30147 Douglas R4D-1
Diverted to Navy from USAAF contract, formerly 41-18363 (MSN 4401). 61st TCG at Pope Field Ft Bragg NC US was
damaged 01Jul42 because of a mechanical failure during landing at Lawson Field Ft Benning GHome based at
South Plains AFS Lubbock TX US damaged in another landing accident 08Jan43 Next attached to 15th TCS 61st TCG
at So Plains AFS Lubbock TX US damaged in a taxi accident 16Feb43 Next 26Jul43 while attached to 307th TCS
10th TCG at Lawson Field Ft Benning GA US was seriously damaged in a landing accident at Columbus Muscogee
Co Airport
30148/30150 Lockheed R5O-5
Model 18-56 Lodestar airraft ordered by Netherlands East Indies AF but impressed by US Navy before
completion and finished as fourteen-seat staff transports
30148 (MSN 18-2184) to NEIAF as LT9-33 but NTU, and delivered to US Navy as 30148. To NC5202N/N5202N.
Converted to 18-56. To N88H. Cancelled Aug 11, 1970
30149 (MSN 18-2178) to NEIAF as LT9-27 but NTU, and delivered to US Navy as 30149.To N1813N, N7834, N177L.
Converted to BACC HW250 Tri-Gear Jun 11, 1965. Last reported at Planes of Fame Air Museum,
Chino, California.
30150 (MSN 18-2185) to NEIAF as LT9-34 but NTU, and delivered to US Navy as 30150. To PP-1AA, N3946C, N46P,
N46WT, N1NF. Converted to 18-56 Jul 2, 1982. Cancelled as scrapped May 9, 1997.
30151 Grumman J4F-2
Model G-44 Widgeon, MSN 1270. WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civilian registry as N58832 Nov 1946, N79905 in 1954, N23456 Jun 7, 1963.
To N1270 Feb 1978. To N23456 again Nov 1991. Cancelled as expired Dec 31, 2012.
30152/30196 Goodyear ZNP-K
30152/30157 K-30/K-35 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 425,000 cu ft K series patrol airship
30158/30196 K-36/K-74 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 416,000 cu ft K series patrol airship
30158 (K-36) assigned to ZP-38 at NAS Moffett Field, CA, named "Hawk Shaw"
30161 (K-39) assigned to NAS Tillamook, on Jan 4, 1944 order to Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Quillayute for
emergency landing because of bad weather. Blimp broke away from ground landing party and crashed into
the trees 1 mi N of the station. Blimp was a total loss.
30165 (K-43) retired Mar 19, 1959, last K-ship in service.
30168 (K-46) assigned to ZP-21 at NAS Richmond, FL
30169 (K-47) assigned to ZP-32 at NAS Moffett Field, CA, named "Early ETA"
30171 (K-49) Assigned to ZP-14 at NAS Weeksville, NC. Deflated in dock Apr 29, 1944.
30175 (K-53) flew into water Jul 7, 1944. One crewman was killed.
30177 (K-55) assigned to ZP-32 at NAS Moffett Field, CA, named "Royal Flush"
30178 (K-56) assigned to ZP-22 at NAS Houma, LA. On Apr 21, 1944, when southeast door of the blimp hangar
goes inoperable it is chained open. A gust of wind carries K-56 out into the night. It travels 4.5
miles and crashes into trees. K-56 is salvaged and sent to Goodyear at Akron, OH where it is repaired
and returned to service.
30179 (K-57) assigned to ZP-22 at NAS Houma, LA. On Apr 21, 1944, when southeast door of the blimp hangar
goes inoperable it is chained open. A gust of wind carries K-57 out into the night. It travels 4 miles
from the station, where it explodes and burns.
30180 (K-58) assigned to ZP-12 at NAS Lakehurst, NJ. On May 6, 1945, assisted K-16 in sinking U-853 east of
Long Island, NY.
30184 (K-62) assigned to ZP-22 at NAS Houma, LA. On Apr 21, 1944, when southeast door of the blimp hangar
goes inoperable it is chained open. A gust of wind carries K-62 out into the night. It fetches against
high-tension power lines a quarter-mile away and burns.
30185 (K-63) assigned to ZP-32 at NAS Moffett Field, CA, named "Maggie"
30186 (K-64) assigned to ZP-12. Collided with K-7 in poor visibility off Barnegat Inlet, NJ, crashed and sank
into the sea but with one survivor.
30190 (K-68) assigned to ZP-51 at Trinidad, BWI. On Aug 6, 1943 assisted in sinking of U-615. K-68 was then
out of fuel and ditched on an island, but no one was lost.
30191 (K-69) assigned to ZP-14, NAS Weeksville, NC.
30193 (K-71) assigned to NAS Tillamook. On Nov 20, 1943 made emergency landing in Canada.
30194 (K-72) assigned to ZP-14 at NAS Weeksville, NC. On Apr 18, 1945, possibly sank unknown U-boat (probably
U-857 or U-879) off Cape Hatteras, NC
30195 (K-73) assigned to ZP-42 at NAS Richmond, FL. Was first K-ship to deploy to South America.
30196 (K-74) shot down by machine gunfire while attacking submarine U-134 night of July 18-19, 1943.
Lost control and crashed into sea. Was only blimp shot down during the warl
30197/30296 Piper HE-1
Redesignated AE-1 when H designation was assigned to helicopters.
Model J5C. MSN 5-1400/5-1499
30201 (MSN 5-1404) to Uruguay in 1944 as FAU 502
30204 (MSN 5-1407) to N65925, current
30205 (MSN 5-1408) used as ambulance plane
30207 (MSN 5-1410) to N3044L, current
30208 (MSN 5-1411) registered N62032, cancelled Jun 22, 1973
30213 (MSN 5-1416) to N66545, current. Airworthiness certificated issued May 28, 1956
30217 (MSN 5-1420) to N62075 Jun 26, 1956, cancelled Aug 5, 2013
30219 (MSN 5-1422) to N705E, cancelled Feb 20, 2013. Airworthiness certificate issued Feb 27, 1956
30223 (MSN 5-1426) to N66512, current
30224 (MSN 5-1427) to N52920, current. Airworthiness certificate issued Oct 22, 1956
30226 (MSN 5-1429) to N5039V, cancelled Aug 20, 2013. Airworthiness certificated issued Jun 6, 1956
30231 (MSN 5-1434) to N9880H, current
30232 (MSN 5-1435) to N7JS, current
30233 (MSN 5-1436) to N68931, current. Airworthiness certificate issued Jun 11, 1956
30235 (MSN 5-1438) to N49722, current. Airworthiness certificate issued Apr 4, 1957
30240 (MSN 5-1443) to Uruguay in 1944 as FAU 503.
30245 (MSN 5-1448) registered N62026 Jun 18, 1956, cancelled Mar 28, 1957
30241 (MSN 5-1444) to N62059, cancelled Aug 5, 2013
30246 (MSN 5-1449) to Uruguay in 1944 as FAU 504
30247 (MSN 5-1450) to N73557, revoked
30248 (MSN 5-1451) to Dominican Republic Dec 1943 as FAD 19. To N4722C, cancelled Mar 3, 2011
30249 (MSN 5-1452) to N74669, cancelled May 8, 2013. Airworthiness certificate issued Apr 9, 1956
30250 (MSN 5-1453) to Uruguay in 1944 as FAU 505
30252 (MSN 5-1455) to N68911, revoked
30253 (MSN 5-1456) by Aug 1998 had become N68490, current.
30256 (MSN 5-1459) registered N5408N, cancelled May 2, 1973
30258 (MSN 5-1461) to N65940, expiered Jun 30, 2013. Airworthiness certificate issued Jun 16, 1956
30261 (MSN 5-1464) to N63557, cancelled May 19, 1980
30262 (MSN 5-1465) registered N63557, current
30265 (MSN 5-1468) to N62028, revoked
30270 (MSN 5-1473) to N9993H, current. Airworthiness certificate issued Sep 29, 1953
30271 (MSN 5-1474) to N4769C, current
30272 (MSN 5-1475) to N68287, current. Airworthiness certificate issued Feb 21, 1958
30274 (MSN 5-1477) became NC62073, then N62073, and was then to have become
ZK-USN, but NTU. Became G-BWUG Jun 21, 1996, cancelled on export to USA Nov 8, 2000 as N203SA. Cancelled
on export to France Dec 12, 2011 as F-AZTY
30275 (MSN 5-1478) to N31289, current
30277 (MSN 5-1480) to N718E. Very questionable
30284 (MSN 5-1487) to N52955, current
30290 (MSN 5-1493) to N49387, expiered Oct 31, 2013. Airworthiness certificate issued Oct 18, 1955
30291 (MSN 5-1494) to N68295, revoked. DBR Jul 14, 1967 after engine failure at Seaside, Oregon
30292 (MSN 5-1495) to N62074, current
30296 (MSN 5-1499) to N9203H, current. Airworthiness certificate issued Nov 6, 1956
30297/30298 Cancelled contract for Curtiss XF14C-3
30299/31398 Consolidated Vultee TBY-2 Seawolf
Vought-Sikorsky XTBU-1 Sea Wolf production aircraft built by Consolidated-Vultee as the TBY-2 Sea Wolf
Only 30299/30367, 30369, 30371/30480 completed. Remainder cancelled.
30303 left gear collapsed at NAS Patuxent River, MD
Jul 16, 1945, major damage.
30314 ground-looped on cross-wind landing At NAS
Anacostia, DC Apr 15, 1946, minor damage.
30325 one-wheel landing at NAS Quonset Point, RI
Mar 11, 1946. Minor damage.
30338 in hard landing at NAS Patuxent River, MD Oct 5,1945,
Minor damage
30366 wheel came off on landing at NAS Norfolk, VA Jan 28, 1946,
Minor damage
30393 SOC after wheels-up landing at NAS Oceana, VA
Feb 2, 1946.
30395 damaged beyond repair after ground-looping
May 26, 1947.
30396 minor damage after taxi accident Jun 6, 1947.
30414 overshot runway during landing at Convair Field
Jul 18, 1945. 2 killed.
30447 SOC after forced wheels-up landing NAS Norfolk, VA
Feb 7, 1946.
30448 and 30444 in minor ground collision at NAS Memphis,
TN May 1, 1947.
30368 Sikorsky XHJS-1
serial reallocated from cancelled TBY-2 batch
30370 Sikorsky XHJS-1
serial reallocated from cancelled TBY-2 batch
30481/30542 Stinson AT-19
Serials allocated to AT-19 Reliants Lend-Lease planes
returned from Britain near the end of the war or shortly
thereafter. Serials reallocated from cancelled TBY-2 batch.
These may have been "paper" allocations only, and it is not
certain if any of these planes actually served with the Navy.
31399/31400 Columbia XJL-1
31399 prototype first flight Oct 25, 1946. Stored at NAS Norfolk, Virginia 1948-1958. To N54207 in 1958.
became N48RW Apr 1993; crashed Mar 12, 1997 at Camp Pendleton, CA
during attempted emergency landing. Under restoration in Palomar,
California as N54207
31400 second prototype first flight Dec 1946. Stored NAS Norflok, Virginia 1948-1958. To civil registry as
N54205 in 1958. Stored Ryan Field, Tucson, Arizona 1966-1972. Now on display at Pima Air and
Space Museum, Tucson, AZ since 1987.
31401/31402 Curtiss XBTC-1
Curtiss Model 96. Fitted with P&W R-4360 Wasp Major engine. A minor change in engine dash number changed the
Navy designation from XBTC-1 to XBTC-2. First one flew Jul 1946.
31403/31502 Allied LRA-1
Allied Aviation Corporation Model LRA amphibious transport glider. Contract cancelled.
31413 was to be completed as LRA-2, but also cancelled.
31503/31504 Allied XLR2A-1
Allied Aviation Corporation proposed development of the Model LRA amphibious transport glider. Not built
31505/31506 Pratt-Read XLNE-1
Gould Aeronautical Division of the Pratt-Read Piano Company of Deep River, Connecticut PR-G1 side-by-side primary glider trainer.
31505 (NX41802) destroyed in stress testing at Naval Aviation
Modification Unit, Philadelphia Navy Yard, probably by 1945.
31506 to civil registry as CF-ZCC, N4476U. Currently on exhibit
at Wings of Eagles Discovery Center (formerly National
Warplane Museum) Elmira Corning RAP, NY
31507/31585 Pratt-Read LNE-1
Gould Aeronautical Division of the Pratt-Read Piano Company of Deep River, Connecticut PR-G1
side-by-side primary glider trainer
31507 destroyed in fatal accident at Elmira, NY Aug 17, 1946
31508/31580 transferred to USAAF and redesignated TG-32 with serials 43-39509/39578
and 43-43329/43331. This was strictly an adminstrative
transfer and none were ever uncrated, assembled, or painted in USAAF colors.
All eventually were sent to RFC at Souther Field, GA and were sold (Norbert Wethington)
31508/31517 were shipped to Marine Corps at Parris Island, SSC, but most were never uncrated.
31508 to civil registry as N63170 with MSN 3. Currently being restored at Tehachapi, CA
31509 to civil registry as N63171 with MSN 4. Damaged carcass in storage
at Tehachapi, CA. Registration cancelled Oct 25, 1997.
31510 to civil registry as N63188. DBR sometime before 1955.
31513 to civil registry as N63174. Set world altitude record in civilian use Mar 21, 1952
of 44,255 feet. DBR sometime befor Jan 1, 1970.
31514 to civil registry as N63173 with MSN PRG01-9. Registration cancelled Oct 25, 1997
31518 to civil registry as N70353. Now at Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA
undergoing restoration.
31519 to civil registry as CF-ZPJ. DBR before 1959
31520 to civil registry as CF-ZCB.
31521 to civil registry as CF-ZAA, C-GTGO, N2565X. Registered with MSN 31521. Currently airworthy.
Seen in 2015 at Midden-Zeeland airfield, Netherlands
31522 to civil registry as N63196
31523 to civil registry as N69215 with MSN 01-11. Unvolved in storm chaser
project under a federal grant in 1946. Currently stored
at USAFM, WPAFB, OH. Registration cancelled Oct 15, 2012.
31524 to civil registry as N63468 with MSN PRG0119. Damaged carcass stored at
Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA. Registratin cancelled Nov 23, 1988.
31525 to civil registry as N63194 with MSN 21. Registratin cancelled May 18, 1981. Destryed in fire at San Diego,
CA before 1987. Cockpit reported in private storage in California.
31526 to civil registry as N63195 with MSN 22. Disintegrated in midair
Apr 25, 1955. Registration cancelled Apr 25, 2013.
31527 to civil registry as N60241. Currently being restored at Richmond Field, MI
31528 to civil registry as N63193 wit MSN PRG-01-23. Current.
31530 to civil registry as N63192 with MSN 25. Expired Sep 30, 2013. Seen in 2015 at Midden-Zeeland airfield, Netherlands
31532 to civil registry as N60998. Damaged carcass in storage at Tehachapi, CA
31533 to civil registry as N60242 with MSN 29. Flew in unofficial record
duration flight of 71 hours Jul 1961. Destroyed in a stall-spin
Sep 1961.
31535 to civil registry as N69845. Crashed in 1955.
31537 to civil registry as N56549 with MSN 33. On display at Hoosier Warbirds Museum, Auburn, IN
31538 to civil registry as N56548
31539 to civil registry as N53265. In accident at Hummingbird
Haven Apt, CA
31540 to civil registry as N60745 with MSN PRG01-35. Registration cancelled May 28, 1976. Formerly stored at National
Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL. Now on loan and
in storage at Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, AL
31541 to civil registry as N53336 with MSN PRG-01-136. Registration revoked.
31542 to civil registry as N68944 with MSN PRG-01-38. Stored at Silent Wings
Museum, Lubbock, TX. Registration cancelled Nov 12, 2013.
31543 to civil registry as N60432 with MSN 01-39. Registration expired Jun 30, 2011. Was stored at Wings of History
Museum, California Antique Aircraft Museum. Now in private
hands and stored at Tehachapi, CA
31544 to civil registry as N54094.
31546 to civil registry as N14Y with MSN 01-42. In accident Feb 1983 at Littlefield, TX. Registration expired
Dec 31, 2013.
31548 to civil registry as N69407. Crashed in Texas before Apr 1981
31549 to civil registry as N60894 with MSN 45. Destroyed in fire at Rockford, IL
airport Jul 20, 1989. Registration cancelled May 20, 1991.
31550 to civil registry as N64473 with MSN PRG-01-46. Registration cancelled Jun 6. 2013.
31554 to civil registry as N63172 with MSN PRG-01-49. Current
31556 (MSN 52) transferred to USAF as 43-39557. To civil registry as N60895 with MSN 51. Damaged carcass
formerly stored at New England Air Museum, CT, but now in private hands and stored at Lebanon, TN.
Cockpit only in QuestMasters Museum collection in Maryland.
31557 to civil registry as CF-ZCZ, N44799 with MSN 52. N44799 cancelled Oct 9, 2009.
31558 to civil registry as N93228 with MSN 53. Stored at Silent Wings Museum,
Lubbock, TX. Registration cancelled as destroyed Apr 30, 1993.
31559 to civil registry as N56659. Stored at Richmond Field,
Gregory, MI
31561 to civil registry as CF-ZAN, N5346G with MSN 31561. Now with National Soaring Museum, on loan to New England
Air Museum, Connecticut. Registration cancelled Dec 18, 2012.
31564 to civil registry as N63190. May have crashed near Bishop, CA
Dec 18, 1951.
31567 to civil registry as N63189.
31568 to civil registry as N56683 with MSN 63. Destroyed in fire at Rockford,
IL Apt Jul 20, 1989. Registration cancelled Jun 23, 1992.
31569 to civil registry as N87610 with MSN 64. Stored at Richmond Field, Gregory MI. Registration cancelled
Apr 26, 2013.
31570 to civil registry as N60999. Damaged carcass formerly
stored at New England Air Museum, CT but now in private
hands and stored at Lebanon, TN
31572 to civil registry as N56660 with MSN PRG-01-68. Currently exhibited at
Bonanzaville Air Museum, West Fargo, ND. Registration cancelled Jul 10, 1981.
31575 to civil registry as N60315
31576 to civil registry as N56693
31577 to civil registry, unknown N number. Damaged carcass
in storage at Richmond Field, Gregory MI
31578 to civil registry as N60235 with MSN PRG-01-73. On display at Aviation
Museum of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Registration cancelled Aug 19, 2013.
31581/31585 cancelled before completion
31586/31635 Snead LRH-1
Snead & Company Model LRH prototype amphibious transport glider. Production contract cancelled.
31636/31685 Fairchild Canada SBF-1 Helldiver
Curtiss SB2C-1C built under license by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd, Canada.
31636 Fairchild prototype. First flight Aug 28, 1943
31644 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
31645 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
31686/31835 Fairchild Canada SBF-3 Helldiver
Curtiss SB2C-3 built under license by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd, Canada
31836/31935 Fairchild Canada SBF-4E Helldiver
Curtiss SB2C-4E built under license by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd, Canada
31839 placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946. Sustained
light damage, retained for Test Baker
Placed aboard USS Sarataoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Baker Jul 25, 1946.
31840 placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946. Undamaged.
Destroyed aboard USS Saratoga during Baker nuclear test Jul 25, 1946
31843 placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946. Aircraft
completely demolished and jettisoned overboard.
31849 placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Aircraft completely demolished and was jettisoned overboard.
31850 placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
destroyed aboard USS Saratoga during Baker nuclear test Jul 25, 1946
31852 placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Aircraft missing after test, blown overboard.
31853 placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946. Sustained
light damage, retained for Test Baker.
Placed aboard USS Sarataoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Baker Jul 25, 1946.
31856 placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Aircraft completely demolished, jettisoned overboard.
31857 placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Aircraft missing after test, blown overboard.
31859 placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946. Sustained
light damage, retained for Test Baker.
Placed aboard USS Sarataoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Baker Jul 25, 1946.
31889 placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946. Undamaged.
Destroyed aboard USS Saratoga during Baker nuclear test Jul 25, 1946
31894 placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946. Undamaged.
Destroyed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) during Baker nuclear test Jul 25, 1946
31936/32335 Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Model 32
32086, 32095, 32096 converted to XPB4Y-2 Privateer.
31936 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23826). SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946.
31937 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23827) used for experiment and development, NAS Anacostia, DC.
SOC at NAS Jacksonville Aug 8, 1945. Also listed with VB-4 OTU#1 and suffered mishap and SOC Oct 31, 1944.
31938 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23926). SOC at NAS Kaneohe, HI Oct 31, 1945
31939 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23927). SOC Oct 31, 1945
31940 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23946). SOC at NAS Pensacola, FL Jan 31, 1945. With VMD-254 then to VB-4 OTU#1 at NAS Hutchinson, KS.
Undershot landing, SOC as DBR Jul 31, 1945
31941 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23947). Overshot runway on takeoff with VP-82 from
NAAS Camp Kearney, CA Sep 16, 1944. Not repaired and SOC Sep 30, 1944 with VPB-121
31942 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23993). Damaged in taxiing accident with FAW-5 at NAS Norfolk, VA Dec 1944.
SOC Jan 31, 1945 with FAW-5
31943 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23994). SOC Aug 8, 1945 at NAS Jacksonville, FL
31944 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23995). SOC Aug 8, 1945 with FAW-5. SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets
Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
31945 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-23996). SOC Jul 31, 1946 at NAS San Diego, CA
31946 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24049). Suffered some airborne damage with VPB-122 Jul 31, 1945
and declared uneconomical to repair Aug 8, 1945.
31947 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24050) MIA with VB-101 on mission to Bougainville Mar 5,1943. SOC Mar 26, 1943 with VB-101
31948 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24051) with VP-51 shot down by Japanese fighters off coast of Southern Bougainville Island
Feb 14, 1943. SOC Apr 31, 1943
31949 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24088) with VB-4 OTU#1 in accident (maybe a taxiing accident with 31957) at NAS Hutchinson, KS
Nov 1944. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
31950 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24053) MIA with VB-101 on mission to Kahilli airfield, Ballale Airfield and Vila airfield
Mar 5, 1943.
31951 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24083) with VP-51, VB-101, VD-5. Turned over to Naval Air Technical Training Center,
NAS Jacksonville, FL Sep 1944 and used in ground-based training and SOC Sep 30, 1944.
31952 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24084, VB-102) shot down by enemy fighters Jul 17, 1943 South Pacific. 11 MIA
31953 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24086) ) with VPB-121 damaged by high winds at NAS San Diego, CA Nov 11, 1944.
SOC Jan 31, 1945.
31954 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24087)
31955 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24115)
31956 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24116) with VB-4 OTU#1 declared in excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
31957 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24117) with VP-51 then to VB-4 OTU#1 at NAS Hutchinson, KS. Probably involved in taxiing accident
with 31949. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945
31958 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24118, VMD-154) crashed after takeoff from Espiritu Santo Island Feb 7, 1943. 12 killed.
31959 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24131) with VPB-122 declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
31960 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24132) with VB-4 OTU#1 declared in excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
31961 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24133) to FAW-5 and declared obsolete and SOC Apr 30, 1945
31962 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24134) with VMD-154 then to VB-4 OTU#1 at NAS Hutchinson, KS. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
31963 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24176) Originally with FAW-14, to Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS Jacksonville, FL
and SOC Apr 11, 1944
31964 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24177)
31965 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24178). to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz
Feb 19, 1946
31966 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24208) with VD-1 damaged at Koli Point, Guadalcanal. SOC Apr 11, 1944
31967 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24209) originally attached to VD-1, transferred to FAW-14 HEDRON Dec 1944.
Declared excess Jun 30, 1945 and broken up for spare parts.
31968 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24210) with VB-4 OTU#1 in taxiing accident at NAS Hutchinson, KS Nov 1944.
Declared obsolete and SOC Jan 31, 1945
31969 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24240) with FAW-2 Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON)at NAS Kaneohe, Hawii when SOC Apr 5, 1944.
31970 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24241) with VP-51 shot down by Japanese fighters off coast of Southern Bougainville Island
Feb 14, 1943.
31971 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24242) SOC Oct 31, 1944.
31972 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24271) with VPB-115 declared excess at NAS Whidbey Island, WA Aug 31, 1945.
31973 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24272) with VB-4 OTU#1 declared in excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
31974 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24303). With FAW-1 Jan 1943, to VP-14 Aug 1944, to VB-4 OTU#4. Declared excess Jul 13, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
31975 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24304) with VPB-122 declared excess Jul 31, 1945
31976 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24305) with VB-4 OTU#1 named "Spirit of '76" SOC Jan 31, 1945.
31977 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24306) with VB-4 OTU#1 declared in excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
31978 (ex USAAF B-24D 41-24307) VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
31979 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40083) with VB-4 OTU#1 SOC Jan 31, 1945.
31980 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40084, VD-1) nosewheel collapsed during landing 7/24/1943, Kali Field,
Guadalcanal, South Pacific. No injuries, but aicraft was SOC.
31981 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40085, VD-1) crashed on non-combat mission 2/10/1944, South Pacific. No fatalities.
31982 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40086) originally with VD-1 and then to VB-4 OTU #2 at
NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
31983 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40087) with VB-4 OTU#1 in taxiing accident at NAS Hutchinson, KS Nov 1944.
Declared obsolete and SOC Jan 31, 1945
31984 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40118)
31985 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40119) with VMD-254 then to VB-4 OTU#1 at NAS Hutchinson, KS. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945
31986 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40120). SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. with VMD-154 then to VB-4 OTU#1 at NAS Hutchinson, KS.
Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
31987 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40121) was attached to VD-5 Feb 1943 to Sep 1944 at which time it was transferred to
FAW-14 HEDRON and SOC Sep 30, 1944
31988 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40122) with FAW-14 HEDRON damaged during takeoff at NAS San Diego, CA Jul 15, 1944.
Deemed unfit for repair and SOC Aug 31, 1944.
31989 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40151, VB-102) crashed after takeoff 8 miles from Kaneohe Bay 4/7/1943. 9 killed
31990 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40152) with FAW-2 Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON) struck by taxying SBD at NAS Kaneohe,
Hawaii Feb 26, 1944. PB4Y was lost.
31991 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40153). SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. with FAW-2 then FAW-14 then in Apr 1945
to VB-4 OTU#1 at NAS Hutchinson, KS. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
31992 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40154, VB-102) missing on patrol mission 7/6/1943,
South Pacific. Lt Cmdr Bruce Avery Van Vorrhis received the
Medal of Honor for this mission.
31993 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40155) with FAW-5 then to VB-4 OTU#2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC as excess Dec 31, 1944
31994 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40187) with VMD-154 then to VB-4 OTU#1 at NAS Hutchinson, KS. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945
31995 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40188, VD-1, "Hell's Angels") crashed on non-combat mission 12/14/1944,
NAAS Kearney Field, CA. SOC, no fatalities.
31996 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40189, VPB-102) declared obsolete and SOC Dec 31, 1944.
31997 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40190, VD-1) ditched off Koli Point, Guadalcanal, South Pacific 9/19/1943 due to engine
failure. 3 killed.
31998 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40191) originally attached to VD-1, then to VPB-122 then to VPB-124, then to FAW-14
HEDRON Jan 1945. Declared excess Jun 30, 1945 and SOC Aug 8, 1945.
31999 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40228, VMD-254) landing gear collapsed on landing,
Guadalcanal, South Pacific 3/3/1944. SOC, no fatalities.
32000 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40224) Originally with VMD-254, to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32001 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40225) originally attached to VMD-254, transferred to FAW-14, declared excess Jul 31, 1945
and SOC.
32002 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40226) with VD-3 and possibly with VD-5. To FAW-14, then to VB-4 OTU. Declared
excess and SOC May 31, 1945.
32003 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40227) to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32004 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40259) originally with VMD-254 and then to FAW-14 Pool, then t VB-4 OTU #2 at N
AAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32005 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40260, VD-3) dove in and exploded Jul 7, 1943 Oahu, HI during aerial
gunnery practice. 11 killed.
32006 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40261)
32007 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40262) served with VD-3, VPB-115, VPB-120. With FAW-6, SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32008 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40263) with VB-4 OTU#2 NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC as excess Oct 31, 1944.
32009 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40258), with VPB-122 declared excess Jul 31, 1945
32010 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40264) SOC Jul 31, 1945
32011 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40270) originally with VD-4 then to VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL.
Sent to NAS Corpus Christi, TX where it was stripped for spare parts and SOC May 31, 1945
32012 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40271, VB-104) "Jungle Fever" reported down on search mission over enemy
territory 11/15/1943, Guadalcanal area. 8 MIA.
32013 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40272) earlier flown with VPB-103 and reassigned to FAW-5 based at NAS Norfolk, VA.
Swerved off runway on landing at NAS Chincoteague, VA and hit truck 4/4/1944. SOC, no fatalities.
32014 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40273, VB-103) hit ridge on Steeperton Tor, Dartmoor, Devon, SW UK during training mission
from Dunkeswell, Devon Dec 3, 1943. 10 killed.
32015 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40275)
32016 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40276) gear collapsed on landing at Palmyra, South Pacific 2/26/1944. No crew injuries,
but aircraft SOC and was stripped for parts.
32017 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40277, VB-103) ran off end of runway during landing Apr 10, 1943, Mojave MCAS, CA. SOC.
VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32018 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40278) in landing accident at NAAS Chincoteague, VA 2/15/1945. Gear not locked down. SOC
Feb 28, 1945.
32019 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40274) with VD-3 shot down by enemy fighters 15 mi S of Kwajalein Jan 5, 1944. All 12
crew killed.
32020 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40257)
32021 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40279)
32022 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40282, VB-103) attacked by 6 JU-88s near Cape
Finisterrej, Spain Sep 4, 1943 and ditched at sea.
