These walk-around photos were taken at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California in 2017, where the aircraft is displayed in the restoration hangar. They show a North American B-25J Mitchell, civil registration N3675G, USAAF serial 44-30423, c/n 108-33698, known as "Photo Fanny" — one of the most active warbird actors in Hollywood history.
The B-25 Mitchell was the USAAF's primary medium bomber throughout the Second World War, famous above all for the Doolittle Raid of April 1942 when sixteen B-25Bs launched from the carrier USS Hornet to strike Tokyo — a mission that shocked Japan and lifted Allied morale at a critical moment. Named after General Billy Mitchell, pioneer of American air power, nearly 10,000 Mitchells were built in numerous variants. The B-25J was the most produced version, with a glazed bombardier nose and formidable defensive armament.
This particular aircraft was delivered to the USAAF on 16 January 1945, too late for combat service. It subsequently passed through several redesignations — EB-25J, JB-25J and TB-25J — serving in electronic research and training roles before being sold as surplus in 1959. Donated to Ed Maloney's Air Museum in 1965 and transferred to Planes of Fame in 1973, it has since appeared in the films Forever Young (1992) and Pearl Harbor (2000), in the latter flying off the deck of USS Constellation as "Ruptured Duck" to represent the Doolittle Raid. It also appeared in the Catch-22 TV series, flying to Sardinia for filming. Its optically clear nose section, visible in these photos, was fitted specifically for use as an aerial camera platform.