomas-Morse	S-4-C		487	"3485"		Disassembled/stored by PMAS
Thomas-Morse	S-4-C			AAS 38932		Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80 hp LeRhone
Thomas-Morse	S-4-C			AAS 38898	NR502	Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80 hp LeRhone
Thomas-Morse (replica)	S4-C	1970	1		N38923	Replica; current: Freeman Heritage Collection, Kingsbury, TX
Travel Air	Mystery Ship		RD-2002		NX613K	Dismantled in 1968; to Pancho Barnes; current:Skyfire Corp,; Wilmington, DL	Photo
Travelair	2000	1927	707		N6268	"Wichita Fokker" OX-5 "Tank" engine; to Tony Bianchi, 1985; current: Blue Max Movie Aircraft Museum, UK
Travelair	2000		871		N8100	Dismantled, incomplete; Current: Charles Pyeatt, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Travelair	E 4000		900		N8125	Reported, no information
Vultee	BT-13		91278 ?		N53317	Playground for kids	Photo
Vultee	BT-13B		79-1220		N56867	Tora Val; current: Laird Aviation, Lemoyne, PA
Vultee	BT-15		2538		N56490	No information
Vultee	BT-15		11421 ?		N68261
Waco	UPF-7		5538		N30141	MOIA Barnstormer rides; current: Dennis Drop, Norco, CA	Photo
Waco	UPF-7		5680		N32049	Current: Historic Air Tours, Wilmington, DL
Waco	UPF-7				N66632	Leased to Tallman by Howard Whipple for use on the "Bob Cummings Show" c. 1960 (American Airmen 5/61)
Waco	YKS-7				N53361	Used for "Barnstormer" rides
Wright 1903 Flyer (replica)					G-BPVE	Doug Bianchi's Blue Max Movie Aircraft Museum
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