B-25 Displayed at Pacific Air Museum, Hawaii
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:15 pm
Carl Scholl passed along some photos of the B-25 Aero Trader put together for the Pacific Air Museum. That museum, which opened its doors in December, displays what appears to be Doolittle Raider B-25B s/n 40-2261. Typically, Aero Trader did an incredible job on the airframe, which is actually a composite of three B-25Js: s/n 44-30077 (cockpit and tail), 44-30627 (wings), and the center section from the static B-25 used in the crash scene in Forever Young which I think is s/n 44-30090 (not sure about that).
Notice the attention to detail in the tail gun area, the cowlings (collector ring vs. ejectors as on the B-25J, turret placement, and changed fuselage windows to bring it to a "B" configuration.
The museum got this Aero Trader effort in part for the exchange of the corroded B-25J 44-31504, the remains of which are sitting on the Aero Trader ramp at Chino but about to be moved down to their storage yard in the desert near Ocotillo Wells.
Notice the attention to detail in the tail gun area, the cowlings (collector ring vs. ejectors as on the B-25J, turret placement, and changed fuselage windows to bring it to a "B" configuration.
The museum got this Aero Trader effort in part for the exchange of the corroded B-25J 44-31504, the remains of which are sitting on the Aero Trader ramp at Chino but about to be moved down to their storage yard in the desert near Ocotillo Wells.