Crew picked up by fishing boat.
32023 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40283) originally with VPB-103. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32024 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40295) VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Aug 31, 1945.
32025 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40296, VB-113) crashed after takeoff on ferry flight
to US from St Mawgan, UK extended to Marrakech
12/28/1943. Crew of 11 killed.
32026 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40297, VB-105) forced landed at MCAS Cherry Point, NC
due to engine failure 6/13/1943. Pilot killed and 8 crew injured.
32027 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40298) SOC with FAW-5 Jul 31, 1945
32028 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40299)
32029 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40390)
32030 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40423). SOC with FAW-5 at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32031 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40281)
32032 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40429, VB-103) lost in combat mission Bay of Biscay
Nov 12, 1944. 10 MIA but sank U-508. There is a claim that the crew survived and were picked up by PBY.
32033 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40432, VB-103) MIA Bay of Biscay Sep 2, 1943. 9 MIA. Crew may
have been thrown off course by wrong radio signals
transmitted by RAF airfield.
32034 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40434) while serving with VB-111 went missing Oct 13, 1943
enroute from Labrador to Iceland. 11 MIA.
32035 (VB-113, ex USAF 42-40435) crashed on takeoff from RAF St. Mawgans Dec 28, 1943 on ferry back to USA.
All 12 on board killed.
32036 (ex USAAF 42-40436) force landed in field 3 mi SW of Valley, MS
6/11/1945 due to fuel exhaustion. SOC.
32037 (ex USAAF 41-40439, VB-103) stalled during turn, crashed, and burned
at sea off Buris Peninsula, Newfoundland Aug 7, 1943. 11 killed.
32038 (ex USAAF 41-40430, VB-105) overshot landing at RAF Talberny, UK and
gear collapsed Mar 17, 1944. SOC Mar 24, 1944, no fatalities.
32039 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40437, VB-103) overshot landing Sep 23, 1943 St. Eval, UK.
SOC, no fatalities.
32040 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40438, VB-103) force landed in field near Broad Clyst,
Devon after fuel exhaustion Dec 13, 1943. SOC, no fatalities. Plane was salvaged for spare parts.
32041 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40440, VB-105) crashed after takeoff Bermuda Jul 15, 1943.
Crew killed. Also listed as being SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to
Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32042 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40442, VB-105) crashed at sea off Bermuda 7/15/1943.
11 killed.
32043 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40204) lost Oct 13, 1943, Atlantic
32044 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40425)
32045 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40441) while awaiting reconditioning at NAAS Quonset Point, RI, declared excess
and stripped for spare parts and SOC May 31, 1945.
32046 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40443, VB-103) missing during convoy coverage in North Atlantic June 24, 1943.
10 MIA.
32047 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40446) VB-4 OTU#2 declared excess and SOC Apr 30, 1945
32048 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40561) with VB-104 crashed due to mechanical failure near Guadalcanal, Solomons
Sep 10, 1943. To Commander Air Forces, Pacific at Pearl Harbor. SOC Mar 31, 1945
32049 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40562)
32050 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40565)
32051 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40567)
32052 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40566, VB-107, "The Galloping Ghost") retracted gear during takeoff roll Parnamerim,
Natal, Brazil Oct 15, 1943. Demolished, no fatalities.
32053 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40395) assigned to FAW-5 at NAS Norfolk, VA. Crashed after takeoff from NAAS Chincoteague, VA
5/30/1944. 11 killed.
32054 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40570, VB-107) shot down by AAA during attack on U-boat U-598 Jul 23, 1943. All 12 crew killed.
U-598 was sunk
32055 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40564) was with VB-107, declared obsolete and turned over to FAW-5 and SOC Jan 31, 1945.
32056 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40571) crashed after takeoff from NAAS Chincoteague, VA
6/19/1944. 9 killed.
32057 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40572) declared obsolete with FAW-5 Jul 31, 1945
32058 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40573)
32059 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40574) SOC with HEDRON FAW-5 Jul 31, 1945
32060 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40575, VB-4 OTU#2) damaged in landing accident Sep 27, 1944
NAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC, no fatalities.
32061 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40578) originally with FAW-2, then to FAW-14. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32062 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40579) with VB-4 OTU#1 landed wheels-up at NAS Hutchinson, KS Sep 1, 1944. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32063 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40580) with FAW-5 then to VB-4 OTU#2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC as excess Dec 31, 1944
32064 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40568, VB-107, "Spirit of 83") shot down by U-185 during anti sup sweep out of
Natal, Brazil Aug 12, 1943. 9 MIA.
32065 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40576, VB-107) hit by enemy gunfire 1/2/1944 off Ascension Island during attack
on blockade runner. 10 KIA.
32066 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40581) SOC Oct 31, 1944.
32067 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40584) with VB-4 OTU#1 declared in excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32068 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40720) originally with VB-109 named "Come Get It", then to VPB-106, then to VB-4 OTU#2
at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. Declared excess and SOC Mar 31, 1945.
32069 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40709) with VB-104 went missing on mission from Munda Mar 9, 1944.
32070 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40714)
32071 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40712). VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32072 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40668) VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32073 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40711, VB-117, "Pistol Packin' Mama") crashed into building during takeoff
from Camp Kearney, California Jun 6, 1944. 9 on plane and 9 on ground killed. 3 of the crew escaped
with injuries, 9 on ground injured.
32074 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40715, VB-104) ground-looped during landing at North Field, Russell Island, Solomons,
and fell into ravine and exploded 1/29/1944. Pilot killed, who was the sole occupant of the aircraft.
32075 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40717) to FAW-14, then to FAW-12. To Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS Glenview, IL
and SOC Nov 30, 1944.
32076 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40721) with VB-2104 destroyed by Japanese bombing at Carney Field, Guadalcanal, Solomons
Sep 20, 1943.
32077 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40724, VB-104) "Vulnerable Virgin" missing off coast of Guadalcanal
1/8/1944, South Pacific. 10 MIA.
32078 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40718) with FAW-5 SOC Jul 21, 1945. to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32079 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40723, VB-104) "Wata Honey" missing during search flight out of New Georgia Island,
Munda 3/7/1944. 12 MIA.
32080 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40725) served with VB-104, VPB-120, VPB-115. With FAW-6 SOC Jul 30, 1945
32081 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40726) VBP-104, VPB-118, to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32082 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40727) VB-106 damaged during attack on Japanese gunboat at Helen Island May 21, 1944. Salvaged
May 30, 1944
32083 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40728) SOC Jul 31, 1945
32084 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40729) SOC Jul 31, 1945
32085 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40785, VB-106) crashed on takeoff from Munda air field,
New Georgia, South Pacific 2/10/1944. SOC and salvaged for spare parts, no fatalities.
32086 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40860)
32087 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40794) VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32088 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40802) with VB-4 OTU#2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC as obsolete Jan 31, 1945
32089 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40797) with VB-4 OTU#2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC as obsolete Jan 31, 1945
32090 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40798). VB-4 OTU #4 grounded in accident. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32091 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40796)
32092 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40799, VB-106) ditched after takeoff from Koli Point,
Guadalcanal 12/25/1943. 3 killed, 8 injured, pilot missing.
32093 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40805, VB-106) gear collapsed and ground looped on
landing at Carney Field, Guadalcanal 12/15/1943. SOC, no fatalities.
32094 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40806) served with VB-106, VPB-120, VPB-115. With FAB-6 SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32095 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40847) found itself at NAS Chicago, IL with Naval Air Technical Training Center as
teaching aircraft and SOC Aug 31, 1945.
32096 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40868) attached to NAS Patuxent River, MD for radio tests. Declared obsolete Jun 30, 1945.
32097 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40880) Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32098 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40881) originally attached to VBP-108, VD-3, VPB-123, and VPB-122 (named "Sugar"),
transferred to FAW-14 in Jun 1945. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945 and SOC.
32099 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40889) damaged in raid on Jaluit, landed on Japanese-held ilsand of Kwajalein Dec 13, 1943.
All crew killed.
32100 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40883, VB-108) hit truck on takeoff 3/21/1944 Tarawa,
South Pacific.
32101 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40884) VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32102 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40882, VB-106) missing in flight from Canton Island
to Funa Futi 10/20/1943. 9 missing
32103 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40888) VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32104 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40890) originally with VB-4, then to FAW-14. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32105 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40892) VB-108, VB-106 (named "Pistol Packin' Mama", to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32106 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40893). Originally with VD-1, to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32107 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40895)
32108 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40898, VB-109, "Thunder Mug") crash-landed Eniwetok 7/28/1944, minor
damage.
32109 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40902) originally attached to VPB-108, VD-1 and VD-4 (naned "Little Joe") and to FAW-14
Jun 1945. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945 and SOC.
32110 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40899) flew with VD-3. VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32111 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40903) originally with VB-109, to Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS Glenview, IL
and SOC Sep 30, 1944.
32112 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40906) originally with VB-109, named "Mission Belle" to Naval Air Technical Training Center,
NAS Glenview, IL and SOC Sep 30, 1944.
32113 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40908, VB-4 OTU#2) spun in on landing near Jacksonville, FL
1/26/1945. 11 killed.
32114 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40909) VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32115 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40923, VB-115) crashed Green Island, South Pacific
5/17/1944. SOC, no fatalities. Also listed as being with VD-4 and damaged by enemy fighter over Truk
Aug 6, 1944. Made safe landing, SOC Aug 31, 1944.
32116 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40932) originally attached to VPB-124 and VD-4, transferred to FAW-14, reconditioned
Mar 2, 1945, declared excess Jul 31, 1945 and SOC
32117 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40936) VB-109 MIA from routine patrol out of Apamama Feb 13, 1944. Crew MIA
32118 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40943) originally with VB-109, named "No Foolin'", to Naval Air Technical Training Center,
NAS Glenview, IL and SOC Sep 30, 1944.
32119 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40947) originally attached to VD-4. Named "Overexposed". Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32120 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40948) VB-108 shot down by enemy fighters at sea off Kwajalein Dec 28, 1943. All crew killed.
32121 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40951, VB-109, "Sky Cow") crashed on takeoff Eniwetok NAB
7/21/1944. SOC Aug 31, 1944, no fatalities.
32122 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40952) "Sleepy Time Gal" served with VD-4, salvaged Oct 31, 1945.
32123 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40950, VB-108) ditched near Funa Futi, South Pacific
11/18/1943. 10 survivors rescued 6 days later.
One missing.
32124 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40953) with VB-106, VB-108, named "Nobody's Baby". SOC Jul 31, 1945
32125 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41001) assigned to FAW-5. Crashed on takeoff at NAS Chincoteague, VA Feb 2, 1944.
Crew unhurt. To FAW-14 Jun 1945, declared excess Jul 31, 1945 and SOC
32126 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-40971, FAW-5) overshot on takeoff Chincoteague, VA
2/15/1944. SOC, no fatalities.
32127 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41016) force landed during training mission San Marcos,
CA 12/8/1943. SOC, no fatalies.
32128 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41019) originally attached to VD-4, transferred to FAW-14 and sent to Corpus Christi
for reconditioning Mar 1945. Declared excess Aug 31, 1945 and SOC
32129 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41020) with VB-4 OTU#1 made wheels-up landing at NAS Hutchinson, KS Aug 9, 1944.
SOC Aug 9, 1944.
32130 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41024) with VPB-121 damaged by high winds at NAS San Diego, CA Nov 11, 1944.
SOC Jan 31, 1945. Also listed as being with VB-109 and named "The Stork" and SOC Jul 31, 1945
32131 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41025) damaged while on ground with VB-109. Named "Consolidated's Mistake". Repaired.
To Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS Glenview, IL and SOC Jun 30, 1945.
32132 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41037) with VPB-121 damaged in landing at NAS San Diego, CA Nov 11, 1944.
SOC Jan 31, 1945.
32133 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41038). Originally with VMD-254, to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32134 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41045, VB-111) hit ditch and burned during takeoff
MCAS Cherry Point, NC 8/22/1943. 1 killed.
32135 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41035) declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32136 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41034) VB-109 "Our Baby" destroyed on ground by Japanese attack at Apamama Jan 1, 1944.
SOC Jan 31, 1944.
32137 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41036) originally with VB-109 named "Helldorado", to VB-108 Nov 28, 1943.
to VB-4 OTU#2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. Taxi collision hit parked PB4Y-1
38790 Jan 15, 1945. SOC as excess Feb 28, 1945.
32138 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41039) originally with VB-109 and turned over to VB-108 Nov 29, 1943. While parked at
NAS Kanoehe, Hawaii was struck by landing TBM-1C 45928 from VT-11 Aug 2, 1944. TBM-1C pilot survived,
32138 was SOC Aug 22, 1944
32139 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41042) VB-109 MIA on routine patrol out of Apamama Jan 13, 1944. Crew MIA
32140 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41044). with VPB-122 declared excess Jul 31, 1945
32141 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41046, VB-109) in night landing accident at Apamama after combat
mission and hit parked P-40s South Pacific 1/3/1944. SOC, no fatalities.
32142 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41048) with VB-108 and VPB-119 named "Lady Luck". SOC Jul 31, 1945
32143 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41055) with VD-4 named "Witchcraft" damaged by enemy fighters over Iwo Jima Nov 7, 1944.
Made safe landing, but tail gunner was killed. Aircraft relocated to NAS Corpus Christi, TX and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32144 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41052, VMD-254) crashed and caught fire during landing Palmyra Island,
South Pacific 11/28/1943. 2 killed.
32145 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41102) named "Urge Me" with VB-109. VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32146 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41119) attached to VB-101, lost off Australia Jan 1, 1944
32147 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41121)
32148 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41123) originally with VBP-109 (named "Flying Circus", then to FAW-2.
Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32149 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41130) originally attached to VPB-109, VD-1, VPB-197, and VD-4 (named "Available Joe"),
then to FAW-14. Declared excess Jun 30, 1945 and SOC
32150 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41131) VB-115, "Baby Shirley" seriously damaged in enemy bombing attack on Wake Island
Jun 5-6, 1944. Deemed beyond local repair and SOC Jul 14, 1944.
32151 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41138)
32152 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41122). to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32153 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41134). to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32154 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41139). Originally attached to VPB-108 then VPB-119 (named Hell's Belle) and then
to FAW-14. Declared excess Jun 30, 1945. SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32155 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41148)
32156 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41153). Originally with VD-1, VD-4, VB-106, VPB-197 (named "Wabbit Twacks")
to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess. SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to
Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32157 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41165) Originally with VB-200, to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32158 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41166). Originally with VD-3, named "Dinah II", to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32159 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41167, VB-115) crashed on takeoff from Green Island,
South Pacific 6/20/1944. 13 killed.
32160 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-41204)
32161 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-72883)
32162 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-72888) with VPB-115. Turned over to Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS Jacksonville, FL
and used in ground-based training. SOC Apr 30, 1945.
32163 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-72889, VB-101) crashed due to engine failure on
takeoff Camp Kearney, CA 1/20/1944. 13 killed.
32164 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-72893) To VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Aug 31, 1945.
32165 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-72922, VBP-101) damaged by enemy fighters Oct 10, 1944 but made it back to
base at Owi. The next day it was strafed by enemy planes while parked at the base.
32166 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-72923) originally attached to VPB-101, transferred to FAW-14, reconditioned Jul 26, 1945 and
SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32167 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-72925)
32168 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-72926)
32169 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73036, VB-114, *So Sorry*) wheels up landing Jul 5, 1944 Dunkeswell
NAS, UK. SOC Jul 14, 1944, no fatalities. However, the history card on the aircraft says that the
aircraft was reinstated Feb 28, 1945 and shipped to San Diego, CA for reconditioning. This was
completed Mar 13, 1945 and the aircraft was sent to the aircraft pool at NAS Jacksonville, FL
32170 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73091, VB-115) blew tire on landing and ground
looped Green Island, SP 4/28/1944. SOC Jun 17, 1944, no fatalities.
32171 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73092,VB-106) crashed and burned after takeoff at Momote
5/28/1944. 3 killed.
32172 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73093) VB-106 crashed at Momote Field, Los Negros Island due to enemy fire damage
Apr 6, 1944. SOC May 19, 1944.
32173 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73094,VB-4 OTU#2) wheels up landing and fire Jacksonville
Municipal Airport 8/31/1944. SOC, no fatalities.
32174 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73095, VD-1) blew tire on takeoff roll Momote, South
Pacific and crashed 5/30/1944. SOC, no fatalities.
32175 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73096) VB-106 "Mark" shot down after sinking a freighter off Biak, New Guinea May 1, 1944.
Pilot and 5 crew killed, 6 were rescued
32176 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73097)
32177 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73098) VB-115. seriously damaged in enemy bombing attack on Wake Island
Jun 5-6, 1944. Deemed beyond local repair and SOC Jul 14, 1944
32178 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73099) originally with VPB-115 then to FAW-14. Declared excessd May 31, 1945.
32179 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73100)
32180 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73101)
32181 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73102, VB-114) missing in flight off Block Island, RI
1/31/1944. 10 crew missing
32182 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73103)
32183 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73104, VB-103) suffered fuel exhaustion in bad
weather off Gibraltar Dec 29, 1943. Crew of
10 all bailed out safely
32184 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73105) with VPB-107 declared obsolete and SOC May 31, 1945
32185 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73106) declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32186 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73107) originally served with VPB-114. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945
32187 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73108) VB-114 in taxiing accident at Port Lyautey Apr 17, 1944. No crew injuries, but
aircraft was SOC and used for spare parts
32188 (ex USAAF B-24D 42-73109) with VPB-103 declared obsolete and SOC Mar 31, 1945
32189 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73110) crashed on takeoff with FAW-5 and burned NAAS Chincoteague,
VA 8/27/1944. No fatalities. Plane SOC Aug 31, 1944.
32190 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73168) To Commander Air Forces, Pacific at Pearl Harbor. SOC Mar 31, 1945
32191 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73169, VB-103) ditched in Bay of Biscay Feb 14, 1944 after being
hit by gunfire from Ju-88. Three of the crew of 11 were killed, rest were rescued.
32192 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73170) VB-114 suffered engine loss on routine training flight and made
emergency landing at Port Lyautey Mar 22, 1944. Although the aircraft was repairable, the need for
spare parts was even greater and the aircraft was SOC Jun 30, 1945
32193 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73171) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32194 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73172) with FAW-7 declared obsolete and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32195 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73173) with FAW-7 HEDRON declared obsolete and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32196 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73174)
32197 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73175) originally with VPB-114. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32198 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73176) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32199 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73177) VB-105 SOC due to deterioration Feb 28, 1944
32200 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73178, VPB-103) overshot landing at Dunkeswell, Devonshire, UK. Dec 9, 1944.
Crew was OK, aircraft SOC due to damage.
32201 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73179) hit at NAF Dunkeswell, Devonshire, UK by taxiing 32297 of VB-110 May 27, 1944.
Heavily damaged. Crew OK.
32202 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73180) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32203 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73205) With VPB-107 declared obsolete and SOC May 31, 1945
32204 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73206) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32205 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73207) originally served with VPB-114. Declared excess Jul 31, 1i945.
32206 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73208) with FAW-7 HEDRON declared obsolete and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32207 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73209) with VPB-107 declared obsolete and SOC May 31, 1945
32208 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73210)
32209 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73211, VB-103) missing on antisub patrol Mar 20, 1944
over Bay of Biscay. 11 MIA
32210 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73212, VB-110) lost engine power during anti-sub patrol
and forced landed in a field at Chivener Mar 27, 1944.
Damaged beyond repair, no fatalities.
32211 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73213) with VPB-107 declared obsolete and SOC May 31, 1945
32212 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73214) with VPB-103 declared obsolete and SOC Mar 30, 1945.
32213 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73400) with VB-4 OTU#1 declared in excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32214 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73401) SOC Oct 31, 1944 while flying with VB-4
32215 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73402) VB-115 blew tire and ground looped on landing at Ocean Field, Green Island
May 15, 1944. SOC Jun 17, 1944, no fatalities
32216 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73403, VPB-101) ditched off Mindanao due to combat damage Oct 26, 1944.
Crew rescued.
32217 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73404) with FAW-14 declared excess Aug 31, 1945 and SOC
32218 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73405)
32219 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73406, VB-106) lost on ferry flight with VB-200 crew between
Guadalcanal and Munda 3/27/1944. 5 MIA. The loss date was established as May 1, 1944 and SOC May 19, 1944.
However, there is no record of this loss in VB-200 War Diary.
32220 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73407) originally with VPB-115 then to FAW-14. Declared excess Feb 28, 1945.
32221 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73408) with VPB-116 transferred to CASU 44 for stripping Nov 23, 1944
32222 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-73409) with VB-115, lost on flight from Green Island to Puluwat atoll Apr 22, 1944.
May have been shot down by AAA or fighters during attack on Alet Island. All 10 crew MIA
32223 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100026). SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. with VB-4 OTU#1 declared in
excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32224 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100027) with VB-4 OTU#1 declared in excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32225 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100028, VB-115) hit by enemy gunfire and landed without
brakes at Gereen Island 5/5/1944, minor damage. Aircraft was reconditioned and later flew with US Navy
Special Weapons Test and Tactical Evaluation Unit as a pilotless drone aircraft.
32226 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100029, VMD-354) crashed on return to MCAS Cherry
Point, NC 5/19/1944. 13 killed.
32227 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100030)
32228 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100161)
32229 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100162)
32230 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100163). originally with VMD-154 and then to FAW-14 Pool, then to VB-4 OTU #2 at N
AAS Jacksonville, FL Oct 1944. SOC Jul 31, 1945. SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets
Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32231 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100164) SOC with FAW-5 Jan 31, 1945.
32232 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100165). SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32233 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100296, FAW-5) crashed into ocean near NAS Norfolk, VA
6/20/1944. 3 killed, 6 injured
32234 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100297)
32235 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100298) VB-113 crashed on takeoff 4 mi N of Waller Field, Trinidad Apr 17, 1944.
All 10 crew killed.
32236 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100299, VPB-110) blew tire on takeoff at Dunkeswell, UK 20/24/1944.
SOC, no fatalities.
32237 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100300)
32238 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100301) originally with VPB-115 (named "Chuck's Chick") then to FAW-14.
Declared excessd May 31, 1945
32239 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100302). with VMD-354 and then to FAW-14 Pool. To VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL.
SOC Aug 31, 1945.
32240 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100303, VD-1) ditched south of Ulithi, South Pacific
4/30/1944 after engine failure. One missing, rest rescued.
32241 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100304)
32242 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100378)
32243 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100379) with VPB-115 crashed on takeoff at Morotai and destroyed by fire
Oct 26, 1944. One killed, 2 seriously injured, 10 uninjured.
32244 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100380)
32245 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100381) hit mountain after takeoff from Waller Field,
Trinidad, BWI Apr 17, 1944. 10 killed.
32246 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100382) with FAW-7 HEDRON declared obsolete and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32247 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100417)
32248 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100418) to FAW-5 and declared obsolete and SOC Apr 30, 1945
32249 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100419) VB-107 blew tire on landing at Fortaleza, Brazil Aug 3, 1944. Plane later
turned over to FAW-7 HEDRON and stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32250 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-100420) with FAW-7 HEDRON declared obsolete and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32251 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109905). Delivered Jan 29, 1944. SOC Jul 31, 1945
32252 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109906)
32253 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109907) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32254 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109908) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32255 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109909) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32256 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109910)
32257 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109911) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32258 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109912) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32259 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109913)
32260 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109914, VPB-101) bomb exploded prematurely Morote,
South Pacific and landed at sea 11/25/1944. 6 crew killed, 6 rescued. Aircraft SOC Dec 31, 1944.
32261 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109955) Lost Jun 10, 1944, SOC Jun 22, 1944.
32262 (Vex USAAF B-24J 42-109956, VPB-114) ditched due to engine failure near NAS
Boca Chica, FL 12/11/1944. There were injuries but no fatalities.
32263 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109957) VB-109 failed to return from mission to Chichi Jima Aug 4, 1944. Crew MIA
32264 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109958) originally attached to VD-4, transferred to FAW-14 and SOC May 31, 1945.
32265 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109959)
32266 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109960)
32267 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109961), Originally with VD-2 then to VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32268 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109962) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32269 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109963, VB-104) missing during attack on small vessel
10/25/1944. 11 MIA
32270 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-109964)
32271 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110007) in special unit SAU-1. Converted as radio-controlled drone for USN Project
Anvil. Loaded with Torpex explosives, the aircraft departed RAF Fersfield, Norfolk, England but
exploded in midair over Newdelight Wood, Suffolk, UK 8/12/1944.
Lt Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr (JFK's older brother) and
Lt Wilford J. Willey killed. Intended target was V-site at
Mimoyecques.
32272 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110008, VPB-101) destroyed by enemy bombs while parked at Morotai Nov 5, 1944.
32273 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110009) with FAW-2 Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON) declared obsolete at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii
and SOC Feb 28, 1945.
32274 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110010) originally with VPB-115. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
32275 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110011) VB-115. seriously damaged in enemy bombing attack on Wake Island
Jun 5-6, 1944. Deemed beyond local repair and SOC Jul 31, 1944
32276 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110012) with VPB-104 failed to return from patrol off Formosa. All 12 crew MIA.
32277 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110013, VPB-101) shot down by enemy aircraft Oct 23, 1944.
Took off from Morotai, Moluccas Islands, Dutch East Endies on patrol mission
and failed to return. Crew of 10 MIA.
32278 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110014, VB-101) crashed 28 miles from Kaena, HI after
failure of 3 engines 5/6/1944. 2 killed, 8 rescued.
32279 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110015) with FAW-2 Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON) declared obsolete at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii
and SOC Feb 28, 1945.
32280 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110016, VPB-101) lost in combat 10/19/1944, Palawan, Philippines
3 crew killed, remaining crew rescued.
32281 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110124, VPB-103) damaged after aborted takeoff from Dunkeswell, Devonshire,
UK Nov 24, 1944. No fatalities.
32282 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110125)
32283 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110126) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32284 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110127)
32285 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110128). originally with VMD-154 and then to FAW-14 Pool, then to VB-4 OTU #2 at
NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32286 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110129). originally with VMD-154 and then to FAW-14 Pool, then t VB-4 OTU #2 at N
AAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32287 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110130) originally with VD-1 then to VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL.
SOC Jun 30, 1945.
32288 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110131)
32289 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110132) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32290 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110133) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32291 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110174)
32292 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110175) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32293 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110176) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32294 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110177) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32295 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110178) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32296 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110179) with FAW-7 HEDRON stripped for parts and SOC Jun 30, 1945
32297 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110180)
32298 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110181)
32299 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110182, VPB-101) shot down near Camotes Island Oct 26, 1944.
4 killed, 6 survivors rescued.
32300 (ex USAAF B-24J 42-110183, VB-116) returned to Camp Kearney after engine
failure and spun-in on turn and crashed 5/26/1944. 6 killed
32301 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40054)
32302 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40055) with FAW-2 Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON) declared obsolete at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii
and SOC Feb 28, 1945.
32303 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40056)
32304 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40057) declared excess Jul 31, 1945
32305 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40058)
32306 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40059) with VPB-116 transferred to CASU 44 for stripping Nov 23, 1944
32307 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40060) VB-116. F4U-1 55814 in emergency landing at Eniwetok Aug 19, 1944 and collided with 32307
and two other PB4Ys (32308 and 32327), destroying them all. Pilot of F4U-1 and one officer were killed.
32308 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40061) F4U-1 55814 in emergency landing at Eniwetok Aug 19, 1944 and collided with 32308
and two other PB4Ys (32307 and 32327) , destroying them all. Pilot of F4U-1 and one officer were killed
32309 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40062) SOC Nov 30, 1947
32310 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40063) VB-116 lost at Tinian Sep 19, 1944 due to collapsing gear on landing due to AA fire
damage
32311 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40074). VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32312 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40075). VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32313 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40076). VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
32314 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40077). Originally with VD-1, to VB-4 OTU #4. Declared excess Jul 31, 1945.
SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
32315 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40078). Delivered Apr 18, 1944. AOC Dec 31, 1945
32316 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40079) VPB-102. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945
32317 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40080) originally attached to VPB-102, then to FAW-14 Jan 1945. Declared excess
Jul 30, 1945 and SOC
32318 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40081)
32319 (VB-102, ex 44-40082) overshot landing Sep 9, 1944 North Field, Tinian,
South Pacific and hit bulldozers. SOC, no fatalities.
32320 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40083) flying with VPB-102, turned over to VPB-200 in Feb 1945. Declared obsolete and
SOC
32321 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40094)
32322 (VB-102, ex 44-40095) ground looped on landing Sep 8, 1944 North Field,
Tinian, South Pacific and SOC. No fatalities.
32323 (VB-102, ex 44-40096) crashed and sank Chici Jima, South
Pacific near enemy convoy Aug 26, 1944. 5 killed.
32324 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40097) flying with VPB-102 turned over to VPB-200 in Feb 1944. Declared obsolete and
SOC Jun 30, 1945.
32325 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40174, VPB-102) declared obsolete and SOC Mar 31, 1945
32326 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40175, VPB-102) declared obsolete and SOC Mar 31, 1945
32327 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40176) F4U-1 55814 in emergency landing at Eniwetok Aug 19, 1944 and collided with 32327
and two other PB4Ys (32307 and 32308), destroying them all. Pilot of F4U-1 and one officer were killed
32328 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40177, VPB-106) ditched due to engine fire 200 mi
from Oahu 12/19/1944. 7 killed, 8 rescued.
32329 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40178)
32330 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40179)
32331 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40180, VPB-200) collision with obstacle while not
in flight 2/6/1945, NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii. SOC Feb 28, 1945.
32332 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40181) flying with VPB-1111 turned over to VPB-200 in Jan 1944. Declared obsolete and
SOC Jun 30, 1945.
