US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos

Third Series (120341 to 126256)

Last Revised April 18, 2021

120341 North American XFJ-1 Fury
Number changed to 39055.
120342/120441 North American FJ-1 Fury
120342/120371 MSN 141-38394/38423. 120372/120441 cancelled
120342 failed to pull out from dive near NAS Patuxent River, MD. 11/20/1947. Pilot killed.
120343 flamed out and crashed SE of San Rafael, CA 3/14/1951. Pilot killed.
120345 caught fire and crashed NAS Patuxent River, MD 6/25/1948. Pilot killed.
120347 SOC Jan 5, 1954.
120348 (VF-51) force-landed after takeoff from NAS San Diego 3/10/1949.
120349 (VF-51) landing gear collapsed on landing at NAS San Diego 5/12/1949. Formerly at New England Air Museum Bradley
Windsor Locks Conncecticut. Acquired on unknown date By Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California.
Sitting in the boneyard in storage waiting restoration. In 2012 was on display there.
120350 (VF-51) hit barrier Tarawa 9/27/1948.
120351 (MSN 141-38403) 1947: TOS USN. 10/47: Fighter Squadron 5A (VF-5A), USS Boxer.
8/16/48: VF-5A redesignated VF-51.
1950: USNR, NAS Oakland, CA
1951: Naval Air Reserve Training Command, NAS Olathe, KS.
By 1954: NAS Norfolk, VA.
4/15/54: SOC.
1955: TOS Portugal Navy Air Forces.
1/60: Rebuilt and re-engined as a fighter-bomber, designated F-1J1C.
Unknown date: Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
By 1975: Loaned to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL.
By 10/12: Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
120352 (VF-881) undershot landing at NAS Olathe, KA 3/30/1952.
120354 (VF-778) wing failed on dive pullout Balwin Park, CA 10/22/1950. Pilot killed.
120355 (VF-51) force landed Lost Hills, CA 3/2/1949.
120357 (VF-778) stalled on waveoff Los Alamitos NAS
5/9/1951.
120359 (VF-5A) ditched off Princeton 5/26/1948.
120360 swerved off runway during landing Los Alamitos
NAS, CA 4/16/1950.
120361 (VF-51) missing during air-to-air gunnery
near Coronados island, CA 5/25/1949.
120367 (VF-5A) in hard landing on Princeton 5/3/1948.
120368 fire in midair force landed near Muni Airport,
Oakland, CA 1/28/1950.
120370 (VF-51) flamed out and ditched 8 miles from
Ream Field 12/7/1948.
120371 (VF-5A) structural failure 2 miles west of
La Jolla, CA 8/10/1948. Pilot bailed out.
120442/120474 Convair OY-1
Stinson Moded V-76 built by Consolidated Vultee as OY-1 for US Marine Corps
120442/120446 were formerly 04021/04025
120454 (MSN 76-4471) formerly 44-18182. on display at MCAS Quantico, VA
120455 (Marine Observation Squadron VMO-6 1st Marine Air Wing) crashed on takeoff at Chechon, South Korea
May 21, 1951. Crew of 2 injured and survived, aircraft destroyed.
120456 crashed at NAS China Lake, California Oct 21, 1947, SOC Oct 31, 1947.
120463 (VMO-6) hit high wires and crashed near Sudong, Korea Dec 11, 1950. Pilot killed, observer injured
120469 was formerly USAF 45-35012. To Virginia CAP until 1972. Now flying
with Chersky's Flying Circus at Santa Maria, CA. To N2584B. Restored, Active . Won EAA Award at Oshkosh 2012.
120470 (Marine Observation Squadron VMO-6 1st Marine Air Wing (K-3)) lost in accident due to unknown cause
in South Korea Nov 1, 1950
120475/121414 Convair PBY-6A
Cancelled contract. These numbers also listed to a cancelled contract
for Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver.
121415/121438 Convair OY-1
cancelled contract
121439/121440 Cancelled contract
121441/121441 Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a Schwalbe
Captured Luftwaffe aircraft.
121441 (WkNr 110165) Me 262B-1b possibly 10/NJG.11 Luftwaffe. Surrendered to RAF at Schleswig-Jagel, Germany, in May 1945,
and marked ‘USA3’ “What was it?” for supply to USAAF. Watson’s Whizzers as ‘101’. Shipped to the USA
and serialed FE-109. To US Navy Armament Test Division, NAS Patuxent River, MD, in Dec 1945 and allocated
BuNo 121441. Not flown for evaluation by US Navy. Scrapped at NAS Anacostia, DC, Nov 1946.
121442 (WkNr 501232) ‘Yellow 5’ 3/KG(J)6 Luftwaffe. To USAAF as Watson’s Whizzers ‘111’ and named “Beverly Anne”, later
“Screamin Meemie”. Shipped to the USA and possibly serialed FE-20 or EB-20. To US Navy Armament Test Division,
NAS Patuxent River, MD, in Dec 1945 and allocated BuNo 121442. Flight testing was abandoned after three successive
forced landings after engine failures.
Its last flight was 29Jan46. Naval Aviation Supply Depot, Philadelphia 7Oct46. Stricken from Navy records on 31Jan47.
Salvaged in 1957 and taken to
Wright Field, Dayton, OH. After a brief period on static display, the jet went into storage. In 1976, the
jet was taken to Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX where it was
restored by members of the 96th Mobile Maintenance Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit. Upon completion
in 1980, it was transferred to the US Air Force Museum.
Displayed at USAF Museum, Dayton, OH.
121443 Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a/U3 Schwalbe
Captured Luftwaffe aircraft. White 30’, Luftwaffe. Watson’s Whizzers as ‘222’, named “Marge”,
later “Lady Jess IV” with Donald Duck nose art. Shipped to the US and serialed FE108. Transferred to US
Navy and allocated BuNo 121443. W/o at NAS Patuxent River, MD Nov 7, 1945 during its first test flight.
Failed to gain height during takeoff and crashed into trees at end of runway.
121444 Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a Schwalbe
Captured Luftwaffe aircraft. WkNr 111367. To USAAF as Watson’s Whizzers ‘333’, named “Feuding 54th”,
later “Pauline” and “Deelovely”. Assigned to Armament Test Division, NAS Patuxent River, MD, in Dec 1945
and allocated BuNo 121444. Transferred to Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren Junction, VA, Oct 11 1946.
Displayed at NAS Anacostia, then abandoned at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. Scrapped
121445/121446 Arado AR-234B
Captured Luftwaffe aircraft
121445 previously Watson's Whizzers 202. To Flight Test Division at NAS Patuxent River, MD but not flown due to
lack of spares. SOC Jan 31, 1946 and scrapped.
121446 previously Watson's Whizzers 303. To Flight Test Division at NAS Patuxent River, MD but not flown due to
lack of spares. Used for tests of jet engine noise and heat hazards. SOC Jan 31, 1946 and scrapped.
121447 Dornier DO-335A-02
Captured Luftwaffe aircraft (MSN 240102 VG+PH). Previously FE-1013. To Tactical Test Division at
NAS Patuxent River, MD from Dec 1945 to Mar 31, 1947. Not flown for evaluation by US Navy. Stricken 31Mar47
then stored at NAS Norfolk until 1961. To Smithsonian, sent Oct 10, 1974 to Dornier plant in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany for
refurbishment and then displayed in Deutsches Museum, Munich. Since
returned to Smithsonian. On display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia
121448 Messerschmitt ME-262B-1a
Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a two-seat trainer, Werknr 110639, "White 35"
Captured at Lechfeld, Bavaria, Germany. Shipped to USA on HMS Reaper July 1945.
Previously Watson's Whizzers 555.
To Armament Test Division at NAS Patuxent River, MD December 1945. To NART Willow Grove, PA
December 1946. The Navy cancelled the test program and scrapped the remaining jets shortly thereafter. Stricken 31Mar47. Placed on
static display along with other captured Axis aircraft. Repainted as "Red 13" and placed on external display at NAS Willow Grove,
Pennsylvania. In 1993 the US Navy agreed to loan the aircraft to the Messerschmitt 262
Project in Meacham, Fort Worth, Texas, moving to Everett, Washington 1998, as a pattern
aircraft for its flying replicas. In poor condition, the project restored the aircraft to display
standards as "White 35". Preserved and on display at Wings of Freedom Museum,
Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Pennsylvania. To National Naval Aviation Museum at
Pensacola, Florida September 2010.
121449/121450 North American XSN2J-1
MSN 142-38427/38428
121451/121454 Martin P4M-1 Mercator
121451 converted to P4M-1Q. Transferred from VQ-1 May 17, 1954 to NAS Norfolk and SOC
Oct 12, 1956.
121452 Flight Test, Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Accident 8Feb50 landing at NAS Patuxent River.
Apparently threw several turbine blades during high speed low altitude test flight and
crashed into Chesapeake Bay E of Richmond, VA Mar 8, 1951. 4 killed.
121453 converted to P4M-1Q. Withdrawn 11/13/1956 and scrapped at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
121454 Accident 2Mar50 landing after a demonstration flight at Glenn L. Martin Airport, Middle River, MD.
Converted to P4M-1Q. Withdrawn 11/13/1956 and scrapped at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
121455/121456 Convair XP5Y-1
121455 flew initial flight test Apr 18, 1950, world's first turboprop flying boat.
w/o Jul 15, 1953 when it crashed 6 mi off Point Loma, CA, ending the P5Y
program. All 11 onboard bailed out.
121456 never flew because of unsolved engine reliability problems. Scrapped 1957.
121457/121459 Douglas XF3D-1 Skyknight
MSN 6670/6672
121457 first flight Mar 23, 1948.
121460/121462 North American XAJ-1 Savage
North American NA-146: Prototypes. MSN 146-38429/38431
121460 (MSN 146-38429) First prototype. First flight 7Mar48. Retained by North American Aviation.
Accepted by US Navy Feb51. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD; Naval Air Development Center,
Warminster, PA; Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, CA; Naval Air Materiel Center, Philadelphia, PA.
WFU at NAF Philadelphia, PA Mar57. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. Bailed to Grumman Corporation;
used as a nose gear test article for the A-6 Intruder program. Transferred to Naval Air Engineering Center,
Philadelphia, PA c1967. Used for static load catapult testing (outer wings removed, bomb bay loaded with
10,000 lbs of iron ballast). Set aside for intended Fourth Naval District museum c1974. Transferred to
NAS Norfolk, VA and offered for sale c1980. Sold to Peck Iron Metal, Portsmouth, VA; scrapped May80.
121461 (MSN 146-38430) Completed 1Sep48. Retained by North American Aviation. Accepted by US Navy Mar49.
Lost entire tail during rudder sideslip test and crashed at sea off Los Angeles, CA Feb49 (2KIS).
121462 (MSN 146-38431) First flight Jan49. Retained by North American Aviation. Crashed after wing failure at
Edwards AFB, CA 1949 (2 crew survived). Accepted by US Navy Feb51. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD;
Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA; Naval Air Materiel Center, Philadelphia, PA.
WFU at NAF Philadelphia, PA Jun55..
121463/121522 Grumman F8F-1B Bearcat
Model G-58
121463 (VF-72) spun on landing on base leg Midway CVB-41
8/15/1950 in Mediterranean. Pilot OK
121469 (VF-33) crashed into barrier and gun mount on
landing Leyte CV-32 1/19/1949. Pilot OK. Recent correspodence
on Air-Britain says that this plane went to the French AF
and was delivered by air 1955/56 from Vietnam to Royal Thai AF
121470 (VF-173) wave off landing from NAAS Charlestown,
RI and stalled 11/30/1948. Pilot injured.
121473 to French AF. Delivered from Vietnam to Royal Thai AF
121481 (VF-62) in midair with F4U-4 NAAS Oceana, VA.
Pilot killed. F4U-4 landed OK.
121489 (VF-32) flew into beach near NAS Jacksonville
while on instruments 5/26/1949. Pilot killed.
121492 SOC USN Oct 1951 and believed to Royal Thai AF
121493 (VF-31) hard landing on Kearsarge CV-33
11/20/1948. Pilot OK.
121500 to French AF. Delivered from Vietnam to Royal Thai AF
121502 (VF-32) hard landing Kearsarge CV-33 11/20/1948.
Pilot OK.
121504 (VF-153) tail broke off on landing Princeton
CV-37 11/28/1948. Pilot injured.
121506 (VF-31) fire in air, pilot bailed out over
Narragansett Bay, RI 2/03/1949. Pilot injured.
121510 (MSN D.854) to South Vietnamese AF. Reported 1972 at Bien Hoa AB,
South Vietnam.
121514 to French AF. Delivered from Vietnam to Royal Thai AF
121515 (VF-31) in hard landing Kearsarge CV-33 and hit
barrier 11/10/1948. Pilot OK.
121519 SOC USN Oct 1951 and believed to Royal Thai AF as Kh15-8/94
121520 (VF-33) ditched after takeoff from Kearsarge
CV-33 2/27/1949. Pilot injured.
121521 to French AF. Delivered from Vietnam to Royal Thai AF
121523/121548 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121523 (VF-91 in hard landing Philippine Sea CV-47
1/31/1950. Pilot OK
121527 (VF-74) in hard landing on Leyte CV-32 2/2/1950.
Pilot OK.
121528 (MSN D.902) became N9886C, then N212KA. Crashed on landing at
Lost Nations AP, Ohio Dec 13, 1968, killing the pilot.
121529 (VF-91) went overside Kearsarge CV-33 6/28/1949
during landing practice. Pilot OK.
121534 stalled in tight turning near Coyote Mtns, CA
09/29/1950. Pilot killed.
121536 (VF-192) hit USAF AT-6 during glide bomb run
7/18/1950 near NAS Alameda, CA. Crashed 4 mi N of
Navato, CA, Pilot killed.
121542 (VF-71) ditched after takeoff Leyte CV-32
11/02/1948. Pilot OK
121543 (VF-72) spun in on landing Leyte CV-32 8/19/1948.
Pilot killed.
121544 (VF-93) spun in on landing Leyte CV-32 and stalled 2/25/1949. Pilot killed.
121545 at Point Mugu by Apr 1951.
121547 (VF-61) hook pulled out on landing Midway VB-41
and hit barrier 10/14/1948. Pilot OK
121549/121550 Grumman F8F-2N Bearcat
Model G-58
121550 force landed off NAS Quonset Point, RI 7/5/1949.
Pilot injured.
121551/121574 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121552 (VF-32) stalled on landing at Otis AFB, MA 5/31/1949. Pilot killed.
121559 (VMF-233) NAAS Oceana, VA in forced landing after takeoff. Pilot OK.
121560 (VF-861) engine failure during gunnery 9/5/1951. Pilot bailed out OK.
121561 (VF-71) ditched with gear down off Leyte CV-32 9/15/1948. Pilot injured.
121563 (VMF-233) engine failure during rocket fire practice South Mills, NC 7/30/1951. Pilot
bailed out at low altitude and was killed.
121567 (VF-61) engine quit during catapult shot Midway CVB-41, crashed and sank 11/22/1948. Pilot
Killed.
121568 (VF-72) stalled on landing Leyte CV-32 8/20/1948. Pilot killed.
121574 (VF-61) swerved off runway NAAS Oceana, VA during takeoff due to too much engine torque. Pilot OK
121575/121579 Grumman F8F-2N Bearcat
Model G-58
121580/121585 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121584 (VC-62) hit barrier in landing on Franklin D.
Roosevelt CVB-42 7/28/1949. Pilot injured.
121586/121600 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121589 (MSN D.963) became N5171V, then N5555H. Hit trees in bad weather and crashed
in mountains near Scott, NY Apr 18, 1967. Pilot killed
121595 (VF-74) forced-landed in woods near NAS
Jacksonville, FL 6/12/1950. Pilot OK
121601/121605 Grumman F8F-2N Bearcat
Model G-58
121603 (VX-3) ditched off Beach Haven, NJ 4/25/1949.
Pilot OK.
121606/121611 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121608 (MSN D.982) became N7700C. Crashed at North Kingston, RI Jun 5, 1971,
killing the pilot.
121612/121631 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121612 (VF-62) ditched 14 mi from Guantanamo Bay
off Midway CVB-41 10/29/1948. Pilot OK
121614 (MSN D.988) wfu 1952 and to storage at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ. Sold 1958.
Became N7957C. Badly damaged in forced landing May 1974
and stored until rebuilding commenced 1992. Registered
NX747NF Feb 24, 2009, first flew after rebuilt Apr 16, 2009,
painted in Thai AF colors.
121620 (VF-711) overshot landing at NAS New Orleans,
LA. Pilot OK. Date?
121622 (VF-193) stalled on landing at NAAF Fentress
Field, VA. Pilot OK. Date??
121624 (VF-63) in deck crash on Coral Sea CVB-43
9/22/1948. Pilot injured.
121626 (V-862) wheels-up landing and fire NAS Norfolk,
VA 9/15/1951. Pilot OK.
121627 (VF-61) in wheels-up landing and fire at NAS
New Orleans, LA 5/22/1950. Pilot OK.
121629 force landed on test flight 3/16/1948 due to
loss of oil pressure. Pilot injured.
121632/121637 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121632 (VF-71) crashed into water while landing Leyte
CV-32 11/19/1948. Pilot killed.
121638/121657 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121639 (VF-63) in wheels-up landing NAAS Oceana, VA
6/13/1949. Pilot OK.
121644 (VF-63) undershot landing NAAS Oceana, VA, pilot
injured. Date??
121645 (VF-61) wheels up landing at NAS Norfolk, VA
12/29/1948. Pilot OK.
121646 (MSN D.1020) became N7699C. Acquired by Darryl Greenameyer
and reregistered N1111L and used Aug 1969 to set new
speed record for propeller-driven aircraft of 483.041 mph.
Traded to NASM in 1976 in exchange for 90446 and stored at
Silver Hill, MD. Now on display at Udvar-Hazy center of NASM, Chantilly, Virginia
121650 (VM-31) crashed on takeoff at Biggs AFB, TX Mar 27, 1950
121651 (VF-65) ditched near Guantanamo Bay 10/26/1948.
Pilot OK.
121653 (VF-62) in wave off landing Midway and went
overside 10/26/1948. Pilot injured.
121656 flew into mountain in bad weather 02/21/1952
near Gadeden, AL. Pilot killed.
121656 (VF-63) also ditched on approach to Midway
10/14/1948. Pilot OK.
121657 made full stall landing at NAS Quonset Point,
RI and hit parked F8F-2 121667 8/10/1948. Pilot
OK.
121658/121663 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121659 ground-looped in landing in crosswind NAS
Glenview, IL. 9/19/1951. Pilot OK.
121661 (VC-21) crashed while under hood in tight turn
near NAAS Miramar, CA 4/5/1950. Pilot killed.
I have this also have gone into a low altitude
spin after takeoff NAAS Miramar, CA 4/5/1950.
121663 (VC-62) spun in near NAS Oceana, VA 6/3/1950
during photography training. Pilot killed.
121664/121683 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121668 (VF-92) flew into water during landing at NAS Quonset Point, RI 1/21/1950. Pilot OK.
121670 (AES-12) wing failed in dive during training MCAS Quantico, VA. 10/26/1951. Pilot killed.
121672 (VF-63) ditched after takeoff from Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB-42 3/1/1949. Pilot OK.
121673 (VF-61) spun in on landing on Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB-42 2/14/1949. Pilot injured.
121674 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Jul 1951.
121677 (VF-61) wingtip came off during glide bomb run 2/25/1949. Pilot killed.
121678 (VF-718) force landed NAS Denver, CO 5/07/1951. Pilot killed. There is a photo of this plane dated Mar
1959, so it must have been repaired.
121679 (MSN D.1053) became N4992V, then N818F
121684/121689 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121686 (VC-62) flew into trees Surry, Va 5/29/1950. Pilot killed.
121689 (VC-62) ground-looped in landing NAS Norfolk, VA 5/4/1949. Pilot OK
121690/121708 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121690 (VF-713) forcelanded near Tulorosa, NM Nov 12, 1950.
121694 (VF-718) flew into ground during bad weather
near NAS Denver, CO 3/17/1951. Pilot killed.
121698 (F8F-2D) wheels-up landing at NAS Inyokern, CA
4/18/1952. Pilot OK
121699 (MSN D.1073) became N7826C. Crashed at Amarillo AFB, TX
Aug 13, 1966
121705 (VF-113) ditched during gunnery tow off NAS San
Diego, CA. Date?
121707 (VC-50) wheels up landing at NAAS Ream Field
4/19/1949. Pilot OK. Became N1027B. Rebuilt in 1992
with parts from 122708/N7701C as Gulfhawk IV N3025.
Badly damaged in forced landing at Oshkosh Aug 2, 1993,
wreck stored atChino. Reportedly acquired in 2004 by The
Fighter Collection, Duxford. Reported in 2008 to be
undergoing restoratin at Ezell Aviation, Breckenridge, TX
prior to delivery to The Fighter Collection.
121709/121714 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121710 at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
121714 (MSN D.1088) to civil registry as N4995V, then N1YY, then NX700H, then NX700HL.
As G-RUMM Acquired 3rd June 1981 by The Fighter Collection, Duxford, England.
Noted airworthy there March 2020 painted in VF-20 colours with serial ‘21714’ and code ‘201’
(Lt Cdr ‘Whiff’ Caldwell’s aircraft).
121715/121733 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121731 (MSN D.1105) became N1028B, then N500B, then N5005. Crashed during
US Cup Race at San Diego, CA Jul 18, 1971, killing the pilot.
121734/121739 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121737 (VC-62) ditched along side of Coral Sea CVB-43
7/01/1951. Pilot OK.
121740/121757 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121744 (VF-862) undershot landing at NAAS Fentres Field
3/18/1951. Pilot OK
121748 (MSN D.1122) to disposal Jan 1, 1957. To US civil registry as N1029B,
then N618F, then N200N. To French registry as F-AZRJ. Later on
US civil registry as N224RD, but reregistered N1DF Jul 31, 2008
121751 (MSN D.1125) registered N9885C. Flew as a race plane for many years.
Crashed at Commerce, GA Jun 18, 1980, killing the pilot.
121752 (MSN D.1126) to civil registry as N7827C, then N2YY, then N800H
121757 (VMF-236) force landed after takeoff from NAS
Denver, CO 7/28/1951. Pilot OK
121758/121763 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121758 (VC-62) ditched off Midway CVB-41 11/12/1951.
Pilot OK.
121761 on civil registry as N68RW
121764/121769 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121764 (VMFT-10) suffered midair fire 02/19/1952 near
NAAS El Centro, CA. Pilot bailed out and was
Injured.
121767 (VF-712) stalled during landing NAS Denver, CO
5/20/1950. Pilot killed.
121769 (VF-74) in hard landing on Leyte CV-32 3/1/1950.
Pilot OK.
121770/121775 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121775 (VF-32) force landed 10 mi SW of Colinga, CA and
exploded 9/19/1950. Pilot killed.
121776/121784 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Model G-58
121776 (MSN D.1162) to civil registry as N1030B, used as wind machine by Kaman Aircraft Corp.
Then stored at USMC Museum, Quantico, VA. Rebuilt and now airworthy with
Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX as N68RW. Owned by Robert Waltrip.
Reported to be up for sale.
121779 (VF-61) flew into water off NAAS Oceana
11/28/1949. Pilot killed.
121784 (VF-74) in hard landing on Boxer CV-21 2/19/1950
and hit barrier. Pilot OK.
121785/121790 Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat
Model G-58
121787 (MSN D.1181) became N6821D then N148F. Crashed at Mojave Oct 20, 1973.
121791/121792 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
121793/122066 Vought F4U-5 Corsair
121832/121833, 121852/121853, 12872/121874
128891/121893, 121912/121915, 121932,121935,
121952/121955, 121973/121976, 121995/121998
122015/122018, 122037/122040, 122058/122061
were F4U-5N.
121956/121957, 121977/121978, 121999/122002,
122019/122022, 122045/122048, 122062/122065,
were F4U-5P.
Korean War losses from Douglas E. Campbell book
121795 (VMF-212) in accident on airfield at P'ohang, Korea Aug 26, 1951. Ordnance from F4U-5 122042
hit this aircraft.
121797 (VMF-212) crashed Wonsan airfield during emergency landing Nov 6, 1950
121816 (F4U-5N VC3 Det C attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) lost on strafing attack Feb 19, 1952.
Pilot MIA
121823(MSN 9873, VMF-212) crashlanded at Kangnung, Korea Apr 22, 1951. I have
a record of this being delivered to Argentine Navy as 0434 and displayed
there on a pole. Later to Lone Star Flight Museum and restrored to airworthy
status as N43RW. However, the real Argentine Navy 0434 was actually F4U-5NL Bu124678
121832 (F4U-5N, VMF(N)-513) collided with another aircraft on runway in Korea Oct 15, 1950.
Lost on ferry flight from Kimpo to Wonsan Oct 17, 1950. Pilot MIA
121834 (VMF-212) lost control during missed approach at K-3
in Korea and hit T-7 Jul 19, 1951.
121839 (VMF-212) struck ridge 20 mi E of Suwon Oct 6, 1950. Pilot KIA.
121852 (F4U-5N VC-3 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) crashed at night near Soho-Ri Korea May 24, 1953.
Pilot MIA
121856 (VMF-212) hit by AAA over Korea Jun 20, 1951, pilot bailed out.
121871 (VMF-212) ditched in Sea of Japan due to engine failure Nov 21, 1950. Pilot MIA
121875 (VMF-212) hit by gound fire and suffered brake failure on landing Jun 13, 1951
121881 presumably went at one stage to the Argentinian armed forces, as it was
retrieved 'from the top of a display pylon' in Argentina when it returned to
the USA to become N43RW with Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. This plane is
now believed to be 121823, but 121823 is also listed as crashing in Korea.
121892 (F4U-5N, VMF(N)-513) crashed at Yonpo Airfield, Korea Dec 10, 1950. Pilot injured.
