Smashing Time
July 19th, 2005, 23:00
from aerovintage.com:
Word comes from several sources that the Hickam AFB, Hawaii, static B-25J, 44-31504, has been moved to a new museum on Ford Island. The museum, named the Pacific Aviation Museum, is utilizing old Navy hangars on Ford Island and plans to open in December 2006. The B-25J, long displayed at Hickam, is reportedly complete but in poor condition, not surprising given the corrosive ocean environment. The museum reports it will be cleaned up and given a glass nose to replace its solid gun nose. This B-25 was another RCAF Mitchell, flying as RCAF 5218 until 1961. It was later operator as N9753Z and made it to Hawaii in 1964 for the filming of the movie In Harm's Way, after which it slid downhill. Sometime in the early 1970s it was reported to have been obtained by the Pacific Aerospace Museum and was lent to the USAF for display at Hickam. If true, the airplane apparently has been reclaimed by a museum group and will now be displayed privately. The airplane was barged to Ford Island in late June
Word comes from several sources that the Hickam AFB, Hawaii, static B-25J, 44-31504, has been moved to a new museum on Ford Island. The museum, named the Pacific Aviation Museum, is utilizing old Navy hangars on Ford Island and plans to open in December 2006. The B-25J, long displayed at Hickam, is reportedly complete but in poor condition, not surprising given the corrosive ocean environment. The museum reports it will be cleaned up and given a glass nose to replace its solid gun nose. This B-25 was another RCAF Mitchell, flying as RCAF 5218 until 1961. It was later operator as N9753Z and made it to Hawaii in 1964 for the filming of the movie In Harm's Way, after which it slid downhill. Sometime in the early 1970s it was reported to have been obtained by the Pacific Aerospace Museum and was lent to the USAF for display at Hickam. If true, the airplane apparently has been reclaimed by a museum group and will now be displayed privately. The airplane was barged to Ford Island in late June