32333 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40182)
32334 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40183)
32335 (ex USAAF B-24J 44-40214) SOC Jun 30, 1945 while flying with Hedron 1, FAW-7
32336/32385 Howard GH-2 Nightingale
DGA-15P MSN 1702/1751 acquired by Navy
32340 (MSN 1706) registration as N67732 cancelled Sep 26, 2013
32344 (MSN 1710) to N67424. Current as N67426
32346 (MSN 1712) current as N70312
32347 (MSN 1713) registered to US Marine Corps as N67771, cancelled Aaug 2, 2010. Displayed at USMC Museum,
Quantico, Virgnina. Now on display at Air Zoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
32348 (MSN 1714) to N8867H. Current as N1336M
32350 (MSN 1716) registration as N52099 cancelled Aug 14, 2012.
32354 (MSN 1720) registratin as N65822 revoked.
32359 (MSN 1725) registration as N67438 cancelled Jun 27, 2012.
32363 (MSN 1729 registration ass N5562N cancelled Aug 14, 2013
32364 (MSN 1730) registered as CF-(JE Feb 21, 1962.
32366 (MSN 1732) to N31589. Current as N1000R
32368 (MSN 1734) current as N68231
32371 (MSN 1737) registration as N67721 cancelled Sep 5, 2012
32372 (MSN 1738) registration as N67762 cancelled Jun 27, 2012.
32377 (MSN 1743) current as N67436
32378 (MSN 1744) registration as N67425 cancelled Feb 13, 2012.
32380 (MSN 1746) registration as N68003 cancelled
32382 (MSN 1748) registration as N290Y cancelled Feb 19, 1960
32384 (MSN 1750) current as N9457H
32385 (MSN 1751) to N68246, to N62J, cancelled on export to cannida Oct 19, 1974. Current as C-GDGA
32386 Consolidated XPB3Y-1
Cancelled contract
32386 Culver XTDC-2
Ex-USAAF PQ-8A.
32387/32636 Timm N2T-1 Tutor
Timm Aircraft Corporation PT-175K variant of the S-160 developed for the US Navy designated N2T-1.
The Timm PT-175K was constructed using a plastic bonded plywood, known as Aeromold. Delivered 1943
32478 at National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL.
32622 at Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum.
32637/32786 Grumman J2F-6 Duck
Model G-15 built by Columbia Aircraft Corporation under license
32643 W/O May 30, 1945 Peleliu, W. Pacific
32648 W/O Aug 8, 1945 Philippines
32651 W/O Apr 14, 1945 Eniwetok, Pacific
32652 W/O Jul 3, 1945
32653 stricken by the USN at Manaus, Brazil on Dec. 31, 1945
32662 W/O Aug 27, 1945 Naval School, Kaneohe, Hi (grd accident with NH-1 44906)
32674 To “0235" 2-0-24 Armada Argentina (Mar 20, 1948)
32682 To “0256” 2-0-39 Armada Argentina (Feb 24, 1948)
32683 to civil registry as HC-SCF, Latin American Airways Inc. Delivered to Aerovias
Nacionales del Ecuador SA (ANDESA) 26th April 1946. Reported on insurance as written off
prior to 3rd October 1949. Thus the accident must have happened prior to
ANDESA's demise on 17th October 1947
32701 To “0244” 2-0-27 Armada Argentina (Feb 20, 1948)
32740 put over the side of USS Eastwind as it approached Boston so that it could fly to
the Grumman service center, but engine blew up on takeoff Dec 15, 1945 and crashed into
water. Aircraft and crew of 2 not recovered.
32745 W/O Apr 25, 1945 Alaska
32769 to USAF as 48-563.
32787/32936 Howard GH-2 Nightingale
DGA-15P acquired by Navy. 32787/32866 MSN 1752/1831.
32788 (MSN 1753) to N296Y, current
32792 (MSN 1757) aborted takeoff and hit shoreline at Fairbanks, Alaska Aug 2, 1964.
Registration as N67720 cancelled Jul 29, 1970.
32794 (MSN 1759) DBR in fatal accident at Afognak, Alaska Sep 25, 1966. Registratin as N69050 cancelled.
32795 (MSN 1760) DBR in addident at Deridder, Louisiana Sep 20, 1964. Registration as N65595 cancelled.
32796 (MSN 1761) to N1101, current
32798 (MSN 1763) to N52834, current
32799 (MSN 1764) current as N5433N
32801 (MSN 1766) to N9126H and then N663H, current. Registered to Greatest Generation Naval Museum, San Diego,
California.
32802 (MSN 1767) registration as N66510 terminated.
32805 (MSN 1770) to N36259, current
32807 (MSN 1772) to N9442H, current
32809 (MSN 1774) on civil registry as N67458, current
32811 (MSN 1776) to N66546, cancelled Jul 12, 1990. Then to Australian civil registry VH-DGA but DBF
at Avalon, Victoria, Australia Oct 29, 1992.
32820 (MSN 1785) to N67491. Curretn as N1785H
32823 (MSN 1788) to N9865H
32826 (MSN 1791) current as N1441
32827 (MSN 1792) current as N63567
32830 (MSN 1795) registration as N9866H revoked
32831 (MSN 1796) registration as N9862 cancelled
32836 (MSN 1801) to N67799, current as N6779L
32837 (MSN 1802) current as N67423
32841 (MSN 1806) registration as N17681 cancelled
32846 (MSN 1811) to N9102. Registration as N3144A expired Sep 30, 2013.
32850 (MSN 1815) to N5450N, current
32851 (MSN 1816) to N5552N, expired Sep 30, 2013
32852 (MSN 1817) registration as N9044H cancelled May 17, 2013
32853 (MSN 1818) registration as N68232 cancelled Oct 23, 2013
32864 (MSN 1829) to N68101, expired Jun 30, 2011
32865 (MSN 1830) to N100KS. Current as N63597.
32867/32936 cancelled
32867/32936 Beech GB-2
Serials reallocated from cancelled GH-2 batch.
32868 (MSN 6684) was ex USAAF 44-67707 and FT463. Became NC1194V then HH-N-105,
then HH-105, then N1112M. Under restoration spring 2004.
32869 (MSN 6685) was ex USAAF 44-67708 and FT464. Air Britain report that this is MSN 6685 ex 44-67708 and
FT464. Became NC40, later N40E. Reported up for sale in 2003
32870 (MSN 6687) was ex USAAF 44-67710 and FT466. Returned to US in 1946 as BuNo 32870. Became N9455H then N16S.
Under restoration in 2002. During summer of 2014, in temporary Royal Navy colors for 70th anniversary of
D-Day.
32871 (MSN 6688) was ex USAAF 44-67711 and FT467. Returned to US in 1946 as BuNo 32871. Became NC25H then N9466H.
32872 (MSN 6699) was ex USAAF 44-67722 and FT473. Returned to US in 1946 as BuNo 32872. To Norway as LN-HAK,
to the UK as G-ALNN, to France as F-OACT, then F-BATL for STE
Generale D Achats ed de Repartition/Sogar at Toussus Le Noble,
Aeroporte de Paris.
32873 (MSN 6700) was ex USAAF 44-67723 and FT474. Became N9459H. Displayed
on USS Yorktown 1987 painted as 23688. Noted 1988 on USS Yorktown, Patriots Point, SC, now at National Museum of Naval
Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
32874 (MSN 6701) was ex USAAF 44-67724 and FT475. To NC1193V, to N1193V, to G-BRVE Mar 12, 1990.
32875 (MSN 6703) was ex BuNo 23691, USAAF 44-67726 and FT477. Became N1196V
32876 (MSN 6704) was ex BuNo 23692, USAAF 44-67727 and Royal Navy FT478. 7/31/46: SOC USN at NAS Norfolk, VA.
1947: Harry O. Golding, Long Beach, CA, with c/r N1183V.
1953: R.S. Gimblin, Colusa, CA.
1971: Al B Cratty and Dale E Moore of Kodiak, AK.
1972: Robert C. Dalzell, Owensboro, KY.
1973 to 1983: Underwent complete rebuild.
1978: c/r NC582.
1988: Heinz G. Peier, Zurich, Switzerland. Ferried to Switzerland via the northern route with an
overnight stop-over in Glasgow on 8/6/88.
4/90: Displayed for auction by Christieas Sale, Duxford, England, for a bid of 75,000 pound sterling.
1994: Transported by ship to the USA where it was transferred to new owners Greg and Margie Haugh
of International Enzymes, Inc, Fallbrook, CA.
4/07: Donated to the National Warplane Museum (1941 Historical Aircraft Group), Geneseo, NY.
6/30/14: Charles G. Haugh, Las Vegas, NV.
32881 (MSN 6746) was ex BuNo 23703, USAAF 44-67738 and FT484. Became N1185V.
32883 (MSN 6748) was ex USAAF 44-67740, and FT486. Became NC1184V, then XB-JUI,
then N1184V. Reported spring 2004 as under restoration.
32884 (MSN 6749) was ex USAAF 44-67741, then to Royal Navy as FT487. Back to USA Apr
1946, and surplused as NC140, NC1195V, later N1195V. Still airworthy with this
registration.
32885 (MSN 6750) was ex USAAF 44-67742, then to Royal Navy as FT488. Became BC153 (Ntu), NC22, then
N5099N, then N722MD. Currently under restoration.
32886 (MSN 6751) was ex USAAF 44-67743, then to Royal Navy as FT489. Returned to USA and became
NC154 (ntu)
32887 (MSN 6752) was ex- USAAF 44-67744, then to Royal Navy as FT490. Returned to USA, To CAA as NC155[ntu]
32888 (MSN 6753) was ex- USAAF 44-67745 , then to Royal Navy as FT491. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC159[ntu]
32889 (MSN 6756) was ex- USAAF 44-67748, then to Royal Navy as FT494. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC157[ntu], NC165, N10
32890 (MSN 6757) was ex- USAAF 44-67749, then to Royal Navy as FT495. Retuned to USA. To CAA as NC160[ntu], N9460H
32891 (MSN 6759) was ex- USAAF 44-67751, then to Royal Navy as FT497. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC161[ntu]
32892 (MSN 6760) was ex USAAF 44-67752, then to Royal Navy as FT498. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC162 (ntu),
Became N9451H, then N28A. Currently under restoration.
32893 (MSN 6762) was ex USAAF 44-67754, then to Royal Navy as FT500. Returned to USA as BuNo 32893. To CAA as NC163 (ntu),
NC171 (ntu). Became NC58, then N58E, then N58SW, then N58N. Currently under restoration.
32895 (MSN 6765) was ex USAAF 44-67757, then to Royal Navy as FT503. Returned to USA as BuNo32895. Became NC16, then
N16M.
32896 (MSN 6766) was ex USAAF 44-67758, then to Royal Navy as FT504. Returned to USA as BuNo 32896. Became N5653N.
Rebuilt as Model G17S. Current as N16GD
32897 (MSN 6767) was ex USAAF 44-67759, then to Royal Navy as FT505. Returned to USA as BuNo 32987. Became NC5400N,
then N7MR, then N26GM.
32898 (MSN 6769) was ex USAAF 44-67761, then to Royal Navy as FT507. Returned to USA as BuNo 32898. Became NC18,
then N18V. Currently with R. Lamplough at North Weald, England painted as
PB1 (which was really MSN 420 flown during WW2 by Prince Bernhardt of the
Netherlands.
32899 (MSN 6770) was ex USAAF 44-67762, then to Royal Navy as FT508. Returned to USA. Became N9458N,
allegedly broken up for spares but returned to registry in 1988 as N7024K.
32900 (MSN 6771) was ex USAAF 44-67763, then to Royal Navy as FT509. Returned to USA. Became NC248,
then N248E.
32901 (MSN 6881) was ex USAAF 44-67775, then to Royal Navy as FT511. Returned to USA. Became NC25K,
then N25K.
32902 (MSN 6883) was ex USAAF 44-67777, then to Royal Navy as FT513. Returned to USA. Became NC27,
then N27E.
32903 (MSN 6884) was ex USAAF 44-67778, then to Royal Navy as FT514. Returned to USA. Became N1192V.
32904 (MSN 6886) was ex USAAF 44-67780, then to Royal Navy as FT516. Became N52414,
then N77JH, then N80312
32905 (MSN 6888) was ex- USAAF 44-67782, then to Royal Navy as FT518. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC183[ntu], NC30, N30E
32907 (MSN 6891) was ex- USAAF 44-67785 , then to Royal Navy FT521. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC185[ntu], N65, N65K
32908 (MSN 6892) was ex USAAF 44-67786, then to Royal Navy as FT522. Returned to USA Became N1174V.
32909 (MSN 6893) was ex- USAAF 44-67787, then to Royal Navy FT523. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC194[ntu], NC48; N1172V
32910 (MSN 6894) was ex- USAAF 44-67788, then to Royal Navy FT524. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC195[ntu], N1333V
32911 (MSN 6897) was ex USAAF 44-67791, then to Royal Navy as FT527. Returned to USA. Became N1336V,
then N666TX. Currently under restoration.
32912 (MSN 6898) was ex USAAF 44-67792, then to Royal Navy as FT528. Returned to USA. Became N9465H
Currently registered as NC666TX and in Mar 2017 was on display at Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX.
32914 (MSN 6901) was ex- USAAF 44-67795, then to Royal Navy as FT531. Returned to USA. To CAA as NC199[ntu], N1179V
32915 (MSN 6904) was ex USAAF 44-67798, then to Royal Navy as FT534. Returned to USA. Became NC1180V,
then XB-PAN, then N1180V.
32916/32936 cancelled
32937/32986 Grumman J4F-2 Widgeon
Mocel G-44. MSN 1291/1340.
32937 (MSN 1291) WFU Jun 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC69058 Apr 11, 1949. Current 2014
32938 (MSN 1292) WFU Jul 31, 1945. To civil registry as NC62000 Jun 10, 1946. WFU Jun 13, 2011.
32939 (MSN 1293) WFU Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as N1068M Mar 31, 1947, To YV-TCTX Oct 30, 1957. To N4147A
Jul 23, 1958. N4147A cancelled on export to Canada Apr 25, 2012.
32940 (MSN 1294) To US Coast Guard in 1946 as serial ???. To civil registry as NC722 in 1949. To N302 Jun 8, 1956.
WFU Jun 30, 2011.
32941 (MSN 1295) WFU Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC69077
32942 (MSN 1296) WFU Mar 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC58521 in 1947
32943 (MSN 1297) WFU Mar 31, 1946. To NC79801 in 1946. To civil registry as F-BENK (ntu), then Air Monaco Mar 15, 1948
as F-BDAE. To CR-LCP In 195, To CR-CAI
32944 (MSN 1298) WFU Aug 31, 1945. To civil registry as NC62002 with KT Flying Service, Honolulu, HI in Aug 1946, to
CF-NHG Apr 20, 1961, to N353CW (NTU), N4492N Oct 1983. Current 20124
32945 (MSN 1299) WFU Jun 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC69198, to N2PS in 1970. To C-GWJA May 4, 1993,
cancelled Sep 12, 2005. To N2PS, To N299CN Nov 18, 2005. Current 2014
32946 (MSN 1300) WFU Jul 31, 1945. To NC62003 KT Flying Service, Honolulu HI Dec 3, 1945. To N403E Superior Oil Company,
Houston TX Jun 3, 1963. To N60JK (ntu).
To John W. Ingle, Naples NY 1966/72. To Alfred F. Wright/ Wright Air Service, Fairbanks AK 1977/84. To H & H Aero Inc,
Wilmington DE Jul 1989/92. To Jord Corp, Wilmington DE Jun 1992. To N60JK Jord Corp, Wilmington DE Sep 1992.
To N403E John H. Callahan, Clifton Park NY Sep 9, 1993/99. to Race Flying Boats, Bear DE Jun 23, 1999/2004.
To Race Aviation, Longmeadow MA Dec 9, 2004/2012. Current 2014.
32947 (MSN 1301) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC79905. W/o Aug 18, 1953 at Loon Lake, AK
32948 (MSN 1302) W/o Feb 26, 1945 at Red Bluff, CA
32949 (MSN 1303) To US Coast Guard Jun 3, 1946 as ??? . WFU 1948. To civil registry as NC99 Oc5 18 1948,
to N4990N May 22, 1958. N4990N cancelled Aug 2, 1974.
32950 (MSN 1304) w/o Apr 22, 1944 at Mount Idak, AK
32951 (MSN 1305) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To NC79906 Oct 14, 1947. WFU Mar 1957
32952 (MSN 1306) WFU Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC66273, N273L May 1962, N278L Mar 23, 1964, CF-KKF, CF-QPL Jun 25, 1971,
To N25DF. Current 2014.
32953 (MSN 1307) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC9211H. WFU Sep 3, 1971
32954 (MSN 1308) w/o Sep 16, 1943 at Tillamook
32955 (MSN 1309) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC3863H Dec 17, 1946, to CF-GYZ Apr 3, 1951. Crashed May 23, 1956,
Kitimat, BC, Canada
32956 (MSN 1310) to Royal Navy as Gosling I JS996. Returned to USN Feb 28, 1946. WFU. To NC66197. WFU Jun 12, 1965
Feb 28, 1946. To civil registry as N66197
32957 (MSN 1311) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To NC9591H. To CF-HEN Jul 17, 1953. To Price Air Services, Toronto ONT 1965.
To Boothe Leasing of Canada Ltd, Toronto ONT 1966. To North Coast Air Services, Prince Rupert BC 1968/72.
To N62881 in 1973. To Antonio Bascaro, Ciud Guatamala, Guatamala 1977. TG-BIZ registered Dec 11, 1982.
Sold to USA, struck-off reg. Jul 23, 2003. To N744MC Michael L. Cozad, Las Vegas NV Dec 5, 2003. WFU Mar 21, 2014
32958 (MSN 1312) WFU Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC1069M Mar 31, 1947, N69T Apr 6, 1953, N89T Jan 24, 1957,
CF-KKF Jan 29, 1958, N13122 Oct 2, 1967. Current 2014 as N13122, registered to
Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum.
32959 (MSN 1313) to UUSCG Jul 31, 1946. WFU 1949. To civil registry as N708L Aug 1, 1950, N708C Aug 7, 1958,
N5SW (ntu). Current 2014 as N708C.
32960 (MSN 1314) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC70060, to N128A Mar 11, 1959. Struck trees in forced landing,
Titusville, PA Sep 13, 1969
32961 (MSN 1315) QW/o Sep 20, 1943 at Hilo, HI. Repaired. To civil registry as N76K Nov 15, 1954, CF-IHI Jun 27, 1955,
CF-HPD Sep 5, 1958, C-FHPD, N8AS 1974. W/o May 2, 2013 when crashed into Hudson River near Germantown, New York. One killed.
32962 (MSN 1316) w/o in 1945
32963 (MSN 1317) WFU Jun 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC67867 Apr 18, 1946, 5N-AMD Jan 1972, N67867 again Aug 7, 1975,
5N-AMG Oct 1976, G-BTKJ May 14, 1991. Registration G-BTKJ not taken up and aircraft returned to Florida in Nov 1995 and
again registered as N67867 Nov 14, 1997. Current 2014
32964 (MSN 1318) W/o 1945
32965 (MSN 1319)to USCG in 1946. WFU May 1949. to civil registry as NC728 Jun 10, 1949, N1595V May 10, 1954. Current 2014 as N1595V
32966 (MSN 1320) to USCG in 1946. WFU 1947. To civil registry as NC702 Mar 31, 1948. W/o Jan 19, 1951 at San Jose, Costa Rica
32967 (MSN 1321) WFU Apr 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC67794 with Alaska Island Airlines Sep 9, 1953.
Crshed Lisianski Inlet, near Pelican City, Alaska Nov 4, 1954. Registration cancelled Oct 12, 1955.
32968 (MSN 1322) w/o Sep 20, 1943 at Chambers Field, VA
32969 (MSN 1323) WFU Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC66432 Dec 6, 1946. Registration cancelled May 25, 1965.
32970 (MSN 1324) WFU Feb 28, 1947. To civil registry as NC5555N Mar 21, 1947, CF-JKH Nov 9, 1955, N176MS Dec 21, 1962.
Crashed Oct 6, 1973 when landed in water with the
landing gear down. To N144GW Jun 19, 1991. To N612GW Sep 28, 2011. Current 2014.
32971 (MSN 1325) WFU Jan 31, 1947. To civil registry as NC67646. Apr 22, 1947. Current 2014
32972 (MSN 1326) to USCG Jul 31, 1946. Assigned to USCG, St Petersburg, FL.
Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, later as NACA Langley Research Center,
Langley Field, VA Aug 28, 1947 to Jun 27, 1951. Returned to US Navy as XJ4F-2.
Assigned to NAS Patuxent River, MD
32973 (MSN 1327) to USCG Jun 31, 1946. WFU. Became N725 Ju. 21, 1950, then N79906 Apr 12, 1957. N79906 cancelled on export
to Canada May 27, 2003. Registered May 28, 2003 to CF-BGS Inc of Oakville, ON as C-FBCP. Current 2013
32974 (MSN 1328) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC9900H Dec 20, 1946. Current 2014
32975 (MSN 1329) WFU Mar 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC66645 Jun 28, 1946, to N66645 May 17, 1950. later N645DH Aug 1, 2000.
Reported Jun 1993 at Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage, AK, but no evidence of Museum ownership. Current 2014
32976 (MSN 1330) assigned to EDO Corporation, College Point, NY. Used by Edo Corporation as testbed for
evaluating different seaplane hulls. First flown May 1948 with a half-scale
Martin XP5M-1 hull. Assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA May 20, 1948 to
Jul 16, 1953. Named "Petulant Porpoise" in 1948 markings of NACA at Langley Field, Virginia.
Retired to National Air and Space Museum. Exchanged with Darryl Greenamyer for
Bearcat N1111L.
32977 (MSN 1331) crashed and burned on Signal Mountain, a few miles N of Chattanooga, TN, during night flight
Jan 2, 1948.
32978 (MSN 1332) Lend-Lease to Royal Navy as FP474 Mar 27, 1944. Returned to US Navy in 1945. To civil registry as SE-ARZ
Mar 28 1946, cancelled Jun 28, 1958. Registered LN-HAL Jun 3, 1958, cancelled Jun 30, 1978. Donated to Norsk Teknish Museum,
Oslo, Norway, on loan to Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola.
32979 (MSN 1333) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC69078
32980 (MSN 1334) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC9212H Dec 16, 1946, to CF-PNT Feb 12, 1957, to N90727 Apr 4.
1975. Current 2014.
32981 (MSN 1335) w/o Jan 27, 1945 at Richmond, VA
32982 (MSN 1336) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP455, later renamed Widgeon I
32983 (MSN 1337) WFU Mar 31, 1947. To civil registry as NC58837 Jan 10, 1947. Cancelled Sep 24, 2013.
32984 (MSN 1338) WFU Jun 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC69067 May 6, 1947. Current 2014
32985 (MSN 1339) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC58847. Crashed and destroyed Jun 16, 1956 at Hook Point, Chignik Bay,
Alaska. N58847 cancelled May 20, 1965
32986 (MSN 1340) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP456, later renamed
Widgeon I. Returned to US Navy in 1945. To civil registry as NC41826 Oct 31, 1945, VP-BAK Feb 2, 1956, N9311R Dec 12, 1960.
Current 2014.
32987/32991 Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon
Curtiss Model CW-22N
Ordered by the Dutch for Netherlands East Indies AF as CF-4120/CF-4124 but were not shipped from US; to US Navy.
Lend-Lease to Cuba July 1942 but rejected.
32987 MSN 4187
32988 MSN 4188
32989 MSN 4189
32990 MSN 4192
32991 MSN 4193
32992/33066 Beech GB-2
32992 dumped in water off Espiritu Santo, South Pacific Dec 31, 1944
32994 (MSN 4793) to CAA as NC217, then NC217E. to France as F-BEXA for STE Agricole de
Production et de Transformation
33004 (MSN 4803) current Aug 2015 as n9405H, resident at Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England
33011 (MSN 4810) on civil registry as N480
33012 (MSN 4811) to civil regiatry as N711ZZ
33013 (c;n 4812) to CAA as NC46. To France as F-BEXK for Societe Air Madagascar
33018 (MSN 4817) registered N67714 Nov 1, 2005
33022 (MSN 4821) to CAA as NC161. To NC161K, on current civil registry as N161K
33024 (MSN 4823) became N993H, then G-BUXU May 20, 1993. Registered Sep 10, 2004
as F-GUZZ for Francis Vital at Persan Beaumont, Aeroport de Paris
33030 (MSN 4829) to CAA as NC221, then N1255N, then F-AZLA for Thierry Paris at
Montlucon-Guret, Limousin.
33034 (MSN 4833) on civil registry as N52931.
33036 (MSN 4835) to CAA as NC230.
33037 (MSN 4836) to CAA as NC160. To NC5743N, NC160. Current
33044 (MSN 4843) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2756
33045 (MSN 4844) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2757
33049 (MSN 4848) on civil registry as N67736
33050 (MSN 4849) became CF-BKQ. Noted recently in Reynolds Alberta Museum,
Wetaskiwin, Alberta
33051 (MSN 4850) on civil registry as N17SW
33052 (MSN 4851) Lend-Lease to Brazilian AF as FAB-2758 in 1943. W/o Oct 24, 1944.
33053 (MSN 4852) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2759
33055 (MSN 4854) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2760
33056 (MSN 4855) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2761
33057 (MSN 4856) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2762
33059 (MSN 4858) to CAA as NC153. To N1256N, N1256B, expired Sep 30, 2012.
33061 (MSN 4860) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2763
33062 (MSN 4861) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2764
33063 (MSN 4862) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2765
33064 (MSN 4863) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2766
33065 (MSN 4864) Lend-Lease to Brazil as FAB 2767
33067/33466 Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
MSN 237-5076/5475. Model 237-27-01
33068 damaged in landing accident at NAS San Pedro, TX Mar 17, 1943. Crew unhurt
33969 (VPB-149) suffered mechanical failure at Samar, Philippines Jun 6, 1945. Aircraft SOC.
33072 to RAF, probably as FN956
33076 to French Aeronavale Sep 1945.
33077 (VB-133) damaged on takeoff from Edinburgh Field, Trinidad Dec 17, 1943. Major damage to aircraft.
With VPB-149 made one-wheel landing at Tacloban airfield Apr 26, 1945. Plane lost, but crew
was uninjured.
33078 (VPB-127) w/o Dec 9, 1944 Port Lyautey, FM in non-combat-mission.
33079 (VMF(N)531) w/o 21-Mar-44 Treasure Isl,South Pacific. Mid-air with 29870 at sea. 4 killed
33080 transferred to RCAF as 2194 Jun 1943.
33081 to RAF as FN957. SOC Mar 14, 1946
33082 transferred to RCAF as 2141 Apr 1943
33083 transferred to RCAF as 2150 Apr 1943
33086 transferred to RCAF as 2147 Apr 1943
33087 transferred to RCAF as 2148 Apr 1943
33088 transferred to RCAF as 2277
33089 (VMF(N)-531) MIA on mission out of Vella Lavella, South Pacific Feb 20-21, 1944. 3 crew MIA
33090 to French Aeronavale
33091 (VB-137) destroyed on ground at Funafuti during Japanese air attack Sep 12, 1943
33092 (VB-127) ditched in Atlantic Ocean off Fort Lyautey, French Morocco. All crew rescued.
33094 transferred to RCAF as 2142 Apr 1943
33096 (VB-127) from Cruz Fld, Port Lyautey, French
Morocco w/o 29-Sep-43. Hit 2000' mtn, 15 mi NE of Ben-Ahmed, French Morocco. All 5 crew killed.
33097 (VB-131) missing 10-Jul-43 on search mission
between Guantanamo Bay and Nevassa Isl. 5 missing.
33100 (VPB-128) crashed on takeoff, Reykjavik, Iceland, Sept 5, 1943. All crew escaped.
33101 (VB-125) crashed on takeoff at NAS Boca Chica, Key West Apr 25, 1944 after tire blew. No crew injuries
33103 (VD-2) in taxiing accident in Panama Jan 2, 1945. No crew injuries.
33104 (VJ-4) w/o NAS Norfolk,Va 16-Apr-43. Spun-in on
take-off. 9 killed
33108 transferred to RCAF as 2145 Apr 1943
33112 (VPB-199) aborted takeoff and overran runway at NAS Whidbey Island, WA Nov 26, 1944.
Crew was unhurt.
33113 transferred to RCAF as 2143 Apr 1943
33114 (VB-126) landing gear collapsed after landing at Floyd Bennett Field, NY Feb 19, 1944. No crew injuries.
33115 transferred to RCAF as 2151 Apr 1943
33116 transferred to RCAF as 2152 Apr 1943
33117 transferred to RCAF as 2144 Apr 1943. Crashed into sea Jun 3, 1945
33118 (VB-136) wheels-up landing at Shemya due to loss of hydraulic fluid Oct 11, 1943. Repaired
33119 transferred to RCAF as 2155 Apr 1943
33120 transferred to RCAF as 2149 Apr 1943. Crashed into sea Dec 7, 1944
33121 (VP-HDN-6) w/o 12-Apr-44 NAS Whidbey Island, WA. Spun-in
on take-off 3 killed.
33122 transferred to RCAF as 2153 Apr 1943
33123 transferred to RCAF as 2156 Apr 1943
33124 transferred to RCAF as 2146 Apr 1943
33125 transferred to RCAF as 2163 Apr 1943
33126 transferred to RCAF as 2157 Apr 1943
33127 transferred to RCAF as 2162 Apr 1943
33129 (FAW-6) accident on landing at Clover Field, Whidbey Island, WA Jul 11, 1943. Substantial damage to
aircraft, but crew was unhurt.