121911 (VMF-212) hit by AAA over Korea and forced down in
enemy area Mar 21, 1951. Pilot KIA
121912 (F4U-5N, VC-3 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) ditched off USS Boxer, Korea Jul 13, 1953.
121919 (VMF-312) crashed on takeoff Jun 26, 1951
121928 to Argentine Navy in 1958 as 0384. On display at Museo de Aviacion
Naval, Bahia Blanca NAS
121930 (VMF-212) hit by AAA 3 mi SW of Hagaru-ni and ditched Nov 17, 1950. Pilot rescued by friendly troops.
121931 (VMF-212) shot down by AAA near Imjin River, Korea Apr 2, 1951. Pilot KIA
121945 (VMF-212) shot down by AAA near Sohu-ri, Korea Sept 5, 1951,
Pilot bailed out near Chinbu-ri, Korea and was rescued.
121966 (F4U-5N, VMF-212) crashed on takeoff at Pohang, Korea Mar 26, 1951. Pilot injured.
121974 (F4U-5N, VMF(N)-513) crashed in bad weather near Chosin Reservoir Nov 30, 1950. Pilot MIA
121976 (VC-3 Det E attached to USS Princeton (CVA-37)) downed S of Yongpo Airfield, Hungnam,
North Korea Sept 9, 1952. Pilot bailed out and was rescued.
121977 (F4U-5P, VF-50 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) shot down by small arms fire in Korea,
pilot POW.
121982 (VMF-212) pilot lost control in bad weather Jul 10, 1951. Pilot KIA
121983 (VMF-212) hit by AAA and made emergency landing in rice
paddy, Korea Apr 30, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
121995 (F4U-5N, VMF-212) hit by AAA and crashed May 4, 1951, Andong, Korea. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
121996 (F4U-5N, VMF(N)-513) ran out of fuel on night intruder mission Nov 20, 1950. Pilot MIA
121226 (VMF-513) MIA on intruder mission, Korea, Nov 20, 1950.
122003 (VMF-212) shot down by AAA Sep 21, 1950. Pilot injured.
122004 (VMF-212) crash-landed at K-3, Korea May 17, 1951. Pilot uninjured
122013 (VF-13) spun in on landing USS Franklin D.
Roosevfelt Jun 2, 1953
122017 (F4U-5N, VC-3) crashed on takeoff from USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) off
Korea Mar 30, 1952. Pilot rescued
122018 (F4U-5N, VMF(N)-513) crashed on takeoff, Korea, Sept 22, 1950. Caught fire, pilot killed.
122028 (VMF-212 attached to USS Bataan (CVL-29)) crashed on strafing run 5 mi w of Koto-ri Dec 3, 1950.
Pilot KIA
122041 (VMF-212) crashed on takeoff May 20, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
122042 (VMF-212) in airfield accident at Pohang, Korea, Aug 26, 1951. Caught fire and ordnance exploded.
Exploding ordnance also destroyed 121795
122051 (VMF-212) crashed between Chosin and Fusin due to engine failure Nov 14, 1950. Pilot KIA
122052 (VMF-212) hit by ground fire and made wheels-up landing at Kangnung airfield Apr 17, 1951
122063 (HQ-33 Photo Unit) hit by AAA and crash landed Pohang Nov 2, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
122064 (F4U-5P) landing gear failed and crash landed Nov 4, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
122067/122086 Martin PBM-5A Mariner
122069 to disposal at NAF Oppama Oct 31, 1957 and sold for scrap.
122070 to Netherlands Navy as 16-304 then 103. WFU Mar 1960
122071 accepted by USN in Jul 1948. Guns and turrets removed and assigned to Naval Air
Activity Annapolis for training and indoctrination of US Naval Academy midshipmen.
Put into storage at Lichtfield Park, AZ and SOC Dec 1956. To civilian market
as N3190G, went through several owners where it was used for eveything from a
water tanker to a hauler of fresh fish. Acquired by National Air and Space
Museum Aug 8, 1972, put on loan to Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona. Restored
in the markings of VR-21.
122072 to Netherlands Navy as 16-305. W/o Nov 22, 1957
122075 to Netherlands Navy as 16-300 then 100. WFU Mar 1960
122077 (VR-21) in landing accident and sank near Sasebo, Japan
Nov 23, 1950. All 9 crew uninjured.
122078 to Netherlands Navy as 16-308 then 104. WFU Mar 1960
122079 to Netherlands Navy as 16-313 then 108. WFU Mar 1960
122080 Jan 15, 1954 started to operate a limited military inter-atoll amphibious
airlift service between Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls in conjunction with Operation
Castle for the forthcoming Atomic Energy and Joint Services Nuclear tests.
122081 to Netherlands Navy as 16-301 then 101. WFU Mar 1960
122082 to Netherlands Navy as 16-315. Cannibalized for spars
122084 to Netherlands Navy as 16-306. W/o Jun 10, 1959
122085 to Netherlands Navy as 16-302 then 102. W/o Dec 17, 1959
122086 to Netherlands Navy as 16-316 then 110. WFU Mar 1960
122087/122152 Grumman F8F-1B Bearcat
122095 (MSN D.779) SOC USN Oct 1951. Later to Thai AF as KH15-43/93
Subsequently placed on display in Bangkok and by 1987 had been
acquired by the Salis collection at La Ferte Alais,
France. Later on civil registry as G-BUCF Feb 18, 1992 and later
as N2209 Nov 12, 1992. Reported 2005 at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA.
122098 to French AF. Delivered from Vietnam 1955/56 to Royal Thai AF
122099 (VF-3A) spun in during landing Kearsarge CV-33.
Pilot killed.
122103 to French AF. Delivered from Vietnam 1955/56 to Royal Thai AF
122104 (VF-62) overside landing Leyte CV-32 3/8/1950.
Pilot OK.
122105 (VF-131) hit barrier on Princeton CV-37
12/14/1948. Pilot OK
122112 (VF-131) crashed on deck of Princeton CV-37
10/02/1948.
122117 (VF-14A) hit barrier on landing Valley Forge
CV-45 7/12/1948. Pilot OK
122118 (VF-38A) taxiied off side of Kearsarge CV-388
6/21/1948. Pilot OK.
122119 (VF-12) hook pulled while landing on Philippine
Sea 2/24/1950 and hit barrier. Pilot OK.
122120 (MSN D.804) SOC USN Oct 1952, to Royal Thai AF as KH15-72/95.
acquired by the Foundation for the Preservation and
Development of Thai Aircraft Dec 1994, and shipped to Grumman in USA
for restoration. Returned to Thailand May 2003 and currently (Aug 2003) at
Utapao awaiting painting and first flight
122121 (VF-132) lost on return from gunnery off Leyte
CV-32 and ditched 12/01/1948. Pilot OK.
122127 (VF-132) lost on return from gunnery off Leyte
CV-32 and ditched 12/01/1948. Pilot OK.
122132 (VF-132) lost on return from gunnery off Leyte
CV-32 and ditched 12/01/1948. Pilot OK.
122135 SOC USN Oct 1951, to Royal Thai AF as KH15-18/94
122136 (VF-132) lost on return from gunnery off Leyte
CV-32 and ditched 12/01/1948. Pilot killed.
122138 (VF-14A) late pull out on strafing attack on towed
spar off Boxer CV-21 2/4/1948. Pilot killed.
122142 (VF-32) collided with obstacle 7/1/1948.
122152 to French AF. Delivered from Vietnam 1955/56 to Royal Thai AF
122153/122166 Vought F4U-5 Corsair
122154 to Argentine Navy as 0304/3-A-222
122159 (VMF-212) shot down by AAA, Korea Jul 23, 1951. Pilot
rescued.
122160 (VMF-212) hit by ground fire and landed at Army liaison field Jun 10, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
122167/122206 Vought F4U-5P Corsair
122169 (VC-62 Det 3 off USS Leyte (CV-32)) hit by AAA over Korea and crash-landed.
Pilot rescued by AF helicopter, but helicopter shot down. KIA
122170 (VC-30 attached to USS Leyte (CV-32)) ditched off USS Leyte Oct 7, 1950. Pilot rescued.
122179 to Honduras AF as FAH-604 Mar 1956. To Houston, TX Dec 1978 and
registered as N4903M. Damaged in forced landing near Houston, TX in 1984.
Wreckage parts used in rebuild of 123168/N179PT. ID transferred
to N179PT. Other parts used to rebuild 124692/N45NL.
122184 to civil regisry as N3764A. To Honduras AF as FAH-605. Sold in 1979.
to Civil registry as N4901E, N49051, N65HP. Now on civil registry
as N65WF. Owner in 1990 was EXEC Aviation of Cincinnati, OH
122189 at Flying Leathernecks Museum, Miramar CA. Was reported under
restoration at MCAS El Toro, CA. Noted Mar 13, 1993 at Marine
Corps Museum, MCAS El Toro, CA
122196 (VMF-212) hit by AAA and make wheels-up landing on grass strip Jun 10, 1951. Pilot uninjured and
rescued.
122198 ditched off Maui, Hawaii Sept 15, 1950.
122201 (VMF-212) crashlanded at Pusan May 6, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
122207/122209 Martin P4M-1 Mercator
122207 Service Test, Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Damaged 9Jul51 by structural failure
during a liquid oxygen equipment test at NAS Patuxent River. Converted to P4M-1Q. Code JQ-2, NAF
Port Lyautey, French Morocco; Damaged 9Oct57 when the right main landing gear collapsed landing at
NAF Naples, Italy. Withdrawn 4/15/1960 and scrapped at NAS Rota, Spain and used for fire fighting practice.
122208 VP-21, NAS Patuxent River, MD 28Jun50. Converted to P4M-1Q. Accident 3Apr52 during engine testing at
NAF Port Lyautey, French Morocco. Withdrawn 11/56 and scrapped at NAS Norfolk
122209 VP-21, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Accident 27Mar51 30 miles NNW of NAS Patuxent River during a local
instrument training flight. Converted to P4M-1Q. VQ-2, Code PS-4, later as JQ-4, NAF Port Lyautey,
French Morocco [1956]. VQ-1, Code PR-9, NAS Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Damaged Jan58 when the nose landing gear collapsed at NAS Atsugi, Japan. While flying a patrol
mission over the Sea of Japan 16Jun59, the aircraft was attacked 50 miles east of the Korean DMZ by
two North Korean MiGs. During the attack, the aircraft sustained serious damage
to the starboard engines and the tail gunner was seriously wounded. The P4M made it safely to Miho AFB, Japan.
Scrapped for spares
122210/122365 Douglas AD-2 Skyraider
MSN 6673/6828
122213 (VC-35, USS Boxer (CV-21)) hit by AAA over Korea and crashed Jun 21, 1951. Pilot KIA
122216 (VMA-121) suffered engine failure and ditched Nov 16, 1952. Pilot rescued
122219 (VMA-121) disappeared Aug 29, 1952. Explosion seen which may
have been this aircraft.
122222 (VMA-121) crashlanded at K-6 in Korea Jul 7, 1952 after being hit by AAA. Pilot uninjured.
122226 used to demonstrate improved engine cooling system developed for AD-3. Later installed with radome
for flight testing the AEW version. In midair collision in Korea Apr 25, 1951 while with VA-65
(attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)). Landed OK at Seoul airfield but SOC. Pilot uninjured.
122247 (VF-194, attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by small arms fire and ditched in Wonsan
Harbor Jan 8, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter
122248 (VMA-121) shot down by AAA, Korea, Oct 15, 1952.
122256 (VMA-121) shot down by AAA, Korea, Nov 19, 1951. Pilot POW
122258 (VMA-121) shot down by AAA, Korea Jan 29, 1952. Pilot KIA
122264 (VMA-121) crashed into Korean rice paddy after engine
failure Oct 23, 1952. Pilot rescued.
122265 (VMA-121) in wheels-up landing on Korean road after
engine failure May 13, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
122269 (VF-194, attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by AAA over Korea and ditched S of Hungnam
Feb 3, 1952. Pilot rescued.
122273 (VMA-121) shot down by AAA, Korea, Sept 30, 1952. Pilot KIA
122275 (VA-702, attached to USS Boxer (CV-21) shot down by AAA Sep 20, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
122276 (VMA-121) missing after bomb run, Korea, Dec 2, 1951. Pilot MIA
122277 (VF-194, attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by own bomb blast Pachunjang area,
Korea 12/18/1951. Ditched in Wonson Harbor.
Pilot killed.
122278 (VMA-121) hit by small arms fire, Korea, and made
emergency landing Aug 17, 1952.
122288 (VMA-121) pilot bailed out after engine failure, Korea,
May 25, 1952. Pilot rescued.
122294 (VMA-121) in takeoff accident at K-6 in Korea, crashed and
burned May 20, 1952. Pilot killed.
122298 (VMA-121) shot down by AAA, Korea, May 6, 1952. Pilot killed.
122303 (VA-702) spun in on landing Boxer CV-21 5/11/1951
off Korea. Pilot OK with minor injuries.
122306 (VC-33) spun in on takeoff NAS Atlantic City, NJ
11/30/1951. Pilot killed. Also listed as crashing with VMA-121 near Tongsinchon in Korea Jan 4, 1953.
Pilot killed.
122307 (VA-65, attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) hit by AAA in Korea 4/16/1951. Pilot killed
when chute caught on tail surface on bailout.
122311 (VMA-121) shot down by AAA, Korea Jun 27, 1953. Pilot rescued.
122313 (VF-54) hit by AAA in Korea and ditched 12/09/1951.
Pilot OK.
122315 (VA-728, attached to USS Antietam (CV-36)) hit by AAA in Korea and ditched at sea
Jan 21, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter
122318 (VMA-121) suffered aileron problems while landing Sep 10, 1952 at Pyongtaek. Total loss
122324 (VMA-121) ditched after engine fire May 7, 1952. Pilot killed.
122325 (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) hit by AAA in Korea and ditched in Wonsan
Harbor Dec 9, 1951. Pilot rescued.
122326 (VF-54) ditched in Wonsan Harbor, Korea, after prop
failure Jan 30, 1952.
122327 (VF-194, attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45) hit by AAA, Korea, and ditched at sea Feb 4, 1952.
Pilot rescued
122328 (VMA-121) ditched at sea Feb 18, 1953. Pilot rescued
122337 (VMA-121) ditched in Hwachon Reservoir, Korea after being hit by
AAA Oct 27, 1951. Pilot rescued.
122339 (VF-54) crashed after takeoff from USS Essex (CV-9), Korea,
Jan 11, 1952. Pilot MIA
122340 (VMA-121) pilot bailed out after losing oil pressure
Aug 20, 1952. Pilot rescued.
122341 (VMA-121) ditched at sea due to oil leak and loss of
pressure Aug 20, 1952. Pilot rescued
122342 (VF-51 attached to USS Esses (CV-9)) hit by AAA in Korea and ditched Wonsan harbor 12/09/1951.
Pilot OK.
122343 (VMA-121) hit by AAA in Korea and pilot bailed out Jun 6, 1952. Pilot rescud
122344 (VMA-121) caught fire, unsuccessful bailout at low altitude
Nov 18, 1951.
122346 (VA-923) hit by AAA, S of Wonsan, Korea and pilot bailed
out Nov 4, 1951. Pilot became POW
122347 (VMA-121) encountered engine trouble and pilot bailed out
near Sinch'on, Korea May 23, 1952. Rescued by helicopter
122362 (VMA-121) hit by small arms fire and made forced landing
in Korean field Jul 21, 1952. Pilot rescued
122366/122372 Douglas AD-2Q Skyraider
MSN 6829/6835. Two-seat ECM version
122373 Douglas AD-2QU Skyraider
MSN 6836. Target towing version, carried a Mark 22 aerial target. To NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Oct 1952.
122374/122387 Douglas AD-2Q Skyraider
MSN 6837/6850. Two-seat ECM version.
122380 (VA-65) hit barrier on landing Valley Forge CV-45
1/03/1951. Pilot OK.
122386 (VMC-1)
122388/122393 Martin AM-1Q Mauler
Glenn L Martin Company Model 210, modified for radar countermeasures.
122394/122437 Martin AM-1 Mauler
Glenn L Martin Company Model 210
122394 (VA-45) ditched in river off Lee Fld NAAS, FL
5/24/1949.
122397 at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
122401 reported 2008 to be with Commemorative Air Force at Midland, TX,
but going to be moved to another museum (to be chosen by its
owner, the National Museum of Naval Aviation). May 2009 issue of
Aircraft Illustrated said that aircraft is to go to Glenn L. Martin
Aviation Museum, Middle River, MD
122403 in storage at Planes of Fame, Chino, California as of Oct 2013.
122408 went into inverted spin 7/16/1950 near Toledo,
OH. Pilot bailed out.
122411 leveled off high during landing at Grosse Isle
NAS, MI 10/21/1950.
122432 flew into Buzzard Glory Mountain, PA 8/22/1950.
Pilot killed.
122438/122464 Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune
Model 126-52-02
122443 (VP-10) w/o Jan 5, 1952 in landing accident at RAF Burtonwood, UK when undershot and crashed
into USAF C-47 at RAF Burtonwood, UK. 1 lost, 11 survived.
122446 with VP-741 in 1952
122449 modified as P2V-3C carrier-based nuclear bomber. Model 326-49-05. Landing back on the carrier
was not an option; the aircraft would have to land at an airfield or ditch beside the carrier.
122451 damaged 18 Apr 1950 (Shot own tail! at air to air gunnery flight), NAS Quonset Point, RI
122452 damaged 21 Jul 1949 nr NAS Coco Soco, Panama Zone. With VP-741 1951-52
122453 (VP-741) w/o 6/14/51 in landing accident at Flemings Island, FL. Inflight fire caused
forced landing.
122454 (VP-3) w/o Jun 1, 1950 at NAS Quonset Point during emergency landing.
122458 w/o Jul 28, 1955. Location ?
122460 (VP-3) in midair collision diring takeoff from NAS Coco Solo, Panama Nov 18, 1948.
122462 participated as an instrumented data collector for the 28 April 1958 "Yucca" nuclear test shot,
one of the "Hardtack" series.
122463 (VP-741) w/o 14 Jun 1951 nr Fleming, Isle Fd, FL. 9 crew, 2 survivee
122464 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Mar 1950.
122447/122451 Bell F2L-1
contract cancelled. Serials reassigned to P2V-2 Neptune batc. Bell P-39Q Airabonita target drone
122452/122461 Bell HTL-1
Appears to have been a cancelled contract for ten YR-13 Model 47A transferred from US Army.
Serials of them were 46-236,237,242,243,244,249,250,251,253,254. 122460 and 122461
were transferred to the USCG as 460 and 461 but this leaves 8, yet only six appeared to have
been renumbered. These six helicopters were reassigned BuNos 122453/122458. However
these serial numbers were reassigned to P2V Neptune batch and the helicopters
were reserialed in the 122952/122961 range.
122465/122466 Lockheed P2V-2N Neptune
Model 126-52-02
The P2Vs were built for Highjump II which was to follow Operation Windmill, but Highjump II was cancelled due
to the Korean War. The P2V-2Ns were modified for polar work including skis and were to be used for
polar exploration photography and scientific work under Project Ski Jump
122465 Assigned to VX-6, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Named Boopsie. was first aircraft to land on ice (but
ski-equipped) at Little America in Antarctica Dec 20, 1955. Crashed during landing at McMurdo, Antarctica
on Oct 18, 1956 in support of Operation Deep Freeze II. Departed Christchurch NZ to McMurdo along with
other long range aircraft of VX-6. After passing the PSR (point of safe return) a severe storm enveloped
the McMurdo area. Since they had insufficient fuel to return to Christchurch they were committed
to flying into the storm and landing at McMurdo. The pilot made a ground controlled approach
from 12,000 feet to 300 feet and then elected to make a visual landing. With the landing gear down
the plane began to turn right, the nose of the plane fell, and the Neptune struck the snow on the
nose and right wing. The Neptune was completely demolished. Four killed, 4 injured.
122466 Assigned to VX-6, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Named Amen!. 122466 which had already returned to
NAS Patuxent River, MD, was ordered back to Antarctica for the search. En-route both engines failed
and it crashed in a remote jungle swamp Oct 18, 1956 in Venezuela. All 8 crewmembers were rescued,
and the Neptune was written off.
122467 Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune
Model 126-52-02. Modified in 1950 as Model 126-52-08 to test a reduced crew accommodation optimized for
bombing operations.
122447/122451 Bell F2L-1
contract cancelled. Serials reassigned to P2V-2 Neptune batch
122452/122461 Bell HTL-1
Appears to have been a cancelled contract for ten YR-13 Model 47A transferred from US Army.
Serials of them were 46-236,237,242,243,244,249,250,251,253,254. 122460 and 122461
were transferred to the USCG as 460 and 461 but this leaves 8, yet only six appeared to have
been renumbered. These six helicopters were reassigned BuNos 122453/122458. However
these serial numbers were reassigned to P2V Neptune batch and the helicopters
were reserialed in the 122952/122961 range.
122468/122471 Martin PBM-5A Mariner
122470 to Netherlands Navy as 16-312. W/o Aug 12, 1957
122471 15 Jan. 1954 started to operate a limited military inter-atoll amphibious airlift service
between Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls in conjunction with Operation Castle for the forthcoming
Atomic Energy and Joint Services Nuclear tests.
122472/122474 Vought XF7U-1 Cutlass
122472 Assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Dec 1948.
122474 suffered engine explosion during flight exhibition at NAS Patuxent River, MD Jul 7, 1950. Vought test
pilot Paul Thayer ejected safely, but suffered fracture to small bone at base of spine. Aircraft
impacted on island in Patuxent River.
122475 Grumman XF9F-2 Panther
Model G-79. First flight Nov 21, 1947. Prototype with Rolls-Royce Nene engine
122476 Grumman XF9F-3 Panther
Model G-79. Second Panther airframe modified as prototype for F9F-3 First flight Aug 16, 1948.
Protoype with Allison J33-A-8 engine
122477 Grumman XF9F-2 Panther
Model G-79. Prototype with Rolls-Royce Nene engine. First flight Nov 26, 1947. Tail torn off
in arrested landing at NAS Patuxent River, MD 10/28/1948.
122478/122507 Vought F6U-1 Pirate
Chance Vought Model V-340 single-seat, carrier-based fighter
122478 bailed to Bureau of Aeronautics at NAS Dallas, Texas for testing May 31, 1950. SOC at NAS Dallas,
Texas Dec 14, 1950
122479 bailed to Bureau of Aeronautics at NAS Dallas, Texas for testing May 1950. SOC at NAS Dallas
Dec 14, 1950. Used for damage trials by Bureau of Ordinance. Saved by Connecticut Historical
Aviation Museum from the destored. Restoredy by Vought Corporation retirees at Hensley Field,
Texas. In 2012 was on ramp behind Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola, Florida.
122480 bailed to Bureau of Aeronautics at NAS Dallas for testing May 1950. SOC at NAS Dallas, texas Dec 14, 1950.
122481 to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland for electronics testing. Stricken from inventory Dec 1950.
122482 to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland for testing May 1950. Stricken from inventory Dec 1950.
122483 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field CA Jul 23, 1950 to Aug 5, 1953.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations and for armament testing.
Modified as F6U-1P. Stricken from inventory at NAS Moffett FIeld Apr 24, 1951.
122484 to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland for testing May 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951.
122485 to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland for testing May 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122486 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951.
122487 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122488 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122489 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island May 17, 1951
122490 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Mar 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island May 2, 1951
122491 bailed to Bureau of Aeronautics at NAS Dallas, Texas for tests Feb 1950. Assigned to NACA
Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Aug 24, 1950 to Oct 5, 1953.
Registered as NACA 138. Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations.
SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122492 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122493 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122494 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122495 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122496 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122497 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122498 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122499 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Jan 1950. Bailed to Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphis,
Pennsylvania Jan 1951. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122500 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. Bailed to Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphis,
Pennsylvania Jan 1951. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122501 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. Bailed to Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphis,
Pennsylvania Jan 1951. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 12, 1951
122502 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122503 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122504 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 12, 1951
122505 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. Bailed to Bureau of Aeronautics at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania Jan 1951. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 16, 1951
122506 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 12, 1951
122507 to VX-36 at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey Feb 1950. SOC at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Jan 12, 1951
122508/122529 Sikorsky HO3S-1
Sikorsky Model S-51
122508 (HU-1) crashed in water off Paengnyong-Do Island, Korea Sep 4, 1952
122509 (MSN 5144) to civil registry as N4144A, CF-JNZ, N5559A
122510 w/o Sep 20, 1950.
122512 (MSN 5150) to civil registry as N391T
122513 (HU-1) crashed in enemy territory Korea Feb 8, 1952. Pilot POW.
122514 (VMO-6) destroyed during rescue attempt Sept 21, 1950,
Yangjae-ri, Korea.
122515 (MSN 5154) to salvage Jan 6, 1956. To civil registry as N4145A, then CF-KHK. Undergoing restoration at
USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
122516 w/o Aug 4, 1950.
122517 (VMO-6) shot down by AAA during rescue attempt Apr 13, 1951,
Korea. Both crew rescued.
122518 (VMO-6) in takeoff accident Mar 12, 1951. Both crew uninjured.
122519 (HU-1 Det 3) engine failure off USS Philippine Sea and
ditched at sea Sept 11, 1950. All 3 crew rescued.
122520 assigned to NAS Patuxent River, MD. Assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field,
VA Feb 24, 1948 to Sep 6, 1961. Registered as NACA 201. Ground collision Sep 6, 1961.
122521 (VMO-6) in takeoff accident near Chik-Tong, Korea Jan 23, 1952. Both crew rescued.
122522 (MSN 5165) to civil registry as N5555A
122523 to salvage Jun 30, 1957
122526 (MSN 5181) to civil registry as N5554A
122528 (MAMS-12) lost control during hovering and crashed near K-6, Korea Jun 15, 1952. Pilot and
2 crewmembers uninjured.
122529 (MSN 5124) to salvage Dec 14, 1955.
122530/122559 McDonnell F2H-1 Banshee
MSN 1/30.
