B-25

Quick scan from an old magazine I dug up. This is the photo I remember, showing Gorgeous George-Ann at Deelen Airbase, The Netherlands in 1978. Photo by P. v/d Horst.

Added some links to my post above.

Found this photo on my harddisk. Unable to credit (probably nicked it off this forum to start with, so if anyone recognises it please let me know!)

see here

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b25registry/b25-4430210.html

Martin

So what was the one in the photo?, anyone got any pics of it as it is now?
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Ahh, got confused on the NW one there! Allright, I think I’ve got it sorted now:

So for the Hanover Street examples that gives (did a bit of forum searching and Googling):

Gorgeous George Ann (NL9494Z previously flown as ‘Laiden Maiden’ in Catch22) – Derelict at Sandtoft
Big Bad Bonnie (N9455Z previously flown as ‘Tokyo Express’) – Returned to the US, now at Chino as a restoration project
Amazing Andrea (N7681C, ex-Catch22) – Destroyed in Le Bourget Fire
Brenda’s Boys (N86427 later ‘Miami Clipper’) – Now in a museum at Madrid
Marvellous Miriam (N9115Z ex-Catch22) – RAF Museum Hendon

The example at North Weald is ex N9089Z, flown for the movies The War Lover & 633 Squadron, stored since 1964 it was actually owned by Jeff Hawke for a year in 1983 but now as G-BKXW with TFC according to the Warbird Registry.

I should have said ‘were flown around’ MikeJ :rolleyes: , I know of the ones that ended up at Sandtoft, North Weald and Spain. Any chance of someone completing the listing?

I guess this ties in with the Hanover Street thread here. I seem to recall we also had another thread which listed the careers of the aircraft after the movie? Or am I getting confused with the Catch-22 aircraft now?

I seem to remember that Gorgeous George-Ann was also flown on at least one airshow, since I saw a photo of it doing a low pass somewhere. Does that mean that at least two B-25s stayed around after the filming was complete?

Big Bad Bonnie

I remember Rodney telling us a few stories about that one!

Bruce

If it’s the one I’m thinking of it was resident in France for a while prior to being returned to David Tallichet in America. It was operated on the show circuit for a bit by a group of people including Jeff Hawke and Rodney Small.

Grubby-looking beast, isn’t it?!

Evidently an ex-Hanover Street or Catch-22 kite, judging by the fake turret mount on the upper fuselage.