33130 transferred to RCAF as 2154 Apr 1943
33132 transferred to RCAF as 2161 Apr 1943
33133 (VB-136) w/o Sweepers Cove Adak,AK 25-Sep-43. Flew
into water on take-off. 4 killed
33135 VB-139) damaged during attack on Japanese boat and made crash landing back at Attu, Alaska. Aircraft was
repaired. In taxiing accident at NAS Whidbey Island Sep 2, 1944.
33136 (VB-139) crashed into San Francisco Bay on test flight Apr 29, 1943. All 4 crew killed.
33137 (VPB-198) damaged in landing accident at NAS Moffett Field, CA Dec 28, 1944. Crew unhurt.
33138 (VB-138) caught fire on landing at NAS Kanoehe, Hawaii Jul 18, 1943. Crew unhurt
33139 (VB-138) crashed near peak of Mount Washington in Olympic Range May 14, 1943. All six crew killed.
33140 (VB-136) lost engine on takeof from Shemya and made emergency landing on tundra Nov 9, 1943. Everyone
survived, but aircraft SOC.
33142 (FAW-6) crashed into NE side of Mt Washington May 14, 1943. 5 crew killed.
33146 (VB-125) w/o 24-Jun-43. Crashed into Long Island
Sound during practice bombing run on friendly submarine. 5 killed
33147 (VB-126) crashed on landing at MCAS Cherry Point, NC 9-Jul-43 during convoy coverage off
NC. 4 killed
33148 transferred to RCAF as 2159 Apr 1943
33149 (VPB-2,OTU#2) w/o Aug 24, 1944 in mid-air collision with PV-3 33943
at NAS Lake City, FL, 4 killed.
33150 transferred to RCAF as 2158 Apr 1943.
33152 transferred to RCAF as 2164 May 1943
33153 (MSN 5162) transferred to RCAF as 2165 May 1943, to instructional airframe as A452. Later
sold on civil registry as N5769N, N131A. Converted to Super Ventura Sep 10, 1958. Noted derelict
at grownfield, Texas Apr 1987.
33154 transferred to RCAF as 2168 May 1943
33155 transferred to RCAF as 2166 May 1943
33156 transferred to RCAF as 2167 May 1943. To N6400e, N2331, N31C, N31CP. Creahed near Madeira,
Ohio Feb 19, 1960.
33157 transferred to RCAF as 2169 May 1943
33158 transferred to RCAF as 2181 Jun 1943
33159 transferred to RCAF as 2182 Jun 1943.
33160 transferred to RCAF as 2160 Apr 1943
33161 transferred to RCAF as 2174 May 1943. Later sold on
civil registry as CF-HBW, N4968C. Converted to Super Ventura, then to Howard 500 (MSN 500-101) then to N18N,
N365N, CF-WKG, N500B, C-GLOM, PJ-llZ in Nethrlands Antilles. Impounded for drug running at Nassau,
Bahamas Apr 1984.
33162 transferred to RCAF as 2178 May 1943
33163 transferred to RCAF as 2179 May 1943. Remains retrieved by Ventura Mermorial Flight Association Aug 1994.
The Association was restroring RCAF 2195 (BuNo 33315)
33164 transferred to RCAF as 2205 Jun 1943. To NL64005, N1958S. Cancelled Aug 6, 2012.
33167 on civil registry as N1958S
33170 (VPB-132) surveyed after starboard landing gear folded up on landing at Floyd Bennett Field, NY
Apr 14, 1945.
33171 (VB-130) caught fire on landing at NAF Fortaleza (Pici Field), Brazil Sep 13, 1943. Crew survived.
33173 (VPB-2 OTU#2) damaged in accident while landing at NAS Lake City, FL Mar 10, 1944.
33175 (VPB-2 OTU#1) in takeoff accident at NAS Beaufort, SC Mar 7, 1945
33181 (VPB-2,OTU#2) from NAS Lake City, FL w/o 27-May-
43. Crashed at night 8 mi NE of Lake City, FL on instruments due to unknown
cause. All 6 crew killed
33183 (VB-132) w/o NAS Deland,FL 14-May-43. Force-landing and fire. 3 killed
33184 (VPB-146) damaged in landing at NAS Crows Foot, CA Sep 13, 1945.
33185 w/o 11-Apr-43 during ferry flight from NAS San Pedro TX to Plain Dealings, TX. Plane caught fire
and exploded. 4 killed
33186 (FAW-5) in wheels-up landing at NAAS Boca Chica, FL Aug 24, 1944. Major damage to aircraft, but crew was
uninjured.
33187 (VB-129) based in Brazil, w/o 11-Jun-1943. Crashed
at sea on routine training flight. 5 missing
33188 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN958. Missing from meteorological flight Mar 13, 1944
33189 (VB-131) crashed on takeoff 2-Dec-43 Zandery Field, Surinam during convoy
coverage. Take-off & crashed
33194 (VB-131) w/o 22-Oct-43 British Guiana. Loss of
control, hit flat from 1000'.
33195
33199 damaged in takeoff accident at NAS Quonset Point, RI Apr 8, 1943
33200 (VB-140) made water landing close to Guadalcanal Oct 19, 1943. All 7 crew OK
33203 (VB-128) in taxi accident at Meeks Airfield, Keflavik, Iceland Nov 15, 1943. No crew injuries
33209 (VB-138) in landing accident at Russells, South Pacific Oct 28, 1943.
33210 (VB-138) damaged during landing at NAS Kaneohe Aug 2, 1943. Crew unhurt
With VPB-198 damaged in landing at NAS Moffett Field, CA Feb 27, 1945. Crew unhurt.
33212 (VB-137) believed destroyed on ground at Bititui Island (Tarawa) during Japanese air attack Dec 3, 1943
33214 (VB-140) ditched in ocean on return from combat mission from Russell Islands Sep 17, 1943. One crewman
killed, survivors made landfall after 17 days at sea and were picked up Oct 17, 1943
33215 (FAW-6) in landing accident at NAS Whidbey Island, WA Jun 10, 1943. Substantial damage to aircraft,
but crew was unhurt.
33216 (VPB-130) destroyed on ground at Tacloban in enemy air raid Nov 27, 1944.
33217 (VB-140) crashed and burned 3-Dec-43 Mundal Field, New Georgia during takeoff
for search and recon. 1 killed, 4 crew survived.
33219 (VPB-133) turned over to CASU(F)-44 for striking Jun 18, 1945.
33220 (VB-138) crashed during training exercise 3 mi S of NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii Aug 6, 1943. All crew killed.
33223 (VB-130) damaged on ground at Tacloban in enemy air raid Nov 27, 1944
33225 (VPB-133) turned over to CASU(F)-52 for striking May 29, 1945
33226 to French Aeronavale as 33226
33229 (MSN 237-5238, VP-131) w/o Jun 21, 1943 when failed to
return from training mission out of NAAF Boca Chica, FL.
5 crew missing. Wreckage found in shallow water one year later.
33230 transferred to RCAF as 2175 May 1943
33232 transferred to RCAF as 2173 May 1943. To N5778N, N555DM. Converted to Super Ventura MK II. DBF
Nov 29, 1963.
33233 transferred to RCAF as 2183 Jun 1943
33234 transferred to RCAF as 2207 Jun 1943. To N5760N, N2000C. Crashed W of Smithtown, Long Island,
New York Jan 26, 1956. Cancelled Feb 21, 1956. Also listed as being destroyed in crash with VPB-2 OTU#1 35 mi SE OF
NAS Sanford, FL Jun 19, 1943, all crew killed.
33235 to RCAF as 2177 May 1943
33236 transferred to RCAF as 2171 May 1943
33237 to RCAF as 2176 May 1943
33238 transferred to RCAF as 2170 May 1943
33239 transferred to RCAF as 2172 May 1943
33240 transferred to RCAF as 2257. To N10488, N340 Converted to Super Ventura. To N3403. Crashed
Graylord, Minnesota Mar 2, 1969
33243 (VB-2,OTU#1) w/o 19-Jun-43. Spun-in during stall
practice. 7 killed
33247 (VMF(N)-531) in landing accident at NAF Canton Island Aug 2, 1944.
33249 (MSN 5258) transferred to RCAF as 2180 May 1943. Later on
civil registry N19485, N1212. Converted to Super Ventura Oct 31, 1956. To N2020, N8020, as N4005.
Cancelled Jul 9, 2012
33250 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN959
33251 (VPB-2 OTU#2) in collision with 29774 at NAS Lake City, FL Jan 5, 1944. Both aircraft DBR.
33253 (VMF(N)-531) w/o 9-Feb-44 Barakoma, Vella Lavella island, South Pacific. Crashed
into sea and burned after take-off. 3 killed.
33255 (VMF(N)-531) crashed on takeoff from Renard Field, Russell Islands, South Pacific Mar 13, 1944
33256 (VPB-2 OTU#2) damaged in accident landing at Jasper, FL Nov 19, 1944.
33257 transferred to RCAF as 2184 Jun 1943
33258 (MSN 5267) transferred to RCAF as 2185 Jun 1943. To N10473, N2600. Vonverted to Super VenturaII/Howard 350
Feb 18, 1957. To N9211R, Later sold on civil registry as N544B. Ditched S of Cuba Apr 27, 1979
33259 transferred to RCAF as 2213
33260 (MSN 5269) transferred to RCAF as 2186 Jun 1943. Later on civil
registry as N75384, N9060. Converted to Super Ventura Dec 12, 1957. Cancelled Jul 22, 2011.
33261 transferred to RCAF as 2187 Jun 1943. To N10472, N345. Converted to Super Ventura. Crashed near
New Castle, Pennsylvania Dec 27, 1956.
33262 transferred to RCAF as 2188 Jun 1943. To N10474. Converted to Super Ventura 195. To N200P, N230P, N18A.
Crashed into harbor on takeoff, Chicago, Illinois Aug 17, 1962l
33263 (MSN 5272) transferred to RCAF as 2189 Jun 1943. Later sold
on civil registry as N10496, N721N. Was converted to Howard 500 with
MSN 500-102 but MSN was NTU. Ditched near Aruba Jul 7, 1979
33264 transferred to RCAF as 2216.
33265 (MSN 5274) transferred to RCAF as 2217. To N5761N, N3031. Converted to Super Ventura. To N8081.
Converted to Howard 350 Mar 27, 1966. on civil registry as N730EG. Crashed Cuiliacan, Smaloa, Mexico
Apr 1, 1975 on smuggling flight.
33266 transferred to RCAF as 2190 Jun 1943. To N10475. Converted to Super Ventura. To CF-KEH, N101MC. Converted
to Howard 350. To N361M, 361MC. Crashed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Oct 15, 1972.
33267 transferred to RCAF as 2208
33268 transferred to RCAF as 2214. To N64007, XB-REX, N5399N. Crashed Bandera, Texas Mar 15, 1962.
33269 transferred to RCAF as 2215. To N1505V. Crashed on Calf Mountain, near Waynesboro, Virginia Nov 20, 1954.
33270 transferred to RCAF as 2212
33271 (MSN 5280) transferred to RCAF as 2191 Jun 1943. Then on US civil
registry as N1506V, N11P. Converted to Super Ventura Sep 10, 1965. Cancelled Aug 1, 2011
33272 to French Aeronavale
33273 transferred to RCAF as 2192 Jun 1943.
33274 transferred to RCAF as 2196 Jun 1943. To N1504V. Converted to Super Ventura. To N234YU. Crashed
Egg Harbor, New Jersey Feb 1, 1975.
33276 (VPB-198) caught fire during takeoff at NAAS Fallon, NV Aug 21, 1945. Crew was unhurt, but
aircraft was destroyed.
33277 (VB-130) w/o NAS Trinidad, BWI 1-Jul-43. Ground
looped during landing & burned
33278 (VB-135) damaged by enemy fighters and diverted to Petropavlovsk, Soviet Union Sep 11, 1944. Damaged on landing
33280 (FAW-12 HEDRON) damaged in landing at NAAS Boca Chica, FL May 22, 1944. Crew unhurt.
(VB-128) w/o 14-Sep-44 NAS South Weymouth, MA. Overshot landing & burned
33282 (VB-146) suffered inflight accident near Bellingham, WA Sep 1, 1943. Minor damage to plane.
33284 (VB-133) ran off runway on landing at NAF Hato, Curacao Aug 5, 1943. Aircraft damaged, but all crew
got out safely.
33285 (VB-140) w/o 13-Feb-44 Guadalcanal. Crashed after
take-off, pilot error
33286 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN960. SOC Mar 14, 1946
33287 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN961. Sold for scrap Sep 3, 1947
33289 to RCAF
33290 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN962. SOC May 14, 1947
33291 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN963. SOC Jan 30, 1947
33292 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN964. SOC May 30, 1946
33293 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN965. Diverted to SAAF as 6413, no RAF service
33294 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN966. SOC Aug 3, 1946
33295 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN967. Diverted to RCAF, no RAF service
33298 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN969. DBR when bellylanded on beach following
engine trouble, Achnahaid, Scotland Oct 4, 1943
33299 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN970. SOC May 14, 1947
33300 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN971. Ditched in Mediterranean Sea Mar 11, 1944
after engine failure
33301 (VB-143) damaged on landing at Majuro May 26, 1944
33302 (VPB-2 OTU#1) in landing accident at NAS Beaufort, SC Nov 14, 1944.
33303 (MSN 237-5312) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4501. Crashed Bougainville May 8, 1944
33304 (VPB-153) w/o 3-Feb-44. Fire in air when
parachute illumination flare remained attached during
practice drop causing fire at 1500', crashed at
sea,off Pt. Reyes, CA. 6 missing.
33307 (VB-140) MIA on mission from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal Oct 11, 1943. Crew of 7 MIA.
33308 (MSN 237-5317) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4502. Crashed at Ohakea on Jun 7, 1944 after engine failure on take-off
during a training flight. To instructional airframe INST102 at RNZAF Base, Ohakea. Scrapped
33309 (MSN 237-5318) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4503. SOC Mar 1948
33310 (MSN 237-5319) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4504
33311 (MSN 237-5320) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4505
33312 (MSN 237-5321) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4506
33313 (MSN 237-5322) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4507. SOC Mar 1948
33314 (MSN 237-5323) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4508. Crashed near Domo Cove on Dec 7, 1943. The aircraft stalled
out of a turn in zero visibility weather and crashed into the sea
33315 to RCAF as 2195 Jun 1943. to Spartan Aerial Surveys as
CF-FAV. Crashlanded 60 miles north of Yellowknife Aug 14, 1953
and abandoned; recovered 1988 and in 1997 was under restoration by
Edmonton Aviation Heritage Centre. Being restored to flying condition by Ventura Memorial
Flight Association.
33316 to RAAF as A59-51. Sold 9/6/1949. To VH-RGM
33317 transferred to RCAF as 2204 Jun 1943. TO N64001. Crashed 4 mi E of Jeffersonville, Indiana May 15, 1956.
33318 transferred to RCAF as 2193 Jun 1943. With 149 Sqn crashed on
Duke Island, Canada Oct 26, 1943. 2 killed, 2 injured and
died of injuries 16 days later.
33319 transferred to RCAF as 2203 Jun 1943.
33320 (MSN 237-5329) to New Zealand Jun 7, 1943 as NZ4509. SOC Mar 1948
33321 to RAAF as A59-50.
33322 transferred to RCAF as 2202 Jun 1943. Later to civil registry as N5776N, N507N. Converted to Super
Ventura Mar 31, 1959. Converted to Howard 350 Apr 18, 1966. To Naval Aviation Museum Dec 20, 1978.
To Museum of Aviation at Warner Robbins AFB by Nov 1986. Sold to civil user but DBR in airlift tranfer
to Fernando Beach, Florida. BU for spares in 1987.
33323 transferred to RCAF as 2197 Jun 1943. Later sold to civil
registry as N64008, N164H. WFU Brownfield, Texas by 1977. Registration cancelled as destroyed Jun 25, 1979.
33324 to RCAF as 2200 Jun 1943. To N3948C, N44R. Converted to Super Ventura. To N401M. Believed converted
to Howard 350. To N45CK. Crashed spraying crops at Union Springs, Alabama May 4, 1973.
33325 (MSN 5334) To RCAF as 2209. on civil registry as N3950C, N52K, N33DP, N322PN, N922PN. Cancelled Nov 20, 2012
33326 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN971. Ditched in Mediterranean Mar 11, 1944
33327 (MSN 5336) transferred to RCAF as 2198 Jun 1943. Later sold to
civil registry as N64004, N234P. Converted to Super Ventury Jul 7, 1958. Damaged by fire in right
wing after fuel leak Oct 1994. To N990PT but NTU. Registration cancelled as sale
reported Sep 22, 2008
33328 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN972. Diverted to RCAF, no RAF service.
33329 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN973. Transferred to RCAF as 2204 Jun 1943.
33330 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN974. Diverted to RCAF, no RAF service.
33331 transferred to RCAF as 2199 Jun 1943.
33332 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN975. Retained in USA for use by RCAF in 1943, but then delivered to
RAF in Middle East. SOC Jan 30, 1947
33333 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN976
33334 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN977. Retained in USA for use by RCAF in 1943. Crashed Jun 12, 1943 at
Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
33335 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN978. Retained in Canada, may have been transferred to RCAF
33336 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN979. Retained in Canada and diverted to RCAF.
33337 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN980. DBR Jul 6, 1944.
33338 to RAF as Ventura GR.V. FN981
33329 (FAW-12 HEDRON) destroyed in takeoff accident at NAAS Boca Chica, FL May 25, 1944. Crew unhurt.
33340 (VB-138) damaged by enemy fire and made dead stick water landing near Cape St George Feb 22, 1944.
4 crew members rescued, 2 lost
33343 (VB-139) w/o 25-Mar-44 Masscare Bay, Attu, Alaska. Flew
into water on take-off. 5 killed
33346 (VB-139) made emergency landing near frozen lake Attatu Island Dec 30, 1943.
Crew suffered only minor injuries and were rescued. Wreckage recoverd in 1988 by US Historical Aircraft Preservation Museum,
Anchorage, Alaska. To N57HA but NTU. cancelled Aug 8, 1985.
33349 (VPB-148) crashed on takeoff from NAF Emirau, New Ireland Island Oct 9, 1944. Most of
crew and passengers received minor burns and injuries
33351 (VB-131) w/o 17-Feb-44 Zandrey Fld, Surinam (Dutch Guiana) during
test flight. Reported mechanical problems shortly after
takeoff, went out of control and crashed 3 mi NE of
the field. 5 killed
33353 (VB-142) lost on mission to Japanese seaplane base at Emidj, Jaluit Atoll Jan 20, 1944. Crew of 6 KIA.
33356 (VB-132) w/o 22-Jun-43 during search mission. Crashed at sea 5 mi SW of Key West, FL. 5 killed.
33357 (VB-131) undercarriage collapsed on landing at Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Island, WA Jun 8, 1944.
Material damage to aircraft, but crew uninjured.
33358 (VB-131) crashed at sea during search for 33412 out of Zandery Field, Paramaribo Nov 10, 1943. All 6 crew killed.
33361 (VB-144) w/o 14-Feb-44 Tarawa Atoll. Crashed
after take-off from Hawkins Field. 5 killed.
33362 transferred to RCAF as 2211. To N75381, N5C. Converted to Super Ventura. To N175S. Crashed near
Chimicagua, Colombia Apr 15, 1973 on illegal flight.
33363 transferred to RCAF as 2210. To CF-HBX, N4969C, to civil registry as N511YP. Cancelled as WFU.
Converted to Howard 500 (MSN 500-103) To N511YP, N511Y, N127LR. Damaged Key Largo, Florida Feb 9, 1978.
Cancelled May 22, 1980.
33364 transferred to RCAF as 2229. To NX5387N, N5387N, N101G. Crashed 20 mi NW of New Braunfels, Texas
Jul 9, 1958.
33365 transferred to RCAF as 2218
33366 (MSN 5375) transferred to RCAF as 2232. To CF-FSL, N4970C, N420L. Converted to Howard 500 Aug 22, 1960.
with MSN 500-104. On civil registry as N4201 , N4032, N8013, YV-P-AEK, N8033, N80BD. Crashed into a lake
in Yosemite National Park in Dec 1976 with over 4000 pounds of marijuana aboard. Pilot and copilot
both killed. Registration N80BD cancelled Nov 1977.
33367 transferred to RCAF as 2219
33368 (MSN 5377) transferred to RCAF as 2220. On civil registry as N10477. Cancelled Jun 25, 2009
33369 to RAAF as A59-52. Sold 9/6/1949. A 1997 issue of 'FlyPast' magazine gives a
different history. It says - to RCAF as 2221; struck off charge 1950 and various owners until
exchanged in 1988 for a Canberra from the Australian AF. Restored to flying
condition by RAAF Museum as VH-SFF, painted as A59-67. Was N159U of Clarks Aerial
Service, Broomsfield, TX in the 1980s.
33370 (MSN 5379) transferred to RCAF as 2222. to civil registry as N456, N456G. May not have flown after
damage when landed short and undercarriage collapsed at Hobbs, New Mexico Mar 26,1961. Cancelled Jul 24, 2012.
33371 transferred to RCAF as 2235.
33372 transferred to RCAF as 2206 Jun 1943
33375 (VPB-131) damaged in landing at Otter Point, Alaska Oct 15, 1944.
33379 (VPB-127) transferred to French Navy at NAAS Agadir, French Morocco May 31, 1945.
33380 (VPB-199) w/o 14-Jan-45 Cascade Mtn Range,WA.
Lost, fuel exhaustion;crew bailed out. 2 died of
exposure
33381 (VPB-200) w/o 31-Jul-45;Oahu,Hi. Hit mtn side 6 mi S of Kuhuki in
bad weather. 6 killed
33382 (VPB-129) damaged on landing at NAS Wildwood, NJ Mar 5, 1945. Aircraft SOC.
33383 (VB-125) damaged in accident at NAF San Julien, Cuba May 30, 1944 as it was getting ready for takeoff.
No crew injuries. With FAW-12 HEDRON suffered structural damage during flight out of NAAS Boca Chica, FL.
Crew made it back to base.
33384 (VB-131) ground looped on takeoff at Zandery Field, Surinam due to engine failure Feb 23, 1944. No
crew injuries, but aircraft badly damaged.
33386 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN982. SOC Mar 14, 1946
33387 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN983. SOC Jun 14, 1945
33388 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN984. SOC May 14, 1947
33389 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN985. SOC May 14, 1947
33390 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN986. SOC Dec 31, 1947
33391 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN987. DBR Jul 14, 1943 when engine cut on
takeoff, aircraft swung and undercarriage collapsed, Piarco, Trinidad
Jul 14, 1943.
33392 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN988. SOC Sep 3, 1947
33393 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN989. SOC May 14, 1947
33394 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN990. Transferred to SAAF as 6518 Oct 1, 1945
33395 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN991. Missing during ferry flight to SAAF as 6401
33396 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN992. Diverted to SAAF as 6402, no RAF service. Crashed near Tygerburg, RSA
Jul 20, 1955
33397 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN993. SOC Mar 14, 1946
33398 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN994. SOC Mar 14, 1946
33399 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN995. Diverted to SAAF 6512, no RAF service
33400 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN996. Diverted to SAAF as 6426, no RAF service. W/o near Pretoria, South
Africa Oct 9, 1943 on delivery flight
33401 (VPB-134) damaged in landing accident at NAF Recife, Fortaleza, Brazil while training
Brazilian aircrews Oct 21, 1944. Possibly to French Aeronavale for spares. SOC Nov 1945
in Morocco.
33404 (VPB-199) struck while parked by taxiing 33418 at NAS Whidbey Island, WA Oct 21, 1944. Major
damage to both aircraft.
33407 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN997. SOC Mar 14, 1946
33410 (VB-141) ground looped on landing due to landing gear failure at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Oct 11, 1943.
No injuries o personnel but aircraft caught fire and was SOC.
33411 (VB-141) crashed on ground loop on landing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Sep 10, 1943. No injuries to
personnel, but aircraft burned out completely.
33412 (VB-131) w/o 9-Nov-43 Surinam. Ditched in river & destroyed by dynamite. Crew was rescued.
33413 (VB-134) w/o 5-Dec-43 at NAS Quonset Point,RI. Hot landing, hit hanger. Crew of 4 plus 5 on ground killed
33414 (VPB-199) w/o 6-Mar-45 Lk.Hancock rocket range, WA. Wing failed on pull-out,1000' from shore.
6 killed
33415 (VB-133) was run into by a tractor on ramp at NAS Alameda, CA Jun 7, 1944. Aircraft only slightly
damaged, but was removed from VB-133 inventory
33417 (VB-141) ground looped at east end of Hato Field, Curacao, Netherlands East Indies Jan 5, 1944 and
struck a deep ditch and was demolished. No crew injuries, but aircraft was SOC
33418 (VPB-199) was taxiing at NAS Whidbey Island, WA when it struck parked 33404 Oct 21, 1944.
Major damage to both aircraft.
33419 (VB-134) w/o NAS Deland,Fl Jul 5, 1943. Spun-in on take-off. 8 killed
33421 (VK-13) damaged in takeoff accident at NAS Traverse City, Michigan Apr 19, 1944.
33422 (VPB-128) damaged by AAA in attack on AAA emplacements around enemy submarine at Cebu,
Philippines Mar 28, 1945. Plane returned to base, but was DBR and SOC Mar 28, 1945.
33425 (VB-143) w/o 8-Sep-44 NAAS Boca Chica,Key West,FL.
Flew into water during take-off and sank. All crew killed
33428 (VB-142) crashed into sea 100 mi from Hawaiian Islands Dec 11, 1943. All 8 onboard killed.
33429 (HEDRON,FAW-8) w/o 16-Oct-44. Took off from Ajaceio, Corsica, engine failure at 800' and spun-
in. All 9 onboard killed.
33430 (MSN 237-5439) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4510. Named "Tonawhai"
33431 (MSN 237-5440) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4511. Named "Slippery Sam"
33434 (MSN 237-5443) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4512
33435 (MSN 237-5444) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4513
33436 (VB-148) forced to land 6 mi N of NAAF Vernalis, CA due to unknown explosion Oct 20, 1943. Crew was unhurt,
but aircraft was heavily damaged.
33437 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN998. To SAAF as 6405. DBR May 1, 1944
33438 (MSN 237-5447) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4514
33439 (MSN 237-5448) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4515.
33440 (MSN 237-5449) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4516. Named "Patua Te Ra"
33441 (MSN 237-5450) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4517. Crashed on takeoff from Guadalcanal on Nov 13, 1943 and written off
33442 (MSN 237-5451) to New Zealand Jul 10, 1943 as NZ4518. Mid-air collision with Dakota NZ3501 [42-32885, landed safely]
on Mar 21, 1945. The aircraft dived towards the ground after the collision with a damaged starboard
wing and crashed into a paddock at Kaukapakapa. The crew with the exception of the Captain bailed out.
33443 to French Navy as 116 and w/o Apr 23, 1946
33444 to RAAF as A59-2, to VH-RGN
33445 (VPB-141) swerved off runway at NAS Beaufort, SC, collapsing the port wheel May 18, 1945.
Plane had to be SOC.
33446 to RAAF as A59-53. Sold 7/6/1949.
33449 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FN998. Diverted to SAAF as 6403, no RAF service
33451 (VB-140) in landing accident at NAAS Crows Landing, CA Jul 16, 1944. Crew unhurt.
33452 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP537. Ditched off Cyprus after engine failure
Mar 3, 1944
33454 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP538. Operated by 17 Sq SAAF
33456 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP539. DBR Sep 24, 1943 when swung on takeoff and
undercarriage collapsed at Takoradi, Gold Coast
33457 (VB-143) ground looped on landing at NAF Ipitanga, Brazil Apr 18, 1944. Crew unhurt, aircraft repaired.
33458 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP540. Operated by 17 Sq SAAF
33459 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP541. SOC Mar 29, 1945
33460 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP542. SOC May 4, 1944
33461 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP543
33462 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP544. Missing from patrol Jan 28, 1944
33463 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP545. Missing from convoy escort flight Feb 16, 1944
33464 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP546. Crashed into sea off Oran, Algeria Mar 7, 1944
33465 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP547.
33466 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP548. SOC Mar 14, 1946
33467/33514 Goodyear ZNP-K
K-class airship. In some databases, these are listed as a cancelled contract, but these apparently were built.
33467 K-75
33468 K-76
33469 K-77
33470 K-78
33471 K-79
33472 K-80
33473 K-81
33474 K-82
33475 K-83
33476 K-84
33477 K-85
33478 K-86
33479 K-87
33480 K-88
33481 K-89. Assigned ZP-14. Flown Weeksville, NC, to NAS Bermuda and the Azores April 1945. Arrived Port
Lyautey, French Morocco May 1, 1945 as replacements for Blimp Squadron ZP-14.
33482 K-90
33483 K-91
33484 K-92
33485 K-93
33486 K-94
33487 K-95
33488 K-96
33489 K-97
33490 K-98
33491 K-99
33492 K-100
33493 K-101
33494 K-102
33495 K-103
33496 K-104
33497 K-105
33498 K-106
33499 K-107
33500 K-108
33501 K-109
33502 K-110
33503 K-111
33504 K-112
33505 K-113 Control car destroyed by fire. Replaced by control car K-136
33506 K-114
33507 K-115
33508 K-116
33509 K-117
33510 K-118
33511 K-119
33512 K-120
33513 K-121
33514 K-122
33515/33614 Interstate TDR-1
Naval Aircraft Factory TDN development built in modified configuration by Interstate as TDR-1.
Was unmanned remotely-controlled aircraft for use in combat as assault drone.
33529 at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
33532/33614 cancelled
33532/33534 Vought XF6U-1 Pirate
Serials reassigned from cancelled TDR-1 batch
33532 first flight Oct 2, 1946
33533 first flight Jun 26, 1947. To NAS Patuxent River, Maryland for tests
33534 first flight Nov 10, 1947. Crashed near Stratford APT, Connecticut Nov 1948 due to seized engine bearing.