122530 assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Aug 8, 1951 to Sep 22, 1959.
Registered as NACA 214. Assigned to Naval Air Material Center (NAMC), Mustin Field, Philadelphia, PA.
122540 assigned to Naval Air Test Center (NATC), NAS Patuxent River, MD.
Assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Oct 10, 1950 to Jun 20, 1951.
Assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
122560/122562 Grumman F9F-3 Panther
According to some sources, 122560 to 122589 were all built as F9F-3, but the F9F-3s might have been
redesignated F9F-2 after they were reengined and made identical to the F9F-2
122560 assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA. Assigned to NACA, later NASA, Langley Research Center, Langley
Field, VA Jan 5, 1951 to Jul 7, 1960. Registered as NACA 215. SOC Jan 14, 1958 at Langley AFB,
Virginia. Salvage Langley AFB, VA.
122561 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Aug 1, 1957
122562 fitted with electro-hydraulically driven Emerson Aero X17A roll-transverse turret housing
four 0.50-in machine guns. SOC Jun 7, 1956 at NAS Norfolk, Virginia.
122563 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
122563 at National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL
122564/122566 Grumman F9F-3 Panther
122564 crashed Jul 31, 1953 after takeoff from MCAS El Toro, California
122565 w/o Jan 20, 1956 at NAATC, NAS Kingsville, Texas
122566 skidded and overshot landing at NAS Patuxent River, MD 4/12/1950.
122567 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
To NATC at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
122568 Grumman F9F-3 Panther
To VF-123 in 1955. W/o Sep 1, 1955
122569 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
To NATC at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
122570 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
122571 Grumman F9F-3 Panther
Made emergency landing on short dirt strip Greenfield, OH 5/29/1949. SOC Oct 12, 1957 at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas
122572 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
To NATC at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
122573/122585 Grumman F9F-3 Panther
122573 (VF-51) wheels up landing in sand near NAS San Diego, CA 5/18/1949. SOC Dec 4, 1957 at NAS
Corpus Christie, Texas
122574 (VF-51) hit by AAA in combat mission 9/19/1950 off USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and ditched.
Pilot rescued.
122575 (VF-51) ditched on takeoff from USS Valley Forge CV-45 7/18/1950. Pilot rescued.
122576 converted to F9F-2KD drone controller. GMGRU-2 1958. SOC May 31, 1958 at NAS Chincoteague, Virginia.
122577 (VF-51) ditched on takeoff from USS Valley Forge CV-45 7/22/1950. Pilot rescued.
122578 SOC Nov 14, 1957 at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas
122579 (VF-52) ditched on takeoff from USS Boxer CVA-21 Jul 8, 1953. Pilot rescued
122580 (VF-51) ditched on takeoff from USS Valley Forge CV-45 5/21/1950.
122581 (VF-51) undershot landing USS Valley Forge 12/11/1950
122582 to ATU-206 in 1956. W/o Aug 6, 1956
122583 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Aug 1, 1957
122584 (VF-51) ditched on takeoff from NAS San Diego 2/30/1950.
122585 with Blue Angels 1949-1950. (VF-23 attached to USS Essex (CVA-9) hit by AAA, crash landed
Oct 17, 1952. Pilot became POW.
122586/122589 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
122586 with Blue Angels 1949-1950
122587 with Blue Angels 1949-1950
122588 with Blue Angels 1949-1950
122589 with Blue Angels 1949-1950.
122590/122601 North American AJ-1 Savage
North American NA-156: Pre-production. MSN 156-38465/38476
122590 (MSN 156-38465) First flight May49. North American Aviation. Accepted by US Navy Sep49.
Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD 19Sep49. Crashed and burned near Bedford, VA on a ferry
flight from Edwards AFB, CA to NAS Patuxent River, MD 22Jun50 (3KIS).
122591 (MSN 156-38466) Accepted by US Navy Aug49. VC-5; VC-6; VC-5; Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, CA;
Naval Air Special Weapons Facility, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM; Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, CA;
VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-11. TDY at Love Field, Dallas, TX for refuelling Marine Corps Major John Glenn’s
Vought F8U Crusader [BuAer 144608] used in Project Bullet Jul57. During a practice refueling over Texas
before the record flight, Major Glenn was plugged in and taking fuel when the Savage tanker’s right engine
started belching black smoke. Then the left engine started doing the same thing. Major Glenn pulled out
from the refueling drogue and flew wing on the Savage but it couldn’t hold altitude. The Savage dropped
down to around 3,500 feet and the crew bailed out. The airplane descended and crashed in an open area;
it was full of fuel and exploded in a fireball. An investigation later revealed that the tank to plane
shut-off valve was stuck in the open position and pumped JP jet fuel into the gasoline fuel system.
The engines lost power and the cylinder head temperatures went to maximum.
122592 (MSN 156-38467) Accepted by US Navy Aug49. VC-5; VC-6; VC-5; Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, CA;
VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-11. Damaged beyond repair in an accident Nov56.
122593 (MSN 156-38468) Accepted by US Navy Aug50. Bailed to North American Aviation, Downey, CA. Crashed after
structural failure ten miles east of Edwards AFB, CA 7Aug50 (2KIS).
122594 (MSN 156-38469) Accepted by US Navy Nov49. VC-5; VC-6; Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD.
Crashed on take-off from NAS Patuxent River, MD 4Feb53 (2KIS).
122595 (MSN 156-38470) Accepted by US Navy Oct49. VC-5; VC-6. Caught fire and crashed near
NAS Patuxent River, MD 13Nov50. While on a routine flight the aircraft experienced a fire in the port
engine nacelle which quickly spread to the bomb bay and finally the cockpit area. Unable to jettison
the crew escape hatch, two crew men were forced to bail out through the bomb bay. After much difficulty,
the pilot managed to escape through the port canopy window, receiving minor burns in the process.
All three aircrew sustained only slight injuries.
122596 (MSN 156-38471) Accepted by US Navy Oct49. VC-5; VC-6; Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD; VC-8;
Heavy Attack Training Unit, NAS Norfolk, VA; VAH-11; North American Aviation. NAS Litchfield Park,
Goodyear, AZ for storage Oct62. SOC 3Oct62.
122597 (MSN 156-38472) Accepted by US Navy Oct49. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD; VC-5; VC-9; VC-8;
VC-9; VAH-5. NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco. Damaged beyond repair in a deck accident when another
AJ-1 Savage [BuAer 124864] crashed into it on USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in the Mediterranean Sea 8Sep56.
122598 (MSN 156-38473) Accepted by US Navy Nov49. VC-5; Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, CA; VC-7.
Crashed twenty miles southwest of La Spezia, Italy 6Sep52 (3KIS).
122599 (MSN 156-38474) Accepted by US Navy Dec49. VC-5; Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, CA; VC-7; VC-6;
VC-9; tail modification; VC-5; VAH-5 1Nov55; VAH-11. Damaged beyond repair in an accident Oct57.
122600 (MSN 156-38475) Accepted by US Navy Dec49. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD; VC-5.
Made the first carrier takeoff of the AJ-1 Savage; launched from the USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) 21Apr50.
Crashed on the deck of USS Bennington (CVA-20) in the Mediterranean Sea 11Aug53 (1KIS). The plane
hit the round down during landing. An engine went onto the flight deck with the propeller cutting through.
Some debris, including a wing, went below the flight deck. The major portion of the plane dropped into the sea.
The rescue helicopter picked up the pilot and bombardier/Navigator but didn't have room for the third crewman.
By the time the helicopter returned he had gone down with the wreckage.
122601 (MSN 156-38476) Accepted by US Navy Dec49. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD; VC-5. Made the
second carrier takeoff of the AJ-1 Savage; launched from the USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) 21Apr50. VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55;
VAH-5. NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Sep57. SOC 15Jul58.
122602/122613 Martin PBM-5A Mariner
122602 to Netherlands Navy as 16-310 then 106. WFU Mar 1960
122603 to Netherlands Navy as 16-307. Forced to make emergency landing Oct 11, 1957 at an airshow at
Valkenburg airfield. It was conducting a single-engine flypast, and the remaining engine lost power,
forcing the pilot to carry out a belly landing. The damaged hulk was transported to Rotterdam Airport
for use as a fire trainer.
122604 to Netherlands Navy as 16-314 then 109. WFU Mar 1960
122608 to Netherlands Navy as 16-303. W/o Sep 10, 1958
122611 to Netherlands Navy as 16-309, then 105. WFU Mar 1960
122612 wreck at Lelu Harbor Kosrae, Micronesia
122613 to Netherlands Navy as 16-311, then 107. WFU Mar 1960
122614/122708 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
122614 airworthy May 2009 with Lewis Aeronautical LLC as NX747NF
122619 (MSN D.1148) stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ until 1963. Then
registered N7958C, later became N700F, then on civil registry as N14WB. Seen in 2006 in hangar at Placid Lakes
APT, Lake Placid, FL. In 2009 owned by Rod Lewis as
racer "Rare Bear".
122622 (VF-34) in wheels-up landing at NAS Squantum,
MA 5/22/1950. Pilot OK.
122624 (VF-153) hard landing USS Boxer CV-21 1/14/1950.
Pilot OK.
122627 crashed at sea off NAS Norfolk, VA due to bad
weather 5/24/1949. Pilot missing.
122629 (MSN D.117) to civil registry as N1031B, then N777L
122630 (VF-74) hard landing on Leyte 2/27/1950.
Pilot OK.
122633 (VF-63) ditched off NAAS Oceana, VA 9/9/1949.
Pilot OK.
122637 (MSN D-1190) to civil registry as N1033B, then noted as N198F at
Planes of Fame Jan 13, 2002. Registration N8TF taken up
Jul 31, 2008
122641 (VX-2) gear retracted during landing roll-out
NAAS Chincoteague, VA. Pilot OK. Date?
122645 (VF-192) hit target banner during gunnery and
spun in NAS Alameda, CA. Pilot killed. Date?
122648 (MSN D.1201) became N1032B
122653 (VF-151) over bow landing Boxer CV-21 1/25/1950.
Pilot OK.
122657 (VF-194) stalled in landing on Boxer CV-21
5/31/1950. Pilot killed.
122660 (VF-34) overshot landing at NAS Quonset Point,
RI and hit seawall 10/04/1950. Pilot injured.
122665 (VF-195) collided in midair with AD-3 122759 over South China Sea Mar 30, 1950. Both pilots killed.
122673 (VF-74) force landed in swamp near NAS
Jacksonville, FL 6/30/1950. Pilot OK.
122674 to civil registry as N7825C
122684 (VF-153) hit barrier Boxer CV-21 1/14/1950.
Pilot OK
122696 (VF-92) ditched off Midway CVB-41 6/1/1949 233
miles from Nassau. Pilot OK.
122703 (VF-153) hard landing on USS Boxer CV-21 01/16/1950.
Pilot OK.
122708 (MSN D.1261) became N7701C. Crashed at Flagstaff, AZ Sep 16, 1975,
killing the pilot, parts of plane used
in rebuild of 121707/N1027B. Reported at Breckenridge, TX
Apr 9 2008.
122709/122728 Sikorsky HO3S-1
Sikorsky Model S-51
122709 (MSN 5187) to civil registry as N4957C, cancelled Dec 6, 2011
122710 (MSN 5192) crashed in water Yo-do, Korea Jul 24, 1953. Crew of 2 rescued by helicopter.
122712 (HU-2, Det 30) got lost and landed in friendly territory when ran out of fuel while
flying off USS New Jersey May 24, 1951. Crew walked out. Helicopter relocated and returned
to USS New Jersey.
122715 (HU-2) missing on rescue mission near Kosong, Korea
Jul 3, 1951. Pilot KIA, other crewman POW
122719 (HU-1) ditched after takeoff from USS Princeton CV-37
Apr 30, 1952. All 3 onboard rescued.
122720 (HU-1) hit by ground fire, landed in Han River near Kimpo,
Korea Sept 25, 1950. Crew of 2 rescued by helicopter.
122721 (MSN 51.118) to civil registry as N5553A
122723 (HU-2, Det 40) uneven landing on mountainous terrain, Korea,
Mar 31, 1951. Pilot POW.
122724 attached to HU-1 aboard Bonhomme Richard and served off Korea in 1952
122725 (VC-50) ditched off USS Valley Forge CV-45 after engine
failure Jul 4, 1950. Pilot and crewmember uninjured.
122726 (HU-1) in bad takeoff in high winds, USS Philippine Sea
CV-47 Jan 9, 1951. Also listed as having struck the
conning tower of a submarine and crashed with HU-1 Dec 3, 1951.
122727 (MSN 51130) to civil registry as N4958C.
122729/122853 Douglas AD-3 Skyraider
MSN 6851/6975
122729 (VMA-121) lost to automatic weapons fire, Korea Aug 5, 1952. Pilot MIA
122730 (VA-923, attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) hit by ground fire, ditched at sea, Korea
Sept 27, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter
122740 (VMO-6) attached to USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 crashlanded at emergency strip Aug 29, 1951.
122741 (VF-194 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) shot down by small arms fire Apr 20, 1952 near
Wonsan. Pilot KIA.
122744 (VMA-121) shot down by AAA, Korea, Oct 27, 1952. Pilot KIA
122746 (VA-923 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) exploded during emergency landing at
Kangnung, Korea, Jul 6, 1951. Pilot KIA
122750 (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) shot down by AAA Jan 9, 1952. Pilot KIA
122751 (VMA-121) ditched in river near K-47 in Korea after engine failure Dec 17, 1952. Pilot rescued.
122753 (VA-923 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) hit by AAA and ditched off Korea, Oct 3, 1951.
Pilot rescued by helicopter.
122757 (VMA-121) emergency landing at K-6, Korea due to mechanical failure May 8, 1953.
122758 (VA-923 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) ditched due to engine failure Sep 2, 1951.
Pilot rescued.
122759 (VA-194) collided in midair with F8F-2 122665 over South China Sea Mar 30, 1950. Both pilots killed.
122760 (VA-923 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) shot down by AAA, Korea, Jul 18, 1951.
Pilot MIA
122764 (VMA-121) in midair collision with RF-80A 44-5467 Aug 11, 1952. Pilot killed.
122767 (VA-923 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) hit by AAA, Korea, pilot bailed out but not
recovered Nov 21, 1951. Pilot became POW.
122768 (VA-923) engine failure off Bon Homme Richard CV-31 and ditched Jul 7, 1951
122771 (VA-728) shot down by AAA, Hamhung, Korea Mar 2, 1952.
122782 (VA-923) lost in Hwansungwon-ni area of Korea Dec 22, 1951.
122786 (VA-923) crashed and burned Nov 15, 1952.
122797 (VA-35) ditched on takeoff from Leyte CV-32 off Korea 1/14/1951. Pilot injured.
122800 (VMA-121) lost in Korea Mar 29, 1953. Either could not pull out of dive
or hit by bomb blast. Pilot killed
122804 (VA-195) force landed west of NAS Alameda, CA 12/05/1951. Pilot OK.
122807 (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) probably hit by AAA and crashed in Wonsan Harbor Jan 22, 1952.
Pilot rescued.
122811 was at EAA Museum, Oshkosh, WI in 1983. In 2003 was at Naval
Support Activity, Philadelphia, PA. 122811 preserved at Naval Inventory Control Point, 700 Robbins Ave Sep 2007
122812 (VMA-121) developed engine trouble Mar 17, 1953
122817 (VA-35 attached to USS Leyte (CV-32)) force landed while attacking bridge on Tongno River
Nov 11, 1950, Korea. Pilot MIA
122819 (VMA-121) hit b ground fire and made wheels-up landing Jul 24, 1952
122822 (VA-923) crashed off USS Oriskany CVA-34 Feb 1, 1953. Pilot KIA
122823 (VA-923 attached to USS Oriskany (CVA-34)) hit by AAA S of Wonsan, Korea Nov 4, 1952. Pilot POW
122840 (VC-33) stalled on waveoff from Millville Airport, NJ 1/22/1951. Pilot OK.
122842 (VF-194 attached to USS Valley Forge CV-45)) shot down by AAA W of Kowon, Korea Feb 8, 1952.
Pilot POW.
122844 (VC-12) crashed on takeoff from NAS Quonset Point,
RI 12/29/1951. Pilot killed.
122848 (CATG-1 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45) shot down by AAA and ditched off coast of Songin
Apr 17, 1952. Pilot rescued.
122849 dove in off NAS Quonset Point, RI. Feb 13, 1950, pilot killed.
122852 (VA-923 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) ditched in water near Wonsan after being
hit by AAA, Oct 6, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter
122853 converted as prototype for AD-4
122854/122876 Douglas AD-3Q Skyraider
MSN 6976/6998. Oredered as AD-3QU target towing version to carry Mark 22 aerial target, but built as
AD-3Q two-seat ECM aircraft which could be quickly adapted to target towing.
122863 (VC-33 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)) shot down by AAA over Pyongyang,
Korea Jul 11, 1952. Two crew MIA
122865 hit by hard landing F8F-1 95164 2/28/1950 aboard
Philippine Sea 2/28/1950. SOC.
122868 (VC-33) ditched after takeoff from Coral Sea
CVB-43 3/2/1951. Pilot OK.
122877/122907 Douglas AD-3W Skyraider
MSN 6999/7029. Three-seat AEW version.
122884 (VC-50) ditched at sea Nov 20, 1950. All crew uninjured.
122889 (VC-12) hit barrier on landing on Wright CVL-49 Dec 11, 1951. Pilot OK.
122906 and 122907 converted to AD-3E search aircraft version to be used with AD-3S attack version in anti-sub warfare.
122908/122922 Douglas AD-3N Skyraider
MSN 7030/7044. Three-seat night attack version.
122908 to NAF China Lake ca Jun 1956
122909 (VC-50) in bad landing aboard USS Valley Forge CV-45 Jul 4, 1950.
122910 and 122911 converted to AD-3S attack aircraft version to be used with AD-3E search version as hunter-killer
team for anti-submarine warfare.
122910 (VX-1) flew into water tracking torpedoes off NAS Boca Chica, FL 4/25/1951. 2 crew seriously
injured.
122911 (VX-1) flew into water off NAS Boca Chica, FL 4/3/1951. 3 crew killed.
122916 to NAF China Lake by Sep 1956
122923/122951 Lockheed P2V-3 Neptune
Model 326-59-02
122924, 122927, 122930, 122933, 122936, 122942, 122947, 122951 modified as P2V-3C
carrier-launched nuclear bombers. Model 326-59-05
122930 modified to P2V-3C assigned to VV-5. W/o Nov 16, 1951 at NAS Norfolk, VA
122932 landing gear collapsed on landing at NAS Barbers Point, HI Jul 2, 1951. Repaired.
122935 lost engine and ditched off NAF Port Lyautey, French Morocco Oct 10, 1953. Crew rescued.
122939 (VP-8) w/o 10/14/51 in landing accident at Atsugi, Japan.
122940 (VP-6) hit by flak Aug 16, 1950 during combat mission in Korea
and ditched 6 mi W of Paeng Nylong-do. Pilot and crew of 9 rescued.
122944 (MSN 326-1120) noted in 2000 preserved at St Petersburg, FL but believed
scrapped when Yesterday's Air Force Museum closed. After the museum closed, the aircraft was dumped at sea
in the Gulf of Mexico off Dunedin Jun 2000. It became the first piece of a new artificial reef named
Military Park.
122947 modified as P2V-3C, assigned to VC-7. Modified to P2V-3B at NAS Alameda, CA May 1952.
(P2V-3B) at NAF China Lake by May 1956.
122952/122963 Bell HTL-2
MSN 59/70. Model 47D. Part of this serial number batch appears to have included
some of a group of ten YR-13 Model 47As transferred from US Army.
Army serials were 46-236,237,242,243,244,249,250,251,253,254.
Two were transferred to the USCG but this leaves 8, yet
only six appeared to have been renumbered. These six helicopters were
initially assigned BuNos 122453/122458. However the serials
122453/122458 were subsequently reassigned to the P2V Neptune batch, and the serials
of these six helicopters were transferred to the 122952/122963 batch. This is all very
confusing, and I would appreciate it if anyone had any more details. The MSNs listed below
do not match up with with this Army batch.
122952 (MSN 59) Registered N1358N as a Bell HTL-2 to Reedley Joint Union High School & Reedley College,
Reedley, CA, 5Dec55, cancelled 21May60. To the US Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum, Quantico, VA.
[now the National Museum of the Marine Corps]. Loaned to the Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI..
Loaned to the Pima Air & Space Museum, Pima, AZ
122953 (MSN 60). Registered N140B as Bell 47D1
122954 (MSN 61) to civil registry as N3918A, N347WM
122955 (MSN 62)
122956 (MSN 63) to XB-FJD, N5783.
122957 (MSN 64) registered N9391H, cancelled Jul 21, 1961 on export to Canada
122958 (MSN 65) registere N145B, cancelled Oct 26, 1964 on export to Papua New Guinea
122959 (MSN 66)
122960 (MSN 67)
122961 (MSN 68)
122962 (MSN 69)
122963 (MSN 70) registered N209B, cancelled Jul 25, 1956
122964/122987 Lockheed P2V-3 Neptune
Model 326-59-02
122966, 122969, 122971 modified as P2V-3C carrier-launched nuclear bombers.
Model 326-59-05. All three later modified as P2V-3B close-support aircraft.
122969 fitted with an arrester hook and used for dummy deck landings at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
122983 w/o 27 Jan 1957 in crash 10 miles N. of Joseph City, AZ
122986 and 122987 modified as P2V-3Z combat transport. Model 326-59-09
122964 (VP-6) landed long at Kaitak, Apt, Hong Kong and caught fire Dec 22, 1953. No fatalities.
122966 at NAF China Lake by May 1956.
122969 (P2V-3C) was fitted with an arrestor hook, but apparently no record
of it ever making a carrier landing! Assigned to VC-5, code NB-41. Landing back on the carrier
was not an option; the aircraft would have to land at an airfield or ditch beside the carrier
122971 (P2V-3C) assigned to VC-8, code NC-11. Modified as P2V-3B at NAS Alamada, CA Mar 1955
122972 (VP-6) ditched at sea Dec 26, 1951 off Atsugi, Japan in bad weather
during night weather reconnaissance mission due to runaway prop. 2 crew MIA, 6 rescued.
122976 (VP-5) w/o 9/4/51 during night exercise off NAS Quonset Point, RI.
122978 (VP-5) caught fire in midair and crashed at sea Sep 4, 1951.
122984 left engine caught fire, then separated from wing and forcelanded near China Lake, CA Apr 13, 1959. No injuries.
122988/122989 Douglas XA2D-1 Skyshark
MSN 7045/7046
122988 crashed at Edwards AFB, Dec 19, 1950. Pilot killed.
122990/123015 McDonnell F2H-1 Banshee
MSN 31/56
123007 crashed at Vina, Alabama, Nov 23, 1955. The aircraft had flown into the ground at a high angle
and was completely demolished. The pilot was instantly killed.
123016/123019 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
123016 with Blue Angels 1949-1950
123017 with Blue Angels 1949-1950. (VF-91 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47)) hit By anti-aircraft
fire over North Korea Jun 25, 1953.
Able to fly out to sea. Aircraft caught fire in the cockpit. Ditched in Sea of Japan. Pilot
survived and was rescued by a South Korean Navy frigate.
123018 to NATC at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
123020/123043 Grumman F9F-3 Panther
123020 (VF-51) caught fire in taxi accident 10/26/1949 at NAS San Diego.
123021 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Jun 19, 1958.
123022 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Aug 1, 1957
123023 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Aug 1, 1957
123024 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Oct 23, 1957
123025 (VF-24) damaged in deck crash USS Boxer Aug 6, 1952 off Korea. SOC.
123026 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Aug 1, 1957
123027 (VF-91 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47)) crash landed on sandy strip of beach 5 Miles
North of (K-18) Kangnung Air Base, South Korea Jun 26, 1953. Pilot survived and was rescued by helicopter.
123028 (VF-52) crashed after takeoff from USS Valley Forge CV-45 6/25/1950.
123029 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Aug 1, 1957
123030 (VF-24 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) crashed S of Wonsan, Korea Jul 4, 1952. Pilot KIA
123031 w/o Oct 9, 1956 at NAATC, NAS Chase Field, Texas
123032 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona Nov 8, 1957
123033 (VF-23 attached to USS Essex (CVA-9) lost on strafing run, Korea, Nov 22, 1952. Pilot MIA
123034 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Nov 8, 1957
123035 stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. SOC Aug 1, 1957
123036 SOC Feb 7, 1956 at NATTC, NAS Memphis, Tennssee
123037 (VF-24) ditched in bad takeoff from USS Boxer CV-21 May 25, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter
123038 SOC May 6, 1957 at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas
123039 (VF-52) caught fire after takeoff 3/19/1951,
NAS San Diego. Pilot bailed out.
123040 SOC Aug 30, 1957 at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas
123041 converted to F91-2P. (VC-61) flamed out on landing and undershot at
NAS Miramar, CA 8/22/1951. Pilot injured.
123044/123067 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
123045 (VF-91 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47)) hit by anti-aircraft fire Over North Korea Jul 1, 1953.
Able to fly to South Korea and crash landed at (K-18)
Kangnung Air Base South Korea. Pilot survived
123046 (MAG-33, 1st MAW) crashlanded at K-3, Korea Nov 29, 1952.
123050 (MSN K-65) TOS USN.
Ca. 10/49: Marine Fighter Squadron 311 (VMF-311), MCAS El Toro, CA.
12/7/50: Deployed to Pohang, South Korea. Flew combat missions over Korea.
2/52: Marine Fighter Squadron 115 (VMF-115), Pohang, South Korea. Flew combat missions over Korea.
Ca.1/53: Fighter Squadron 151, USS Boxer. Flew combat missions over Korea.
Ca. 8/53: Forest Sherman Field, NAS Pensacola, FL. Used as advanced trainer.
10/79: National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL.
Originally marked as 122563, but by 1995 it was remarked as 123050 with VF-151.
