Dates

Event

1943

Constructed as a N-9M.

Redesignated as N-9MB.

21 September 1943

First flight.

Built in support of the XB-35 strategic bomber program, used in series of test flights to measure aerodynamic characteristic of flying wing design. After completion of the test program it was used by the USAAF to train pilots.

Circa 1944

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: During flight over Mojave Desert.

August 1946

Photographer: Northrop
Notes: N-9MB (right) and N-9MA with XB-35 in the background. In hangar at the Muroc Air Force Base.

Circa 1950

To Edward T. Maloney.

To Air Museum/Ed Maloney, Claremont, CA.
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Photographer: Richard Boehme via Ron Cole
Notes: Source: http://www.colesaircraft.world/ed-malonys-air-museum

To Planes of Fame Air Museum/Ed Maloney, Ontario Airport, Ontario, CA.
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To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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From Circa 1982 to 1994

Restored.

3 February 1993

Assigned civil registration: N9MB

Circa 1993

Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At Chino Airport, CA

11 November 1994

First post-restoration Flight.

7 March 1997

Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
Notes: Photographed at Chino, CA.

7 March 1998

Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
Notes: Photographed at Chino, CA.

7 March 1998

Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
Notes: Photographed at Chino, CA.

23 November 2007

July 2014

Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

23 August 2014

Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
Notes: At the Camarillo Airshow, California

2 May 2015

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show at Chino, California.

18 April 2017

Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
Notes: At Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.

Circa 3 May 2018

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California.

22 April 2019

Destroyed in a crash.
At the prison yard of California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, CA, USA. Aircraft completely destroyed, the pilot died.