33535/33614 Grumman J2F-6 Duck
Serials reassigned from cancelled TDR-1 batch. Built by Columbia Aircraft Corporation under license.
33542 SOC at Guantanamo Bay Apr 30, 1949
33549 became N1214N. Reported in 1991 to be at Weeks Air Museum,
Tamiami, FL. Badly damaged by Hurrican Andrew Aug 24, 1992. Rebuilt and was flying
by 1997. Now with Kermit Weeks at Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida
33550 registered N910CM (ntu) May 9, 1989. Cancelled Aug 14, 2012. Also quoted as 33559
33559 delivered to US Navy May 26, 1945, SOC 1948,. To N3960C in 1949. Later N910CM. Current at Tallamook Air Museum,
Oregon.
33563 registered N79919 Feb 20, 1952, cancelled Feb 21, 1956
33581 at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
33587 civilianized as N67790 Oct 21, 1946. Rebuilt and flown in 1954. Converted to fire tanker Jan 1962
as C07. To Tallmantz Aviation Inc of Santa Ana, CA in Jan 1970 and flown in Venezuela filming
*Murphy's War*. To Kermit Weeks Apr 1985. Now on display at WPAFB Museum, painted as
OA-12 48-563.
33594 to civil registry as N1273N in 1959. To San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, California in 1975.
in years 1995-2000 lent to Kermit Weeks at Polk City, California, but sold to Cinema Air Collection, Chino, CA
June 21, 2000 as N5SF. Restored at Chino, first flight Mar 18, 2002..
33602 to civil registry as N1939M on 6th July 1952 was sold to Dr Roberto Baptista, at
Maiquetia, La Guaira. His mailing address was c/o TACA de Venezuela, which by this date
was a subsidiary of Linea Aeropostal Venezolana. No further registration known WFU at Letica, Colombia
and derelict by 1070. To Kermit Weeks Dec 6, 1982 for restoration, Registered as N5855S Jan 1997.
33614 to N55S of Lake Wales Air Services, Lake Wales, FL, reported
derelict in 1982. Reported Sep 2005 to be under restoration by Wichita Air Services, Newton, KS
33615/33714 Martin AM-1, -1Q Mauler
Contract cancelled.
33615/33621 Douglas R4D-4R
Serials reassigned from cancelled AM-1 batch. Commercial DC-3s
impressed as staff transport
33622/33714 Interstate TDR-1
Serials reassigned from cancelled AM-1 batch. Naval Aircraft Factory TDN development built in modified
configuration by Interstate as TDR-1. Was unmanned remotely-controlled aircraft for use in combat as assault drone
33715/33814 Bristol LRQ-1
Bristol Aeronautical Corporation Model LRQ prototype amphibious transport glider. Production contract cancelled.
33815/33820 Douglas R4D-4
DC-3A-447s taken over by Navy from Pan Am before delivery.
33815 (MSN 6350, ex NC34957) to US Navy Jan 11, 1943 - Jacksonville Jan 13, 1943 - SOC Mov 30,
1946. To civilian registry as TI-159 (TACA), YS-70 (TACA de Salvador), N3980C (Transocean),
EP-ADI (Iranian Airways Jan 21, 1955 - Iran Air 1961). Crashed Isfahan May 04, 1964.
33816 (MSN 6351, ex NC34958) to US Navy Jan 15, 1943 - VR-3 Jan 16, 1943 - Glenview Jan 1944 -
SOC Nov 30, 1947.
33817 (MSN 6352, ex NC34959) to US Navy Jan 14, 1943 - VR-1 Feb 08, 1943 - VR-4 Mar 18, 1943 -
VR-5 Jan 1944 - VR-4 Jul 1946 - SOC Nov 30, 1946. To civilian registry as NC73727
(Continental Airlines - Southern Airways jun 1949), N71SA (Rr), N715A,
N977W (Various owners/operators). Last noted engineless at Rollo, MO. Sep 1979. Rear fuselage
was at Harlingen, Texas in Oct 1983
33818 (MSN 6353, ex NC34960) to US Navy Jan 20, 1943 - VR-2 Jan 25, 1943 - VR-4 Mar 05, 1943 -
VR-5 Jan 1944 - FAW-5 Feb 1946 - FAW-3 Mar 1946 - SOC Oct 31, 1946. To civilian
registry as NC9032H (Aero Service Corp), VH-MJR (M J Lawrence Holding Ltd, Sydney, NSW. Aug 1, 1961,
operated with Aero Service Corp colours - MacRobertson Miller Apr 19, 1965), VH-MMT (Rr Jun 08, 1965,
named ‘Turner’), PK-RDG (Seulawah Air Service Dec 17, 1969), PK-OSA (Rr Jan 1978 - Mandala Airlines).
Last noted wfu Jakarta Apr 1980.
33819 (MSN 6354 ex NC34961) to US Navy Jan 23, 1943 - Corpus Christi Jan 29, 1943 - Glendale Jan 1944 -
COM-17, Kodiak, AK. Jan 1945 - Jacksonville Jul 31, 1946 - SOC Nov 30, 1946. To civilian registry as
NC95475, C-71X (SCOLTA - W/o Oct 05, 1948, repaired), C-140 (Avianca), HK-140 (Rr 1949 - LANSA Jul 10, 1952).
Converted to Hiper DC-3 for Avianca, then sold to TANA sep 06, 1974 and leased by El Venado
from 1975 until baught 1977. To Transamazonica Nov 1980, damaged Villavicencio May 12, 1982, repaired again.
Now private, leased to Aérolineas Intercolombianas.
33820 (MSN 6355 ex NC34962) to US Navy Jan 30, 1943 - Anacostia Feb 12, 1943 - SOC Oct 31, 1946.
To civilian registry as NC226 (Various owners/operators) until last noted impounded at Grand Turk Apr 1981,
sale reported, Miami, FL., current as such on USCAR Mar 2003.
33821/33870 Martin AM-1, -1Q Mauler
contract cancelled
33821/33870 Lockheed TO-1 Shooting Star
P-80Cs transferred from USAF (47-218/224, 47-525,
47-601/604, 47-1380/1394, 48-382, 47-1396/1411, 48-376/381).
Navy serials reassigned from cancelled AM-1 batch.
Redesignated TV-1 in 1950.
33824 (former USAAF 47-221) on display at NAS Willow Grove, PA, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
33830 (JTU-1) crashlanded at Brookley AFB, AL Feb 13, 1950.
33840 9/1948: Delivered to the US Navy. 1948-50: VMF-311 as "WL-28".
1950-51: JTTU-1 Whiting Field, FL. 1951-52: ATU-3. 1952-54: ATU-200.
7/1954: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
4/1956: Struck off charge. Was preserved at the Cuyahoga County APT.
Was preserved at NAS Pensacola, FL. Was preserved at MCAS El Toro, CA.
Currently preserved at the Flying Leathernecks Museum, Miramar, CA.
As best that can be told, there is an issue with the FAA N4425N - that number belongs to a
Lockheed T2V-1, not a Lockheed TO-1, though the BuNo - 33840 is listed on the FAA website.
TO-1 BuNo 33840 was probably never issued an N number.
33841 noted Oct 19, 1987 awaiting restoration at Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA
33844 (VR-32) damaged in takeoff accident at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ
Feb 1, 1951.
33846 at NAS Moffett Field, California
33850 (MSN 080-7084) believed to be the aircraft painted as 56467
and noted on display summer 2004 at Merced AP, Santa Rosa, CA
33866 on loan from USMC Air-Ground Museum, Quantico, VA to Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, NC.
33868 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA, later the NASA Ames
Research Center Oct 12, 1953 to Feb 1960. Registered as NACA 206
Modified with guidance and control displays. Served as the test bed for a target simulator
which was eventually adapted for simulations of the guidance of a radio-controlled missile, the Bullpup.
33870 assigned to San Diego, CA. Assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA
May 27, 1949 to Oct 28, 1949. Assigned to Naval Air Test Center (NATC), NAS Patuxent River, MD .
[also quoted as 48-381]
33871/33920 Interstate TD3R-1
Variant of TDR-1. Was unmanned remotely-controlled aircraft for use in combat as assault drone.
33881/33920 cancelled
33921/33922 Interstate XTD2R-1
Variant of TDR-1. Was unmanned remotely-controlled aircraft for use in combat as assault drone.
33921 completed as XTD3R-1
33922 completed as XTD3R-2
33923/33924 Interstate XTD3R-2
Variant of TDR-1. Was unmanned remotely-controlled aircraft for use in combat as assault drone
33925/33951 Lockheed PV-3 Ventura
MSN 137-4649/4675. Model 237-27-01. Last 27 Ventura IIs (AJ513/AJ539) on British contract taken over by US Navy
33925 (VPB-2,OTU#2) w/o 28-Jan-44 NAS Lake City, FL Lake Butler Auxiliary Field in
takeoff accident. Pilot killed, 2 crew injured.
33926 (VP-93) crashed on takeoff due to icing and crosswind at NAS Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada Dec 29, 1942.
No injuries. With VP-82, damaged in landing at NAS Argentia, Newfoundland Jan 7, 1943. No injuries.
33927 (VP-82) damaged in takeoff from NAS Argentia, Newfoundland Feb 26, 1943. No injuries.
33929 (VPB-2 OTU#2) lost in takeoff accident at NAS Lake City, FL Jul 19, 1944.
33931 (VB-125) crashed on landing at Gander Field, Newfoundland Mar 18, 1943. Crew unhurt
33932 (VB-125) crashed on takeoff from NAS Quonset Point, RI Mar 10, 1943. One killed, 3 injured
33937 (VPB-2 OTU#2) damaged in takeoff accident at NAS Lake City, FL Mar 23, 1944.
33938 (VP-82) damaged in landing at NAS Argentia, Newfoundland Dec 14, 1942. Crew was unhurt.
33940 (VB-2,OTU#2) w/o 28-Apr-45. Hit trees after take-
off from NAS Lake City, FL, tail torn off, crashed. 5 crew killed
33941 (VP-82) damaged in landing at NAS Argentia, Newfoundland Jan 19, 1943. Crew was unhurt.
33943 (VB-2,OTU#2) w/o 24-Aug-44 NAS Lake City, FL. Mid-
air collision with PV-1 33149, 2 killed
33946 (VP-82) damaged in takeoff accident at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island Oct 23, 1943. Crew uninjured
33949 (VB-126) damaged on landing at NAS Brunswick, ME Mar 10, 1943.
33950 (VB-126) w/o Mar 6, 1943 Greenland. Crashed on
take-off. Stricken off charge due to damage
33951 (FAW-9 HEDRON) in landing accident at NAS Quonset Point, RI Dec 10, 1942. Aircraft damaged, crew unhurt.
33952/33957 Grumman J4F-2 Widgeon
Model G-44 originally ordered for Cuban Navy but order was cancelled and taken over by US Navy
33952 MSN 1273. To US Coast Guard as 221.
33953 MSN 1274. WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as N2059M Mar 12, 1947, to N1059M Sep 26 1949, to Oct 19, 1976
To N671DF Jun 9, 1998. Current 2014
33954 MSN 1277. WFU Jul 31, 1946. To N69331 US Oil of Louisiana Inc, Houston TX 1963/70. To Falcon Aircraft Conversions,
San Antonio TX 1972. To HP-585 Aeromar SA 1972. To TI-AFU ntu: To John M. Wells 1979. To HP-585
Banco Nacional de Panama 1985. To N144JW John M. Wells, New Orleans LA Feb 18, 1985.
To William C. Latham, Manassas VA Apr 2, 1987/88. To N54VT William C. Latham, Manassas VA Feb 1988. Current 2014
33955 MSN 1278. WFU Sep 30, 1946. To Civil registry as LN-HAW May 9, 1947. Destroyed Jun 22, 1950 at Vingrom, Norwa.
33956 MSN 1281. WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as N703 Nov 18, 1948, to N10610 Dec 27, 1956. N10610 cancelled Jun 29, 2011.
33957 MSN 1282. WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC9232H Nov 20, 1946. Cancelled Aug 7, 1951.
33958/33959 Vought XF5U-1
33959 cancelled
33960/34059 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
33961 (VP-45) force-landed and sank 160 mi off Fernando de
Noronha Island, Brazil 8/27/1944. Crew of 5 rescued.
33963 (FAW-2) missing 12/30/1943 during flight from Baker
Island to Makin Island, South Pacific. 6 MIA.
33965 (MAG-13) landed at sea 10/5/1943 to rescue R4D pilot
100 miles from Tutulia Island. Prop came off
and hit pilot who was killed. All rescued by
DE which sank PBY by gunfire.
33966 with Kermit Weeks, Polk City, FL as N3936A
33967 (VP-72) force landed 10/2/1943 on flight to Canton
Island, South Pacific. Sank under tow. Crew was unhurt.
33968 (VP-43) damaged in forced landing at sea off Adak, Alaska Nov 4, 1943. Crew unhurt, aircraft
underwent major overhaul. to N5582V, C-GVTF (not taken up), then N84857. Under restoration as N84857 at
Skagit County Regional APT, WA. Sold to PBY Memorial Foundation Navy History Center, Seaplane Base,
Oak Harbor, WA and is on display.
33969 (VP-43) crashed into Massacre Bay, Alaska Jan 17, 1944. All crew killed.
33973 sank due to damage 7/11/1945 NAS Quonset Point, RI, SOC.
33975 (VP-43) made emergency landing in Straits of Juan de Fuca, later taxied into rocks Oct 4, 1943.
Seriously damaged, transferred to A&R Department at NAS Seattle, WA for major overhaul.
33976 to N1196N, registered to EAA Air Museum Foundation, Hales
Corners, WI
33978 (VP-43) landed short on the mat in bad weather, became airborne and crash landed on its belly off the
runway at Shemya, AK Oct 19, 1943. No injuries, but SOC.
Also listed as being demolished in bad landing at Merrill Ring, WA Oct 6, 1943.
Also listed as w/o Jul 23, 1943 in crash off Adak.
33979 is listed in some databases as flying in New Zealand as ZK-PBY,
but ZK-PBY is a Canso A, Cn CV-357 ex RCAF 11054, CF-JCV,
C-FJCV and Z-CAT.
33980 (FAW-2) suffered mechanical failure on ground at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii during non-
combat mission 6/30/1944. No injuries, but aircraft was SOC.
33982 (VP-53) sank at sea while under tow after rescuing downed F4U pilots, Funafuti Jan 28, 1944.
14 of the 23 downed F4U pilots were rescued by VP-53.
33983 w/o Jan 28, 1944 Funafuti.
33983 hit truck on landing NAS Palymra, South Pacific
11/28/1945. One killed.
33991 to N66464
33993 (MSN 1547) to USAAF as 43-43847.
33994 to N66463
33999 (MSN 1553, VP-43) crashed Oct 4, 1943 near Pysht, Clallan
County, Washington during bad weather in flight from
Ault Field, Washington. 8 killed, 2 survived.
34001 to N68165
34003 (VP-ML-55) nosed over and sank in landing accident
5 miles south of Grosse Island NAS, MI 6/17/1945.
Plane never recovered. Pilot seriously injured, but rest of crew escaped with only minor or no injuries.
34004 (VP-AM-2) capsized and sank during landing
accident in Lake Washington 5/7/1947
34008 transferred to US Coast Guard
34012 to N1947M
34013 (VPB-63) crashed at sea 10/15/1944, Atlantic Ocean off Port Lyautey, Morocco. 7 MIA.
34014 water loop in landing in Detroit River May 15, 1949.
34016 to N5583V
34017 (VP-43) failed to return from search mission over western Aleutians Mar 31, 1944. Raft found but all 5 had
died from exposure. 3 were killed on the plane.
34018 (VP-62) missing on patrol from NAS Adak, AK 1/17/1944. 8 MIA.
34019 (VP-43) while going through ground check, a fire started and totally burned out at Shemya, AK Oct 28, 1943.
34020 to civil registry as N10022, then CF-HVV, then to French Navy as 20/F-YCHA. W/o Sep 2, 1965.
34027 on civil registry as N9505C
34030 to N5804N
34032 went missing Aug 6, 1947 while flying Army-Navy football team from Kodiak to Dutch Harbor, Alaska
with 20 missing.
34033 (VP-62) force landed due to fuel exhaustion
off NAS Attu, Alaska 5/31/1944 and sank under tow.
34035 (VP-53) missing during ferry from NAS San Diego
to NAS Kaneohe 11/6/1943. 9 MIA.
34039 (MSN 1593) to civilian registry as N68956, then CF-JTL,
then to French Navy as 39/F-YCHB. Damaged at Papeete Sep 4, 1965 while assisting crew of 34020
and scrapped.
34042 (MSN 1596) to civil registry as N5803N, then N5083, then N282X, then HP-425. Suffered nosewheel
collapse at Belize Mar 11, 1967.
34045 (MSN 1599) converted to luxury LANDSEAIRE flying yacht, registered as N69043. Later to Brazil
as PP-AXX. Lost in landing crash near Ubatuba, State of Sao Paulo Jul 5, 1953. By that time,
it was registered PT-APK.
34047 to N4939V
34053 to N1600M
34054 (MSN 1608) to N1557M. Was intended to be T-31/ZP-CBB but crashed in a pre-delivery flight at Long
Beach MAP, California Mar 3, 1955. May have been replaced by BuNo 08069/N1562M and the latter plane assumed
the identity of MSN 1608
34055 (MSN 1609) to RAAF as A24-69. First Amphibian taken on charge by RAAF, delivered to Lake Boga 17/12/43.
11 Sqn 18/2/44.Coded FJ-A (18-2-44), Destroyed by fire Dec 17, 1945
while moored at East Arm of Darwin Harbor
34056 (MSN 1610) to RAAF as A24-82. 43 Sqn May 16, 1944. 20 Sqn Sep 9, 1944. 43 Sqn Feb 3 ,1945. 11 Sqn Aug 16, 1945.
Sold Nov 10, 1947.
34057 (MSN 1611) to RAAF as A24-71. Amphibian.11 Sqn 8/4/44.Coded FJ-N. 20 Sqn 6/12/44. 43 Sqn 16/2/45. 11 Sqn 27/8/45.
Sold to Kingsford-Smith in 1948.
34058 (MSN 1612) to RAAF as A24-72. Amphibian.11 Sqn 5/2/44Coded FJ-B .S&R Wg 15/2/49. Sold to Grant Trading Co.
34059 (MSN 1613) to RAAF as A24-70. Amphibian.43 Sqn 5/2/44 Coded M.20 Sqn 10/10/44. 3 OTU 20/1/45.
Converted to components Jan 22, 1946.
34060/34094 Grumman JRF-5 Goose
Model G-28. 34060/34071 MSN 1189/1200, 34072/34094 MSN B-1/23
34060 (MSN 1189) w/o Aug 27, 1943 at Espirtu Sando
34061 (MSN 1190) W/o Jan 5, 1951 at Salisbury, Maryland
34062 (MSN 1191) WFU Aug 15, 1956. To civil registry as N323 in 1956. Crashed Jun 4, 1978 at St Thomas, Virgin Islands
34063 (MSN 1192) WFU May 19, 1953. To French Navy as 063. WFU Dec 5, 1961
34064 (MSN 1193) to USAAF as 45-49089.
34065 (MSN 1194) WFU Mar 30, 1944
34066 (MSN 1195) WFU Oct 31, 1946. to N68264, to CF-OQA Jun 6, 1962, to N1045 in 1966. Crashed Aug 25, 1978
and sank near Laboucher Bay, Alaska
34067 (MSN 1196) WFU Sep 30, 1945
34068 (MSN 1197) W/o Sep 9, 1948 at Patuxent River
34069 (MSN 1198) w/o Jun 28, 1949 at Mustin Field
34070 (MSN 1199) W/o Jul 7, 1943 at Essequibo River, British Guyana
34071 (MSN 1200) converted to JRF-6X Jan 5, 1953, Redesignated JRF-6 Jun 30, 1953. WFU Sep 11, 1956.
To N9457C Oct 1, 1956, N27Q registered Feb 4, 1957, cancelled Mar 11, 1969 on export to Canada.
To CF-PVE, later C-FPVE Mar 6, 1964. Crashed Sep 9, 1974 at Nitinat Canyon, Ount Cooper, Nanaimo,
British Columbia.
34072 (MSN B-1) w/o Jun 2, 1944 at Puntarenas, Costa Rica
34073 (MSN B-2) WFU Sep 30 1945 at Miami, FL
34074 (MSN B-3) W/o Jul 1, 1944 in sea W of St Lucia
34075 (MSN B-4) crashed into mountain in near Port Heiden, Alaska in bad weather Nov 19, 1943.
4 persons on board killed. Not recovered until 1987
34076 (MSN B-5) WFU Sep 30 1945 at Miami, FL
34077 (MSN B-6) WFU Jul 11, 1955. became N749 in 1956, then N7491, then CF-UVJ, then
C-FUVJ. Crashed near Prince Rupert, BC Aug 30, 1979
34078 (MSN B-7) assigned to NAF Bermuda Sep 1946. MAP to French Navy as 078. Crashed Jan 27, 1961 during
takeoff from Tambacounda, Senegal
34079 (MSN B-8) to US Coast Guard as JRF-5G V224. Returned to US Navy May 1954. WFU May 7, 1956.
To civil registry as N2752A Jul 2, 1956, to N339TH (NTU), to N9KL Apr 20, 2005. Current 2014
34080 (MSN B-9) WFU Sep 30, 1945
34081 (MSN B-10) W/o Nov 14, 1944 at Pinte-a-Ptire, Guadaloupe
34082 (MSN B-11) to US Coast Guard as V225 Aug 1943
34083 (MSN B-12) WFU Nov 2, 1953
34084 (MSN B-13) W/o Dec 13, 1943
34085 (MSN B-14) to US Coast Guard as JRF-5G 4085 Oct 13, 1952.
34086 (MSN B-15) w/o before Jul 31, 1945
34087 (MSN B-16) to US Coast Guard as V226 Oct 1943.
34088 (MSN B-17) assigned to NAS Seattle, WA. Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical
Laboratory, Langley Field, VA Apr 1, 1946 to Jun 11, 1948. Registered as NACA 103.
Assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA. W/o Apr 14, 1951 at Annapolis, Maryland.
34089 (MSN B-18) to US Coast Guard as 4089 Oct 13, 1952.
34090 (MSN B-19) to US Coast Guard as V227 Oct 19, 1943.
34091 (MSN B-20) WFU Sep 30, 1947
34092 (MSN B-21) to USAAF as OA-9 48-128 Oct 1947. Redesignated ZA-9 Jun 11, 1948. Returned to US Navy
Apr 21, 1949. WFU Jan 25, 1950 at Patuxent River, Virginia
34093 (MSN B-22) WFU Apr 30, 1948. To NC742 Apr 12, 1948. Crashed Sep 1, 1954 at Admiralty Island, Alaska
34094 (MSN G-23) assigned to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit [CASU] 21, NAS Norfolk, VA.
Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, VA Jul 9, 1945 to Apr 1, 1946
Registered as NACA 103. Returned to US Navy Apr 1946. WFU Mar 20, 1953.
at Annapolis, Maryland
34095/34096 Curtiss XSC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss Model 97A. First flight Feb 16, 1944.
34097/34101 Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
MSN 75-3446/3450. Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1. Accepted by US Navy Oct 2, 1942/Oct 6, 1942
34098 (MSN 75-3447) to civil registry as N65263.
34102/34106 Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1. Not taken up. Serials reallocated. Believe delivered directly to Bolivia as 01/05
34102/34105 General Motors TBM-1C Avenger
Grumman G-40 built under license by Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corporation.
34106 Douglas-Long Beach PB-1W Fortress
B-17F-75-DL 42-3521 USAAF delivered to US Navy. Boeing Model 299P
34107/34111 Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1. Ex USAAF 41-25737/25740 (MSN 75-3234/3237) and 41-25748 (MSN 75-3450).
Accepted by US Navy 22Oct42/25Oct42. Assigned to Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Dallas, TX.
Also listed as 34107/34109 MSN 75-3578/75-3580, 34110 MSN 75-3601, 34111 MSN 75-3602
34112/34113 Fairchild JK-1
Civil Fairchild 45's impressed into Navy service.
34114 Douglas-Long Beach PB-1W Fortress
B-17G-85-DL 44-83538 from USAAF delivered to US Navy. Converted as
testbed for APS-20 radar Mar 1946, then operated with VX-4 and other units.
Stored at NAF Litchfield Park in 1954. SOC Jul 1956, sold to American
Pressed Steel Corp of Dallas, TX and accidentally assigned both N5235V
and N7726B, keeping the latter identity, and passed through three owners
between Jan 14, 1958 and Mar 10, 1961 when it was sold to Empress Andoriente SA
of Lima, Peru and reregistered OB-SAC-576. Crashed at Rioja, Peru Mar 30, 1963.
34115/34134 Pratt-Read LNE-1
Contract cancelled before production started
34135/34584 Vultee SNV-1 Valiant
Vultee Model 54. Built for the USAAF as BT-13A, transferred to the US Navy designated SNV-1
34225 crashed during landing near NAS Saufley Mar 22, 1943
34506 noted derelict at Marysville, CA in 1972.
34585 Grumman J4F-2 Widgeon
MSN 1290. To Brazilian AF as FAB-14, later 2680t. No commercial market as PP-HPU (ntu), later PP-GQV.
Now at Museu Aeroespacial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I have another reference to this plane being MSN 1269 ex US Coast
Guard V221. Bob Ogden records the Brazilian museum aircraft as being MSN 1290 (BuNo 34585,
FAB 14, later as 2680, PP-HPU.
34586/34997 Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
MSN 237-5476/5887. Model 237-27-01
34586 suffered minor damage in landing accident at NAS St Louis Jul 3, 1943.
(VB-131) made emergency landing at Zandery Field, Surinam Feb 15, 1944 due to hydraulic failure.
Plane was damaged, but crew was OK
34587 (VPB-141) in midair collision with A-26 43-22319 3.5 mi N of Chatham Field, Savannah, GA
Oct 5, 1944. All 3 crewmembers of the PV-1 killed.
34590 (VB-141) crashed during takeoff 22-Dec-43 Hato Field,Curacao,BWI. 6 killed
34593 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP549. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34595 (VPB-198) damaged in landing accident at NAS Moffett Field, CA Mar 13, 1945. Crew uninjured.
34597 to RCAF as 2233. To CF-FAW. Missing, presumed crashed at se fro Gander, Newfoundland to Ottawa, Ontario
Apr 18, 1953.
34598 to RCAF as 2224
34599 to RCAF as 2230. To N10484, N4900. Converted to Super Ventura. Cancelled Dec 31, 1970
34600 (MSN 5490) to RCAF as 2223. To civil registry as N9318H, NX31J, N31J. Cancelled Sep 27, 2009
34601 to RCAFZ as 2225
34602 (MSN 5492) to RCAF as 2226. to civil registry as N10476, N100P. Converted to Super Ventura Oct 16, 1957.
To N130P, N130PL, N430PL, N183PL. WFU Chino, Califorinia by 1978 and still there derelict 1995.
Cancelled Aug 1, 2012
34603 to RCAF as 2234
34604 (MSN 5494) to RCAF as 2231. to civil registry as To N19483, N101P. Converted to Super Ventura.
To N711R. Convertdd to Howard 350 Feb 8, 1965. To N815G. Cancelled May 13, 2013.
34605 to RCAF as 2227. To N5390N. Converted to prototype Super Ventura May 1955. to civil registry as N46F, N4680.
Cancelled Mar 24, 1977.
34607 (MSN 5497) to RCAF as 2228. To N75382. Converted to prototye Howard 500 Aug 1959. To N100M. Experimental
C of A as Howard 400 Sep 15, 1959. To N510N. Experimental C of A as Howard Pressurized Super Ventura/Howard 400
Jan 27, 1960. To civil registry as N501N, N2ES, N52ES. Cancelled Sep 29, 2004.
34608 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP550. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34609 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP551. Diverted to SAAF as 67404, no RAF service. W/o Mar 1944
34610 (MSN 237-5500) to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP552. Diverted to
SAAF as 6409, no RAF service. Converted to Howard 500 with MSN 500-111 (NTU), then as N456, N4566, N749G,
N696JB, N896JB. Cancelled May 17, 2013. N56 appears to be an error (it was BuNo 33370)
34611 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP553. Missing Nov 27, 1943
34612 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP554. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34613 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP555. Diverted to SAAF, no RAF service
34614 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP556. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34615 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP557. Wrecked when undershot landing
and undercarriage collapsed, Takoradi, Gold Coast Aug 24, 1943
34616 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP558. Diverted to SAAF as 6420, no RAF service.
To civil registry as N517H and converted to Howard 500 with MSN 500-117,
then to N101MC, N101M. DBR when overran Charleston, West Virginia Jul 10, 1969, and cancelled as w/o.
34617 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP559. Diverted to SAAF as 6410, no RAF service
34618 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP560. Destroyed by fire after crashing on
takeoff, Maison Blanch, Algeria Apr 24, 1944
34619 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP561. Diverted to SAAF as 6411, no RAF service. Sold to Howard Aero Inc but not
registered, presumably used as spares for Howard 500 conversions
34620 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP562. Soc Feb 22, 1945
34622 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP563. Diverted to SAAF as 6421, no RAF service. Sold to Howard Aero Inc but not
registered, presumably used as spares for Howard 500 conversions.
34623 (VB-145) crashed and burned on runway at Deland, FL Jul 29, 1943. All 3 onboard killed.
34631 (VB-142) in wheels-up crash landing at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii Aug 24, 1943. Crew unhurt.