123053 To N3658F with Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 1963. Nfd
123054 stored at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California in Apr 2003.
123056 (VMF-115) dove in near Palmyra, Halifax County,
NC 10/25/1951. Pilot killed.
123060 (VMF-115) stalled on takeoff from Roosevelt Roads NAS 2/24/1950.
123063 (VMF-115) lost off MCAS Cherry Point, NC
5/21/1950 due to unknown cause. Pilot killed.
123068/123076 Grumman F9F-3 Panther
123068 (pilot VF-51, plane VF-52) missing off Valley Forge CV-45 on combat
sweep over North Korea 8/12/1950. Pilot MIA.
123069 (VF-24) damaged in deck crash on USS Boxer
Aug 6, 1952 off Korea. Jettisoned offside.
123072 to civil registry as N72WP. Ran off end of runway at Kalamazoo AP,
MI Sep 19, 1996, caught fire and burnt out. Pilot seriously injured.
Has been repaired as N90729. C of R expired 30Sep13. Apparently not rebuilt
123076 (VF-51) hit barrier on landing Valley Forge CV-45 11/9/1950.
123077/123083 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
123077 (VMF-115) undershot landing at Roosevelt Roads NAS 5/29/1951.
123078 in 1997 was airworthy with Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Dallas,
TX as N9525A. Still current
123080 went over side of USS Midway Nov 11, 1951 and was lost.
123081 (VF-31) ditched short of runway at NAS Quonset Point, RI. 12/28/1949.
123084 Grumman XF9F-4 Panther
99th production airframe modified as XF9F-4. First flight Jul 5, 1950
123085 Grumman XF9F-5 Panther
100th production airframe modified as XF9F-5. First flight Dec 21, 1949
123086 Grumman XF9F-4 Panther
101st production airframe modified as static test airframe for XF9F-4/XF9F-5.
123087 Grumman F9F-3 Panther
cancelled
123088 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
Model G-82. Registered N3143G by Aero Union Corporation Jun 15, 1962 for use as tanker but not used as such;
Registered to Airstation Inc, Arlington, WA Mar 18 2011. Expired Mar 31, 2014. Last noted
in open storage at Chico, CA Sep 2010.
123089 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123090 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123091 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123092 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123093 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123094 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123095 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
Modified as test bed for retractable APS-33 radar installatin for proposed design 91 and the S2F01
123096 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123097 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123098 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123099 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123100 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
Used by Aero Union Corp. as tanker registered N3144G with tail
number E30. Was flying as a warbird in 1978 at Harlingen, TX. Now on display at National
Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL.
123101 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123102 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123103 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123104 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123105 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123106 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123107 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123108 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123109 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123110 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123111 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123112 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123113 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123114 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123115 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123116 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
123117 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
123118/123143 Sikorsky HO3S-1
123118 w/o Feb 3, 1954
123119 w/o Feb 1953.
123121 (HU-1) lost at sea off Chodo Island, Korea Dec 14, 1951. Pilot POW, other 2 crew rescued.
123122 (HU-1) crashed in water Jun 25, 1950 at Kanayut Lake, Alaska
123123 (HU-1) crashed at sea off Korea Jul 20, 1952
123125 (HU-1) crashed and burned Aug 13, 1951 6 mi W of NAAS Miramar
123127 (HU-1) crashed in water off USS Valley Forge Nov 28, 1952
123129 appears as rescue helicopter in *The Bridges of Toko-Ri*. Registered as N5556A Aug 5, 1957 to
Ming Ayer Inc, Linden, MJ and cancelled
123130 (HU-1) crashed in water Dec 21, 1952 while gunspotting for USS Missouri (BB-63). 3 crew KIA.
123131 (VMO-6) shot down near Shinhung-ni Dec 3, 1950 while attempting to evacuate a wounded Marine.
Pilot KIA.
123132 (MSN 51163) to civil registry as N4061A
123133 (MSN 51164) to civil registry as N9986Z. To CS-HAE but NTU.
123136 (MSN 51168) to civil registry as N4959C
123137 (MSN 51169) to civil registry as N5558A
123139 (MSN 51172) to civil registry as N5556A.
123144/123203 Vought F4U-5N, -5NL Corsair
123152 (VMF(N)-513) in takeoff accident at K-18, Kangnung, Korea
Jan 23, 1952. Pilot uninjured
123168 to Honduras AF as FAH-603 in 1956. Recovered from Honduras as a
collection of components in 1979. Rebuilt to airworthy using
parts of 122179. Original plate was illegible, adopted the ID of
122179. Registered as N179PT Oct 1987. To Warbirds of GB Ltd, Biggin
Hill Aug 14, 1988. Registered as N179NP. Damaged after running off
runway to avoid collision at Oshkosh, WI Jul 29, 1999 but rebuilt to
airworthy. Flown as Marines 122179/WR-5.
123176 (VMF(N)-513) went missing after mission completion, Korea,
Oct 29, 1951.
123179 (VMF(N)-513) ran out of fuel, last seen heading out to sea
after pilot bailed out Sept 27, 1950.
123180 (VMF(N)-513) pilot bailed out near Taegu, Korea after engine
failure Oc5 23, 1951.
123181 (VC-3) damaged in deck crash Aug 6,1952 USS Boxer
(CV-21) off Korea. Repaired.
123183 (VF-9) crashed into San Francisco Bay
Oct 20, 1953. Pilot killed.
123185 (VMF-212) stalled on touchdpwn Aug 19, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
123186 (VC-50, Det VC-3) in emergency ditching Sept 18, 1950.
123188 (VMF(N)-513) engine failed after takeoff, forced to land at K-18
Kangnung, Korea Jan 12, 1952. Pilot moderately injured.
123195 (VC-4, USS Leyte, Jan 1950)
123200 (VMF-212) hit by AAA and ditched in ocean off Korea Jun 6, 1951. Pilot rescued.
123202 (VMF(N)-513) napalm tank hit by ground fire and crashed near
Kuhwha, Mayhon-ni area of Korea May 27, 1951. Pilot POW.
123204/123299 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
123204/123212 MSN 57/65
123213/123219 MSN 68/74
123220/123221 MSN 66Z/67Z
123222 MSN 77
123223/123243 MSN 79/99
123244/123245 MSN 75Z/76Z
123246/123251 MSN 100/105
123252/123261 MSN 107/116
123262/123274 MSN 118/130
123275/123283 MSN 132/140
123284/123294 MSN 142/152
123295/123299 MSN 154/158
123204 first flight Aug 18, 1949
123206 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by May 1953
123208 (VF-171) crashed at sea Sep 26, 1950.
123224 VF-34 K404 USS LEYTE (1951)
123226 (VF-22 attached to USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39)) last seen in deep dive near Honggun-ni
Jul 26, 1953, search result negative.
123237 (VF-101) spun in on landing on Franklin D. Roosevelt Oct 15, 1953.
123241 while flying from USS Intrepid went into water 6 mi SE of Sardinia Sep 7, 1955. Pilot ejected and
was picked up uninjured by the ship's helicopter.
123247 to NAF Inyokern by Mar 1955
123282 (VF-62 attached to USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39)) hit by AAA over Korea and pilot bailed out Jul 22, 1953.
Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123290 to NAF Inyokern by Feb 1954
123300/123313 McDonnell F2H-2N Banshee
Night fighter version
123300 MSN 78 Ordered as F2H-2 MSN 66 and modified during production to F2H-2N with MSN 78
123301 MSN 106 Ordered as F2H-2 MSN 67 and modified during production to F2H-2N with MSN 106
123302 MSN 117 Ordered as F2H-2 MSN 78 and modified during production to F2H-2N with MSN 117
123303 MSN 131 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Jul 1953.
123304 MSN 141
123305 MSN 153
123306 MSN 162
123307 MSN 170
123308 MSN 179
123309 MSN 187
123310 MSN 196
123311 MSN 204 Modified during production as a single seat all weather fighter version aerodynamic prototype
123312 MSN 211
123313 MSN 219
123314/123365 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
123314/123316 MSN 159/161
123317/123323 MSN 163/169
123324/123331 MSN 171/178
123332/123335 MSN 180/183
123336 MSN 184 Ordered as F2H-2 MSN 184 and modified during production to F2H-2P prototype reconnaissance
version with MSN 197, BuNo 123366. First flight 12Oct50
With VF-22 attached to USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) crashed from catapult launch Jul 23, 1953.
Pilot killed.
123337/123338 MSN 185/186
123339/123346 MSN 188/195
123347/123352 MSN 198/203
123353/123358 MSN 205/210
123359/123365 MSN 212/218
123336 (VF-22) in bad takeoff from USS Lake Champlain CVA-39
Jul 23, 1953.
123350 crashed Feb 15, 1956, NAF China Lake. Pilot killed.
123366 McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee
MSN 197. Reconnaissance version
123367/123382 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 220/235
123383/123396 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
contract cancelled
123397/123740 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
Model G-79. 123714/123740 were cancelled
123397 (VF-71) hit ramp on landing Midway CVB-41 7/18/1950. Pilot killed.
123398 (VF-72) ditched in the Sea of Japan after take off from USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) due to loss
of engine power. Pilot rescued by Navy helicopter.
123403 (Fasron-11) flew into seawall on takeoff from Kisarazu AFB, Japan during ferry flight
Aug 22, 1950. Pilot killed.
123405 (VF-91) ditched in Sea of Japan off Wonsan, North Korea after ran out of fuel Jun 19, 1953.
Pilot survived and was rescued by US Navy minesweeper USS Symbol AM-123
123406 (VF-71) tail hook broke on landing on Saipan CVL-48 and went overside off Quonset Point, RI.
5/11/1950.
123414 (VF-71) hard landing on Wright CVL-49 off Jacksonville FL 6/6/1950.
123415 (VF-71) spun in on waveoff NAS Quonset Point, RI. 7/3/1950.
123420 was on display at Travel Town Museum in Griffith Park in the 1960s.
In 1997 was airworthy with Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL as N32313. Still current in 2013 but without an
airworthiness certificate. Reported as stored dismantled.
123421 (VF-91 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47)) ditched in Sea of Japan after ran out of
fuel Jun 26, 1953. Pilot survived and was rescued by South Korean fishing boat.
123422 (VF-91 attached to USS Philippin Sea (CVA-47)) aircraft engine caught fire and had a fire
in cockpit over South Koea Jul 26, 1953. Pilot ejected and was rescued by friendly forces.
123423 (VF-72 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) ) hit by AAA and ditched in Wonsan Harbor,
Korea Oct 16, 1952. Pilot rescued.
123424 (VF-71) engine failure near Alligator Lake, NC 5/29/1950. Pilot bailed out.
123427 (VMF-115) hard landing on FDR 11/28/1950 and bounced over barrier, hitting parked F9F-2s
123429 and 123398, and three other planes.
123428 (VF-71) crashed during landing at NAAS Charlestown, RI. 7/24/1951. Pilot injured.
123432 (VF-111) hit barrier on landing Phillipine Sea CV-47 after combat mission and struck parked aircraft
9/29/1950. Damaged 11 other aircraft
123433 (VF-112) ditched off USS Philippine Sea CV-47 due to engine flameout Dec 19, 1950. Pilot
rescued by helicopter
123435 (VF-23) in forced water landing off USS Essex CVA-9 due to engine flameout Dec 28, 1952. Pilot
uninjured
123437 (VF-11) crashed on catapult shot off Phillippine Sea 7/10/1950.
123440 (VF-93) crashed into water while landing on USS Philippine Sea (CVA-97) in the Sea of Japan
Feb 16, 1952. Pilot killed.
123441 (VF-111) ditched during combat mission off Phillippine Sea 9/18/1950 due to fuel exhaustion.
Pilot rescued.
123442 (VF-112) crashlanded on USS Philippine Sea CV-47 Nov 14, 1950 and collided with 5 parked aircraft.
123443 (VF-112, F9F-2B) in bad take off from USS Phillippine Sea CV-47 and mushed in 8/7/1950. Pilot rescued.
123444 (VF-112) 08/29/1950 Phillippine Sea Faulty cat shot,ditched. Pilot rescued by helicopter
123445 (VF-111) hit by AAA on combat mission off USS Phillippine
Sea CV-47 9/24/1950 and ditched in sea near Chorwon, Korea. Pilot rescued.
123446 (VF-112) ditched on takeoff from Phillippine Sea 22/17/1950. Pilot rescued by helicopter
123447 (VF-112) lost on combat sweep 8/20/1950 off USS Phillippine Sea (CV-47). Pilot killed.
123449 (VR-31) stalled in turn during emergency landing at Floyd Bennett NAS, NY and crashed
into Jamaica Bay 2/08/1950. Pilot killed.
123462 SOC at NAS San Diego 4/1/1950.
123463 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) in takeoff accident Jan 1, 1951 in Japan. Also listed as crashing at Pusan
airfield Jan 8, 1951, pilot killed.
123464 (F9F-2B, VMF-311) shot down by MiG-15bis of Soviet 1967th Fighter Air Regiment Jul 21, 1951.
Pilot POW.
123466 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) hit by AAA over Korea Aug 6, 1951, pilot bailed out and was rescued.
123478 (VX-3) crashed during landing at Atlantic City, NJ 5/25/1950. Pilot killed.
123481 (VF-21) crashed into woods on waveoff at NAS Oceana, VA 3/31/1950. Pilot killed.
123482 damaged aboard USS Midway Nov 11, 1951.
123485 (VF-21) went overside on waveoff from FDR 9/25/1950.
123489 (VF-52 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) hit by AAA over North Korea Jun 2, 1953. Able to fly
to South Korea and crash landed at K-18 Kangnung Air Base, South Korea. Pilot survived.
123494 (VF-21) went through barrier and crashed into other jets on bow of USS Midway Nov 11, 1951. 3 aircraft were carried
overboard by the collision. Pilot picked up by helicopter.
123499 (VF-31, F9F-2P) bad landing on USS Leyte CV-32 Dec 9, 1950.
Also listed as being shot down by AAA near Yangdok, Korea,
off USS Valley Forge CV-45 Mar 11, 1952. Pilot KIA
123501 (VX-3) missing in flight from Atlantic City, NJ 9/11/1950.
123503 (VF-21) crashed off Elizabeth City, NJ due to unknown cause 6/23/1951. Pilot killed.
123506 (VF-31) flew into water after waveoff from landing on Leyte CV-32 11/30/1950. Pilot OK
123514 (VF-31, F9F-2B) ditched after takeoff from Leyte CV-32 10/19/1950. Pilot rescued
123517. The aircraft preserved at Quartzsite AP, AZ marked as 125317 is actually
125316.
123520 (VMF-212, F9F-2B) destroyed by fire from other aircraft at K-3, Korea Jul 30, 1951.
123525 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) undershot landing at K-5 in Korea 2/26/1951. Pilot uninjured.
123526 (VF-31) went overside in launch accident from Leyte 12/29/1950. I also have this one
as being at USMC Air-Ground Museum at MCAS Quantico, VA, but not sure if it is the
genuine article. Details, anyone? Noted Nov 10, 2006 at National Museum of the United
States Marine Corps, Quantico, VA Reported as to N3456G with California Airmotive 1966. Not recorded by FAA
123528 (VF-310, F9F-2B) ditched after bad takeoff from USS Leyte CV-32 Dec 20, 1950. Pilot uninjured.
123531 (VR-31) struck hill in overcast near Scott Field, IL 5/11/1950.
123533 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) possibly hit by AAA and crashed into hill after
attacking a bridge, Korea, Dec 26, 1950. Pilot KIA
123537 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) crashed on way to target during combat mission in Korea. Pilot killed.
123538 converted to F9F-2P
123543 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) did not pull out during strafing run 1/2/1950. Pilot killed.
123544 (VF-91) bounced over barrier on landing on USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) in Sea of Japan
and crashed into parked aircraft Jar 27, 1953. Pilot killed.
123549 (VF-71) ditched in Narragansett Bay, RI 2/22/1951.
123550 (VMF-223) crashed near Vicksburg, MS 6/10/1951. Pilot killed.
123557 Ca.1950: TOS USN.
Ca.1950: Fighter Squadron 721 (VF-721), NAS Glenview, IL. “A-117”
3/2/51 to 10/24/51: Deployed aboard USS Boxer for combat over North Korea.
By 11/51: Transferred to USS Midway, Unknown squadron.
Mounted in front of VFW post 1621 in Janesville, WI.
NOTE: One source ( http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/41.htm ) says this aircraft
was possibly part of a collision on USS Midway Nov 11, 1951 but there is a question mark after
the BuNo. Since the planes in the water were not recoverable, this cannot be one which went in.
123559 converted to F9F-2B
123581 (VF-61) wind gust flipped plane over on deck of FDR 1/27/1951. SOC.
123586 (VF-721 attached to USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)) presumed to have crashed in sea near K-50, Korea,
Nov 1, 1952. Pilot MIA
123590 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) shot down by AAA May 1, 1951. Pilot killed.
123593 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) hit by AA near Pyongyang, Korea Oct 3, 1951 and crashed. Pilot MIA
123597 (VMF-311) hit by ground fire and made forced landing on
salt flats May 13, 1952, pilot captured.
123598 (VF-191) crashed on takeoff from Princeton CV-37
10/18/1950. Pilot killed.
123599 (VF-191) late pullout while strafing target off
NAS El Centro, CA 9/23/1950. Pilot killed.
123601 (VF-191, F9F-2B) hit by AAA in combat mission off USS Princeton May 6, 1951. Pilot MIA.
123602 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) shot down by AAA, pilot bailed out and became POW.
123612 at NAS Oceana, VA.
123617 (VMF-311) shot down by AAA, Korea, May 10, 1952. Pilot KIA
123618 (VF-23, F9F-2B) hit ramp on landing on USS Princeton CV-37 after CAP 6/5/1951 and exploded and went over side.
Pilot killed.
123619 (CVA-21 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) ditched after being hit by AAA, Korea, Jul 25, 1953.
Pilot KIA
123620 (VF-191) hit by landing aircraft 10/18/1950 on Princeton CV-37
123621 (VF-191, F9F-2B attached to USS Princeton (CV-27)) hit by AAA during combat mission and
crashed at sea near Songjin 3/8/1951. Pilot killed.
123624 converted to F9F-2B
123625 (VF-781, F9F-2B) crashed into water after launch from USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in Sea of Japan
Nov 27, 1951. Pilot survived and was rescued by Navy helicopter.
123629 (F9F-2P) destroyed by explosion while aborting a takeoff from El Paso IAP, TX Oct 1, 1955.
Pilot was killed.
123631 (VMF-311) crashlanded at K-3, Korea, Feb 21, 1952. Pilot injured.
123632 (VF-51 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) shot down by AAA 7 mi N of Kowan, Korea Jan 6, 1952. Pilot killed.
123633 (VF-191, F9F-2B attached to USS Princeton (CV-37)) hit by AAA on combat mission May 7, 1951 near
Inchon, Korea. Pilot killed.
123636 (VF-721) ditched after flameout from USS Kearsarge CVA-33, Dec 28, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123640 (VF-721, F9F-2B) ditched after bad takeoff from USS Boxer CV-21, May 30, 1951. Pilot rescued by
helicopter.
123642 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) shot down by AAA and crashed 8 mi N of Pyongyang Dec 18, 1951. Pilot rescued.
123648 (VF-721) hook would not extend on landing on Boxer CV-21, tried to reach Oahu and
ditched off NAS Barbers Point, HI 3/12/1951.
123649 (VMF-311) hit by AAA and made wheels-up landing at K-14, Korea Jul 21, 1952. Pilot injured.
123652 at MCAS El Toro, CA. Now on display at Flying Leathernecks Museum, Miramar, CA.
123654 (VF-721, F9F-2B) ditched off Boxer CV-21 4/16/1951. Pilot injured.
123657 (VF-721, F9F-2B) hit tree during strafing run off USS Boxer (CV-21) Apr 5, 1951. Flew back to CV and
landed, but SOC.
123660 (VF-721) mushed in after catapult shot from USS Boxer (CV-21) 8/14/1951. Pilot injured but
rescued by helicopter.
123664 (VF-781, F9F-2B) in bad takeoff from USS Bonne Homme Richard (CV-31) Nov 21, 1951, ditched in water.
Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123666 (VF-111 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) ditched due to fuel exhaustion May 2, 1952.
Pilot rescued.
123667 (VF-781, F9F-2B attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) hit by AAA over Korea 8/24/1951 and
ditched. Pilot rescued
123668 converted to F9F-2B
123669 (VMF-311) shot down by AAA 40 mi S of Pyongyang, Korea Feb 4, 1952. Pilot POW
123670 (VF-781, F9F-2B) mushed in after bad catapult shot from Bon Homme Richard CV-31 5/31/1951.
Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123671 (VM-781, F9F-2B attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) ditched in Sea of Japan after running
out of fuel from mission over North Korea Nov 13, 1951. Pilot survived and was rescued.
123672 (VF-52 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) damaged by own bomb blast and crashlanded in friendly
area Jul 24, 1953. Pilot rescued.
123677 (VF-781, F9F-2B attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)) ditched due to fuel exhaustion after combat mission 7/2/1951.
123684 (VF-71) mushed in after takeoff from USS Tarawa in Carribean 4/26/1951.
123700 (VF-781, F9F-2B) ditched after bad catapult shot from USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 7/27/1951.
Pilot rescued.
123705 (VC-61, F9F-2P) hit ramp and skidded over port side of USS Antietam (CV-36) into Yellow Sea
Jan 29, 1952. Pilot survived and was rescued by Navy helicopter.
123713 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) shot down by AAA in Korea Jan 3, 1952. Pilot MIA
123741/123770 Douglas F3D-1 Skyknight
123741/123768 MSN 7047/7074
Surviving aircraft re-designated F-10A.
12 modified as F3D-1M.
123755 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Jul 1951.
123757 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Nov 1952
123767 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Aug 1953.
123769 and 123770 cancelled
123771/124006 Douglas AD-4 Skyraider
MSN 7077/7312
123935, 123952/123999 modified as AD-4L for Korean winter condition
124000/124005 modified as AD-4L for Korean winter condition
124006 converted to AD-5 prototype.
123780 (VA-105) engine failure during landing aboard
USS Tarawa Jun 5, 1953 and ditched.
123784 (VA-195) in bad takeoff from USS Princeton (CV-37) Mar 31, 1951.
123789 (MSN 7095) to French AF as 123789. Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux,
allocated SFERMA line number 95, delivered Sep 8, 1961. Assigned to EC 1/20 Sep 1961, callsign
F-TFLK. W/o Feb 8, 1963
123796 stalled on landing aboard USS Cabot
Aug 14, 1950 and hit water. Pilot OK.
123797 (MSN 7103) to French AF as 123797. Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux,
allocated SFERMA line number 96, delivered Sep 8, 1961. Assigned to EC 1/20 Sep 1961, callsign
F-TFQT, code 20-QT. Assigned o EAA 601, Chateaudun AB Oct 28, 1963. WFU May 30, 1964.
123799 (VA-65 attached to USS Boxer (CV-21)) shot down by AAA near Seoul Sept 17, 1950. Pilot
rescued by helicopter
123802 (VMA-121) hit by AAA and ditched near Cho-do, Korea Jan 10, 1953. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123803 (VA-65 attached to USS Boxer (CV-21)) wing broke off during low-level attack near Kaesong,
Korea Sep 20, 1950. Pilot KIA
123804 (VA-55 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by AAA over Pyongyang, Korea and crashed on
deck of USS Valley Forge (CV-45) Jul 4, 1950.
123808 (VA-55 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by small arms fire and ditched at sea Oct 25, 1950.
123812 (VA-728 attached to USS Antietam CV-36)) hit by AAA and pilot bailed out over enemy area
Dec 22, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter
123813 (VA-55 attached to USS Essex (CVA-9)) hit by AAA and caught fire Oct 20, 1952. Pilot bailed out
and was rescued by helicopter.
123814 (VA-55 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) (MSN 7120) damaged by flying through debris and AAA near
Pyongyang, Korea Jul 4, 1950. Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123814
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated SFERMA line number 107,
delivered Nov 29, 1961. Assigned to EAA 601, Chateaudun AB Nov 19, 1961. WFU Aug 18, 1965
123815 (VA-55 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by own bomb blast Jul 25, 1950.
123818 (VA-702 attached to USS Boxer (CV-21)) flew into ground during pullout over Korea 5/7/1951.
Pilot killed.
123821 (MSN 7127) stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123821. Modified upon arrival in
France by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated SFERMA line number 97, delivered Sep 21, 1961.
Assigned to EAA 601, Chateudun AB Sep 21, 1961. Assigned to EC 1/20 Oct 12, 1961, callsign
F-TFLX, code 20-LX. Assigned to EAA 601, Chateaudun AB Oct 28, 1963. WFU May 30, 1964.
123825 (VA-728 attached to USS Antietam (CV-36)) hit by AAA and ditched Dec 14, 1951. Pilot rescued
123827 (MSN 7133) reported 1959 as gate guard at DeKalb-Peachtree
AP, GA. Derelict there by 1966. Became N54162, registered as N23827 with Training Services, Inc
of Virginia Beach, VA. In 2014 was flyable as an AD-4 "501" in markings of VA-195 "Dambusters" with
Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, VA.
123828 (MSN 7134) stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123828. Modified upon arrival
in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated SFERMA line number 112, delivered Mar 26, 1962. Assigned
to EAA 601 at Chateaudun AB Mar 26, 1962 Assigned to EC 1/20 Feb 8, 1963. Assigned to EAA 601,
Chateaudun AB Oct 28, 1963. WFU Aug 18, 1965
123829 (VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) suffered engine failure and crashlanded at Yonpo
Airfield Dec 16, 1950, destroyed to prevent capture.
123832 (MSN 7138) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123823.
Modified by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 108. Delivered Dec 19, 1961. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Dec 19, 1961. To EC 3/20 Mar 4, 1963. Assigned to EAA 601 as Chateaudun AB
Mar 31, 1963. WFU Sep 10, 1965
123833 (VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) damaged by bomb blast Dec 9, 1950, but returned
safely to carrier. Damaged aboard USS Antietam CVA-36 4/11/1951 when hit by another plane
while attempting to land. Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123833. Modified
by SFERMA in Boreeaux, allocated line No. 98. Delivered Sep 27, 1961. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Sep 27, 1961. To EC 2/20 Oct 12, 1961, callsign F-TFQC, code 20-QC. Assigned to
EAA 601 as Chateaudun AB Oct 31, 1963. WFU May 30, 1964
123835 (VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) in barrier crash landing USS Philippine Sea CV-47
after close air support mission, Korea, Dec 9, 1950.
123837 Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123837. Modified
by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 109. Delivered Dec 19, 1961. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Dec 19, 1961. To EC 2/20 Aug 28, 1963, callsign F-TFQB, code 20-QB. Assigned to
EAA 601 as Chateaudun AB Oct 24, 1963. WFU Aug 18, 1965
123840 (VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) shot down by AAA near Pyongyang, Korea Jul 23, 1950.
Pilot rescued by helicopter
123841 (VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) hit by small arms fire and force
landed on sandbar Chuch'on-gang River,
Korea 2/10/1951. Pilot rescued by Army L-5.
123844 (VA-55 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) spun in to avoid strafing a truckload of
civilians Jul 22, 1950. Pilot killed.
123845 (VA-55 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by blast from own bomb while attacking bridge,
Aug 29, 1950.
123846 Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as Mar 22, 1962. Modified
by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 111. Delivered Mar 22, 1962. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Mar 22, 1962. To EC 2/20 Feb 8, 1963. Assigned to EAA 1/21 AB Nov 28, 1963,
callsign F-TFLW, code 21-lW. Accident Apr 2, 1965. WFU Sep 10, 1965
123854 (MSN 7160) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123854. Modified
by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 104. Delivered Oct 13, 1961. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Oct 13, 1961. WFU Aug 18, 1965
123855 (VA-55 attached to USS Princeton (CV-37)) shot down by small arms fire Jun 28, 1951. Pilot KIA
123859 (VA-95 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47)) shot down by AAA Apr 4, 1953. Pilot
rescued by helicopter.
123863 (VA-95 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47)) shot down bh AAA near Tanchon May 17, 1953.
Pilot POW.
123866 (VA-25) stalled on takeoff from FDR CVB-42 and
crashed 1/11/1951. Pilot killed.
123871 (VA-145 attached to USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)) shot down by AAA Feb 8, 1953. Pilot KIA
123883 (VA-35) hit power cables during CAS and forced to land in
enemy area and was captured Dec 12, 1950.
123884 (MSN 7190) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123884. Modified
by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 113. Delivered Mar 30, 1962. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Mar 30, 1961. WFU Sep 10, 1965
123886 force landed after takeoff from Patuxent River, MD 4/13/1951. Pilot injured.
123895 (MSN 7201) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123895. Modified
by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 110. Delivered Jan 30, 1962. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Jan 30, 1962. To EC 1/20 Dec 10, 1962, callsign F-TFLP, code 20-LP.
Assigned to ED 3/20 Mar 1963, callsign F-TGFX, code 20-FX. Assigned to
EAA 601 as Chateaudun AB Oct 21, 1963. WFU Aug 12, 1965
123899 (MSN 7205) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123899. Modified
by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 100. Delivered Sep 22, 1961. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Sep 22, 1961. To EC 2/20 Oct 12, 1961, callsign F-TFQZ, code 20-QZ. Assigned
to GC 3/20 Nov 1963, callsign F-TGFQ, code 20-FQ. Assigned to EAA 601 as Chateaudun AB Dec 4, 1963.
WFU Sep 10, 1965
123902 (VF-54 attached to USS Valley forge (CVA-45)) shot down by AAA Wonsan Harbor Feb 24, 1953. Pilot
rescued by helicopter.
123904 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Jan 1953. Used in Mk.43 Torpedo and Aero X6B rocket trials at China Lake, CA by
Feb 1954
123905 to NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Jan 1954
123912 (VA-35) ditched off NAS Quonset Point, RI.
4/5/1951. Pilot injured.
123915 (VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) hit by bomb fragments and ditched near Mayang
Island Dec 19, 1950 and was destroyed by friendly aircraft.
123916 (VA-195) in bad landing on USS Princeton CV-37 after AAA
damage Feb 11, 1951.
123917 (VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) crashed into ocean during snowstorm Nov 27, 1950.
Pilot KIA
123920 (MSN 7226) to NAF NOTS Inyokern by Mar 1950 (predecessor of NAF China Lake). Used to conduct first
AIM-9 Sidewinder I missile tests ca 1952. Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123920.
Modified by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 103. Delivered Nov 22, 1961. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Nov 22, 1961. To EC 3/20 Sep 11, 1962, callsign F-TGFJ, code 20-FJ. To GC 3/20
Nov 1, 1963, callsign F-TGFJ, code 20-FJ. Assigned to EAA 601 as Chateaudun AB Mar 31, 1963. WFU Sep 10, 1965
123921 (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) ditched after AAA damage Oct 26, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123922 (VA-55) hit by own bomb blast during glide
bomb run near NAS El Centro, CA 4/11/1951.
Pilot bailed out OK. I also have a record of this plane
having been hit by AAA 10 mi S of Wonsan with VA-55 attached to USS Essex (CVA-9) and caught fire
Oct 17, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123923 (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) crashed on takeoff from USS Essex CV-9 Nov 17, 1951. Pilot KIA
123924 (VA-95 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) ditched due to fire and mechanical failure Mar 21 1953.
Pilot rescued by helicopter
123925 (CVG-19 attached to USS Princeton (CV-37)) hit in left wing and crashed with full bomb load near
Seoul, Korea May 18, 1951. Pilot KIA
123927 (VA-195 attached to USS Princeton (CV-37)) hit by AAA over Korea and crashed into water
1/28/1951. Pilot killed.
123931 (VA-55 attached to USS Princeton (CV-37)) suffered engine failure during CAP, pilot bailed
out and rescued Jun 6, 1951.
123932 (VA-55) landing accident USS Princeton CV-37 Jun 21, 1951.
123933 (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) hit by AAA and ditched Feb 21, 1952. Pilot rescued.
123937 (VA-195) hit by AAA and crashed into barrier USS Princeton
CV-37 Feb 10, 1951.
123938 (VA-65 attahed to USS Boxer CVA-21) shot down by AAA near Hungnam, Korea Jun 17, 1952. Pilot KIA
123945 (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) shot down by AAA Oct 6, 1951. Pilot KIA
123947 (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) developed oil leak and ditched Feb 22, 1952. Pilot rescued
by helicopter
123949 converted to AD-4L (VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9) hit by AAA and crashed. Pilot KIA
123950 Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 123950.
Modified by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 101. Delivered Sep 25, 1961. Assigned to EAA 601 at
Chateaudun AB Sep 25, 1961. To EC 3/20 Oct 12, 1961, callsign F-TGFL, code 20-FL. To GC 3/20
Nov 1, 1963, callsign F-TGFL, code 20-FL. Assigned to EAA 601 at Chateaudun AB Apr 3, 1964. WFU Sep 10, 1965
123951 (VA-115) ditched off USS Philippine Sea CV-47 May 29, 1952. Pilot rescued.
123962 converted to AD-4L (VA-702 attached to USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)) crashed after takeoff Oct 16, 1952.
Pilot killed.
123965 (AD-4L, VA-55) stalled on takeoff NAAS Holtville,
CA 4/12/1951. Pilot OK.
123967 (AD-4L, VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) shot down by AAA Sep 3, 1951. Pilot KIA
123970 (AD-4L, VF-54) shot down by AAA Sep 8, 1951.
123973 (AD-4L, VA-95 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) ditched after bad takeoff Mar 1, 1953
123974 (AD-4L, VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) could not jettison armed bomb in Korea 11/27/1951.
Pilot bailed out but was killed.
123980 (AD-4L, VA-175)) suffered engine failure and crashed during emergency landing
attempt on Navassa Island, west of Haiti and south of Cuba Aug 1, 1952.
Pilot killed.
123984 (AD-4L, VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) engine failure and ditched off USS Philippine
Sea CV-47 Apr 3, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter
123987 (AD-4L, VF-54) takeoff accident from USS Essex CV-9
Aug 24, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123990 (AD-4L, VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) hit by AAA and ditched Sep 7, 1951. Pilot
rescued.
123991 (AD-4L, VF-54 attached to USS Essex CV-9)) in bad takeoff from USS Essex Sep 19, 1951.
123993 (AD-4L, VA-702 attached to USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)) ditched in Wonsan harbor due to engine
failure Oct 7, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123995 (AD-4L, VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) ditched after engine failure May 19, 1952.
Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123996 (AD-4L, VA-115) in bad takeoff from USS Philippine Sea
CV-47 and ditched at sea May 16, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
123997 (AD-4L, VA-728) ditched off stern of USS Antietam CV-36
Oct 16, 1951. Pilot rescued.
123998 (AD-4L, VF-54 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) hit by own bomblast, hit parked
aircraft while landing at K-18 airfield,
Korea 12/05/1951. Pilot injured.
123999 (VA-53) ditched May 19, 1953 off North Island, CA.
124002 (AD-4L, VA-728 attached to USS Antietam (CV-36)) ditched after takeoff in Korea 12/06/1951.
Pilot OK. Could be 124004
124004 (VA-728) ran off flight deck into water Dec 6, 1951.
124006 converted to AD-5 prototype of ASW version, combining hunter and killer duties. First flight Aug 17,1951
124007/124036 Douglas AD-4 Skyraider
MSN 7313/7342 (El Segundo MSNs). Contract cancelled.
124037/124075 Douglas AD-4Q Skyraider
MSN 7343/7381. Two-seat ECM version
124041 code XC-33
124045 (VC-190) lost power on takeoff from USS Princeton CV-37 Mar 3, 1951. Pilot rescued, passenger killed.
124049 (VA-115 attached to USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)) hit by AAA and crashlanded in enemy territory
near Sasu-Ri, Korea. Both rew rescued by helicopter.
124051 (VC-35) exploded 5 min after takeoff from USS Essex CV-9 Aug 26, 1951.
124054 (VC-190) crashed after takeoff from Princeton CV-37 off Korea 3/3/1951. Pilot injured but
war correspondent William H. Graham killed.
124055 (VMO-6) bad takeoff from Chechon May 21, 1951. Both crew injured.
(VF-194) ditched after lost power after takeoff from USS Boxer CVA-21 Jul 5, 1953.
124058 (VC-35, CAG-19 attached to USS Princeton (CV-37)) shot down by AAA Jun 9, 1951. One crewman killed,
one became POW.
124061 AD-4Q CVA-59 'USS FORRESTAL' noted aboard USS Forrestal, Portsmouth, UK 1957
124066 (VA-65 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by AAA and involved in wheels-up landing at
Seoul Airport 3/21/1951. Crew OK.
124068 (VA-195 attached to USS Princeton (CV-37)) damaged by own bomb blast, destroyed at
Yonpo Airfield Dec 9, 1950. Pilot uninjured
124076/124127 Douglas AD-4W Skyraider
MSN 7382/7433. Three-seat AEW version
124080 after major overhaul in 1952 went to Fleet Air Arm Sep 15, 1953
as Skyraider AEW.1 WV104. Spent all of its time at Aircraft
Holding Unit at Abbotsinch and RNAY Donibristle. SOC Dec 26, 1958 for reduction to
spares.
124084 (VC-110) ditched on patrol from USS Philippine Sea CV-47 1/13/1951. Crew of 3 OK.
124085 after service with USN and major overhaul in 1952 to
Fleet Air Arm Feb 20, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV103. SOC
Feb 25, 1959 for reduction to spaires.
124086 after service with USN and major overhaul in 1952 to
Fleet Air Arm Feb 20, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV106 Feb 1953.
SOC Oct 23, 1961, Acquired by Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, UK during 1964; noted June 2019
in their reserve collection bearing code ‘427‘.
124089 (VA-55) struck barrier during night landing on USS Valley Forge CV-45 Oct 22, 1950. Crew of 3
uninjured.
124093 (VC-11) hit tow target during gunnery practice and crashed near NAS San Diego, CA
3/30/1951. 3 crew killed.
124097 (VC-190) in takeoff accident from USS Princeton CV-37 Mar 7, 1951. After major
overhaul in 1954, to Royal Navy Nov 21, 955 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT097
(last 3 digits of BuNo, an incorrect serial applied in USA but
retained by RN) To Scottish Aviation Feb 1, 1963 and cannibalized
for spares. Formally struck off RN charge Mar 18, 1963. Serial
WT943 was not used.
124101 after service with USN and major overhaul went to Fleet
Air Arm Mar 31, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV177. SOC
May 5, 1965 and sold as scrap.
124102 (MSN 7408) To US Navy in 1951 and after major overhaul went in 1953 to the Fleet Air Arm as
Skyraider AEW.1 WV102. To 849 Squadron at RNAS Culdrose in May 1953 and finally withdrawn
from service in February 1960. To Scottish Aviation at Prestwick in February 1963 to be used
as spares for Swedish Skyraiders and struck off naval charge on March 18, 1963
124103 after service with USN and major overhaul, to Fleet Air
Arm Apr 24, 1956 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT986. SOC Feb 25, 1959
for reduction to spares.
124104 after service with USN and major overhaul went to Fleet
Air Arm Nov 25, 1955 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT985. SOC
May 5, 1965 and sold for scrap.
124107 after service with USN and major overhaul went to Fleet
Air Arm Sep 25, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT969. Severely
damaged on HMS Bulwark Sep 25, 1955 when struck by Wyvern
VZ784, disembarked and arrived at RNAY DSonibristle
Nov 10, 1955 but presumably not repaired, as was
SOC Dec 26, 1958 for reduction to spares
124108 crashed in mountains NE of Yuma, AZ in 1951.
124110 after service with USN and major overhaul went to Fleet
Air Arm Mar 31, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV107. SOC Feb 22, 1961
for reduction to spares.
124111 after service with USN and major overhaul went to Fleet
Air Arm Mar 31, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV178. SOC May 5, 1965
and sold as scrap.
124112 after major overhaul delivered to Fleet Air Arm as Skyraider AEW.1
WT112 (last 3 digits of BuNo, incorrect serial number applied in
USA but kept by RN). To Scottish Aviation Feb 14, 1963 and
cannibalized for spare parts, formally SOC Mar 18, 1963. Serial WT982
was not used.
124113 after service with USN and major overhaul went to Fleet
Air Arm Feb 19, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV105. Was going to
be scrapped in 1954 but was retained for dispaly By 1976 was
at Cornwall Aero Park. Returned to RN at Rnas Culdrose
Mar 21, 1997, refburbished and to FAA Museum, RNAS
Yeovilton Dec 6, 2000
124114 to Fleet Air Arm Sep 15, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT964. SOC
Dec 26, 1958
124115 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet
Air Arm as Skyraider AEW.1 WV179. Ditched in Cagliari Bay
Nov 20, 1959 while returning to HMS Victorius from Elmas,
Sardinia.
124116 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet
Air Arm Mar 31, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV180. SOC
Dec 26, 1958 for reduction to spares.
124121 to Fleet Air Arm as Skyraider AEW.1 WT121 (last 3 digits of BuNo,
incorrect serial number applied in USA but retained by RN). Acquired by
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, UK during 1962; noted June 2019 in their
reserve collection bearing code ‘415‘. Serial WT983 was not used
used.
124122 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet
Air Arm Feb 19, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV102. To Scottish
Aviation as spares source Feb 1963, although not formally SOC
from RN until Mar 18, 1963.
124124 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet
Air Arm Sep 15, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT965. SOC Oct 23, 1961
for reduction to spares.
124128/124156 Douglas AD-4N Skyraider
MSN 7434/7462. Three-seat night attack version
124132 (VC-33) flew into water on takeoff from Coral
Sea CVB-43 4/28/1951. Crew OK.
124135 (VC-35 attached to USS Princeton (CV37)) tried to takeoff from airstrip at
Kangnung, Korea with wings folded 5/11/1951.
Two crew seriously injured.
124137 (VC-35) ditched after takeoff USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31
Jul 11, 1951.
124138 (VC-110) ditched after takeoff from USS Philippine
Sea CV-47 in Sea of Japan 2/13/1951 Crew OK.
124140 (MSN 7446) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 124140.
Modified by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 18, delivered Jun 18, 1960. Assigned to EC 2/20
Jun 1960, callsign F-TGQQ, code 20-QQ. To GC 3/20 Jun 1963, callsign F-TGFB, code 20-FB
Assigned to EAA 601 as Chateaudun AB Apr 3, 1964. WFU Sep 10, 1965. Then to Royal Khmer AF
as 124140, delivered Nov 24, 1964.
124142 (MSN 7448) stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 124142.
Modified by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 15. Delivered May 30, 1960. Assigned to EC 2/20
Jun 1960, callsign F-TFQN, code 20-QN. W/o Oct 22, 1963
124143 (MSN 7449) stored at NAS Litchfield Park, Arizona. To French AF as 124143.
Modified by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 14, delivered Jun 10, 1960.
Assigned to EC 2/20 Jun 1960. Callsign F-TFQM; code 20-QM
Assigned to EC 2/20 Feb 1963. Callsign F-TFQQ; code 20-QQ
Assigned to GC 3/20 Dec 1963. Callsign F-TGFP; code 20-FP
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
Assigned to EAA 1/21 Jul 25, 1966. Callsign F-TFLL; code 21-LL
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Feb 19, 1973
Assigned to EAA 1/22 May 4, 1974. Callsign F-UIDA; code 22-DA
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Oct 28, 1975. Callsign F-SDMM; code MM. To GIA Dec 21, 1976
Registration N91909 assigned to Jack Spanich Dec 7, 1976 for ferry flight, ntu, cancelled Mar 31, 2011
Returned to French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 124143
To Gabon AF as 124143, callsign TR-KFP, delivered Jul 8, 1978. then on French civil registry as
F-WZDP, later F-AZDP. Involved in a midair collision with P-51D 44-72218 at Duxford UK airshow
Jul 10, 2011. Landed safely with missing wing segment, but P-51D was destroyed
124144 (VC-33) ditched after takeoff from FDR CVB-42 1/31/1951. Crew OK.
124146 (MSN 7452) damaged during deck crash Aug 6, 1952 on USS Boxer (CV-21) off Korea, repaired.
Also listed as damaged in bad takeoff from USS Princeton CV-37 with VC-190 Dec 9, 1950. I saw this
plane at NAS Chincoteague, Virginia in ca 1957 To French AF as 124146
Modified by SFERMA in Bordeaux, allocated line No. 5, delivered Apr 21, 1960.
Assigned to EC 2/20 Apr 1960. Callsign F-TFQD; code 20-QD
Assigned to EC 2/20 Nov 1962. Callsign F-TFQG; code 20-QG
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base 31Oct 31, 1963
Assigned to EC 1/21 22Jun 22, 1965. W/o Sep 25, 1967.
124151 (VC-33) hit barrier during night landing Wright
CVL-49 3/1/1951. Crew OK.
124153 converted to AD-4NL with anti-icing and de-icing equipment, wing armament increased
124156 (MSN 7462) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 124156
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.30. Delivered Jul 29, 1960
Assigned to EC 1/20 Jul 1960. Callsign F-TFLF; code 20-LF
Assigned to EC 1/20. Callsign F-TFLA; code 20-LA
Assigned to GC 3/20 Nov 1, 1963. Callsign F-TGFO; code 20-FO
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
Assigned to EC 1/21 Apr 22, 1966. Callsign F-TFLF; code 20-LF
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Mar 20, 1972
Assigned to EAA 1/22 May 4, 1974. Callsign F-UIDI; code 22-DI
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Oct 28, 1975. Callsign F-SDML; code ML. To GIA 21Dec76
To Armée de l'Air Gabonaise / Gabon Air Force as 124156.
Assigned to GAP [Groupement Aerient Presidentiel]. Recovered in Gabon by La Societe Gyrafrance 1976.
Registered Dec 1976 as N91935 with West Indies Investments Ltd, of Troy, AL.
124157/124186 North American AJ-1 Savage
124157/124184 MSN 160-1/28
124157 (MSN 160-1) Accepted by US Navy Jan50. Project Sandia(nuclear weapons development),
Naval Aviation Detachment, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM. Crashed caused by mechanical failure while
landing at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM Aug50.
124158 (MSN 160-2) Accepted by US Navy Jan50. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. Tail modification.
NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Apr58. SOC 15Jul58. Allied Metal Industries Inc., 1960.
J. M. Jackson Inc/ Bellroy Air Tankers, Long Beach CA 1960. Registered as N9142Z.
Modified as a fire tanker for 2000 gallons, jet engines removed, re-engined with R2800-CB16s with water
injection; tanker #E88. Registered 22Mar65 to Jack Folz/ AJ Air Tankers Inc, Burbank CA. WFU,
open storage at Burbank CA 1967. Registration cancelled 30Jun70. Scrapped at Burbank 1972.
124159 (MSN 160-3) Accepted by US Navy Jan50. VC-5; VC-6; VC-5; VC-8. Damaged beyond repair in an accident Sep55.
124160 (MSN 160-4) Accepted by US Navy Jan50. VC-5; VC-6; VC-8; VAH-11 1Nov55; VAH-9; VAH-5; VAH-11.
TDY at Love Field, Dallas, TX for refuelling Marine Corps Major John Glenn’s Vought F8U Crusader [BuAer 144608]
used in Project Bullet Jul57. NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Jul57. SOC 15Jul58.
124161 (MSN 160-5) Accepted by US Navy Jun50. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. Naval Air Development
Center, Warminster, PA. VAH-11. NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Jul57. SOC 15Jul58.
124162 (MSN 160-6) Accepted by US Navy Jun50. VC-5; VC-7; VC-6, named ‘Poopy-San’. Broke the port engine
mount in a hard landing on the USS Yorktown (CVA-10) Oct53. Tail modification; VC-5; VAH-5 1Nov55; VAH-11.
NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Oct57. SOC 15Jul58.
124163 (MSN 160-7) Accepted by US Navy Jul50. VC-5. Crashed into the sea after launch from
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 27Oct50 (2KIS).
124164 (MSN 160-8) Accepted by US Navy Jul50. VC-5; VC-6; VC-5; VC-8; VAH-11 1Nov55; VAH-9; VAH-11.
Damaged when the port landing gear collapsed at NAS Sanford, FL 20Jun57. NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ
for storage Sep57. SOC 15Jul58. Allied Metal Industries Inc., 1960. Registered as N9144Z to Allied Metal
Industries Inc.; cancelled 12Jan71. J. M. Jackson Inc/ Bellroy Air Tankers, Long Beach CA 1960.
Crashed during the ferry flight from NAS Litchfield Park 6Jun60.
124165 (MSN 160-9) Accepted by US Navy Sep50. VC-5; VC-7; VC-6; VC-8. The left landing gear caught in the
port catwalk and the aircraft went over the port side while landing on USS Randolph (CVA-15) off the
US East Coast 7Sep54 (3KIS).
124166 (MSN 160-10) Accepted by US Navy Aug50. VC-5; VC-6; VC-8; VC-9; VAH-5; VAH-11; VAH-9; VAH-5; VAH-11.
NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage May58. SOC 15Jul58.
124167 (MSN 160-11) Accepted by US Navy Jul50. VC-5; VC-6; VC-7; VC-9; VAH-11; VAH-5; VAH-11. NAS Litchfield Park,
Goodyear, AZ for storage Jul57. SOC 15Jul58. Allied Metal Industries Inc., 1960.
J. M. Jackson Inc/ Bellroy Air Tankers, Long Beach CA 1960. Registered as N9143Z. Modified as a fire tanker
for 2000 gallons, jet engines removed, re-engined with R2800-CB16s with water injection; tanker #E77.
Registered 18Mar65 to Jack Folz/ AJ Air Tankers Inc, Burbank CA. Crashed and destroyed after takeoff
from Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank 17Sep66 (1KIS). The airplane took off as a tanker with a full load
for a demonstration flight. Improper components had been installed on the engines and the pilot
took off with auto lean mixture setting. With one engine failed, the pilot jettisoned the load
too late to prevent the airplane stalling before a forced landing in North Hollywood where it was
destroyed by fire. Registration cancelled 14Jul70.
124168 (MSN 160-12) Accepted by US Navy Aug50. VC-5; VC-6; VC-5; VC-8; Heavy Attack Training Unit, NAS Norfolk, VA;
VAH-5; VAH-11. NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Apr58. SOC 15Jul58.
124169 (MSN 160-13) Accepted by US Navy Aug50. Project Sandia, Naval Aviation Detachment, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM.
Caught fire and crashed in New Mexico 8Jun51 (2KIS). During a practice bomb drop the aircraft experienced an
intense fire in the jet engine section. Though the crew made it to the emergency escape door through the
acrid fumes and smoke that rapidly appeared, only the North American Aviation representative was able to
successfully bail out.
124170 (MSN 160-14) Accepted by US Navy Sep50. VC-6; VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-11; VAH-5; VAH-11. NAS Litchfield Park,
Goodyear, AZ for storage Jan58. SOC 15Jul58.
124171 (MSN 160-15) Accepted by US Navy Sep50. VC-5. Caught fire and crashed 6Mar51 (3KIS).
124172 (MSN 160-16) Accepted by US Navy Sep50. VC-5; VC-7; VC-8; VAH-11 1Nov55; VAH-9; VAH-5; VAH-11.
NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Aug57. SOC 15Jul58.
124173 (MSN 160-17) Accepted by US Navy Sep50. VC-6. Cold shot off the left catapult of
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) in the Mediterranean Sea 29Nov51.
124174 (MSN 160-18) Accepted by US Navy Oct50. VC-5; VC-7; VC-6; Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD;
tail modification; VC-5. Damaged in a landing gear collapse at NAS Sanford, FL 29Nov55. VAH-11.