34632 (VPB-2,OTU#2) w/o 27-Sep-45. Pilot made deliberate
half roll during gunnery training, wing failed &
dove-in. 7 killed
34633 (FAW-14) damaged on landing at Salton Sea, CA Oct 18, 1943. Crew unhurt.
34635 (VPB-133) turned over to CASU(F)-44 for striking Jul 27, 1945
34636 (VB-139) crashed on landing at NAS Attu, Alaska Dec 16, 1943. Aircraft caught fire and was destroyed.
Crew escaped with only minor injuriesl
34637 (VB-146) crashed during instrument training flight on Mt Baker, WA Aug 29, 1943. All 6 crew killed.
Wreckage not found until discovered by hiker in 1997.
34640 (VB-129) w/o 18-May-44 Casco Fld, Attu,Alaska. Take-off accident, fire and explosion. Crew escaped.
34641 (VB-139) lost Mar 25, 1944 Kurile Islands in combat mission. Apparently made decision to divert
to Soviet Union due to low fuel or combat damage. 7 crew MIA. Wreckage and human remains found
in 1962 on Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, but information suppressed by KGB. US authorities told in 1999.
There was a PBS *Nova* TV program about this plane.
34642 (MSN 237-5532) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4519. Crashed on approach to Whenuapai on Oct 26, 1944. The aircraft
suffered an engine failure and hit a tree after losing height before crashing and catching fire.
34643 (MSN 237-5533) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4520. Crashed into sea near Cape Queiros on Jan 17, 1944. The aircraft
was seen with an engine on fire, flying at low level in heavy rain and crashed into the sea shortly after.
34644 (MSN 237-5534) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4521. SOC Mar 1948
34645 (MSN 237-5535) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4522. Crash landed at Talasea, New Britain on 9 Sep 9, 1944 after being
hit by enemy fire on a mission over Rabaul and written off. During 1972-1973 parts were salvaged from the
wreck for use in the restoration of NZ4600 [41-38117] by MOTAT.
34646 (MSN 237-5536) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4523. SOC Mar 1948
34647 (MSN 237-5537) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4524. Crashed into sea while in transit from Norfolk Island to Guadalcanal.
The aircraft suffered from a double engine failure about 4 hours after leaving Norfolk and was ditched. [date not quoted]
34648 (MSN 237-5538) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4525. SOC Mar 1948
34649 (MSN 237-5539) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4526. Crashed on takeoff at Bougainville on Aug 18, 1944
during a ferry flight and written off.
34650 (MSN 237-5540) to New Zealand Aug 10, 1943 as NZ4527 SOC Mar 1948
34651 to RAAF as A59-55. Crashed 12/7/1943 Gundaroo, NSW. 5 crew killed.
34652 to RAAF as A59-54. Crashed 11/22/1943 at Archerfield, QLD, damaged beyond repair.
34653 (VB-145) ditched at sea 13-Nov-43 off South America due to failure of radio compass.
Crew drifted ashore in rubber raft after 7 days.
34654 (VB-145) w/o 24-Aug-44 during convoy patrol. Fuel exhaustion, force-landed on beach on coast of
Brazil 70 mi S of Fortaleza. Only one crew member injured, all exited the aircraft and were later picked up.
34655 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP564. To SAAF as 6423, no RAF service. To SAAF Technical School as TS302.
Preserved Whitehills Radio Flyers Club, Pretoria, South Africa. Believed Scrapped
34656 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP565. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34657 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP566. Destroyed by fire after bellylanding at
Docking, England Sep 16, 1944 after engine cut on approach.
34658 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP567. Diverted to SAAF as 6406, no RAF service
34659 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP568. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34660 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP569. SOC Mar 29, 1945
34661 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP570. Diverted to SAAF as 6414, no RAF service. to N74022. Mods for Howard 500
development. To civil registry as N20S, N500Y and converted to Howard 500 with MSN 500-105,
then to N500Y, N4362F, later to N500HP
34662 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP571. SOC May 14, 1947
34663 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP572. Diverted to SAAF as 6407, no RAF service. SOC Jun 14, 1945
34664 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP573. Diverted to SAAF as 6408, no RAF service. Caught fire and crashed into
sea Jan 15, 1944.
34665 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP574. Diverted to SAAF as 6419, no RAF service
34666 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP575. Sold for scrap Sep 3, 1947
34667 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP576. SOC May 14, 1947
34668 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP577. Diverted to SAAF as 6416, no RAF service
34669 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP578. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34670 (MSN 5560) to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP579. Diverted to SAAF as 6417,
no RAF service. To N539N. At some time was converted to Howard 500 executive
transport MSN 500-113 (NTU) Dec 22, 1961 To N206, N381RD, N500LN. Stored at Exeter, UK sinnce 1984.
Was based in 2004 at Airbase, an aircraft museum based at Coventry, England. Flown to
Anoka county, Minnesota Oct/Nov 2012 to TP Aero.
34671 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP580. Wrecked when bellylanded at El Aouina,
Tunisia Sep 10,1945 after undercarriage jammed.
34672 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP581. Diverted to SAAF as 6415, no RAF service. Crashed on takeoff at St Albans, South
Africa Mar 8, 1944.
34673 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP582. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34674 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP583. SOC May 14, 1947
34675 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP584. Diverted to SAAF as 6424, no RAF service
34676 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP585. Wrecked when swung on takeoff and undercarriage
collapsed, Hal Far, Malta Oct 17, 1944
34677 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP586. Missing from convoy escort mission off
Cyprus Jan 2, 1944
34678 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP587. Diverted to SAAF as 6422, no RAF service
34679 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP588. SOC May 14, 1947
34680 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP589. Diverted to SAAF as 6425, no RAF service. Sold to Howard Aero Inc but not
registered. Presumably used for spares for Howard 500 conversions.
34681 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP590. Diverted to SAAF, no RAF service
34682 (VB-147) crashed on landing at NAAF Carlsen Field (Trinidad) Jun 20, 1944 when ran into a ditch at
the end of the runway. Crew uninjured, but aircraft SOC
34683 (VB-125) crashed on landing on test flight at NAS Boca Chica, Key West Apr 17, 1944. No injuries, restored
to flight status Jun 18, 1944. With VPB-126 damaged in landing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Jan 19, 1945.
34684 (VB-126) accident on landing at Floyd Bennett Field, NY May 27, 1944. No crew injuries.
34687 in crash in Iceland Oct 1943. Major damage but no fatalities.
34690 (VB-127) damaged on landing at Calvi Field, Corsica Sep 19, 1944. No crew injuries, but aircraft DBR.
34694 (VB-129) ran out of fuel and landed in cow pasture at Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil Sep 23, 1943
34696 (VPB-130) landing gear could not be lowered and made wheels-up belly landing at Pitoe
airstrip, Morotai Mar 28, 1945.
34697 (VB-200) inadvertently made wheels-up landing at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii Sep 19, 1944. Aircraft SOC.
34700 to RCAF as 2238.
34701 (MSN 5591) to RCAF as 2236. To N5393N, N345, N111M. Converted to Super Ventura Jan 11, 1957. To N191N.
Converted to Howard 350 Apr 23, 1962. To civil registry as N593EW. Converted to Howard Super 350 Jun 11, 1973.
Donated to Georgia Histoical Aviatin Museum Aug 1, 1980. Traded for a Beech t-34A Dec 21, 1981. Cancelled Apr 26,
2013.
34702 to RCAF as 2239
34703 to RCAF as 2237
34704 to RCAF as 2240
34705 to RCAF as 2243
34706 to RCAF as 2241
34707 to RCAF as 2242
34708 to RCAF as 2248. To N5065N, N3030. Converted to Super Ventura Jun 1960. To N3060, N30606. Converted to
Howard Eldorado 700. To N16777, N25YC, N725YC. Crashed Philadelphia IAP Sep 11, 1971.
34709 to RCAF as 2244. To N1206. Converted to Super Ventura. To N5034F. Converted to BACC BA-400.
to civil registry as N1970H, N197RD, N100LR, N400MC, YV-183CP
34710 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP591. Diverted to SAAF as 6428, no RAF service
34711 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP592. SOC Jul 29, 1948
34712 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP593. Missing from mission to Maritza airfield
Feb 13, 1944.
34714 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP594. Diverted to SAAF as 6512, no RAF service. Returned to USA May 13, 1947
34715 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP595. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34716 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP596. SOC Jun 14, 1945
34717 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP597. Lost Mar 10, 1944
34718 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP598. SOC Mar 25, 1948
34719 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP599. SOC Jan 29, 1948
34720 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP600. Diverted to SAAF as 6511, no RAF service. Returned to USA May 13, 1947
34721 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP601.
34722 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP602. SOC Mar 29, 1945
34723 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP603. SOC Mar 29, 1945
34724 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP604. SOC Apr 27, 1944
34725 (FAW-2) in landing accident at NAB Agana, Guam Nov 9, 1944. Aircraft was lost.
34726 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP605. SOC May 14, 1947
34727 transferred to US Coast Guard Traverse City Jul 1946
34728 (VJ-1) suffered minor damage in landing accident at NAS Pearl Harbor (Ford Island), Hawaii Oct 29, 1943.
With VJ-7 taxiied into 3 parked F4U aircraft due to hydraulic failure at NAS Pearl Harbor (Ford Island)
Sep 12, 1944. No injuries to personnel, aircraft put out for repairs for an indefinite time.
34730 (VPB-133) failed to return from patrol to Shionomisaki on Japanese coast May 27, 1945.
Crew of six MIA.
34731 (VPB-198) damaged in landing accident at NAS Monterey, CA Dec 29, 1944. Crew was unhurt.
34732 to French Aeronavale Sep 1945.
34733 damaged in landing accident at NAS Patuxent River, MD Sep 8, 1943. Crew unhurt.
34735 (VB-147) in landing accident at Floyd Bennett Field, NY Dec 22, 1943. Crew unhurt
34736 (VB-147) w/o 16-May-44 French Guiana. Fuel exhaustion, crew bailed out
34737 (VB-130) ground looped on landing at McCalla Field, NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Sep 2, 1943. No injuries,
but aircraft DBR.
34738 (CIC Team Training) w/o 29-Sep-45. Mid-air off Santa Catalina Isl, Ca, ditched
34740 (VB-129) w/o 7-Sep-44 USCGAS Elizabeth City, SC. Engine failure on take off run, swerved off runway;
hit small bldg. SOC
34743 (MSN 237-5633) to New Zealand Sep 4, 1943 as NZ4528. SOC Mar 1948
34744 (MSN 237-5634) to New Zealand Sep 4, 1943 as NZ4529. Crashed at Pallikulo Field on Apr 11, 1944. The aircraft
suffered an engine failure during a mission and was attempting a flapless landing back at base when it
over-ran the airstrip. It crashed through a fence and later burst into flames as the crew were
attempting to remove the battery leads.
34745 (VB-137) w/o 30-Dec-43 Tarawa. Hit by landing aircraft, and stripped for parts.
34747 (MSN 237-5637) to New Zealand Sep 6, 1943 as NZ4531. SOC Mar 1948.
34748 (MSN 237-5638) to New Zealand Sep 6, 1943 as NZ4532. SOC Mar 1948
34749 (MSN 237-5639) to New Zealand Sep 24, 1943 as NZ4534. SOC Mar 1948
34750 (MSN 237-5640) to New Zealand Sep 24, 1943 as NZ4535. SOC Mar 1948.
34751 (MSN 237-5641) to New Zealand Sep 4, 1943 as NZ4530. Crashed about 150 miles NE of Bougainville on Jun 14, 1944.
The aircraft suffered engine failure when returning from a patrol and ditched into the sea.
34752 (MSN 237-5642) to New Zealand Sep 6, 1943 as NZ4533. Crashed at Ohakea on 9 Nov 9, 1943. W/o when the aircraft was
landing after a test flight when the wheels locked on the wet grass and it over-ran the runway into a ditch.
34753 (MSN 237-5643) to New Zealand Sep 24, 1943 as NZ4536. W/o when struck by taxying P-40 while parked at Ohakea
on Apr 10, 1945.
34754 to RAAF as A59-56 9/1943. Crashed into sea off Bremer Island near Gove, N.T. 1/27/1945.
3 crew killed, 3 survived.
34755 to RAAF as A59-57 10/1943. Sold 4/8/1952. To VH-RGO
34756 (FAW-2) w/o 23-Jul-45;NAS #28 Kaneohe on pre-combat test flight. Engine failure on take-off,
overshot into rough terrain. SOC
34758 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP606. Diverted to SAAF as 6430, no RAF service.
34759 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP607. Diverted to SAAF as 6432, no RAF service. To SAAF Technical School
as TS305. Preserved on display at Dickie Fritz MESCA, Johannesburg, South Africa.
34760 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP608. Diverted to SAAF as 6433, no RAF service. To
civil registry as N127N. Converted to Howard 500 with MSN 500-109, then to N90N,
to N137U
34761 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP609. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34762 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP610. SOC May 14, 1947
34763 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP611. SOC Jun 14, 1946
34764 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP612. Wrecked when flew into ground in
Iraqi desert Apr 25, 1946
34765 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP613. Diverted to SAAF as 6427, no RAF service. To Kelowna as C-GKFN. Crashed on
takeoff at Toronto IAP Jul 9, 1981
34766 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP614. Overshot Gibraltar airfield into sea
Apr 24, 1945 after undercarriage jammed.
34767 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP615. SOC May 31, 1944
34768 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP616. Diverted to SAAF as 6435, no RAF service
34769 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP617. Diverted to SAAF as 6436, no RAF service
34770 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP618. Diverted to SAAF as 6431, no RAF service
34771 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP619. Diverted to SAAF as 6429, no RAF service
34772 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP620. Diverted to SAAF as 6434, no RAF service
34774 (VB-139) crashed on takeoff from NAS Attu, Alaska Dec 9, 1943. Aircraft caught fire and was destroyed
34775 (VPB-146) destroyed during Japanese air raid on Morotai Nov 29, 1944
34776 (VK-14) in landing accident at NAS Traverse City, Michigan Jun 26, 1944
34781 (VB-132) landed at Westerley Field, CT due to incliment weather at NAS Quonset Point, RI Nov 11, 1943.
Overran runway and damaged the tail wheel assembly. No crew injured
34782 to French Aeronavale Nov 9,1944. (VPF-1) w/o 10-Feb-45 French Patrol Sq, Agadir,French Morocco.
Ground looped during landing. SOC
34783 to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944.
34785 to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944
34787 to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944
34788 to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944
34789 (VB-132) crashed 1-Jul-44 20 mi NW of Port Lyautey, French Morocco.
Crashed in water, 5 killed
34790 (VB-132) w/o 10-Jan-43 30 nm NW of Craw Field, Port Lyautey, French Morocco. Crashed
during practice bomb run. 6 crew killed.
34792 to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944
34793 (VB-132) landing gear would not lower and made belly landing at NAS Quonset Point, RI Nov 15, 1943.
No crew injuries. In taxi accident at Shrevport MAP, LA May 15, 1945. Aircraft suffered major accident,
but crew was unhurt.
34794 to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944
34795 (VB-146) w/o 22-Nov-44; during convoy coverage
120mi.SE,of Leyte Gulf. Fired on by USN FM-2 &
TBM,ditched. Also reported as going to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944 and w/o on takeoff at
Port Lyautey, French Morocco Jan 6, 1945
34796 to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944
34797 to French Aeronavale Nov 9, 1944
34798 (VPB-146) ditched at sea Nov 22, 1944 due to friendly fire. Crew picked up by nearby destroyer.
34799 (VPB-146) crashed during patrol mission over Borneo Oct 20, 1944. Crew of 7 MIA
34800 (VPB-146) crashed at Morotai Oct 19, 1944
34801 (VB-138) crashed on takeoff at NAF Russell Islands (Renard Field) on Banika Island Jan 5, 1944. SOC
34802 (VB-138) crashed on takeoff at NAF Russell Islands Nov 13, 1943. No crew injuries, but aircraft SOC Nov 18, 1943
34804 (MSN 5694) to RCAF as 2246. To N10481, N28C. converted to Super Ventura Apr 1, 1957. To N20S,
N208S, N20S, N208S. Converted to Howard 350. Cancelled Aug 23, 2012
34806 to RCAF as 2245. To N10480, N711Z. Converted to Super Ventura in 1956. To N9221R, N446DD.
Crashed Austin, Texas Aug 3, 1972
34807 (MSN 5697) to RCAF as 2247. To N151V. Cancelled Jun 27, 2012. Reported stored at Marine Corps
Aviation Museum, Quantico, Virgina from 1982 until at least 1992.
34808 to RCAF as 2249. To N64009, N51A, N2329, N24C, N24CP. Converted to Super Ventura. Cancelled Nov 23, 1970.
34809 to RCAF as 2250
34810 (MSN 5700) to RCAF as 2255. To N5392N. Converted to Super Ventura. To N539. Converted to
Howard 350. To civil registry as N350S, to N555JM, then N855JM
34811 to RCAF as 2251
34812 (MSN 5702) to RCAF as 2254. To N10479, N200P. Converted to Super Ventura. To N2006.
Converted to Howard 350. To civil registry as N539N. Cancelled Aug 21, 2012
34813 to RCAF as 2252
34814 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP621. Diverted to SAAF as 6437, no RAF service
34815 to RCAF as 2252. To N5394N. Converted to Super Ventura. To civil registry as N685, N910V.
Cancelled May 7, 1990.
34816 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP622. Diverted to SAAF as 6438, no RAF service
34817 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP623. Diverted to SAAF as 6439, no RAF service
34818 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP624. Diverted to SAAF as 6440, no RAF service. May have been usef for spares
in Howard 500 production.
34819 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP625. SOC Sep 25, 1947
34820 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP626. Transferred to SAAF as 6507 Oct 1, 1945. Crashed into sea at Table Bay,
South Africa Aug 18, 1953
34821 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP627. SOC Jun 14, 1945
34822 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP628. SOC Jun 14, 1945
34824 (VB-148) missing 3-May-44 from strike on Bougainville. 5 MIA
34829 (VPB-141) in landing accident at NAS Brunswick, ME Jan 21, 1945. No crew injures, aircraft
was repairable.
34828 (VB-141) missing 13-Nov-43 from Edenburg Fld,
Trinidad, BWI on convoy coverage. 6 crew MIA
34829 (VB-149)
34830 (Hedron FAW5-1) w/o 7-Feb-45 in mid-air collision with C-54 on take-off from Boca Chica, FL. 4 killed. C-54
landed ok
34832 to French Aeronavale Sep 1945
34833 (VB-148) in landing accident at NAF Emirau May 24, 1944. Crew uninjured, aircraft
SOC 1-Jun-1944
34835 (FAW-12 HEDRON) damaged on landing at NAAS Boca Chica, FL Nov 21, 1944. Substantial damage to aircraft,
but crew was unhurt.
34836 (VB-148) ground looped at end of runway due to engine failure during takeoff at NAAS Vernalis, CA
Dec 25, 1943. Serious damage to aircraft, but crew was unhurt.
34837 (VB-144) w/o 14-Nov-43 70mi. E. of Midway Island; Ditched during search. 1 killed, remaining crew picked
up by a PT boat
34839 (VB-144) damaged by AAA over Emidji Island, Jaluit Atoll and made crash landing at Majuro Jun 17, 1944.
Pilot injured, other crew OK. Aircraft SOC
34841 (VMF(N)-531) crashed on takeoff at Henderson Field, South Pacific. No injuries, but aircraft DBR
34843 (VB-138) crashed on landing at NAF Russell Islands (Renard Field) on Banika Island Dec 18, 1943. Crew survived,
but aircraft caught fire and was destroyed by exploding depth charges
34846 (VB-149) landing gear collapsed during taxiing at NAS Beaufort, SC May 10, 1944. Suffered extensive
damage, but crew were unhurt.
34847 (MSN 237-5737) to New Zealand Oct 2, 1943 as NZ4537. SOC Mar 1948
34848 (VPB-146) ditched in Morotai Strait Nov 3, 1944. Crew was rescued.
34850 (MSN 237-5740) to New Zealand Oct 2, 1943 as NZ4538. Crashed near Palliklo at on Apr 6, 1944. The
aircraft was carrying out a practice bombing run when it flicked onto its’ back during a steep turn
and dived into the sea.
34851 (MSN 237-5741) to New Zealand Oct 18, 1943 as NZ4543. SOC Mar 1948
34852 (MSN 237-5742) to New Zealand Oct 2, 1943 as NZ4539. SOC Mar 1948
34853 (MSN 237-5743) to New Zealand Oct 2, 1943 as NZ4540. W/o when crash landed at Munda on Mar 11, 1944.
34854 (MSN 237-5744) to New Zealand Oct 18, 1943 as NZ4544. Crashed on the lower slopes of Mount Egmont on Oct 3, 1944.
The aircraft drifted off track during a navigation exercise and flew into the cloud covered mountain
34855 (MSN 237-5745) to New Zealand Oct 2, 1943 as NZ4541. SOC Mar 1948
34856 (MSN 237-5746) to New Zealand Oct 2, 1943 as NZ4542. SOC Mar 1948
34857 (MSN 237-5747) to New Zealand Oct 18, 1943 as NZ4545. Crashed on take-off on Dec 22, 1943 and written off, probably at
Espiritu Santo.
34858 to RAAF as A59-58 10/1943. Damaged beyond repair
in landing accident 1/21/1944.
34859 to RAAF as A59-60 10/1943. Sold 8/8/1949. To VH-RGP
34860 to RAAF as A59-59 10/1943. Damaged beyond repair
in landing accident 1/21/1944. Same as 34858?
34862 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP629. SOC May 14, 1947
34864 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP630. SOC Oct 12, 1945
34865 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP631. SOC Mar 29, 1945
34866 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP632. Crashed during ferry flight Nov 24, 1943
34867 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP633. Missing during convoy patrol Apr 1, 1944.
Believed shot down by mistake by RAF Beaufighter
34868 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP634. SOC Jun 14, 1945
34869 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP635. Missing from patrol mission Feb 6, 1944
34870 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP636. SOC Jun 14, 1945
34871 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP637. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34872 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP638. SOC Sep 26, 1946
34873 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP639. DBR when swung on landing at Hal Far,
Malta Aug 27, 1944
34874 (VPB-146) destroyed during Japanese air raid on Morotai Nov 29, 1944.
34875 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP640. Wrecked when undercarriage collapsed
during aborted takeoff, Gianaclis, Egypt Aug 3, 1944
34877 (VB-144) damaged by one of its own bombs which exploded prematurely after being dropped over Jaluit Jun 9, 1944.
Made single-engine landing at Kwajalein
34879 (VPB-146) crashed on landing at Mokerang airfield Sep 24, 1944. Flight was from Pityilu
Island to Mokerang airfield in present day Papua New Guinea. No casualties, but aircraft SOC.
34880 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP641. Diverted to SAAF as 6441, no RAF service. To
civil registry as N1424, cancelled Dec 26, 1973 as WFU. Converted to Howard 500 with MSN 500-108,
restored as N1424. Then to N14241, N941S, N227W, N500BY. Impounded in Mexico for drug smuggling
and used for a time by the federal police as PF-0214. N500BY cancelled Aug 10, 2012
34882 (VPB-146) crash laned at Morotai after being shot up by friendly fire from AAF aircraft
Nov 26, 1944. The plane was surveyed.
34883 (VPB-146) damaged when ran off end of runway at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Jun 12, 1944
34884 (VB-145) destroyed when crashed on takeoff 10-Jul-44 Pityilu Isl air strip.
34885 (VPB-146) crashed on bombing mission Labo, Mindiano Oct 20, 1944. All 6 crew KIA
34888 (VPB-128) shot down by AAA during attack on enemy shipping on inlets along Davao Gulf,
Philippines Mar 21, 1945. All 67 crew killed.
34891 (VB-138) crashed on takeoff at NAF Russell Islands (Renard Field) on Banika Island Jan 29, 1944
34894 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP642. Diverted to SAAF as 6444, no RAF service. To civil
registry as N502N, cancelled Mar 4, 1964 as WFU. Converted to Howard 500 with MSN 500-106, restored
as N502N. then to N21W, N621W. Cancelled as N621W Aug 2, 1976
and w/o at Santa Lucia, Mexico Sep 14, 1973. Registration N621W later allocated
but ntu.
34896 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP643. Diverted to SAAF as 6469, no RAF service
34897 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP644. Diverted to SAAF as 6450, no RAF service
34898 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP645. Destroyed by fire when crashed at Piarco
during ferry flight Nov 22, 1943
34899 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP646. Diverted to SAAF as 6469, no RAF service
34900 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP647. Missing during ferry flight to SAAF from
Trinidad to Belem Nov 7, 1943.
34901 to RCAF as 2267
34902 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP648. Diverted to SAAF as 6448, no RAF service
34903 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP649. Diverted to SAAF as 6488, no RAF service. To civil
registry as N74028, N515N, N515, cancelled Apr 7, 1964 as WFU. Converted to Howard 500 with MSN 500-110,
restored as N515. then to N277T, N277X, N217BT (ntu), N71BT (ntu), C-GTIP, then N5831Y. To
Lone Star Flight Museum Jun 11, 1992. To N990PT. Substantially damaged by Hurrican Katrina Aug 29, 2005.
34904 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP650. DBR when swung on takeoff, Takoradi,
Gold Coast Dec 1, 1943
34905 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP651. Wrecked when overshot landing during
ferry flight, Almaza, Egypt Dec 22, 1943
34906 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP652. SOC Jun 14, 1945
34907 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP653. SOC Jun 27, 1946
34908 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP654. Transferred to SAAF as 6516 Oct 1, 1945
34909 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP655. Wrecked when swung on takeoff and
undercarriage collapsed, Gianaclis, Egypt Nov 16, 1944
34910 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP656. Force landed in cotton field after starboard engine failed on
takeoff Ngonera, Northern Rhodesia Apr 27, 1946. SOC Sep 18, 1946
34912 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP657. SOC Jun 27, 1946
34913 (VPB-132) damaged 17-Oct-44 Agadir, French Morocco during hard
landing. SOC
34914 (VB-127) damaged on landing at NAF Port Lyuatey (later Kenitra), Morocco Jun 22, 1944. No injuries,
plane sustained only minor damage.
34917 (VB-128) in accident 2-Sep-44 NAS New York (Floyd Bennett Field). Landing gear folded on landing,
skidded & caught fire. SOC. Only 2 crew onboard and they were uninjured.
34919 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP658. Crashed at Haragedik, Turkey
Mar 3, 1944 after running out of fuel while on patrol and
abandoned by crew.
34921 (CIC Team Training) w/o 25-Sep-45 in mid-air off
Santa Catalina Isl,Ca. 6 killed
34924 (VB-125) ditched off San Antonio lighthouse, Cuba 8-Aug-44. All crew rescued.
34926 (VPB-127) transferred to French Navy at NAAF Agadir, French Morocco May 15, 1945.
34929 (VPB-200) damaged in sleeve gunnery training exercise out of NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii, on landing back at
Kaneohe, swerved and crashed into two parked PV-2s (37125 and 37481) Aug 19, 1945.
34936 (VB-131) damaged on landing at Atlanta, GA Mar 30, 1944. Crew was unhurt
34937 (VPB-141) port landing gear collapsed during roll out after landing at NAS Quonset Point, RI
Apr 27, 1945. Aircraft SOC.
34940 to French Aeronavale Nov 6, 1944
34941 (VB-143) w/o 21-Apr-1944 4mi SE, Sao Rogue, Brazil when ran out of fuel after returning from
convoy escort mission. Crew bailed out successfully.
34942 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP659. Destroyed by fire after stalling
on takeoff and spun into ground, Turnberry May 21, 1944.
34943 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP660. Diverted to SAAF as 6508, no RAF service.
34944 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP661. SOC May 14, 1947
34945 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP662. Missing from shipping sweep
between Genoa and Viareggio Aug 6, 1944
34946 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP663. Diverted to SAAF as 6445, no RAF service
34947 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP664. Diverted to SAAF as 6443, no RAF service
34948 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP665. Diverted to SAAF as 6446, no RAF service. Crasshed 4 mi From
Bulawayo, Rhodesia and DBF enroute from South Africa to Gibraltar Jun 6, 1944
34949 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP666. Diverted to SAAF as 6442, no RAF service
34950 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP667. Diverted to SAAF as 6449, no RAF service
34951 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP668. Transferred to SAAF as 6506 Oct 1, 1945. To N74882, N239R,
cancelled Aug 2, 1963 as WFU. converted to Howard 500 with
MSN 500-116, restored as N239R. To N11CP, N110P. Sold in Bolivia as CP-1975. Derelict in
Santa Cruz-El Trompillo in 1992.
34952 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP669. SOC Mar 29, 1945
34953 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP670. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34954 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP671. DBR Apr 6, 1944
34955 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP672. SOC Jun 14, 1945
34956 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP673. DBR Jun 29, 1944
34957 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP674. Transferred to SAAF as 6502Oct 1, 1945
34958 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP675. SOC Jul 20, 1945. Abandoned by RAF at Biida, Algeria and taken over by
French Aeronavale for repaire and possible use. Abandoned by Aeronavale by Oct 1947.
34959 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP676. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34960 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP677. SOC Sep 26, 1946
34961 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP678. SOC Jul 27, 1944
34962 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP679. SOC Jul 20, 1945
34963 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP680. Diverted to SAAF as 6493, no RAF service. Damaged at
Gibraltar Sep 18, 1944.
34964 (MSN 5854) to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP681. Diverted to SAAF as 6447, no RAF service. Converted
to Howard 500 with MSN 500-112 (NTU), then to N686M, N8020, N256YC, N65PC. Cancelled
Apr 30, 2013
34965 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP682. Diverted to SAAF as 6447, no RAF service. To SAAF Technical
School, Jan Smuts as TS-303. To SAAF Museum Nov 4, 1988 and moved to Ysterplaat Nov 1988.