WFU NAS Norfolk, VA May56.
124175 (MSN 160-19) Accepted by US Navy Aug50. VC-5; VC-7; tail modification; VC-5; VAH-5 1Nov55; VAH-11.
NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Aug57. SOC 15Jul58.
124176 (MSN 160-20) Accepted by US Navy Aug50. VC-5; VC-7; VC-6; VC-5; VAH-5 1Nov55. Damaged beyond repair
in an accident Sep56.
124177 (MSN 160-21) Accepted by US Navy Sep50. VC-6; VC-8; VAH-11 1Nov55. Damaged beyond repair in an accident Nov55.
124178 (MSN 160-22) Accepted by US Navy Sep50. VC-5; VC-7; VC-5; VC-7; VC-5; VC-6; VC-8; VC-5. Ferried to
Atlantic City, NJ; loaded aboard USS Ticonderoga (CAV-14) docked at Philadelphia Sep55. At the
National Air Show, Philadelphia International Airport 3-5 September 1955, this was one of three AJ-1s
that were catapulted from the USS Ticonderoga's new steam catapults. This was done while the Ticonderoga
was tied up at dock in order to demonstrate the power of the steam cats. The same crew flew on each of
the three launches, one each day, landing at Atlantic City, NJ and being ferried back to Philadelphia
each time. VAH-5 1Nov55. NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Oct57. SOC 15Jul58.
124179 (MSN 160-23) Accepted by US Navy Sep50. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. Naval Air Development
Center, Warminster, PA. Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, CA. Naval Air Development Center,
Warminster, PA. VC-5; VAH-5 1Nov55. Crashed east of NAS Sanford, FL 27Feb56. The AJ-1 was preparing to
land at NAS Sanford. The main landing gear came down but would not lock. The pilot was flying eastbound
over the field and past the tower, kicking rudder trying to get the gear into the locked position,
when the vertical stabilizer lock failed and began beating on the elevator. The plane rolled over a
nd then became upright again. The B/N and third crewman bailed out. Again the plane rolled over and
then back upright. The pilot was considering bringing it in to land but all on the ground and the
North American representative agreed that he should abandon the aircraft. He directed it over a
swampy area and bailed out. The plane rolled slowly over and nosed straight into the swamp.
The rescue helicopter quickly found the third crewman and the plane commander but could not find the B/N.
It seems that he had landed in the backyard of the plane commander, and after the plane commander's
wife and the B/N had gathered up his chute she had driven him back to base. He was at the main gate
while the helicopter was frantically searching for him. None of the crew was injured.
124180 (MSN 160-24) Accepted by US Navy Oct50. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, CA. VC-6; VC-5.
Crashed six miles from NAS Olathe after the crew bailed out when the plane had a dual engine overspeed
en route to NAS Olathe, KS during a hurricane evacuation from NAS Jacksonville, FL Aug52.
124181 (MSN 160-25) Accepted by US Navy Oct50. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. Parachute
Experimental Unit; NAS El Centro, CA. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. Naval Air Missile
Test Center, Point Mugu, CA. WFU NAS Norfolk, VA Feb57.
124182 (MSN 160-26) Accepted by US Navy Oct50. VC-6; VC-5; VC-9; Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA.
VC-5. Damaged beyond repair in a hard landing at NAS Jacksonville, FL 20May55.
124183 (MSN 160-27) Accepted by US Navy Oct50. VC-8. Damaged beyond repair in an accident on the
USS Intrepid (CVA-11) 30Nov54.
124184 (MSN 160-28) Accepted by US Navy Nov50. VC-5; VC-6; tail modification; VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55. Crashed into
a mountain in bad weather after aborting landing and destroyed by fire near Lajes Airfield, Azores 25Dec55
en route to Port Lyautey, French Morocco 25Dec55 (2KIS;2INJ).
124185 (MSN 160-29) Cancelled.
124186 (MSN 160-30) Cancelled.
124187 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124188 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124189 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124190 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124191 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124192 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124193 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124194 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124195 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124196 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124197 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124198 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124199 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124200 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124201 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124202 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124203 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124204 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124205 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124206 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124207 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124208 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124209 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124210 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124211/124267 Lockheed P2V-4 Neptune
124211/124235 Model 426-59-03. 124236/124262 Model 424-42-03. Redesignated P-2D in 1962.
124211/124235 Model 426-59-03. Powered by Wright R-3350-26WA engines
124236/124262 Model 426-42-03. Powered by Wright R-3350-30W engines
124216 w/o 21 May 1950 in landing at NAS Quonset Point, RI
124222 w/o 7 Jul 1951 in landing at NAS Argentia, Newfoundland
124227 (VP-22) ditched 1/21/51 in heavy seas off Okinawa. One crewman killed, 11 rescued.
124235 (VP-7) w/o 9/17/51 in landing accident at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
124242 w/o 24 Nov 1952 when ditched off NAS Quonset Point, RI
124253 (VP-2) hit ditch on landing at NAS Kodiak, Alaska Jun 15, 1951.
1 killed.
124255 (VP-25) w/o 4/14/52 in landing accident at NAS Brunswick, ME. Departed NAS Brunswick
for a training flight to NAS Quonset Point, RI. An engine failed and the aircraft turned
back to NAS Brunswick but crashed into trees while attempting to land in poor weather.
Five of the ten crew were killed.
124268/124291 Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune
Model 326-59-04 airborne early warning version.
124277 (VP-981) w/o 2/4/51 during test flight at NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
124278 (P2V-3B) with VAH-123.
124283 (VP-6) shot down by Soviet La-11 fighters over Sea of Japan Nov 6, 1951. Crew of 10 missing.
124284 in wheels-up landing at Atsugi, Japan Jan 24, 1951. Repaired
124289 in accident at NAS Kodiak, AK Feb 18, 1952. noted NAS Alameda 1957, 'GJ-221' P2V-3W VAH-3 noted
NAS Sanford 1958, stored Lichfield Park
124290 (VP-1) w/o 10/27/50 at Tachikawa, Japan when main gear retracted during engine startup.
124292/124323 Grumman PF-1A Albatross
MSN 27/58. All these aircraft were delivered to USAF in 1950 as SA-16A 49-069/100.
124324/124331 Fairchild R4Q-1 Packet
MSN 7001/7008. Marine Corps version of C-119C.
124325 (MSN 7002) there is a report that this plance crashed Feb 7, 1951.
However, the plane that crashed is actually 128725, and there
is a report that 124325 was still flying as late as 1958.
124331 (MSN 7008) crashed after takeoff from MCAS Cherry Point,
NC Jun 27, 1952. 5 killed.
124332/124333 Fairchild R4Q-1 Packet
Contract cancelled. Marine Corps version of C-119C.
124334/124353 Sikorsky HO3S-1
Sikorski Model S-51
124334 (MSN 51177) to civil registry as N6881C.
124340 (HU-1) crashed in enemy territory Korea Feb 8, 1952. Pilot POW
124342 (VMO-6) crashed during resupply landing near Sudong Myon Sept 22, 1951. Both crew uninjured.
124344 (MSN 51201) to civil registry as N5182V. Now on display at MCAS Quantico, VA. Noted Nov 10,2006 at National Museum of the United
States Marine Corps, Quantico, VA
124345 (MSN 51204) to civil registry as N2842D, CF-FDF, C-FFDF.
124346 crashlanded on Puffin Island, Kodiak, Alaska Nov 1951. SOC.
124348 crashed on takeoff at MCAS Cherry Point, NC Feb 3, 1952. No fatalities, but the aircraft was destroyed.
124349 (MSN 51209) to civil registy as N809
124350 (MSN 51210) to civil registry as N5557A.
124352 to US Army Aviation Museum, Ft. Rucker, AL
124354/124361 Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune
Model 326-59-04 airborne early warning version
124355 modified as P2V-3B close-support aircraft.
124357 (VP-931) crashed on McCreight Mountain, British Columbia Dec 23, 1950. Wreckage found
9/21/61, but there a local resident who was on the wreck site in 1958. The fuselage had already
ben removed by that time.. 11 killed.
124359 (MSN 326-1181) 3WF delv’d NAF China Lake, CA Aug 1959, delv’d Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA Aug 1960,
noted Dec 1964. but current status not known.
124360 and 124361 cancelled
124362/124373 Martin P4M-1 Mercator
124362 converted to P4M-1Q. VQ-1, NAS Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. Shot down by Chinese fighters off Shanghai
8/22/1956 operating with spurious BuNo 187642. While on a spying mission from NAS Iwakuni, Japan
22Aug56, the aircraft disappeared at night after reporting an attack by Chinese MiG-17F fighters
32 miles off the coast of China near Wenchow, about half-way between Formosa and Shanghai.
There were no survivors of the 16-man crew. Four bodies were later recovered along with
some aircraft debris which had a MiG cannon shell in a bomb bay fuel tank.
[It is reported that spurious Bureau Numbers were changed each month on the Squadron aircraft]
124363 converted to P4M-1Q. Withdrawn 6/30/1960 and scrapped at NAS Atusgi
124364 VP-HL-21, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Damaged 26Oct50 taxying at NAS Patuxent River during a pilot
familiarization flight. Converted to P4M-1Q. VQ-1, Code PR-4, NAS Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. VQ-1,
NAS Alameda, CA [1960]. Withdrawn 4/5/1960 and scrapped at NAS Alameda
124365 converted to P4M-1Q. VQ-2, Code JQ-16, NAF Port Lyautey, French Morocco; VQ-2, NAS Rota, Spain.
Crashed during mission from Incirlik, Turkey 1/16/1960. 16 crewmembers killed. The aircraft
was on final approach to Incirlik Air Base, Adana, Turkey when it crashed 41 miles from the
end of the runway. The aircraft crashed into a ravine at the top of the snow covered mountains.
The ensuing fire melted the overhanging and surrounding snow which flooded the wreckage and froze,
entombing it in ice. It was difficult for the rescue crew to free the lost crewmen from the ice.
124366 VP-21, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Accident 16Feb51 at NAS Patuxent River during a local
familiarization flight. Accident 28Feb51 taking off at NAS Patuxent River.
Converted to P4M-1Q 1953-54. VQ-1, NAS Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. VQ-1, NAS Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan.
Withdrawn 6/19/1960 and scrapped at NAS Atusgi, Japan
124367 converted to P4M-1Q. VQ-2, NAF Port Lyautey, French Morocco; VQ-2, NAS Rota, Spain.
Withdrawn 4/7/1960 and scrapped at NAS Rota, Spain and used for fire fighting practice.
124368 VP-HL-21, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Damaged 14Nov50 by structural failure 10 miles NW of
Chincoteague, VA during a search and rescue mission. Converted to P4M-1Q. VQ-1, NAS Iwakuni, Yamaguchi,
Japan. VQ-1, NAS Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. Withdrawn 6/30/1960 and scrapped at NAS Atsugi, Japan
124369 converted to P4M-1Q. Withdrawn 11/13/1956 and scrapped at NAS Litchfield Park , AZ
124370 converted to P4M-1Q. Withdrawn 10/2/1956 and scrapped at NAS Norfolk
124371 converted to P4M-1Q. Patrol Unit/Naval Communications Unit 32G, Code AG, NAF Port Lyautey, French Morocco
The aircraft departed Nicosia, Cyprus 6Feb52 for a spy mission over the Black Sea off Sevastopol,
Crimea, Ukraine. During a racetrack pattern off the coast the right engine failed when an oil line blew.
The aircraft headed back to Cyprus but using the auxiliary jet engines
increased fuel consumption [the mission precluded landing in Turkey]. Shortly after leaving the
Turkish coast the engines failed with fuel exhaustion and the aircraft was ditched in the Mediterranean
Sea near Cyprus in the early hours of 7Feb52. The crew escaped but the Plane Commander re-entered the
aircraft to check that all crew were out, but became trapped when the aircraft began to sink and was drowned.
Crew rescued by HMS Chevron
124372 converted to P4M-1Q. Patrol Unit/Naval Communications Unit 32G, Code XD-1, NAF Port Lyautey, French Morocco.
Damaged 27Nov53 when the aircraft landed with gear retracted at Port Lyautey. Flown to NAS Norfolk, VA
for repair. Suffered accident in unspecified incident 11/19/1957
and SOC 7/27/1958.
124373 , Code HC-1, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Damaged 18Nov51 taxying at Port Lyautey during a local
familiarization flight. Damaged 1Jun52 in collision with parked PBY-6A BuNo 46646 taxying at
NAS Jacksonville, FL. converted to P4M-1Q. VQ-2, Code JQ-3, NAF Port Lyautey, French Morocco.
The aircraft was to be ferried from Port Lyautey to Norfolk. The pilot conducted a test flight
at Port Lyautey during which an electrical fire developed in the main circuit breaker panel.
The trouble was investigated, but no record of repair was noted. Another test flight was
conducted without incident. Leaving Port Lyautey on January 4, 1958, the aircraft proceeded to
Lajes, Azores and thence to Bermuda. Prior to take-off from Bermuda, a fuel leak was
discovered in the right main engine fuel line to the pressure gauge. Repair was made and
the flight departed Bermuda on January 6, 1958. Jet engines were used until the bomb bay
fuel tanks had been emptied. Continuing on reciprocating engines only the flight was
uneventful until preparations were made to land at Norfolk, VA. In the vicinity of Naval
Air Station, Oceana, attempts to start the port jet failed. The starboard jet started,
but it idled at 85% and the TOT went up to 900 degrees. Further attempts were made to
start both jets, but without success. The decision was made to make the approach on
main engines only. Approaching Naval Air Station, Norfolk, the pilot was cleared
to enter traffic and break right to the downwind leg of runway 28. While on down wind,
Navy Norfolk Tower requested 4373 to extend his approach to let a jet land first.
The pilot complied with Tower instructions and started to turn on base after
extending his downwind leg. After turning about 45 degrees to the right, the port
engine lost power. The aircraft continued turning right at a reduced rate of turn
for another 45 degrees. The flight path was now just about perpendicular to the beach
in the vicinity of Ocean View and the aircraft was losing altitude. Shortly after
passing over the beach, a left turn was started. The aircraft continued on in a
nose high attitude and struck several cottages and automobiles which were it its
flight path. The aircraft started to come apart as it hit the cottages. The aircraft
struck the ground in an empty lot and continued sliding across a road into a small
cottage where it came to rest and started to burn. Location of crash is listed as
22nd St. & E. Ocean View Ave. The aircraft and property were destroyed by fire.
124374/124379 Grumman UF-1 Albatross
Model G-64
124374 (MSN 10) delivered to US Navy Dec 30, 1949
124375 (MSN 13) delivered to US Navy Feb 17, 1950
124376 (MSN 16) delivered to US Navy Mar 9, 1950
124377 (MSN 19) delivered to US Navy Mar 31, 1950
124378 (MSN 22) delivered to US Navy May 8, 1950
124379 (MSN 25) delivered to US Navy May 23, 1950
124380/124414 Vought F6U-1 Pirate
contract cancelled
124415/124434 Vought F7U-1 Cutlass
124429/124434 cancelled
124419 crashed on landing in Norfolk, Virginia in late October 1953.
124426 and 124427 were flown by the Blue Angels
124428 assigned to NAS Dallas, TX. Assigned to NACA, Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA
Dec 30, 1952 to Mar 16, 1954. Assigned to Naval Air Material Center (NAMC), Mustin Field,
Philadelphia, PA.
124435/124436 Grumman XF10F-1 Jaguar
Model G-83
124437/124438 Lockheed PO-1W
MSN 749-2612/2613. Model 749A-79-43.
Early warning modification of Model 749A Constellation. Redesignated WV-1 in 1952.
124437 first flight Jun 9, 1949. Delivered to US Navy at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland Aug 1949.
SOC Oct 1957, sold to CAA as N7623C, to FAA as N119. Transferred to
USAF as N1192 for storage at MASDC. Scrapped Jan 1969
124438 (MSN 749-2613) delivered to US Navy at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland Dec 1950. Bailed to Lockheed
Aircraft, Burbank, CA for R & D. NATC Patuxent River, MD for R & D 30Jun50. VX-4, NAS Patuxent
River, MD 16Oct50; code XD-10. VX-4 redesignated as VW-2 18Jun52. VW-1, NAS Barbers Point, TH
19Dec52; code TE-1. College Point, RI for R & D Nov53. VW-1, NAS Barbers Point, TH 20Apr54;
code TE-1, later as TE-11. FASRON-110, NAS San Diego, CA 7Feb55. VW-4, NAS Jacksonville,
FL 21Feb55; code PN-8. NAVCICOFFSCOL, NAS Glynco, ?Brunswick, GA 23Nov55.
NAF Litchfield Park, AZ for storage 20Mar57. SOC Aug 20, 1957.
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Feb58. Registered Feb58 as N7624C.
Federal Aeronautics Administration 4Jun58. Registered as N120. Radomes and radar equipment
removed; modified for glide-slope calibration. Reregistered 21Jul66 as N1206. Awaiting FAA
disposal at Oklahoma City, OK Aug 66. Kansas Surplus Property Section (of FAA) 29Dec66.
Schilling Institute, Department of Aeronautical Technology, Salina, KS 1Feb67; used for
technical flight and ground training. Schilling Institute renamed Salina VoTech School.
Air International Inc, 24Aug78. Slow restoration to flying condition begun; engines running
early 1980. Impounded by Salina County Sheriff for non-payment of company taxes Jun81.
Bought at auction by Express Airways Inc., 24Nov81. Advertised for sale Dec81. Bought by
Texas-investor Gordon Cole Nov92. Purportedly restored to 'flyable' condition. Attempt made
to ferry aircraft to Addison, TX, but returned to Salina Airport, KS with one engine shut down.
International Society of Vehicle Preservation Aug85. Sale reported to a new owner in Phoenix,
AZ 13Nov03. Registration cancelled 4Jun12.
124439/124440 North American XA2J-1
MSN 163-1/2
124441/124503 Vought-Sikorsky F4U-5N Corsair
Korean War losses from Douglas E. Campbell book
124442 (VC-110) in bad takeoff from USS Philippine Sea CV-47 Sep 14, 1950. Pilot rescued
124443 (VMF(N)-513) slid off end of runway at Yonpo airfield Dec 1, 1950. Pilot uninjured.
124447 to Honduras AF as FAH-602. Now at Marine Corps Museum, Quantico, VA as N100CV.
Reported Spring 2004 at Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal, KS, on loan from
Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum, Quantico, VA
124449 (VMF-212) crashed on takeoff and burned, ordnance exploded May 12, 1951. Pilot injured.
124450 (VMF(N)-513) collided with another aircaft on runway at Wonsan Oct 15, 1950
124453 (VC-3) downed 5 enemy aircraft in night action in Korean War, flown
by Lt. Guy Bordelon. Only Navy ace of the Korean War. After
achieving his 5th victory on night of Jul 16, 1953, he left the
plane at the base and was flown back to the USS Princeton.
An Air Force Reserve pilot wrote the plane off in an accident.
124456 (VMF(N)-513) ditched due to fuel exhaustion near Kimpo Field,
Korea Aug 14, 1951. Pilot rescued
124486 to Honduras AF as FAH-606. Sold 1979. To civil registry as N49068. Registration N494M
taken up Dec 2002.
124491 (VMF(N)-513) in bad takeoff from Pusan, Korea Jun 4, 1951. Pilot uninjured
124492 (VMF(N)-513) hit by AAA Apr 22, 1951. Pilot bailed out, rescued by ROK troops.
124493 to Honduras AF as FAH-608. Sold in 1979. To RNZAF Museum.
On civil registry in Australia and reported Jul 2005 to be under
restoration to fly at Darwin. To VH-III with Graha Hosking, Mount Eliza, Victoria, Ausralia
Feb 14, 2013.
124495 (VC-3 Det attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by AAA and last seen heading over Kojo Bay, Korea
Feb 8, 1952. Pilot MIA
124501 (VC-110) engine failure after takeoff from USS Philippine
Sea CV-47 Jan 27, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
124502 (VC-190) crashed into water after takeoff from USS Princeton
CV-37 Mar 9, 1951. Pilot MIA
124503 (VMF(N)-513) lost power after takeoff, destroyed at Pusan
Feb 20, 1951.
124504/124560 Vought-Sikorksy F4U-5NL Corsair
Vought-Sikorsky Moded V-16678 F4U-5N night fighter modified for severe climates
Korean War losses from Douglas E. Campbell book
124504 (VC-3 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45) hit by AAA and ditched in Wonsan Harbor May 8, 1952.
Pilot rescued
124512 (VMF(N)-513) hit by own bomb blast 15 mi NE of Pyongyang Apr 13, 1951. Pilot KIA
124516 (VMF(N)-513) hit by AAA and made wheels-up landing at Suwon Sep 1, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
Crashed while diving on target Sep 20, 1951. Pilot MIA
124517 (VC-3) heavy fire damage on USS Boxer (CV-21) in 1951.
124518 (VMF(N)-513) shot down during attack near Hanp-o-ri, Korea
Jul 13, 1951. Pilot MIA
124520 (VMF(N)-513) in gear-up night landing at Pusan-west Aug 25, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
124525 (VMF(N)-513) crashed after engine failure Dec 17, 1951. Pilot rescued.
124527 (VMF(N)-513) crash-landed after being hit by AAA Dec 14, 1951. Pilot POW.
124528 (VMF(N)-513) lost during attack near Namchon-jon, Korea Jul 13, 1951. Pilot KIA
124529 (VMF(N)-513) hit by AAA, pilot bailed out May 27, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter
124530 (VMF(N)-513) crashed near Masan-ni, Korea Jul 19, 1951. Pilot KIA
124531 (VMF(N)-513) lost during attack on vehicles near Yang-gu, Korea
May 20, 1951. Pilot KIa
124533 (VC-3) forced water landing after engine failure off USS
Valley Forge CV-45 Dec 13, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter
124536 (VC-3) bad takeoff from USS Princeton CV-37 Jun 10, 1951. Pilot rescued by destroyer.
124537 (VMF(N)-513) crashed into hill at end of runway at Kimpo
Airfield during bad landing Jun 28, 1952. Pilot killed.
124538 (VC-3) crashed into water after bad takeoff from USS
Antietam, Nov 13, 1951. Pilot rescued.
124541 to Argentine Navy as 0433. Damaged in landing accident Nov 6, 1964.
To Museo de la Aviacion Naval, Rio Parana Delta AB, Argentina as 3-A-204.
Was airworthy as F-AZYS at le Castellet, France painted
as F4U-7 133704. Reported in 2020 registered as D-FCOR and based at Bremgarten, Germany.
124550 (VMF(N)-513) ditched during test flight near K-8, Kora Jul 10, 1952. Pilot rescued
124551 (VC-3 Det D attached to USS Antietam (CV-36) destroyed in bad landing Jan 18, 1952.
Pilot uninjured.
124552 (VC-3) went off the side of USS Antietam CV-36 in bad night
landing Oct 30, 1951. Pilot rescued by USS Eversole DD789
124553 (VC-3 Det D attached to USS Antietam (CV-36)) hit by AAA and made wheels-up landing in enemy
territory Jan 29, 1952. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
124554 (VC-3) crashed on takeoff Dec 2, 1951.
124555 (VC-3) ditched off USS Philippine Sea CV-47 after engine
failure May 7, 1952. Pilot injured.
124556 (VC-3 attached to USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-21)) ditched at sea after being hit by AAA Sept 20, 1951.
Pilot rescued.
124557 (VC-3) ditched after bad takeoff from USS Bon Homme
Richard CV-31 Sep 21, 1951. Pilot rescued by destroyer.
124558 (VF-53) crash landed and ditched, USS Essex CV-9 Aug 30, 1951. Pilot rescued by USS Rogers (DD-876)
124560 to Honduras AF as FAH-601. Still flying as NX4901W, later N4901W.
Was in flyable condition with Alan Preston of Dallas, TX
124561/124569 Bell HTL-3
MSN 165/173. Bell Helicopter Company Model 47E
124562 (MSN 166) to N6878C
124563 (MSN 167) to N7036C
124564 (MSN 168) to N6051C. Was at Museum, McMinnville, OR. Jun 2006
124566 (Hedron 33) lost power and crashed in 3 fathoms of water Aug 25, 1951,
crew swam to shore.
124570/124585 Lockheed TO-2
later redesignated TV-2.
Assigned USAF serial numbers 49-934, 49-2758/2772 for administrative purposes.
Redesignated T-33B in 1962.
124586/124587 Douglas XF4D-1 Skyray
MSN 7463/7464
124586 first flight Jan 23, 1951. Damaged beyond repair during survivability tests at NAF China
Lake, California Jan 5, 1956. SOC Jan 11, 1956. Used for fire-fighting practice
and destroyed in the 1980s.
124587 set world speed record of 752.944 mph 10/3/53. This
plane was delivered to GE Flight Test at Edwards AFB Jul 1955
and performed flight tests on J79 and CJ805. Returned to
US Navy May 1960. Now on outside display
at US Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, China Lake, California, on
loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
124588/124594 Piasecki HUP-1 Retriever
Piasecki Helicopter Corporation PV-18
124595/124664 Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight
MSN 7465/7534 (El Segundo MSNs)
124598 Ca.1951: TOS USN as F3D-2
Unknown date: Assigned to USMC. Possibly spent time in Korea.
76/62: Redesignated as EF-10B.
2/24/64: SOC at BWR Waltham, MA.
By 1980: TOS USA as F-10B for tests, based at Holloman AFB, NM.
Ca.1981: Bailed to Raytheon for tests and flown with US Army markings.
By 1990: National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL.
124599 SOC while stored at NAS China Lake, CA Dec 12, 1958.
124609 to NAF China Lake ca Jun 1956
124610 fitted with F-4 nose. To MASDC Aug 31, 1968 as VH0001, then VH0004, then 4F0004
124616 to NAF R&D China Lake by Apr 1959
124618 derelict in parking lot at MCAS Quantico. Reported 2009
to be in storage at USMC Air-Ground Museum, Quantico, VA.
Not seen in carpark in 1998.
124620 (MXN 7490) was at Quonset Air Museum, Kingston, RI. In July 2018 noted dismantled at the Air Classics
Museum of Aviation, Aurora, Illinois
124623 (VMF-513) contact lost during night patrol Aug 15, 1952. Search result negative. Crew of 2 MIA
124625 (VMF-513) engines exploded, crashed into water Sept 1, 1952. One crew MIA, one rescued.
124629 (TF-10B) on display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
124630 (MSN 7500) on display at Flying Leathernecks Museum, Miramar, CA.
Noted Mar 13, 1993 at Marine Corps Museum, El Toro MCAS, CA
124656 delivered from Douglas Aircraft, El Segundo, CA.
Assigned to NACA, Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Jul 11, 1952 to Aug 27, 1954.
Assigned to NAS Quonset Point, RI
124663 to MASDC as 4F0015, VH0003 Jun 1, 1970.
124665/124709 Vought-Sikorsky F4U-5N Corsair
Vought-Sikorsky Model V-1668
124665 converted to XF4U-6 low-altitude fighter prototye, later redesignated XAU-1
124678 delivered to Argentine Navy as 0434 and displayed
there on a pole. Later to Lone Star Flight Museum and restored to airworthy
status as N43RW.
124692 to VC-3 onboard USS Essex, from Nov 1951 thru Feb 1952 flew combat missions over Korea. After this tour,
served on USS Leyte as well as USS Tarawa and USS Boxer. SOC in 1956.
to Honduras AF Mar 27, 1956 as FAH-607. Recovered incomplete in 1978. Returned to USA under civilian ownership in 1979
To Collings Foundation 1988 and rebuilt 1988-1997. Restored and flew as N45NL Feb 20, 1997.
Ditched off New Smyrna Beach Apr 4, 1997 and recovered Apr 13, 1997. Restored again by Collings Foundation
and first flew Sep 22, 2003. Made wheels-up landing at New Smyrna Beach Sep 24, 2003
when right undercarriage leg failed to extend. Recovered after 2 weeks under
water Repaired. Seen at Sun'n'Fun, Lakeland, FL Apr 2004
Seen at Corsair Fly-In in CT May 29, 2005. Seen at Langley AFB 2009 Air Show Apr 26, 2009
124710/124724 Vought-Sikorsky F4U-5NL Corsair
Vought-Sikorsky Model V-16678 F4U-5N night fighter modified for severe climates
Korean War losses from Douglas E. Campbell book
124715 to Honduras AF as FAH-609. Shot down one Salvadoran AF Cavalier F-51D and
two Goodyear FG-1Ds Jul 17, 1969 during last known air
combat between piston-engined aircraft. WFU in 1981. On display at Museo del Aire, Honduras.
124717 (VC-3 Det M attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) hit by AAA and ditched Jun 16, 1953.
Pilot rescued by helicopter.
124722 (VC-3 Det C attached to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47)) hit by AAA and suffered engine failure
and made forced night water landing in Wonsan Harbor, Korea Mar 27, 1952. Pilot rescued.
124723 (VC-3 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by AAA and ditched Wonsan Harbor May 8, 1952.
Pilot rescued.
124724 to civil registry as N49051(ntu), then to Honduras as FAH-600. To US
civil registry as NX4901E. Sold to French user 1979 as F-AZEG Reported Jul 2008 to be under
restoration with Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis, La Ferte Alais, France. As F-AZEG flown at La Ferte-Alais, France
for first time for almost ten years on 9 May 2018. F-AZEG reported registered to Les Casques du Cuir,
la Ferte-Alais, France.
124725/124760 Douglas AD-4N Skyraider
MSN 7535/7570. Three-seat night attack version
124725/124760 converted to AD-4NL with anti-icing and de-icing equipment, wing armament increased
124731 (VC-35) stalled on landing Philippine Sea CV-47 off
NAS San Diego, CA 12/05/1951. Pilot OK.
124743 (VC-35 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) hit by AAA, last seen with engine smoking,
2 parachutes seen Dec 13, 1951. All 3 crew became POW.
124744 (AD-4NL, VC-35 attached to USS Princeton (CVA-37)) crashed at sea Jun 8, 1952. Both crew killed.
124745 (VMC-1) crashlanded at Cho-do due to engine problems Mar 3, 1953.
124748 (VC-35 Det F attached to USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)) missing on mission Jan 28, 1953. Crew MIA
124761/124777 Douglas AD-4W Skyraider
MSN 7571/7587. Three-seat AEW Version
124761 after major overhaul in 1953, delivered Sep 16, 1953 to Fleet
Air Arm as Skyraider AEW.1 WV108 but painted with incorrect serial WT761
(last 3 digits of BuNo, but retained by RN). Made flapless landing
on HMS Eagle Aug 29, 1957, touched down heavily on rounddown and starboard
undercarriage collapsed. To long term storage at Royal Navy Air
Yard at Donibristle Sep 6, 1957. SOC Dec 26, 1958 and broken up
for spares. Serial WV108 was not used.
124762 (VF-54) in launch accident from USS Essex CV-9 Sep 14, 1951, pilot and crew rescued
124765 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet
Air Arm May 15, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT966. To Scottish
Aviation as spares source Feb 12, 1963, although not formally
SOC from RN until Mar 18, 1963
124768 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet
Air Arm as Skyraider AEW.1 WT968. SOC Feb 25, 1959 for
reduction to spares.
124771 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet
Air Arm Sep 25, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT967. To Scottish
Aviation as spares source Feb 7, 1963, although not formally
SOC from RN until Mar 18, 1963.
124772 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet
Air Arm Mar 31, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV183. DBR when
drifted off deck into port catwalk of HMS Albion during deck
landing practice Feb 9, 1960. Wreck offloaded in Malta
Feb 13, 1960 and disposed of locally.
124773 (VC-11) lost power while landing on USS Antietam (CV-36) and crashed into sea Oct 22, 1951.
3 crewmembers rescued.
124774 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet Air
Arm as Skyraider AEW.1 WV182. SOC Feb 14, 1962 and to Scottish
Aviation, converted for target towing, first flight after
conversion Mar 7, 163 with Class B registration G-31-10. To
Svensk Flygjanst Mar 26, 1963 as SE-EBG. Last flown
Oct 4, 1974 and subsequently scrapped at Malmo-Sturup.
124777 after service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet Air
Arm Apr 24, 1956 as Skyraider AEW.1 WV185. SOC May 15, 1962
and to Scottish Aviation, where it was converted for target
towing, first flight after conversion Apr 4, 1963 with Class B
registragion G-31-11. To Svensk Flygjianst Apr 26, 1963
as SE-EBI. Last flown Aug 15, 1973. SOC
Apr 8, 1974 and donated to Flygvapenmuseum, Malment
Reported still there May 2002, but in storage.
124778 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
Air AntiSub Sq 37. Overside landing on USS Kula Gulf
11/13/1953. No injuries.
124779 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124780 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124781 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124782 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124783 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124784 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124785 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124786 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124787 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124788 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124789 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124790 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124791 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124792 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124793 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124794 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124795 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124796 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124797 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124798 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124799 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124800 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124801 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124802 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124803 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124804 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124805 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124806 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124807 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124808 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124809 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124810 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124811 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124812 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124813 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124814 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124815 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124816 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124817 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124818 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124819 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124820 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124821 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124822 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124823 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124824 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124825 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124826 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124827 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124828 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124829 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124830 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124831 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124832 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124833 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124834 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124835 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124836 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124837 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124838 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124839 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124840 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124841 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124842 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124843 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
lost with VS-931 Aug 2, 1952 off USS Sicily (CVE-118)
124844 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124845 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
VS-31 ditched on landing on USS Valley Forge 3/10/1954.
No injuries.
124846 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124847 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124848 Grumman AF-2S Guardian
124849 Grumman AF-2W Guardian
124850/124864 North American AJ-1 Savage
MSN 169-1/15
124850 (MSN 169-1) Modified as the prototype AJ-1P for the photo reconnaissance role by North American Aviation
at Downey, CA. Accepted by US Navy May51. Bailed to Pratt & Whitney; believed returned to bomber configuration;
VC-5; VC-7; VC-8; tail modification; VC-9. Damaged beyond repair in an accident Aug55.
124851 (MSN 169-2) Accepted by US Navy May51. VC-6; VC-8; VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-5; VAH-11. NAS Litchfield Park,
Goodyear, AZ for storage Nov57. SOC 15Jul58.
124852 (MSN 169-3) Accepted by US Navy May51. VC-6; VC-8; VC-5; tail modification. Ferried to Atlantic City, NJ;
loaded aboard USS Ticonderoga (CAV-14) docked at Philadelphia Sep55. At the National Air Show, Philadelphia
International Airport 3-5 September 1955, this was one of three AJ-1s that were catapulted from the
USS Ticonderoga's new steam catapults. This was done while the Ticonderoga was tied up at dock in
order to demonstrate the power of the steam cats. The same crew flew on each of the three launches,
one each day, landing at Atlantic City, NJ and being ferried back to Philadelphia each time.
VAH-5 3Feb56; VAH-7; VAH-9; VAH-11; VAH-5; VAH-11. Accident 27Oct56.
124853 (MSN 169-4) Accepted by US Navy Oct51. VC-5; VC-6; VC-7; VC-9; VC-8; VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-11.
Damaged beyond repair in an accident May57.
124854 (MSN 169-5) Accepted by US Navy Oct51. VC-5; VC-6; VC-7; VC-5; VC-8, named ‘Glass Factory’.
Crashed in an emergency landing at Naples, Italy 20Jul55 (3KIS).
124855 (MSN 169-6) Accepted by US Navy Nov51. VC-5; VC-6; VC-7; VC-5; tail modification. Ferried to Atlantic City, NJ;
loaded aboard USS Ticonderoga (CAV-14) docked at Philadelphia Sep55. At the National Air Show, Philadelphia
International Airport 3-5 September 1955, this was one of three AJ-1s that were catapulted from the
USS Ticonderoga's new steam catapults. This was done while the Ticonderoga was tied up at dock in order
to demonstrate the power of the steam cats. The same crew flew on each of the three launches, one each day,
landing at Atlantic City, NJ and being ferried back to Philadelphia each time. VC-9; VAH-5.
Crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after coming around the aircraft carrier in the pattern to start the
landing approach on USS Randolph (CVA-15) forty miles northeast of Iraklion, Crete 27Oct56 (4KIS).
The aircraft was not seen nor heard from again. Wreckage was found the next day with the retrieval
of the enlisted men's bodies, the helmets of the officers, and an Orders and Map Case from the aircraft.
124856 (MSN 169-7) Accepted by US Navy Oct51. VC-5; VC-6; VC-7; VC-8; Heavy Attack Training Unit, NAS Norfolk, VA;
VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-11. NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Jul57. SOC 15Jul58.
124857 (MSN 169-8) Accepted by US Navy Dec51. VC-8; Heavy Attack Training Unit, NAS Norfolk, VA; VC-5; tail modification;
VAH-5 3Feb56. Damaged beyond repair in an accident Oct56.
124858 (MSN 169-9) Accepted by US Navy Dec51. VC-8; VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55. Damaged beyond repair in an accident
near Naples Jan56.
124859 (MSN 169-10) Accepted by US Navy May51. VC-7; VC-8; VC-7; VC-8; VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-11.
NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Jun58. SOC 15Jul58.
124860 (MSN 169-11) Accepted by US Navy Jun51. VC-5; VC-8; VC-9; VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-11.
NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Oct57. SOC 15Jul58.
124861 (MSN 169-12) Accepted by US Navy Oct51. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD; VC-8; VC-9;
VAH-9 1Nov55; VAH-11. Damaged beyond repair in an accident Feb57.
124862 (MSN 169-13) Accepted by US Navy Nov51. VC-8; Heavy Attack Training Unit, NAS Norfolk, VA; VC-5;
VAH-5 3Feb56. NAS Litchfield Park, Goodyear, AZ for storage Oct57. SOC 15Jul58.
124863 (MSN 169-14) Accepted by US Navy Dec51. VC-8. Damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident from
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) in the Mediterranean Sea 22Jan53.
124864 (MSN 169-15) Accepted by US Navy Jan52. VC-8; VC-5; tail modification; VAH-5 3Feb56. Crashed in an
emergency landing on USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in the Mediterranean Sea 8Sep56. The hydraulic system had
failed and the pilot was attempting a flap-less landing. The Landing Signals Officer had little experience
in waving the Savage and because it was fast, signalled an early cut. The end result was that the aircraft
settled very quickly and the arrestor hook hit the round down and broke off. The aircraft skidded into
parked aircraft on the straight deck, damaging 13 aircraft. Initial impact was to another Savage parked
portside (nose toward the island) which skewed the plane to port and next ran up the back of an AD-5,
the engine of which served as an effective battering ram knocking everything out of the way as the
Savage slid up the flight deck. It finally came to a stop abeam the #1 elevator with its nose fully to port.
There was a small fire in the area of the jet engine which was quickly extinguished by the crash crew.
There were four crew on board, three crew were uninjured but the pilot was very seriously injured
and remained in a coma for several months. Wreckage off-loaded at Naples, Italy.
124865/124909 Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune
124865/124887 Model 426-42-06. 124888/124909 Model 426-42-11
Most converted to P2V-5F - redesignated P-2E in 1962.
124865 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124867 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124868 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124870/124872 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124874 (VP-7) hit Mt Pu Kaua in bad weather during landing
approach to NAS Barbers Point, HI Jan 21, 1954. 8 killed.
124875 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124876 (MSN 426-5014) converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
To US Forest Service at Medford, OR for spares in 1969. Scrapped.
124877/124883 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124884 (VP-812) w/o 12/13/51 in takeoff accident at NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
124885 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124886 (VP-1) lost Jan 2, 1953.
124888 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124889 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124894 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124895 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124897 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124898 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)\
124899 (VP-6) lost off Kauai Dec 7, 1955. 7 crewmembers lost.
124901 (VP-18) ditched off Keflavik, Iceland Oct 9, 1953. 9 killed.
124902 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124904 (MSN 426-5044) converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E). To civil registry as N175Z USFS. First borate conversion
at Medford, OR by Dec69. To N126Z with USFS. Later with Evergreen Helicopters, Inc,
McMinnville, OR as N208EV. Noted stored at Marana in 1997 still as N126Z. N208EV cancelled Jun 18, 2013.
124908 converted to P2V-5FE (EP-2E)
124910/124914 Martin P5M-1 Marlin
124911 was the first to be delivered to US Navy. Used as electronics test aircraft. Assigned to VP-49,
coded LP-12 at NOB Bermuda, named "Durtche's Dilemma"
124915/124929 Piasecki HUP-1 Retriever
Piasecki Helicopter Corp PV-18
142916 (MSN 9) to civil registry as N7832C
124925 to civil registry as N183YP. to N9348R Rotorcraft Intl Inc, Hialeah, FL (USCAR Jan64)
Crashed and burned near Adelanto, CA Nov 7, 2009. 3 killed.
124930/124939 Lockheed TO-2
Later redesignated TV-2.
Transferred trom USAF
Redesignated T-33B in 1962.
124930 force landed on Plymouth golf course, MA Dec 15, 1950
124933 (MSN 580-5301) crashlanded at Mathis Field, TX Aug 31, 1950. Assigned to NACA, later
NASA, Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Jan 15, 1951 to Feb 15, 1960.
Assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA. Restored and displayed at the Military
Honor Park and Museum, South Bend, Indiana Mar 2008.
124934 (MSN 580-5302)
124935 (MSN 580-5303) ex USAF 50-450. To Yugoslavia AF as JRV 10201
124936 (MSN 580-5304) ex USAF 50-451. To Yugoslavia AF as JRV 10202. SOC Jun 1971
124938 (MSN 580-5306) ex USAF 50-453. To Yugoslavia AF as JRV 10203
124939 (MSN 580-5307) ex USAF 50-454. To Yugoslavia AF as JRV 10208. SOC Sep 1971
124940/125029 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
124940/124949 MSN 236/245
124950/124955 MSN 247/252
124956/124959 MSN 254/257
124960/124963 MSN 259/262
124964/124967 MSN 264/267
124968/124974 MSN 269/275
124975/124981 MSN 277/283
124982/124990 MSN 285/293
124991/125003 MSN 295/307
125004/125009 MSN 309/314
125010/125014 MSN 316/320
125015/125016 MSN 322/323
125017/125020 MSN 325/328
125021/125023 MSN 330/332
125024/125025 MSN 334/335
125026/125027 MSN 337/338
125028/125029 MSN 340/341
124942 assigned to NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH Jan 1955 to 1959.
Used to launch ramjet-powered research missiles and assist with engine noise reduction research.
124945 (VF-172 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) shot down by AAA Jan 18, 1952. Pilot KIA
124951 (VF-172 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) shot down by AAA near Majon-ni Oct 16, 1951. Pilot KIA
124959 (VF-172) ditched after bad takeoff from USS Essex CV-9 Oct 26, 1951. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
124966 (VF-172) struck by landing aircraft F2H 124968 on USS Essex CV-9 Sep 16, 1951.
124968 (VF-172) crashlanded on USS Essex CV-9 after being damaged in midair collision with another
Banshee and crashed into parked aircraft and burst into flames Sep 16, 1951. Pilot killed.
124972 (VF-172 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) in midair collision with 124968 Sep 16, 1951. Landed OK
124977 crashed due to catapult failure on takeoff from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt Sep 2, 1952. Pilot killed.
124978 (VM-172) struck by landing aircraft on USS Essex CV-9 Sept 16, 1951.
124983 (VF-172 attached to USS Essex (CV-9)) rolled over side on landing Sep 11, 1951. Pilot rescued by
helicopter.
124988 (MSN 291) at Flying Leathernecks Museum, MCAS Miramar. Noted
Mar 13, 1993 at Marine Corps Museum, MCAS El Toro, CA
125029 to VX-5 ca 1953.
125030/125031 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
MSN 343/344. Fighter-bomber version
125030 to VX-5 by Dec 1952.
125032/125053 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
125032/125033 MSN 346/347
125034/125035 MSN 349/350
125036/125037 MSN 352/353
125038/125039 MSN 355/356
125040/125042 MSN 358/360
125043/125044 MSN 362/363
125045/125047 MSN 365/367
125048/125049 MSN 369/370
125050/125051 MSN 372/373
125052/125053 MSN 375/376
125052 on display on USS Lexington, Corpus Christi, TX, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
125054 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
MSN 378. Fighter-bomber version. To NAF-NOTS Inyokern ca 1953-May 1956. SOC at NAS Cherry Point Jan 28, 1958
125055 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 379
125056 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
MSN 381. Fighter-bomber versin
125057 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 382
125058/125059 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
Fighter-bomber version
125058 MSN 383
125059 MSN 385
125060 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
125060 MSN 386. (VF-11 attached to USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)) shot down by AAA 15 mi W of Wonsan,
Korea Dec 30, 1952. Pilot KIA
125061/125062 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
Fighter-bomber version
MSN 388/389
125063 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 391
125064 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
MSN 392. Fighter-bomber version
125065 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 394
125066/125067 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
Fighter-bomber version
125066 MSN 395
125067 MSN 397
125068 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
125068 MSN 398
125069/125070 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
Fighter-bomber version
MSN 400/401
125071 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 403
125072/125079 McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee
Reconnaissance version
125072 MSN 246
125073 MSN 253
125074 MSN 258
125075 MSN 263
125076 MSN 268
125077 MSN 276
125078 MSN 284
125079 MSN 294
125080 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125081 Grumman F9F-4 Panther
Model G-79. Modified to test photo recon camera installations and later as testbed for boundary layer
control system.
125082 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125083/125155 Grumman F9F-2 Panther
125083 (VMF-311) engine flamed out and crashed short of runway 2 mi NE of (K-3) Pohang AB, South Korea
Sep 30, 1952. Pilot killed
125086 (VF-23) midair collision with 125111 near El Centro, CA
4/11/1951. Pilot bailed out.
125087 (VMF-311) in midair collision with USAF L-19 May 11, 1952, no egress
noted. Pilot MIA
125090 (VF-831) in bad landing on USS Antietam CV-36 Nov 4, 1951 and crashed into
parked aircraft. Pilot killed.
125093 (F9F-2B) to Argentine Navy as 0426 Dec 1958. Coded 3-A-111, later 3-A-116
125094 (VF-837, F9F-2B) ditched after launch from USS Antietam (CV-36) in Yellow Sea Jan 17, 1952. Pilot
survived and was rescued by Navy helicopter.
125096 (VF-837, F9F-2B) ditched in Yellow Sea near USS Antietam (CV-36) while returning from a mission due
to engine flameout Feb 4, 1952. Pilot survived was was rescued by Navy HO3S-1 helicopter.
125102 (VF-51 attached to USS Essex (CV-9) lost in combat mission 9/4/1951. Pilot KIA.
125104 (VF-52 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) shot down by AAA near Chosin Reservoir May 2, 1952.
Pilot KIA
125106 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) engine flamed out and crashed on runway at K-3 Oct 16, 1951. Pilot uninjured.
125107 (VMF-311, F9F-2B) shot down by AAA Aug 12, 1951. Pilot KIA.
125110 (VF-52 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) shot down by AAA Mar 17, 1952. Pilot KIA
125111 (VF-23) midair collision with 125086 near
El Centro, CA 4/11/1951. Pilot killed.
125112 (VF-52) rolled of deck of USS Valley Forge CV-45 during swell Jan 11, 1952.
125115 (VMF-311) crashed on takeoff from (K-3) Pohang AB, South Korea May 18, 1952. Pilot was
injured and survived.
125116 (F9F-2B) to Argentine Navy as 0421 Dec 1958. Coded 3-A-106. Preserved Puerto Belgrano naval base,
Bahia Blanca in 2011.
125117 (VF-23, F9F-2B) shot down by AAA over North Korea Jul 28, 1951. Pilot KIA
125121 (VF-52 attached to USS Valley Forge (CV-45)) crash landed in water Dec 28, 1951. Pilot rescued.
125122 (VF-51) from USS Essex (CV-9) sliced through a cable strung
by the North Koreans expressly for the purpose of bringing down
aircraft. Aircraft lost elevator control but was able to fly back
to K-3 and pilot bailed out Sep 3, 1951. Pilot was Ens. Neil
Armstrong, later to be the first man to walk on the Moon.
125128 (VF-51) struck by landing aircraft F2H-2 124968 which crashed on USS Essex CV-9 Sep 16, 1951. 7 killed.
125131 (VF-51) struck by landing aircraft F2H-2 124968 which crashed on USS Essex CV-9 Sep 16, 1951. Destroyed in fire and exploded
while parked on deck.
125133 (VF-31) flew into water during night
landing at Guantanamo Bay 7/31/1951. Pilot killed.
125135 (F9F-2B) to Argentine Navy as 0418 Dec 1958. Coded 3-A-103
125136 (F9F-2B) to Argentine Navy as 0419 Dec 1958. Coded 3-A-104
125137 (F9F-2B) to Argentine Navy as 0427 Dec 1958. Coded 3-A-112, later 3-A-117
125139 (F9F-2B) to Argentine Navy as 0447 Apr 1963. Coded 3-A-113, later 3-A-109
125140 (VF-51) spun in on landing at NAS San Diego, CA 4/18/1951. Pilot killed.
125144 (F9F-2B) to Argentine Navy as 0448 Apr 1963. Coded 3-A-115
125145 (VF-721, F9F-2B attached to USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)) shot down by AAA 5 mi W of Yangdok,
North Korea Nov 21, 1952. Pilot KIA.
125146 (VF-51) ran out of fuel in flight off Leyte 9/5/1951 and ditched.
125149 to Argentine Navy as 0416 Nov 1958. Coded 3-A-101. Destroyed on ground Apr 3, 1963 by Argentine Air
Force air strike at Punto Indio to squash Argentine Navy coup
125155 at one time was at New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT.
125156/125227 Grumman F9F-4 Panther
Many completed as F9F-5.
125156 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Oct 21, 1954 to Aug 10, 1955.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations.
Used for boundary layer control, STOL and V/STOL research.
125168 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sep 10, 1952. Pilot KIA
125170 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sep 10, 1952. Pilot KIA
125173 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952.
125177 at one time was at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.
125178 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952. Pilot KIA
125180 (F9F-4) at Lion's Park, Costa Mesa, CA
125181 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952. Pilot KIA
125182 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952. Pilot KIA
125183 (F9F-5) on display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
125186 to Argentine Navy as 0417 Dec 1958. Coded 3-A-102. Destroyed on ground Apr 3, 1963 by Argentine Air
Force air strike at Punto Indio to squash Argentine Navy coup. Fuselage to Naval Aviation School 1969
125188 (F9F-5) preserved with Aerocrafters, Santa rosa, California in Sep 2003
125189 (VMF-115) downed during combat mission Apr 20, 1952. Pilot MIA
125193 (VMF-115) crashed due to explosion in cockpit after takeoff from K-3,
Apr 23, 1952. Pilot KIA
125197 at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.
125203 (VMF-115) in midair collision with F9F-4 125215 near Yongwol, Korea
Mar 26, 1952. Pilot injured.
125211 (VMF-115) shot down by AAA Jan 19, 1953. Pilot MIA
125215 (VMF-323) in midair collision with F9F-4 125203 near Yongwol, Korea
Mar 26, 1952. Pilot killed.
125219 (VMF-115) missing in action Dec 3, 1952. Pilot MIA
125220 with VF-813 at NARTU Minneapolis
125223 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into Unmun-san mountain
Sept 10, 1952. Pilot KIA
125228/125313 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125228 hit ramp on landing on Midway 6/23/1951. Pilot injured. The film in which the forward fuselage broke away and
rolled down the deck, pilot suffering burns, has been used in several motion pictures.
125240 fitted with experimental nose-mounted inflight refuelling probe.
125283 was with Blue Angels. Damaged in midair collision at Corpus Christi, TX Jul 7, 1952.