34966 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP683. Diverted to SAAF as 6455, no RAF service. Crashed Tangiers,
North Africa Jan 31, 1945
34967 to RAF as Ventura GR.V FP684. Diverted to SAAF as 6453, no RAF service. Used as spares
for Howard 500 production.
34968 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS889. SOC Sep 26, 1946
34969 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS890. Flew into hill while returning from
patrol Jun 16, 1944
34970 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS891. Crashed on takeoff, Hal Far, Malta Aug 21, 1944
34971 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS892. SOC Mar 14, 1946
34972 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS893.
34973 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS894. SOC Jun 24, 1945
34974 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS895. SOC Sep 26, 1945. To SAAF as 6515. Crashed near Pinelands,
South Africa Nov 26, 1956
34975 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS896. Transferred to SAAF as 6503 Oct 1, 1945
34976 to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS897. DBR when undercarriage collapsed on
landing Feb 14, 1944 at St Jean d'Acre, Palestine following engine failure
34981 (VB-148) damaged when ground looped on landing at NAAF Vernalis, CA Dec 11, 1943. Aircraft heavily
damaged, but crew was unhurt.
34983 (FAW-2) damaged in wheels-up landing at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii Jan 17, 1944. Substantial damage to plane,
but crew was unhurt.
34985 (VB-148) in takeoff accident at NAF Alameda, CA Dec 23, 1943. 2 crew uninjuree
34986 converted to sole PV-1 1/2 (PV-1 with PV-2 tail assembly)
34989 (VB-132) suffered engine failure and made emergency landing 22-Dec-43 Conakry Field, French Guinea.
Aircraft DBR, salvaged by 8th Army. No crew injuries
34990 to RCAF as 2258. To N64002, N21W, N216Q, N216U, CX-BCY
34992 to RAAF as A59-61 12/1943. Converted to transport
as VH-RGQ. Stored 10/21/1946.
34993 (VPB-134) w/o 18-Dec-44. Crashed & burned after
take-off from Pici Fld, Porteleza, Brazil, 10 killed.
34994 to RAAF as A59-62. Sold 6/24/1948.
34995 to RAAF as A59-63 12/1943. Converted to transport
as VH-RGR. SOC 11/10/1948.
34996 to RCAF as 2260
34997 to RCAF as 2256. To N10478. Converted to Super Ventura. Tol N5033F. Crashed Tucumcari, New
Mexico Dec 3, 1972.
34998/35047 North American PBJ-1C Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25C
Were USAAF 42-64502/64503, 64504/64506, 64802/64621, 64708/64732.
34998 SOC Oct 31, 1945
34999 (OTS-8) lost Jun 14, 1943
35000 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35001 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35002 (OTS-8) crashed into Pamlico Sound, NC in bad weather 8/28/1943.
5 killed.
35003 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35004 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35005 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35006 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35007 SOC Jul 8, 1945
35008 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35009 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35010 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35011 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35012 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35013 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35014 SOC Apr 30, 1945
35015 SOC Oct 21, 1945
35016 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35017 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35018 SOC Jul 31, 1945.
35019 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35020 SOC Jan 31, 1945.
35021 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35022 SOC Oct 21, 1945
35023 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35024 SOC Jul 31, 1945
35025 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35026 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35027 (OTS-8) spun in after takeoff 12/6/1943. 2 killed.
35028 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35029 SOC Dec 31, 1944
35030 SOC Oct 31,1 945.
35031 SOC Apr 30, 1945
35032 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35033 SOC Jul 31, 1945.
35034 (VMB-443) ex USAAF 42-64719 landing gear collapsed on rough strip
at Emirau Jul 3, 1945. No crew injuries
35035 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35036 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35037 SOC Sep 30, 1945
35038 SOC Jan 31, 1946
35039 SOC Feb 28, 1946
35040 in landing accident ice on runway Washington, DC
4/4/1944. Squadron assignment not listed but some members
of VMB-613 were onboard.
35041 (VMB-413) forced landing after takeoff MCAS Cherry
Point, NC 9/28/1943. Gear got raised before plane was
fully airborne, plane skidded 300 feet, caught fire and was
destroyed. No serious injuries
35042 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35043 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35044 (MAG-61) lost in ground taxiing accident at Cherry Point,
NC Jul 24, 1943
35045 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35046 lost Oct 12, 1943, no details
35047 (VMB-613) ditched following runaway prop, Key West, FL
Feb 29, 1944
35048/35096 North American PBJ-1D Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25D. Were USAAF 41-30730/20754,42-87157/87180.
35048 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35049 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35050 crashed into Pamlico Sound, NC Aug 21, 1943.
35051 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35052 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35053 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35054 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35055 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35056 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35057 crashed after takeoff Cherry Point, NC Nov 15, 1943, 5 killed.
35058 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35059 (VMB-612) suffered engine failure near Warsaw, MO
Jun 18, 1944. Crew of 5 bailed out.
35060 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35061 exploded after takeoff MCAS Cherry Point, NC Nov 1, 1943. 5 killed.
35062 crashed during test flight at Quantico, VA Nov 1, 1943.
3 killed.
35063 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35064 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35065 SOC Apr 30, 1945
35066 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35067 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35068 SOC Jan 31, 1946
35069 SOC Apr 30, 1945
35070 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35071 SOC Oct 31, 1945
35072 SOC Apr 30, 1946
35073 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 42-87157 hit hill on New Georgia Sep 11, 1944. 6 killed.
35074 SOC Sep 30, 1945
35075 SOC Jul 31, 1945
35076 lost Jan 12, 1944, no details
35077 lost Feb 18, 1944, no details
35078 SOC Sep 30, 1945
35079 SOC Jul 31, 1945
35080 (VMB-443) ex USAAF 42-87164 ditched on way to target Oct 30, 1944,
Emirau, South Pacific. Crew rescued
35081 SOC Sep 30, 1945
35082 SOC Apr 30, 1945
35083 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 42-87167 crashed near Tutuba Island Apr 20, 1944. 6 killed.
35084 SOC Sep 30, 1945
35085 (VMB-443) ex USAAF 42-87169 hit by AAA on raid on enemy ships off Puluwat island and
ditched Sep 19, 1944. 2 crew members killed, 4 survivors recovered.
35086 (VMB-443) ex USAAF 42-87170 lost Sep 17, 1944 on mission to Kavieng. All crew MIA
35087 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 42-87171 missing in South Pacific Apr 22, 1944. 7 MIA. PBJ at National Naval Aviation Museum has markings
of this plane.
35088 (VMB-443) spun in from 1500 feet near Kellum, NC
Feb 8, 1944. 6 killed.
35089 SOC Nov 30, 1945
35090 SOC Sep 30, 1945
35091 lost Dec 3, 1943, no details
35092 SOC Sep 30, 1945
35093 SOC Sep 30, 1945
35094 SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35095 SOC Dec 31, 1945
35096 flew into ground during low altitude flight near MCAS
El Centro, CA Jul 10, 1944. 1 killed.
35097 North American PBJ-1G Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25G (42-65031). Used by Aircraft Experimental and Development Squadron (AEDS) for tests of
75-mm cannon.
35098/35193 North American PBJ-1D Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25D
Were USAAF 42-87181/87205, 43-3302/3344, 43-3570/3605, 43-3651, 43-3655, 43-3771/3778.
35099 ex USAAF 42-87182 missing near San Francisco, CA 4/26/1944.
35100 (VMB-433) ex USAAF 42-87183 damaged by AAA on raid to Pendo Point, New Britain and made water
landing near Green Island Sep 11, 1944. 2 crew killed, survivors escaped on rubber raft and were
picked up by a PBY.
35102 (VMB-433) ex USAAF 42-87185 DBR on landing at Emirau Aug 10, 1944. No crew injuries, aircraft
transferred to MAG-61 for use as spare parts.
35105 (VMB-433) ex USAAF 42-87188 collided with 35151 2/27/1945 near Emirau Island.
All 7 onboard killed.
35106 (VMB-433) ex USAAF 42-87189 failed to return from mission to Kavieng Sep 2, 1944
35109 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 42-87192 MIA on raid on Rabaul Jun 22, 1944
35110 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 42-87193 lost/damaged at Pearl Harbor Jan 11, 1944
35113 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 42-87196 crashed in low-altitude turn MCAS
Cherry Point, NC 11/1/1943. 4 killed.
35114 (VMB-443) ex USAAF 42-87197 crashed at sea near Palmyra Island
8/6/1943. 9 killed.
35117 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 42-87200 MIA on mission to Kavieng Mar 22, 1944. 6 crew MIA
35118 (VMB-433) ex USAAF 42-87201 landing gear collapsed during takeoff
Emirau Island Mar 27, 1945. Remained airborne, made belly landing. Plane turned over to MAG-61
35119 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 42-87202 forced landing at Ft. Wayne, Indiana
12/6/1943.
35120 (VMB-433) ex USAAF 42-87203 wheels-up landing at MCAS El Centro, CA
3/19/1944.
35121 ex USAAF 42-87204 in midair with 35184 near Bern, NC 2/23/1944. 10 killed.
35123 (VMB-433) ex USAAF 43-3320) damaged on landing at Emirau Mar 5, 1945. Plane turned over to MAG-61.
35124 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3321 MIA on bombing mission over Rabaul Mar 22, 1944. 6 crew MIA
35125 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 43-3322 damaged on landing at Stirling May 23, 1944. Aircraft SOC, no crew injuries.
35126 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3323 SOC Aug 13, 1945.
35127 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3324 lost in action 4/20/1944 South Pacific. 6 KIA.
35129 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3326 ditched in Choiseul Bay due to combat damage on raid on Tobera area
Jul 29, 1944. Crew rescued
35130 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 43-3327) nosed over in ditch on takeoff at Green Island
11/11/1944. No crew injuries, but aicraft SOC.
35131 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3328 missing on flight to Canton Island to
Tutuila 1/22/1944. 6 MIA.
35132 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 43-3329 in landing accident at Green Island, SP
Oct 3, 1944. No crew injuries, but aircraft SOC.
35133 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3330 crashed at Stirling Apr 25, 1944. No crew injuries.
35134 (VMB-143) ex USAAF 43-3331 lost on flight to Treasury Islands,
ran out of fuel and crashed 4/1/1944. 2 crewmembers killed, four rescued 6 days later.
35139 (VMB-413) lost/damaged Treasury Islands Mar 16, 1944
35140 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 43-3337 shot down over New Ireland and made successful water landing off coast
of Namatanai Oct 3, 1944. Crew rescued by a PT boat.
35141 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 43-3338 hit tree on landing Green Island, SPac
and crashed inverted Jun 29, 1944. 6 killed.
35143 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3340 shot down by AAA in mission to Tobera airfield near Rabaul May 5, 1944.
6 crew and one passenger killed. Japanese buried the crew in the crater, remains discovered in late 1990s.
35144 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 43-3341 damaged in landing accident at Stirling May 18, 1944. Aircraft SOC
35145 (VMB-423) ex USAAF 43-3342 suffered structural failure MCAS Ewa, Oahu, HI
3/3/1944. 5 killed.
35147 (VMB-443) ex USAAF 43-3344 swerved off runway on landing at Peliliu
6/15/1945. No injuries to the crew.
35148 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 43-3580 ditched offshore from Iwo Jima Apr 20, 1945 due to fuel exhaustion.
35149 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 43-3571 crashed after takeoff 11/29/1944. 6 missing.
35151 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3573 collided with 35105 2/27/1945 near Emirau Island.
All 6 onboard killed.
35152 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3574 in ground accident 10/22/1944 Emirau, SW Pacific. SOC
35156 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 43-3578 missing in raid on Dunkers Derby 11/27/1944 SW Pacific. 5 missing.
35157 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3579 hit by enemy fire and crashed near Gitagum, Philippines Apr 12, 1945. One
crewman killed, 6 survived.
35161 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 43-3583 shot down 4/16/1945 by friendly fire (F4U-1)
during attack on enemy airstrip. Ditched, 2 killed, 3 rescued.
35164 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3586 lost in action May 30, 1945, Midanao, Philippines. 4 KIA
35165 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3587 crashed on takeoff at Emirau due to engine failure Nov 15, 1944. Aircraft SOC,
no crew injuries
35168 (VMA-612) ex USAAF 43-3590 missing 2/11/1945, South Pacific. 7 MIA
35172 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3594 lost Jun 19, 1945 N of Sarangani Bay, Mindanao,
Philippines. Crew rescued.
35175 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3597 hit trees and crashed during landing at Emirau 1/17/1945. All 5 crew killed.
35176 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 43-3598 overshot landing at Iwo Jima 5/3/1945 and was badly damaged
35179(?) (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3600 flew into water 23 mi SW of Key West, FLduring gunnery practice
2/14/1944. 5 killed.
35180 (VMB-611) landing accident at Samar, Philippines
9/23/1945. Records indicate that it was never assigned to
an overseas unit and ws SOC Oct 31, 1945.
35181 (VMB-413) ex USAAF 43-3603 undershot landing at Munda, New Georgia
Sept 29, 1944.
35182 (VMB-611) in forced landing at Zamboango Sept 5, 1945.
35183 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3605 SOC Jul 10, 1945
35184 in midair collision with 35121 Feb 23, 1944 2
mi SE of New Bern, NC Feb 23, 1944. 10 killed.
35185 ex USAAF 43-3655 relegated to training Aug 11, 1945 after suffering engine fire
35187 (VMB-611) in landing accident at Samar, Philippines
9/5/1945.
35189 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 43-3774 ditched off Iwo Jima 4/20/1945 due to dense ground fog and low on fuel.
Crew survived.
35190 (VMB-413) swerved off runway on landing at Rasi,
North Field, South Pacific 3/5/1945.
35193 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3778 crash landed in water at Basilan Strait, SP due to engine
failure Apr 8, 1945. All crew survived.
35194/35195 North American PBJ-1J Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25J. Were USAAF 43-3985/3986
35194 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3985 ditched in ocean Jun 19, 1945 1 1/2 miles offshore
50 mi W of Sarangani Bay, Mindanao, Philippines. 3 KIA, 4 rescued.
35196/35202 North American PBJ-1D Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25D. Were USAAF 43-3837/3843
35196 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 48-3837 spun in 10 mi west of Iwo Jima due to
combat damage 5/2/1945. 4 killed, 2 survived.
35197 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3838 damaged in emergency landing at Turtle Bay Oct 24, 1944.
SOC in SW Pacific Oct 30, 1944.
35197 (VMB-423) in ground acident SW Pacific 11/11/1944.
35198 shot up over Chichi, crashed
35200 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 43-3841 lost on raid on Del Monte, Philippines May 2, 1945. All 8 crew killed.
35201 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 43-3842 ditched 11/16/1944 South Pacific. 2 MIA, 4 survived
35202 (VMB-611) in wheels-up landing in marsh near Parris
Island, NC May 19, 1944.
35203/35249 North American PBJ-1J Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25J. Were USAAF
43-27511/27515, 43-27681/27687,
43-27904/27910, 43-28174/28180,
44-28792/28801, 44-29064/20073, 44-20276
35204 (VMB-611) crashed 8/13/1944 during bombing and
gunnery practice near Bern, NC. 6 killed.
35226 (VMB-423) landing at wrong strip and overshot,
Mindoro 10/16/1945.
35239 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 44-29064 crashed near end of runway at Iwo Jima in South
Pacific Apr 20, 1945. 6 killed.
35242 (VMB-612) ex USAAF 44-29067 MIA from combat mission from Okinawa Jul 27, 1945,
South Pacific. 7 killed.
35243 (VMB-611) ex USAAF 44-29068 MIA May 30, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines. 8 crew MIA. Aircraft was
located in Nov 1956 and crew remains recovered.
35250/35297 North American PBJ-1H Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25H
Were USAAF 43-4659/4660, 43-4667, 43-4669, 43-4671/4673, 43-4676, 43-4710, 43-4656,
43-4670, 43-4675, 43-4685/4702, 43-4471, 43-4482,43-4492,43-4542/4544,43-4591/4593,
43-4682/4684,43-4655,43-4658,43-4664/4666,43-4709.
35275 (VMB-613) ex USAAF 43-4698 shot down by flak in raid on Ponape Feb 6, 1945. All aboard KIA.
35277 (USAF 43-4700) modified for carrier landing and catapult launching trials at ses.
35298/35300 Curtiss XSC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss Model 97A
35301/35797 Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss Model 97B
35302 modified as XSC-2 (Model 97C), and later XSC-2A when fitted with arrestor gear
35324 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, VA Dec 1944 to Feb 20, 1945.
Assigned to NAS Patuxent River, MD
35635 sunk aboard USS Indianapolis Jul 30, 1945.
35624 SOC Mar 1949
35798/35921 Naval Aircraft Factory PBN-1
contract cancelled
35798/35920 North American PBJ-1J Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25J. Were USAAF
44-30509/30531,44-30353/30356,
44-30693/30697,44-30703/30710,
44-30716/30718,44-30961/30964,
44-20972/30975,44-30980/30991,
44-31089/31104,44-30849/30851,
44-30856,44-31277/31296,44-31444/31463
BuNos reassigned from cancelled PBN-1 batch.
35813 (VMB-614) emergency wheels-up landing Chandler
Field, CA 7/19/1945.
35831 (MOTS-813) gear retracted while parked at MCAS
Cherry Point, NC Nov 7, 1945.
35848 became NL5126N and converted by North American as prototype
executive transport. Crashed during demonstration tour at
Phoenix, AZ Mar 25, 1950, killing all 7 onboard. Some top North American
executives were onboard. North American abandoned the executive conversion after the accident.
35851 became N5857V
35857 was ex B-25J 44-30988. Mar 20, 1945: Delivered to the USAAF, transferred directly to the Navy
Mar 21, 1945: Sent to NAS Elizabeth City, NC for conversion to PBJ-1.
May 24, 1945: Assigned to USMC Service Squadron 81 at Elizabeth City.
Nov 15, 1945: Transferred to NAS Johnstown, PA, for the rest of its short career, first
serving with the Naval Special Weapons Division, then one month later transferring to
the Naval Air Maintenance Unit.
Jan 28, 1947: Assigned to the Pool Service Squadron
Feb 28, 1948: War Assets Administration for disposal
Mar 8, 1948: Stricken off strength.
Jul 1, 1947: To St. Louis Flying Service, registered NR5865V.
Converted it for corporate use, including installing a floor over the bomb bay, soundproofing,
additional seats, windows and new engines as well as other alterations.
Jan 1948: Continental Airlines of Houston, TX; used it as a crew trainer.
Apr 1950: Oilfield Aviation Corp. of Houston
More modifications, including the installation of an airstair door.
Apr 1969: Atlantic Aviation Corp. of Wilmington, DE
Four more owners
Jul 1963: Air Services Inc. of Addison, TX
Added avionics and radar for use in testing for Texas Instruments Company.
1966: Aero Industries of Addison, TX
Jan 1971: Robert A. Matthews of Jacksonville, NC.
1972 to 1979: withdrawn from use and sat in open storage at Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where it
suffered some damage to its tail.
1978: Tom Reilly of Orlando, FL,
1981: Craig Tims of Conifer, CO.
1981 to 1982: Restored to flying condition, marked as a B-25, at Kissimmee, FL.
Dec 1985: Confederate Air Force (later changed to Commemorative Air Force) of Harlingen, TX,
(who later moved to Midland).
1994 to May 2016 the plane underwent a complete tear-down restoration to PBJ-1, requiring
a replacement wing and replacement of the waist window section (with airstair door) with
one from B-25J 44-28765. It is now painted as PBJ-1J 35243 with Marine Bombing
Squadron 611 (VMB-611) in the Pacific Theater, which was lost on a mission on May 30, 1945.
35862 (MSS-81) crashed on takeoff at MCAS Cherry
Point, NC 7/7/1945.
35876 (MSN 108-34379) ex USAAF 44-31104 became N5856E, then N177E, then became N39E. Reported
derelict at Teterboro, NJ by 1970 and stored in derelict condition at
Pawling, NY by 1983. One static airframe was apparently made from this and
B-25 45-8882. Tail section used by Aero Traders, Chino, CA to assemble a non-flying Mitchell for
shipment to a new museum in Russia wanting to display examples of Lend-Lease aircraft they flew in WW II.
35901 ex USAAF 44-31444.
35906 wheels retracted during takeoff roll NAS Pensacola,
FL Oct 3, 1947.
35921 Grumman JRF-4
MSN 1188, ex Grumman G-39 NC1604 impressed by US Navy in 1942. BuNo reassigned from cancelled PBN-1 batch.
To Japanese Navy as 9012 Oct 18, 1955. WFU in 1960. To N291VW Apr 14, 1964. Current 2014.
35922/36421 Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
MSN 4561/5060 (El Segundo MSNs)
35922 (MSN 4561) was intended to serve as a prototype for a USAAF version, but the project was abandoned
and the aircraft was completed as a SBD-5
35923 (MSN 4562) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5068; brought on charge Apr 27, 1944. Returned to
US Marine Corps at Russell May 20, 1944.
35931 (VC-24) crashed near Buka Airfield, Papua New Guinea during bombing mission Nov 10, 1943. 2 crew KIA.
Wreckage discovered in 2007.
35950 converted to SBD-6
35971 shot down at Rabaul Jan 14, 1944.
36008 (VC-11) crashed near Soledad, CA 5/3/1945. 2 crew killed.
36022 and 36023 to Royal Navy as Dauntless JS997 and JS998
36025 force-landing at NAS Deland, FL 11/13/1944. Pilot suffered minor injuries.
36035 (VMSB-331) wheels up landing on Nanomea 11/27/1943.
36038 (VS-38) hit trees on takeoff from Preston-Glenn
Airport, Lynchburg, VA 7/15/1944. Pilot killed.
36043 (VJ-9) ditched in San Pedro, CA. channel area during target towing 10/10/1944. Pilot
injured.
36067 crashed into woods south of Perdido FL 2/25/1945. Pilot killed.
36071 flew into ground during let-down 2/9/1945 NAAS Saufley Field, FL. Pilot killed.
36081 force landed after takeoff NAAS Saufley Field, FL 4/9/1945. Pilot OK
36093 (VMSB-151) in forced-landing from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll 9/12/1944. Crew OK
36115 ditched due to fuel exhaustion east of Mayport,
FL 12/20/1944. Pilot OK
36120 (VMSB-474) in midair with 36341 during bombing practice off Santa Catalina Isl, CA 7/01/1944. Pilot
bailed out OK.
36136 (VN19D8) 09/18/45;Mid-air with 28238 during sqd tactics; pilot bailed out
36148 force landed after takeoff from NATC Pensacola, FL 8/24/1944. Pilot injured.
36162 in midair with 54377 near NAS Deland, FL during bomb practice 10/15/1944. Pilot bailed out.
36171 force landed near NAAS Whitehouse Field, Fl 6/18/1945. Crew OK.
36173 ditched in Lake Michigan Mar 5, 1944 and salvaged in 1987. Restored
and dedicated to Ens Jamual J. Underhill and now
on display on USS Yorktown, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charlestown, SC, on loan
from National Naval Aviation Museum.
36175 ditched in Lake Michigan during WW2 and salvaged early 1990s. Now at National
Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL as parts source
36176 stalled on takeoff from USS Sable, Lake Michigan, and sank Mar 12, 1944. Pilot OK.
Recovered in 1996. In 1997 was under restoration for Pioneers of Flight Museum, MN.
I have this plane located at Palm Springs Air Museum, CA, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
36177 ditched in Lake Michigan during WW2 and salvaged early 1990s. Now at National
Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
36203 crashed into shallow water near NAS Deland, FL 7/14/1944. Pilot killed.
36215 in midair with 29201 near NAS Deland, FL. 12/18/1944. Pilot killed
36221 (VN19D8) Naas Chase Fld, Tx;45.08/07/45;Low altitude spin,
265deg.15mi.from Naas; pilot killed
36222 (VMSB-243) in runway collision after landing
from combat mission 6/8/1945. Pilot OK.
36261 (VMSB-941) suffered structural failure during
dive bomb run 9/04/1944. Landed OK.
36267 (VMF-111) missing on instrument flight from
Kwajalein Atoll 1/17/1945. 2 crew missing.
36279 dumped in water off Espiritu Santo, South Pacific Dec 11, 1944
36291 ditched in Lake Michigan Nov 24, 1944 while doing practice
landings on USS Wolverine. Pilot rescued. Plane was salvaged
and raised Apr 2009 on behalf of National Musuem of Naval
Aviation, Pensacola, FL
36327 crashed in dive 22 mi from NAAS Chase Field, TX
4/2/1945. Pilot killed.
36341 (VMSB-474) in midair with 36120 during bombing practice off
Santa Barbara 7/1/1944. Pilot bailed out OK.
36370 (ASG-98) crashed at sea near Port Hueneme, CA
3/7/1945. Pilot killed.
36376 (VS-52) crashed at see off runway at Roi Island,
Kwajalein. 2 crew killed.
36377 (SBD-5P, VJ-9) ditched at sea off San Diego due to engine
problems 7/9/1944. Crew suffered minor injuries.
36383 (VS-48) ditched off end of field at NAS Dutch
Harbor, AK 5/29/1945. Crew injured.
36384 (CASU-32) crashed on non-combat mission 9/13/1944.
36392 force landed at Simsboro, LA 1/1/1945. Crew OK
36397 collided with 36409 near NAS Deland, FL 1/24/1945.
Pilot killed.
36400 (VMSB-284) swerved off runway during landing MCAS
El Toro, CA 8/21/1944.
36402 ditched at sea off NAS Jacksonville, FL 12/21/1944.
Pilot OK
36409 collided with 36937 near NAS Deland, FL 1/24/1945.
Pilot bailed out OK.
36410 collided with obstacle on non-combat mission in
central Pacific 7/18/1944.
36419 (VMSB-231) hit trees at low altitude during
instrument practice 12/31/1944 and crashed into
water off Ine Island, Marshalls. Both crew killed.
36422/36424 Aeronca XLNR-1
Aeronca (Aeronautical Corporation of America) TG-5 three place training glider version of the Aeronca L-3.
Transferred from USAAF. Were ex USAAF TG-5-AE 42-57457, 42-57461, and 42-57462.
36425/36427 Piper XLNP-1
Piper TG-8-PIs training glider transferred from the USAAF for evaluation by the US Marine Corps glider program.
36425 (MSN G-57) previously 43-3065
36426 (MSN G-62) previously 43-3070
36427 (MSN G-67) previously 43-3075. Registered as N58462 May 17, 1945, current. Converted to J3L-55 Dec 24, 1945.,
later to J3C-65.
36428/36430 Taylorcraft XLNT-1
Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation Model G-100 glider developed from the Model BL.
Were ex USAAF TG-6-TA 43-12496, 43-12497, 43-12498.
36429 (ex USAAF 43-12497) w/o Sep 12, 1943 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
36430 to civil registry as N39177. Registered as a Taylorcraft G-100 with MSN 4183. On display
at Western Antique Aeroplane and Automotive Museum, Hood River, Oregon.
36431/36432 Naval Aircraft Factory XLRN-1
Eighty-seat transport glider. The glider was found to lack stability and further development was
cancelled before a free flight was made.
36431 First towed behind a PBY-5 on 24Oct44. Development was cancelled before a free flight was made.
36432 Cancelled.
36433/36932 Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
MSN 5061/5560 (El Segundo MSNs)
36448 in midair with 36692 during bomb run near Jacksonville Beach, FL 9/12/1944. Both crew
killed.
36453 (VS-48) crashed off Needle Point, Unalaska Bay, Dutch Harbor, AK 3/25/1945. 2 crew killed.
36456 to Royal Navy as Dauntless JS999
36458 spun in on landing at NAS Deland, FL 12/13/1944. Pilot injured.
36465 hit trees at low altitude while circling a crash site near NAS Deland, FL 7/19/1944.
Crew suffered major injuries.
36490 crashed into Lake Washington after takeoff from
NAS Seattle, WA. Pilot killed. Plane recovered.
36503 hit on ground by plane Guadalcanal 8/10/1944.
36505 crashed on non-combat mission 10/01/1944.
36529 dumped in water off Espiritu Santo, South Pacific Dec 11, 1944
36549 (VFR-1) landing gear collapsed on landing at
Spartanburg, SC 4/16/1945. Crew OK. SOC.
36555 in wheels-up landing NAAS Whitehouse Field, FL
10/12/1944. Pilot OK.
36563 dumped in water off Espiritu Santo, South Pacific Dec 11, 1944
36575 dumped in water off Espiritu Santo, South Pacific Dec 11, 1944
36577 dumped in water off Espiritu Santo, South Pacific Dec 11, 1944
36583 crash landed Mar 24, 1944 at Torokina Strip on Bougainville. 2 crewmen killed.
36596 spun in while landing on USS Wolverine in
Lake Michigan 12/26/1944. Pilot OK.
36600 (VMSB-474) in mid-air with 10937 near San
Clemente Island, CA during bombing practice
11/05/1944. Both crew killed.
36606 (VPB-53) crashed 5/15/1945 South Pacific.
36611 (VMSB-243) ditched due to fuel exhaustion Lingayen
Gulf 4/16/1945. Crew OK.
36629 (VS-66) crashed at sea during combat search near
Nob, South Pacific 8/18/1944. 2 crew MIA
36647 force-landed after takeoff from NAAS Cabaniss
Field, TX 10/04/1944. Pilot injured.
36664 (VC-44) overshot on takeoff from Cape Hatien
Field, Haiti 9/12/1944. Pilot OK.
36666 (VMSB-333) high-speed stall on pullout and crashed near Sand Island, Midway 8/1/1944.
Both crew killed.
36670 late pullout during bomb run NAAS Cecil Field, FL 7/28/1944. Both crew killed.