125286 was Blue Angels #4. Crashed at Corpus Christi, TX Jul 7, 1952.
Pilot ejected but did not leave seat and was killed.
125295 owned by US National Naval Avation Museum. Noted summer 2003
at Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville, FL
125304 in midair collision with 126091 3 mi SW of MCAS Cherry Point, NC Feb 1, 1955. Both pilots ejected safely.
125312 (VF-122) fell overboard from USS Oriskany CVA-34 in rough seas
125314/125321 Grumman F9F-5P Panther
Model G-79. Unarmed reconnaissance aircraft.
125316 Converted to DF-9E drone, bout into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ, SOC Aug 19, 1963.
Was at Pioneer's Park, Mesa, AZ Later on display at USS Hornet Museum, Alameda,
California, Noted Oct 1996 at WASP Aviation Museum,
Quartzite, AZ, painted as 123517. By Sep 2011 was in bad shape. To Palm Springs Air Museum,
California undergoing complete restoration
125322/125409 Vought F7U-2 Cutlass
contract cancelled
125410/125411 Vought F7U-3 Cutlass
contract cancelled
125412/125413 Douglas XA3D-1 Skywarrior
MSN 7588/7589
125412 To NATC Patuxent River, Maryland. diverted to ground training, Memphis TN.
125413 was on display aboard USS Intrepid, New York, now (2005) at Johnstown-Fulton County Airport, NY, on loan from
National Naval Aviation Museum.
125414/125443 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125418 (VF-72) ditched on takeoff from FDR 7/20/1951.
125428 (VF-122) hit by AAA over Wonsan, North Korea Apr 20, 1953 and crashed 10 Mi E of Hodo Pando
Peninsula, North Korea, in the Sea of Japan Apr 20, 1953. Pilot KIA.
125429 (VF-153) ditched in Sea of Japan after engine flamed out Jul 9, 1953. Rescued by Navy helicopter
from (K-18) Kangnung AB, South Korea.
125434 in 1997 was operated by R. A. Christgau of Edina, MN as N1332F. Registered to James Dale Aug 6, 2013, no
airworthiness certificate
125444/125445 McDonnell XF3H-1 Demon
125444 first flight Aug 7, 1951. Destroyed soon after first flight
125446 Kaman K-225 prototype
Kaman Aircraft Company development of the Model K-125 and K-190. Did not have military designation
May have been the helicopter transferred to the US Coast Guard as 239/1239
125447/125476 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
Contract cancelled, and delivered as 125414/125443
125477/125478 Kaman K-225 prototypes
Did not have military designations. Kaman Aircraft Company development of the Model K-125 and K-190. Purchased March & June 1950
125477 reengined with 175 hp Boeing 502-2 to become world's first
turbine helicopter. Donated 1957 to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1985, the National Air and Space Museum loaned the K-225 to
Kaman to restore it in preparation for exhibition during the company's 40th anniversary celebrations.
Noted Dec 2005 at Udvar-Hazy Center of NASM, Chantilly, VA
125478 registered N401A and on display at New England Air Museum, Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, CT
125479/125488 Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark
MSN 7590/7599
125480 suffered gearbox failure and crashed near Lake Los Angeles Aug 5, 1954. Pilot
ejected safely.
125485/125488 completed but not flown.
125485 later donated to Ontario Air Museum. When this museum went defunct, placed in storage.
Later given to Planes of Fame Museum minus it engine. Noted at Chino, CA Oct 5, 1994
under restoration to static display condition and looking substantially complete. Was
trucked to Idaho Falls Airport and restored to display status by Pacific Fighters.
Now displayed at Gillespie Field Annex of San Diego Air and Space Museum.
125489/125499 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125495 (VF-153) shot down by AAA and shrshed N of Tanchon, 10 mi SWo of Songjon, North Korea
Mar 17, 1953. Pilot KIA.
125500 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
MSN 404. Fighter-bomber version
125501 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 406
125502 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
MSN 407. Fighter-bomber version
125503 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 409. Crashed Jul 10, 1952. Pilot killed.
125504/125505 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
Fighter-bomber version
125504 MSN 410
125505 MSN 412
125506/125515 Sikorsky HO4S-1
For US Navy. MSN and delivery dates from helis.com
125506 (MSN 55006) delivered to US Navy Aug 31, 1950. noted Sep 5, 1987 at Florence Air and Missile Museum,
Florence, SC. Later on display at Texas Air Museum, Caprock Chapter, Slaton, TX. In 2014 was
at Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, Texas, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
125507 (MSN 55007) delivered to US Navy Dec 7, 1950. Preserved at El Mirage
125508 (MSN 55008) delivered to US Navy Dec 8, 1950.
125509 (MSN 55009) delivered to US Navy Jan 5, 1951. to US Coast Guard as 5509
125510 (MSN 55010) delivered to US Navy Jan 5, 1951.
125511 (MSN 55011) delivered to US Navy Feb 2, 1951.
125512 (MSN 55012) delivered to US Navy Feb 2, 1951. To civil registry as N9006R, expired Dec 31, 2013.
125513 (MSN 55013) delivered to US Navy Feb 2, 1951. to civil registry as N9756Z, cancelled Aug 7, 2013.
125514 (MSN 55014) delivered to US Navy Feb 23, 1951.
125515 (MSN 55015) delivered to US Navy Feb 23, 1951. Preserved at Pensacola Museum, but was
originally a Navy CH-19, displayed in Coast Guard markings.
125516/125527 Sikorsky HO5S-1
Sikorsky Model S-52-3 for US Marine Corps
125516 (MSN 52009) to N6994C
125517 (MSN 52010) to N8002E. In 2013 was in Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy center Museum at Dulles Airport
125518 (MSN 52011)
125519 (MSN 52012) at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
125520 (MSN 52013)
125521 (MSN 52014) to N62EV with Vertical Aviation Technologies Inc, Sanford, FL and
cancelled Jul 20, 1993. Registered G-BVBD from Jul 21, 1993 to Apr 9, 2002
125522 (MSN 52015)
125523 (MSN 52016)
125524 (MSN 52017)
125525 (MSN 52018)
125526 (MSN 52019) to N4645S
125527 (MSN 52020)
125528/125531 Kaman HOK-1
Kaman Aircraft Company Model K-600. Delivered to US Marine Corps. Redesignated OH-43D in 1962.
125528 to N5160Q May 1970.
125532 Hiller HTE-1
UH-12A from Army evaluated by Navy. Hiller Helicopters Model 360. Based on the US Army UH-12A
for the US Navy designated HTE-1
125533/125648 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125534 (VF-111 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) ran out of fuel and ditched Jun 19, 1953. Pilot rescued
by helicopter.
125539 crashed SW of Wrightwood in San Gabriel Mountain, CA Feb 2, 1957. Pilot killed.
125544 (VMF-311) hit by small arms fire and ditched near
friendly territory Jul 17, 1953. Pilot sustained minor injuries.
125557 (VF-153) shot down by AAA Jul 20, 1953. Pilot KIA
125573 (VF-153 attached to USS Princeton (CVA-37)) ditched due to low fuel Jun 13, 1953. Pilot
rescued by helicopter.
125578 ditched into Long Island Sound Dec 20, 1951 due to engine flameout while on test flight from Grumman.
Pilot was uninjured.
125595 (VA-52) crashed into mountain Jan 28, 1955. Pilot killed.
125598 appeared in the motion picture *Bridges Of Toko-Ri*
125649 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 413
125650/125651 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
MSN 415/416. Fighter-bomber version
125652 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 418
125653/125654 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
Fighter-bomber version
125653 MSN 419
125654 MSN 421
125655 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 422
125656/125657 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
MSN 424/425. Fighter-bomber version
125658 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
MSN 427
125659/125662 McDonnell F2H-2B Banshee
Fighter-bomber version
125659 MSN 428
125660/125661 MSN 430/431
125662 MSN 433
125663/125679 McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
125663 MSN 434
125664 MSN 436
125665/125666 MSN 438/439
125667 MSN 441
125668 MSN 443
125669/125670 MSN 445/446
125671/125672 MSN 448/449
125673 MSN 451
125674 MSN 453
125675 MSN 455
125676 MSN 457
125677 MSN 459. To NAF China Lake by Sep 1956. SOC at NAS China Lake Dec 17, 1958
125678/125679 MSN 461/462
125680/125706 McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee
Reconnaissance version
125680 MSN 308
125681 MSN 315
125682 MSN 321
125683 MSN 324
125684 MSN 329
125684 MSN 329 (VMJ-1) hit by AAA and crashed on landing at K-14 Aug 29, 1952. Pilot uninjured.
125685 MSN 333
125686 MSN 336
125687 MSN 339
125688 MSN 342 (VF-11) shot down by AAA near Wonsan, Korea Jan 23, 1953.
125689 MSN 345
125690 MSN 348 owned by National Warplane Museum, Genesco, NY.
Noted Sep 2006 at Wings of Eagles Discovery Museum, Elmira, NY. In 2012 was at Pima Air Museum.
On loan from the Marine Corps Museum at Quantico, Virginia.
125691 MSN 351
125692 MSN 354
125693 MSN 357
125694 MSN 361
125695 MSN 364
125696 MSN 368
125697 MSN 371
125698 MSN 374
125699 MSN 377
125700 MSN 380
125701 MSN 384
125702 MSN 387
125703 MSN 390
125704 MSN 393
125705 MSN 396
125706 MSN 399
125707/125764 Douglas AD-4N Skyraider
MSN 7600/7657
125709 (VC-35) vanished during night mission Jan 28, 1953.
125710 (VC-35 attached to USS Essex (CVA-9)) hit by AA and ditched near Yang-do Aug 8, 1952. Crew of 3
rescued.
125712 (VC-35) bad takeoff from USS Kearsarge CV-33 Oct 5, 1952.
125714 (MSN 7607) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125714
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.16. Delivered Jun 10, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 Jun 1960. Callsign F-TFQO; code 20-QO. W/o Apr 4, 1963
125715 (MSN 7608) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125715
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.13. Delivered May 23, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 May 1960. Callsign F-TFQL; code 20-QL
Assigned to EC 2/20 Feb 1963. Callsign F-TFQO; code 20-QO
Assigned to GC 3/20 Nov 1963. Callsign F-TGFC; code 20-FC
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
To Royal Khmer Air Force / Aviation Royale Khmère as 125715. Delivered Nov 24, 1964
125716 (MSN 7609) to USN Apr 27, 1952. To storage at Litchfield Park, AZ 1958.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125716
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.11. Delivered May 27, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 May 1960. Callsign F-TFQJ; code 20-QJ
Assigned to EC 2/20 Nov 1962. Callsign F-TFQL; code 20-QL
Assigned to GC 3/20 Nov 1963. Callsign F-TGFX; code 20-FX
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base 3Apr64
Assigned to EAA 1/21 Jan 28, 1967
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Jun 24, 1969
Assigned to EAA 2/21 Apr 29, 1970. Callsign F-TGZC; code 21-ZC
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Jan 26, 1973
Assigned to EAA 1/22 Apr 1, 1974. Callsign F-UIDG; code 22-DG
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base 30Oct75. To GIA Dec 21, 1976
To Armée de l'Air Tchad / Chad Air Force Mar 1977 as 125716
Recovered from Chad and registered 21Aug89 as F-AZFN, current. Operated by Societe de Developpement
et de Promotion de l'Aviation
125717 (MSN 7610) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125717
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.4. Delivered Apr 21, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 Apr 1960. Callsign F-TFQC; code 20-QC
Assigned to EC 3/20 Sep 1963. Callsign F-TGFY; code 20-FY
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
Assigned to EC 2/21 Apr 5, 1966
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base May 6, 1968
Assigned to EC 2/21 Jan 16, 1969
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Sep 13, 1971
Assigned to EC 1/21 Apr 28, 1972. Callsign F-TFLF; code 21-LF. W/o Jul 24, 1972
125718 (MSN 7611) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125718
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.6. Delivered Apr 27, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 May 1960. Callsign F-TFQE; code 20-QE
Assigned to GC 3/20 Dec 1963
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base 3pr 3, 1964
Assigned to EC 1/21 Mar 23, 1966. Callsign F-TFLH; code 21-LH
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Aug 28, 1968
Assigned to EC 1/21 Oct 1, 1968. Callsign F-TFLH; code 21-LH
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Jan 6, 1972
Assigned to ELAA 1/22 Jun 18, 1973
Assigned to EAA 1/22 Apr 1, 1974. Callsign F-UIDF; code 22-DF. WFU Aug 18, 1975 at N'Djamena, Chad
125719 (MSN 7612) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125719
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.89. Delivered Jun 28, 1961
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Jun 28, 1961
Assigned to EC 1/20 Feb 2, 1963. Callsign F-TFLL; code 20-LL
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Oct 31, 1963. WFU May 30, 1964
125721 (MSN 7614) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125721
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.8. Delivered May 6, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 May 1960. Callsign F-TFQG; code 20-QG
Assigned to EC 2/20 Oct 1962. Callsign F-TFQH; code 20-QH
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Oct 21, 1963
To Royal Khmer Air Force / Aviation Royale Khmère as 125721. Delivered Nov 24, 1964
125722 (MSN 7615) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French AF.
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125722
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.9. Delivered May 19, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 May 1960. Callsign F-TFQH; code 20-QH
Assigned to EC 3/20 Oct 1963. Callsign F-TGFW; code 20-FW
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
To Royal Khmer Air Force / Aviation Royale Khmère as 125722. Delivered Nov 24, 1964
125724 (MSN 7617) Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125724
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.23. Delivered Sep 13, 1960
Assigned to EC 1/20 Sep 1960. Callsign F-TFLJ; code 20-LJ
Assigned to EC 3/20 Dec 1962. Callsign F-TGFK; code 20-FK
Assigned to GC 3/20 Nov 1, 1963. Callsign F-TGFK; code 20-FK
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
To Royal Khmer Air Force / Aviation Royale Khmère as 125724. Delivered Nov 24, 1964
125728 (MSN 7621) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125728
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.10. Delivered May23, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 May60. Callsign F-TFQI; code 20-QI. W/o Oct 23, 1960
125732 (MSN 7625) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125732
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.27. Delivered Jul 27, 1960
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Jul 27, 1960. Operated by Centre d'Essais en Vol [CEV] / Flight
Test Center - Cazaux.
Assigned to EC 3/20 Jan 6, 1961. Callsign F-TGFK; code 20-FK. W/o Jun 17, 1963
125734 (MSN 7627) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125734
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.24. Delivered Jul 7, 1960
Assigned to EC 1/20 Jul 1960. Callsign F-TFLA; code 20-LA
Assigned to EC 1/20 Jun 1963. Callsign F-TFLO; code 20-LO
Assigned to GC 3/20 Dec 1963. Callsign F-TGFV; code 20-FV
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
To Royal Khmer Air Force / Aviation Royale Khmère as 125734. Delivered Nov 24, 1964
125735 (MSN 7628) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125735
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.40. Delivered Oct 19, 1960
Assigned to EC 3/20 Oct60. Callsign F-TGFA; code 20-FA
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base 28Oct63
Assigned to GM 2/21 23Apr64
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base 3Jun64 for storage. WFU Sep 10, 1965
125738 (VC-35 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) lost radio contact Jul 14, 1953. 3 crew MIA
125739 (MSN 7632) reported 1979 at Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT. In 2009 was at China Lake NWS, CA, on loan
from National Naval Aviation Museum.
125740 (MSN 7733) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125740
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.12. Delivered May 27, 1960
Assigned to EC 2/20 May 1960. Callsign F-TFQK; code 20-QK. W/o May 7, 1962
125741 (MSN 7634) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125741
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.86. Delivered Jul 25, 1961
Assigned to EC 3/20 Jun 1963. Callsign F-TGFZ; code 20-FZ
Assigned to GC 3/20 Nov 1, 1963. Callsign F-TGFZ; code 20-FZ
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
Assigned to EAA 1/21 Oct 8, 1968. Callsign F-TFLP; code 21-LP. Crashed Dec 30, 1970 at Djibouti
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Mar 9, 1971
Assigned to EAA 1/21 Nov 23, 1971. Callsign F-TFLP; code 21-LP. Accident Jun 6, 1972; WFU Aug 20, 1972
125742/125764 converted to AD-4NA. These were redesignated A-1D in 1962.
125742 (AD-4NA, VF-54 attached to USS Valley Forge (CVA-45)) hit by AAA Jun 3, 1953 and pilot bailed
out near Sin-Do Island, Wonsan Harbor, Korea. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
125744 (MSN 7637) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125744
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.26. Delivered Jul 13, 1960
Assigned to EC 1/20 Jul 1960. Callsign F-TFLD; code 20-LD
Assigned to EAA 1/21 Nov 28, 1963. Callsign F-TFLY; code 21-LY
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Aug 10, 1965
Assigned to EAA 1/21 Sep 14, 1966
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Aug 9, 1969
Assigned to ELAA 1/22 Jun 24, 1970
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Jun 28, 1973. WFU Feb 3, 1976
Probable sale to Jack Spanich Dec 1976, ntu
Returned to French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125744
125746 (MSN 7639) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125746
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.31. Delivered Sep 20, 1960
Assigned to EC 1/20 Sep 1960. Callsign F-TFLM; code 20-LM
Assigned to EC 3/20 Apr 1963. Callsign F-TGFA; code 20-FA
Assigned to GC 3/20 Nov 1, 1963. Callsign F-TGFA; code 20-FA
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 3, 1964
To Royal Khmer Air Force / Aviation Royale Khmère as 125746. Delivered Nov 24, 1964
125749 (MSN 7642) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125749
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.76. Delivered May 9, 1961
Assigned to EC 3/20 May 1961. Callsign F-TGFW; code 20-FW
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Oct 28, 1963. WFU May 30, 1964
125754 (AD-4NA, VF-194 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) ditched after bad takeoff from USS Boxer CVA-21
Jun 15, 1953. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
125755 (MSN 7648) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125755
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.32. Delivered Sep 20, 1960
Assigned to EC 1/20 Sep 1960. Callsign F-TFLL; code 20-LL
Assigned to EAA 1/21 Nov 25, 1963. Callsign F-TFLU; code 21-LU
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base Apr 10, 1967
Assigned to EAA 2/21 Aug 11, 1967. W/o Jun 30, 1969
125756 (AD-4NA, VF-194 attached to USS Boxer (CVA-21)) hit by AAA May 17, 1953 and ditched offshore
from Tanchon, Korea. Pilot rescued by helicopter.
125757 (VA-155 attached to USS Princeton (CVA-37)) crashed at sea Jul 12, 1953. Pilot killed.
125759 (VA-95, attached to USS Philippine SEA (CVA-47)) hit by AAA Feb 26, 1953 and crash landed
in friendly territory.
125762 (MSN 7655) Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Ferried to NAS Norfolk, VA, for collection by the French AF.
To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air as 125762
Modified upon arrival in France by SFERMA in Bordeaux; allocated SFERMA line number No.39. Delivered Oct 5, 1960
Assigned to EC 1/20 Oct 1960. Callsign F-TFLQ; code 20-LQ
Assigned to EC 3/20 Mar 1963. Callsign F-TGFI; code 20-FI
Assigned to GC 3/20 Nov 1, 1963. Callsign F-TGFI; code 20-FI
Assigned to EAA 601, Châteaudun Air Base 3Apr 3, 1964
To Royal Khmer Air Force / Aviation Royale Khmère as 125762. Delivered Nov 24, 1964
125765/125782 Douglas AD-4W Skyraider
MSN 7658/7675
125772 to Fleet Air Arm as Skyraider AEW.1 WV183
125783/125882 Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight
MSN 7977/8076
Redesignated EF-10B in 1962.
125786 (VMCJ-1) crashed in Vietinam Mar 24, 1967. Both crew killed.
125793 (VMCJ-1) crashed in Vietnam Jul 17, 1968. Both crew killed
125806 (VMCJ-1) crashed into sea off Da Nang, Vietnam Jul 31, 1965.
Both crew killed.
125807 (MSN 8001) initially flew with Navy Fighter Squadrons. After an Overhaul and Repair (O&R) period in 1955,
it became an F3D-2T2 radar-operator trainer, training fighter pilots in radar intercept missions. Its final
Navy assignment was as a research and development aircraft at Naval Air Facility China
Lake, (Inyokern) California with periodic visits to O&R facilities. In September 1962, the aircraft was
re-designated a TF-10B. Its naval service ended in 1968. Transferred to the Raytheon Company and used for
missile development. Had a fuel cell failure in 1981 while flying out of Holloman AFB,
NM, made a gear up landing and never flew again. Was cannibalized
for spare parts until trucked to the Air Combat Museum, Topeka, Kansas in 1990.
The aircraft is painted in Korean War markings of Marine Corps Night Fighter Squadron VMF(N)-513,
the Flying Nightmares, but this particular Skyknight never flew with the Marine Corps.
125817 (VMF-513) lost Jun 4, 1953.
125818 (VMCJ-3) crashed at MCAS El Toro Aug 19, 1963
125831 (VMCJ-1) crashed into sea 15 mi N of Da Nang, Vietnam Jan 16, 1968. Both
crew killed.
125850 on display at Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA, on loan from National Museum of USAF.
Being restored in 2014.
125870 converted to F3D-2T2. to NAF R&D China Lake ca 1959. Reported 2009 to be at Korean War Memorial,
Lakewood, CA painted as 127039.
125883/125892 Douglas F3D-3 Skyknight
Contract cancelled
125893/125912 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125896 with VMF-122 (LC-11) in 1952-1953
125913/125948 Grumman F9F-4 Panther
Many delivered as F9F-5.
125925 seen 2006 in restoration hangar of Valiant Air Command museum, Titusville, FL
125942 (F9F-5) with VF-813 at NARTU Minneapolis
125949/126256 Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125963 (VF-122 attached to USS Oriskany (CVA-34)) crashed at sea due to flameout Apr 13, 1953. Pilot MIA
125967 (VF-783 (VA-121) attached to USS Oriskany (VA-34)) hit by AAA and ditched in Wonsan harbor
Jan 18, 1953. Pilot rescued by helicopter
125974 with VMF-122 (LC-6) in 1952-1953
125975 (VF-51) ditched in Sea of Japan after takeoff from USS Valley Forge (CVA-45) Feb 24, 1953.
Pilot rescued by Navy helicopter Ho3S-1 from USS Los Angeled (CA-135)
125992 to VMF 224 in 1952. To NAS Atsugi and Yokosuka in 1953. to NAS Alamada and MCAS El Toro and
ended up in Naval Reserve NAS Minneapolis. Retured Jul 1959. For a couple of
decades locate at Winona's Lake Park. Moved to Max Conrad Field in 1980s. Moved to Bowling
Green-Warren County RAP in Jan 2008 for restoration for Aviation Heritage Park. In 2012 was
on display at Aviation Heritage Park, Bowling Green, Kentucky, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
126000 appeared in *Bridges of Toko-Ri*
126002 (VMF-311) fuel starvation due to bad weather and crashed
near K-3 May 6, 1953. Pilot killed.
126006 (VMF-311) pilot bailed out over Sea of Japan near Pusan, Korea Jul 17, 1953.
126032 (VMF-311) list in operational accident in South Korea Mar 13, 1953. Pilot survived
126041 (VMF-311) pilot bailed out over Sea of Japan near Pusan, Korea Jul 17, 1953. Pilot KIA
126043 to NAF China Lake by Nov 1955-Jun 1956
126049 with VMF-122 (LC-2) in 1952-1953
126050 with VMF-122 (LC-23) in 1952-1953
126073 (VMF-311) ammo caught fire due to blast from another
aircraft Jul 17, 1953. Pilot uninjured.
126081 (VMF-311) crash landed due to battle damage Mar 23, 1953. Pilot uninjured.
126091 in midair collision with 125304 3 mi SW of MCAS Cherry Point, NC Feb 1, 1955. Both pilots ejected safely
126099 (VF-51 attached to USS Valley Forge (CVA-45)) shot down by AAA S of Wonsan, North Korea Mar 9, 1953.
Pilot KIA.
126109 (VMF-311) hit by small arms fire and landed at K-13 on
fire Feb 16, 1953. Pilot was Ted Williams, the famous baseball player, and was uninjured.
126124 (VF-153) crashed into Sea of Japan on takeoff from USS Princeton (CVA-37) and sank right
away Apr 25, 1953. Pilot killed.
126152 (VF-781 attached to USS Oriskany (CVA-34)) hit by AAA and ditched in Wonsan Harbor, Korea,
Feb 2, 1953. Pilot rescued.
126159 (VA-153) hit by AAA Apr 21, 1953
and ditched in Wonsan Harbor, Korea.
126189 (VMF-311) ditched due to fuel starvation in bad weather
near Kangea, Korea May 6, 1953. Pilot rescued by helicopter
126190 (VF-51 attached to USS Valley Forge (CVA-45)) hit by AAA near Kowon, North Korea Apr 1, 1953.
Able to fly out to sea where pilot ejected and
was rescued, but suffered back injury.
126203 (VF-153 attached to USS Princeton (CVA-37)) hit by AAA, ditched in Sea of Japan and
disintegrated on impact May 6, 1953
126204 (VF-111) ran out of fuel and ditched at sea Jun 19, 1953.
126213 (VF-153) ditched May 6, 1953 near Tanchon, Korea.
126219 (VF-122) crashed on takeoff from USS Oriskany CVA-34 Mar 22, 1953. Pilot MIA
126225 appeared in the motion picture *Bridges Of Toko-Ri*
126226 This aircraft flew combat missions over North Korea with US Navy Fighter Squadron VF-51, the
Screaming Eagles, from 2 January until 5 March 1953, when it was damaged in a barrier engagement
during a carrier landing. VF-51 was attached to Carrier Air Group FIVE aboard the USS VALLEY FORGE (CVA-45).
On display in 1977 in Riverview Park, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Put on display at the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS in 1983. Still there Mar 2009. On loan from National
Naval Aviation Museum.
126250 (VF-154) hit side of mountain in Korea Apr 23, 1953.