36692 in midair with 36448 during bomb run near Jacksonville Beach, FL 9/12/1944. Pilot killed.
36698 ditched off NAS Barbers Point, HI 8/29/1944. Crew OK.
36702 (VMSB-244) force landed Emirau Island 1/17/1945.Pilot OK.
36716 force landed after takeoff from NAAS Branan Field, FL. 11/14/1944. Pilot OK.
36746 in midair with 10943 during bomb practice at Black Creek Target 12/20/1944. Force landed
safely.
36750 (VN9D8) in runway collision with parked SBDs 09723 & 10815 8/22/1945 at NAAS Saufley Field.
All aircraft SOC.
36754 low altitude slow roll and crashed near NAAS Chase Field, TX 2/3/1945. Pilot killed.
36755 (MAW-3) in forced landing after takeoff from MCAS Ewa, Oahu, HI 7/4/1944. 2 crew injured.
36768 (VMD-254) crashed at sea off Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 11/20/1944. Crew MIA.
36770 (VMBF-932) lost during cross-country flight and force-landed near Texarkana, TX 10/21/1944.
Crew suffered minor injuries.
36772 (VMSB-343) force landing Eastern Island, Midway 4/13/1945. Crew OK. SOC
36773 crashed Pacific 4/24/1945.
36792 engine failed over rough terrain and crew
bailed out near Prince Frederick, MD 1/28/1945. Crew OK.
36793 force landed at Valencia Field, Philippines 5/24/1945. SOC
36809 (VMSB-931) in midair with 36828 on navigation flight near Sabine Pass, TX 9/12/1944.
Both crew killed.
36825 crashed on takeoff from Stickwell Field, Eniwetok 9/26/1944.
36828 (VMSB-931) in midair with 36809 on navigation flight near Sabine Pass, TX 9/12/1944.
Both crew killed.
36829 missing on night navigation flight east of NAS Miami 9/11/1944. Two crew MIA.
36834 spun in landing Mission Bay CVD-59 1/24/1945. Pilot OK.
36839 (VB-305) in late pullout from dive during bombing practice near Sakau Island NE of Espiritu Santo,
new Hebrides 7/14/1944. 2 crew killed.
36842 to New Zealand as NZ5046. Returned to USMC May 20, 1944.
36860 wheels up landing near NAAS Whitehouse Field, FL 4/30/1945. SOC
36862 (MSN 5490) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5046; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. Named ‘Ferdinand’ with 25 Squadron.
Returned to US Marine Corps at Russell May 20, 1944. (VS-57) destroyed at Noumea, New Caledonia May 3, 1945.
36880 (VB-63) crashed near San Jose, CA 11/17/1944. Both crew killed.
36891 (MSN 5519) Loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5047; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. Named ‘Carborundum Nil Barstardium’
with 25 Squadron. Returned to US Marine Corps at Russell May 20, 1944.
36895 (MSN 5523) Loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5048; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. Named ‘Salome’ with 25 Squadron.
Returned to US Marine Corps at Russell May 20, 1944.
36897 (MSN 5525) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5049; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. Named ‘Winni-Pu-III’ with 25 Squadron.
Returned to US Marine Corps at Russell May 20, 1944.
36898 (MSN 5526) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5050; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. Named ‘Prune’s Progress’ with 25 Squadron.
Presumed to have been shot down during a raid on Lakunai on 17 Apr 17, 1944. The aircraft was part of
a flight of 11 which were met by heavy flak in the target area. Both crew killed.
36906 dumped in water off Espiritu Santo in South Pacific Jan 9, 1945
36908 (MSN 5536) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5051; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. (25 Sqdn) shot
down by AAA and crashed into Greet Harbour at Rabaul, New Britain May 10, 1944. Both crew killed.
36910 (MSN 5538) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5052; brought on charge Feb 20, 1944. 25 Squadron. Returned to US Marine Corps
at Russell May 20, 1944. (VS-48) missing at sea Sep 27, 1944 south of Amchitka, AK. 2 crew MIA.
36911 (MSN 5539) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5053; brought on charge Feb 22, 1944. 25 Squadron. Returned to US Marine Corps
at Russell May 20, 1944.
36914 (MSN 5542) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5054; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. Named ‘Home’s The Caper’ with 25 Squadron.
With 25 Sqdn landed with bombs still attached, the bombs exploded on landing
and burned out at Piva, Bougainville, Solomons Apr 2, 1944. Pilot unhurt, gunner injured.
36916 (MSN 5544) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5059; brought on charge Feb 20, 1944. Named ‘The Joker’ with 25 Squadron.
With 25 Sqdn landed with bombs still attached, the bombs exploded on landing and burned out at Piva,
Bougainville, Solomons Apr 2, 1944. Both crew injured.
36923 (MSN 5551) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5055; brought on charge Feb 1944. Named ‘He’ll Be Back Again’ with 25 Squadron.
With 25 Sqdn swerved off runway on landing and hit a petrol bowser at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
Mar 22, 1944. Pilot OK
36924 (MSN 5552) Loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5056; brought on charge Feb 20, 1944. Named ‘Paddy’s Mistake’ with 25 Squadron.
Returned to US Marine Corps at Russell May 20, 1944.
36925 (MSN 5553) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5057; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. Named ‘Howa-Baht-That-Hic thing!’
with 25 Squadron. Returned to US Marine Corps at Russell May 20, 1944
36926 dumped in water off Espiritu Santo in South Pacific Jan 9, 1945.
36928 (MSN 5556) loaned from new to RNZAF as NZ5058; brought on charge Feb 24, 1944. With 25 Sqdn heavily damaged by AAA
over Lakunai, New Britain Apr 17, 1944. Returned to base but SOC.
36933/36934 Douglas XTB2D-1 Skypirate
MSN 5561/5562
36935/37034 Grumman J2F-6 Duck
Built by Columbia Aircraft Corporation under license
36938 W/O May 3, 1945 Noumea, Pacific
36943 W/O Mar 8, 1944 Pacific
36944 W/O Jul 5, 1944 “
36945 stricken by the USN at Manaus, Brazil on Dec. 31, 1945
36946 W/O Dec 12, 1944 Majuro, Pacific
36947 stricken by the USN at Manaus, Brazil on Dec. 31, 1945
36948 stricken by the USN at Manaus, Brazil on Dec. 31, 1945
36949 W/O Jun 12, 1945 Guam
36950 W/O Jul 12, 1944 Pacific
36954 W/O Jun 15, 1944 Hawaii
36955 W/O May 31, 1945 Guam
36956 W/O Mar 16, 1945 Guadalcanal
36960 J2F-6 as HC-SCE, Latin American Airways Inc. Delivered to Aerovias Nacionales
del Ecuador SA (ANDESA) 26th April 1946. ANDESA had a freight hauling contract
with Shell of Ecuador. Reported on insurance as written off
prior to 3rd October 1949. Thus the accident must have happened prior to
ANDESA's demise on 17th October 1947
36962 W/O Nov 3, 1944 Noumea, Pacific
36964 to civil registry as N67647. Sold to Marcelo Gaume, La Paz, Baja California on
Apr 29, 1949. Then as XB-SUS dates from January 1953. It probably initially flew with
a XA-xxx registration. Maybe XA-HUQ.
36969 W/O Oct 10, 1944 South Pacific
36976 N1196N registered 1963. At the Flying Tigers Museum & Warbird School, Honeygrove, TX 1966-69.
To Tallmantz Jan 1970 and flown in Venezuela filming *Murphy’s War*. Damaged Sep 14, 1970 by
corroded tail-wheel and blow-out landing at Amarillo, TX. To EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh,
Wisconsin 1976. Registration expired Jun 30, 2012.
36986 W/O Nov 1, 1944 Saipan
36999 stricken by the USN at Manaus, Brazil on Dec. 31, 1945
37003 W/O Mar 9, 1945 Pacific
37005 W/O Apr 25, 1945 Pacific
37011 stricken by the USN at Manaus, Brazil on Dec. 31, 1945
37025 to civil registry as HC-SCD, Latin American Airways Inc. Delivered to Aerovias Nacionales
del Ecuador SA (ANDESA) 26th April 1946. Seized October 1947 by Ecuadorian Government for
non-payment of taxes. Sold to Perú, August 1948. To OB-LAR-236. As OB-LAR-236, bought from
Ecuadorian government for $800. Flown to Peru October 01, 1948. Named Amauta II.
Registered 18th October 1948. W/o May 01, 1949, Puerto Inca, Rio Pachitea.
Registration Cx February 01, 1950.
37033 W/O May 31, 1945 Hawaii
37034 W/O Dec 14, 1944 Hawaii
37035/37064 Lockheed PV-2C Harpoon
MSN 15-1001/1030. Model 15-27-01
37044 (VPB-136) damaged in taxi accident at Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Island, WA Jun 6, 1945.
37046 (VPB-2,OTU#1) w/o 12-Mar-45 NAS Lake City, FL. Exploded during take-off roll, fumes in plane.
3 killed
37047 (VPB-2 OTU#1) in takeoff accident at NAS Beaufort, SC Jan 15, 1945.
37048 (VPB-2 OTU#1) engine caught fire during takeoff at NAS Beaufort, SC Sep 20, 1945. Plane was
destroyed, but entire crew safely exited the plane.
37051 (VPB-2 OTU#1) destroyed in landing accident at NAS Beaufort, SC Sep 11, 1945
37057 to Italian AF as MM80072 Jul 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959.
37065/37534 Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
MSN 15-1031/1500. Model 15-27-01
37065 (VPB-139) w/o 26-Mar-45 NAF Shemya, Alaska during one engine landing, overshot runway. SOC.
37070 to Italian AF as MM80069 Jun 1953. Crashed Sep 9, 1955.
37073 (VP-811) w/o Apr 10, 1950. Ditched in Lake Michigan during landing approach to Chicago.
37075 (VPB-139) missing 23-Apr-45 during sector search. 6 crew MIA
37077 to N6604D
37081 to N6605D
37082 (MSN 15-1048) delivered to New Zealand as NZ4702 Mar 17, 1945. Returned to USN May 9, 1945.
37083 (MSN 15-1049) delivered to New Zealand as NZ4703 Mar 14, 1945. Returned to USN Apr 29, 1945.
37084 (MSN 15-1050) delivered to New Zealand as NZ4704 Apr 10, 1945. Returned to USN Apr 16, 1945
37085 (MSN 15-1051) delivered to New Zealand as NZ4701 Mar 16, 1945. Returned to USN May 12, 1945
37086 (MSN 15-1052) to Brazilian AF as FAB 17, later 5048.
WFU Jan 24, 1958
37089 (VPB-142) overshot landing at NAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Feb 12, 1945. No crew injuries,
but substantial damage to plane.
37096 (VPB-142) W/O 2-Apr-45. Wing failed during gunnery practice off Oahu, Hawaii. 6 missing
37101 (VPB-153) w/o 5-May-45 during anti-submarine training. Crashed on night take-off from NAS
Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii. 5 killed.
37107 (MSN 15-1073) to N7261C - converted to firefighter in 1957
Bruce E. Graham, Orange, California (reg'd 06 mar 2013)to civil registry as N7261C
37123 (MSN 15-1089) to Brazilian AF as FAB 15, later 5049.
WFU Feb 7, 1952
37124 (MSN 15-1090) to Brazilian AF as FAB 16, later 5050.
WFU Dec 20, 1957
37125 (VPB-153) damaged in landing accident at NAS Midway May 1, 1945. With VPB-200 while parked at NAS Kaneohe,
was struck by landing 34929 Aug 19, 1945.
37129 (MSN 15-1095) to civil registry as N7268C. Seen at Falcon Field, AZ with
paint stripped, most control surfaces and flaps off. Cancelled Jun 18, 2013
Robert A. Kropp, Mesa, Arizona (reg'd 31 May 2016)
37131 (FAS-876) engine failed during landing approach at NAS Oakland, CA Jun 14, 1953, ditched.
37137 to civil registry as N7258C. To Intermountain Aviation, Inc (CIA). Gngine caught fire, crashed
into buildings on approach to Phoenix Sky Harbor, AZ Feb 3, 1966
37139 to French Aeronavale Jun 1953. SOC Nov 19, 1960
37140 to N6612C, XB-BUS
37142 to N6616D
37146 (VPB-136) w/o 10;May-46 Canal Zone. Overshot landing, SOC
37147 to Dutch Navy as 19-18. Sold Aug 1954 for scrap.
37149 to N6606D
37153 to MDAP, possibly to Italy
37154 to civil registry as N5224V, N7671C. Converted Oakland Airmotive Centaurus for Micronesia Airlines.
Crashed on takeoff on delivery flight Hayward, California Sep 7, 1965
37155 destroyed in crash at New France Field, Canal Zone May 2, 1945.
37158 to civil registry as N6617D. Scrapped at Linden, NJ
37159 to civil registry as N6853C. To Combat Museum Lafayette, Lousisiana 1998. Cancelled Aug 20, 2013
37162 to Italian AF as MM80056 Mar 1953. SOC Apr 1, 1956
37163 to N6607D
37168 possibly to Peru
37171 to civil registry as N7249C. Current, stored Jerome City, Idaho
37173 to Italian AF as MM80060 May 1953. Crashed Sep 28, 1957
37174 (VP(ML)2) w/o 14-Jan-47; MCAS Miramar, CA. Stalled at 200' with engine on fire and crashed.
5 killed.
37175 to N6608D
37176 to Dutch Navy as 19-15.
37181 to Italian AF as MM80057 Mar 1953. SOC
37182 (VP-691) w/o 12-Jul-50. Ditched in Gulf of Mexico off Texas during gunnery training. 1 killed
37184 to civil registry as N7253C. Current
37188
37190 painted at Burgank as FA Brazil 1156 but not delivered. To civil registry as N6856C. Crashed fighting
fire near Philipsburg, Pennsylvania Apr 20, 1997
37191 to Italian AF as MM80075 May 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959
37192 (MSN 15-1158) to Portugal as 4601. In accident at Luanda, Angola Nov 21, 1962
37194 (MSN 15-1160) to Portugal as 4611. In accident at Niassa, Mozambique
37195 possibly to Peru
37196 (MSN 15-1162) to Portugal as 4624. W/o in crash in Lisbon Feb 25, 1960.
37200 to N6688D
37201 (MSN 15-1167) to Portugal as 4633. W/o 8/16/1960.
37202 (MSN 15-1168) to civil registry as N7483C. Current with Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, Florida
(reg'd 05 may 2004)
37206 (MSN 15-1172) to Portugal as 4627.
37207 to N6609D
37208 (VP-ML-6) w/o 24-Jul-49. Crashed and burned due to engine failure near Hersey, Pa 3 killed
37209 possibly to Peru
37210 to N6610D
37211 (MSN 15-1177) to civilian registry as N7273C, used for
fire ant control. Seen at Falcon Field, AZ Mar 2009. Current with Palm Springs Air Museum, CA
registered Apr 26, 2010.
37212 to Dutch Navy as 19-1.
37213 to Dutch Navy as 19-12. To Portugal as 4612 in 1955 (?).
37214 (MSN 15-1180) to Portugal as 4622. W/o 2/17/1967.
37215 to Dutch Navy as 19-4 Sep 1951.
37216 to civil registry as N7256C, N7256C, N10PV. Current. Acquired in June 2014 by the Castle Air Museum,
Atwater, California.
37217 to Dutch Navy as 19-2.
37219 to civil registry as N7254C. Reported derelict at Bainbridge, Georgia. Cancelled Nov 20, 1970.
37223 to N7481C
37224 to civil registry as N6611D
37225 to N7266C. W/o on flight Bethel to Kodiak, Alaska Jun 12, 1967. Pilot did not have current license
or instrument rating.
37226 to civil registry as N7081C. WFU San Francisco, CA
37228 to N6601D
37229 to Dutch Navy as 19-14.
37230 (MSN 15-1196) to civil registry as N7459C. Noted Mar 2006 at National Museum of Naval
Aviation, Pensacola, FL
37231 to N6619D
37233 (MSN 15-1199) to Portugal as 4617. Crashed in Vila Pery, Mozambitue Feb 5, 1963
37234 to civil registry as N7458C. Stored Buffalo, Wyoming. cancelled May 8, 2013
37235 to civil registry as N6858C
37236 to Dutch Navy as 19-13.
37237 to civil registry as N6871C
37238 to Italian AF as MM80073 Jul 1953. SOC Mar 25, 1959.
37241 possibly to JMSDF
37242 to N7484C
37246 to N7259C, XB-BUT
37249 (MSN 15-1215) to Portugal as 4634.
37250 to civil registry as N6857C. Stored Lafayette, Louisiana 1998. Cancelled Aug 20, 2013
37251 to N6602D
37252 to civil registry as N7429C, to CP-648 Sep 1958. Crashed Laja, Bolivia Dec 3, 1958.
37253 to N6851C
37254 (MSN 15-1220) to civil registry as N7248C, N2PV - Southwest Aviation Inc, Fairacres,
New Mexico (reg'd 06 jan 2015)
37255 to N6612D
37256 to N6603D
37257 to civil registry as N7255C. At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, with incorrect number of 32757 painted
on it underneath the tail. Rear fuselage was used to repair N6865C (MSN 15-1156) and damaged rear
fuselage from that aircraft was fitted to N7255C.
37259 to Dutch Navy as 19-11.
37260 to Dutch Navy as 19-10.
37262 to civil registry as N7428C Converted to Howard Cargo Haroppn Jan 1967. Restored as warbird in US Navy
colors as "Fat Cat". To Confederate Air Force Jan 1988. DBF in forced landing near Houston, Texas
Sep 167, 1990.
37263 to N4182A, HK-685
37265 to civil registry as N3247G, LV-PKC (NTU), N3247G. Cancelled as destroyed Feb 2, 2004. Used by John
Hirth for spares.
37266 to Italian AF as MM80074 Jul 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959
37267 to civil registry as N7224C, LV-PJZ, N7224C. C of R revoked
37268 (MSN 15-1234) on civil registry as N7432C, N7408C
37269 to civil registry as N7252C. Destroyed Angola, Louisiana May 7, 1963 on aerial application work
37270 (MSN 15-1236) to civil registry as N7257C. At Mesa/Falcon Field, AZ for restoration Dec 2007.
Robert A. Kropp, Mesa, Arizona (reg'd 30 jan 2012)
37271 (MSN 15-1237) to Portugal as 4602. W/o 4/16/1953.
37272 probably MDAP to Portugal or JMSDF
37274 to N6621D
37275 (MSN 15-1241) to Portugal as 4632.
37276 (MSN 15-1242) to civil registry as N7272C. Last reported stored at Buffalo, Wyoming
Free Flite LLC, Felton, Delaware (reg'd 05 Oct 2016)
37278 to N6622D
37279 to Dutch Navy as 19-5 Sep 1951.
37280 to Dutch Navy as 19-9 Sep 1951.
37281 to civil registry as N7263C. Crashed near Winslow, AZ Jun 12, 1974.
2 killed.
37282 to Italy as MM80054
37285 to N6620D
37286 (MSN 15-1252) to Portugal as 4625. W/o 5/26/1964 and scrapped Montijo
37288 to N7431C, XA-NIM
37304 to N6623D
37306 (VPB-144) SOC Aug 5, 1945.
37307 to Dutch Navy as 19-8. To Portugal in 1955 as 4608 (?)
37310 (VPB-144) in taxiing accident at NAS Moffett Field, CA Mar 24, 1945. Plane suffered
substantial damage, but crew was unhurt.
37311 to French Aeronavale as 37311
37312 (MSN 15-1278) to Portugal as 4614.
37316 to French Navy as 37316
37322 to Dutch Navy as 19-17.
37323 (CNART) w/o 25-Jul-48. Overshot landing & hit
embankment at Offut AFB, Omaha,Nebraska. SOC
37324 to N7435C
37337 probably to Italy as MM80068
37339 to N6624D
37345 to N6625D
37347 to N7430C
37353 to N6626D
37362 to civil registry as N7084C. Damaged in landing accident at Tampa, Florida Oct 30, 1958
37363 while being ferried by VPF-3 involved in landing accident at NAS Tillamook, OR Apr 9, 1945.
To Italian AF as MM80061 Mar 1953.. Crashed Nov 6, 1954.
37364 (MSN 15-1330) to F.J. Perillof, Tucson, Arizona (reg'd revoked)
37365 to Italy as MM80061
37366 to Portugal as 4608
37369 to Dutch Navy as 19-3 Apr 1951.
37370 to Italian AF as MM80062 May 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959
37373 to civil registry as N7434C. Later to CP-649 Sep 1958. WFU La Paz
37374 (VPB-199) w/o 2-Aug-45 near Port Angeles, WA.
Night flare attack, hit mountain. 6 killed
37377 to civil registry as N7485C
37382 to French Aeronavale as 37382
37383 to Italian AF as MM80067 Jun 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959
37386 with VPB-130 suffered minor damage when struck parked aircraft at NAS Whidbey Island,
WA Sep 6, 1945. Damaged again Sep 8, 1945 in takeoff accident at NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
To N7264C. Cancelled Oct 24, 2013.
37387 to Italian AF as MM80068 Jun 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959
37388 to N6627D
37389 (VP-130) damaged in midair collision 10 mi N of NAS Whidbey Island, WA Oct 2, 1945.
37391 to N6628D
37392 to Italian AF as MM80071 Jul 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959
37394 to Italian AF as MM80070 Jun 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959.
37396 (MSN 15-1362) to civil registry as N7265C. Registered Jan 26, 1990 with American Military Heritage Foundation,
Indianapolis, IN, current. Operates in US Navy colors as 37396 "Hot Stuff"
37406 (MSN 15-1272) to Portugal as 4626.
37411 to N6629D
37417 (MSN 15-1383) to Portugal as 4609. W/o 3/29/1963 and probably broken up at Alverca, Portugal
37418 to Dutch Navy as 19-7.
37419 (MSN 15-1385) to civil registry as N7486C. Cancelled Jul 8, 2913. Was preserved at Museo Storico dell' Aeronautica
Militaire Italiana, Vigna de Valle, Lake Bracciano, Italy. In June 2016 transferred to the Museo
Storico Piana delle Orme at Borgo Faiti
37420 (VPB-2,OTU#1) w/o 7-Aug-45 during radar bombing
training off Hunting Isl, SC. Lost control in
storm,crashed. 7 killed.
37421 to Dutch Navy as 19-16. To Portugal as 4616 in 1955
37423 to Italian AF as MM80063 May 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959.
37437 to N6631D
37441 (MSN 15-1407) to Portugal as 4603.
37442 to Portugal as 4610
37443 to N7482C, N375TM. Ditched off Hilo, Hawaii Apr 11, 1964
37444 (MSN 15-1410) currently on FAA registry as N7086C. To Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation.
Reported stored Chandler, Arizona. Cancelled Aug 20, 2013. Free Flite LLC, Felton, Delaware
(reg'd 05 oct 2016)
37445 to N7433C
37446 (MSN 15-1412) to Brazilian AF as FAB 5076
37447 (MSN 15-1413) to Brazilian AF as FAB 18, later 5051.
WFU Dec 20, 1957
37449 to civil registry as N6718C. Cancelled Nov 5, 1980
37450 to MDAP, country unknown
37451 (VP-ML-62) w/o 17-Sep-48;NAS Seattle. Ditched in
Lk. Wash after takeoff. Later recovered by
USN. SOC.
37452 To NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Jan 1949. To French Aeronavale
37453 (MSN 15-1419) to Portugal as 4630.
37454 to civil registry as N7260C. Crashed during spraying at Melbourne, Florida May 5, 1969
37456 (MSN 15-1422) to Portugal as 4629.
37457 to civil registry as N6632D, N6859C. C of R revoked.
37458 (MSN 15-1424) to Portugal as 4606.
37459 (MSN 15-1425) to Portugal as 4619.
37461 to N6633D
37462 to civil registry as N7414C. Cancelled Oct 31, 2013. Restoration at Central california Historical Military
Museum, Eagle Field, Dos Palos, Frebaugh, California
37466 (MSN 15-1432) to civil registry as N6855C Current with Historic Aircraft Preservation Group a (reg'd 02 Jan 2013)
37471 to Japanese Navy (JMSDF) as 4113 Jan 1955
37472 to civil registry as N5223V, N7670C. Current with Warbird Aircraft Sales LLC (reg'd 24 sep 2007).
Under restoration at Heber City, Utah
37473 (MSN 15-1439) to Portugal as 4620. Crashed at Quitexe, Angola Jaun 8, 1961. Wreck on display at Alverca.
37475 (MSN 15-1441) to Portugal as 4621
37477 to JMSDF
37478 to N6635D
37480 to civil registry as N6636D
37481 . With VPB-200 while parked at NAS Kaneohe,
was struck by landing 34929 Aug 19, 1945.
37482 to N6637D
37483 to Italian AF as MM80058 Mar 1953. Crashed Aug 10, 1956
37486 to N6638D
37487 to Portuguese AF
37488 to Italian AF as MM80064 Apr 1953. Crashed Jul 31, 1953
37490 to civil registry as N6852C. Cancelled Oct 24, 1983. Stored dismantled Ocotillo Wells, California by Dec 1993
37491 to JMSDF
37492 (MSN 15-1458) to civilian registry as N7270C. cancellec Jun 18, 1965. to Colombia but NTU. Restored
as N7270C, to N72707. Now mounted above Mayday Golf Course, North Myrtle Beach, SC.
37493 to N6639D
37494 to N6640D
37495 to Italian AF as MM80055 Feb 1953. SOC Dec 31, 1959
37496 (CNART) w/o 23-Aug-48 in take-off accident, hit
parked aircraft at NAS Atlanta, Ga. SNB-2 BuNo
39279:CNART;NAS Mimai & SNB-2 51-282:VU-Unit;NAS
Jacksonville,Fl; All aircraft stricken.
37497 (MSN 15-1463) to Portugal as 4628.
37498 (MSN 15-1464) to N6854C - Ben Whitney Trading Co, Calexico, California (reg'd 1961); to N6854C -
Lockheed and converted to exec. Aircraft als "Lockheed Delfin"; to XB-DIW - owner unknown;
to XB-DIW - T.A. de Nayarit (reg'd 26 jan 1967); to XA-SIR - owner unknow, crashed 09 May 1970
37499 to civil registry as N7080C. Current with Free Flite LLC
37500 (MSN 15-1466) to Portugal as 4615. W/o 9/7/1960. Scrapped Alverca and last reported in a scrap yard
there Jun 1965
37502 (MSN 15-1468) To civil registry as N7269C. Hulk in civil colors used as an attraction at
mini-golf course in Branson, Missouri. Airframe damaged by tornado in 2012. Parts recovery by PV-2
owner in Feb, 2013, remainder scrapped.
37503 to French Aeronavale as 37503
37504 to Portuguese AF
37505 to N6641D
37506 to N6642D
37507 (MSN 15-1473) to N6643D, still flying as N86492. Seen at
Falcon Field, AZ painted in British scheme.
37508 to Dutch Navy as 19-6 Sep 1951.
37509 to N6644D
37511 to MDAP, country unknown
37512 to civil registry as N7453C, then N144X. Converted to Howard Super Harpoon Feb 19, 1959.
To N1448, N144CR (NTU), N1448. Cancelled Aug 17, 2004. At Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage, CA Oct 2007
37513 to Italian AF as MM80065 Apr 1953. Crashed Nov 6, 1954
37514 to Japanese Navy (JMSDF)
37515 (MSN 15-1481) to Portugal as 4623.
37516 to Japanese Navy (JMSDF) as 4107, later 4577
37517 to N6645D
37518 to N6614D
37519 to Japanese Navy (JMSDF)
37520 to Italian AF as MM80066
37521 to N6646D
37522 to N6647D. Damaged by hurricane at Belize AP ca 1964. Stored derelict ast least until Jul 1976
37523 to civil registry as N6634D. DBF on ground in Texas, date unknown. Cancelled Sep 26, 2013
37524 to civil registry as N7262C. To NL20PV, N20PV. Earl 'R Benedict, Napa, California (reg'd in question,
a/w 15 Sep 1995)
37525 to civil registry as N6615D
37526 to N6648D
37527 (MSN 15-1493) to Portugal as 4631. W/o 5/26/1964. Waiting scrapping Alverca Jul 1965
37528 ditched Sep 4, 1947 1000 yards north of the end of the
runway at Sand Point, WA shortly after takeoff. Aircraft sank in 140 feet of
water in Lake Washington. It is still down there.
37529 to N6613D
37530 to civil registry as N6649D, N86491
37531 to N7967A, LV-PJY
37532 (CNART) w/o 21-Jun-48 Tyndall AAF. Retracted gear
to avoid overshooting runway. SOC
37533 to N6630D
37534 to N6650D
37535/37550 Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon
MSN 15-1501/1516. Model 15-27-01
37535 to civil registry as N7079C, N83L, N11559 (ntu), NL83L, N83L. Preserved at Tillamook Air Museum as
"Rose's Raiders". P-38 LLC, Beaverton, Oregon (reg'd 08 jun 2016)
37536 to civil registry as N7436C. Converted first Oakland Airmotive Centaurus Apr 1958. W/o in forced landing
near Palm Springs, California on ferry flight Sep 23, 1967
37537 to civil registry as N6651D with Central Air Services, Wenatchee, WA
and used as fire bomber with tail number 40. Leased to Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida
May 24, 1984. Stored at Corpus Christi, Texas by Jun 1994. On display at CAF Airpower Museum,
Midland, Texas, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
37538 to MDAp, possibly Japan
37540 to Japanese Navy (JMSDF) as 4104, later 4574. WFU and derelict at Shimousa NAS, Tokyo by 1969.
37541 to N6652D
37542 to Portugal as 4618
37543 to Portugal as 4605.
37544 (VB-2, ATU#11) w/o 16-May-46. Aborted take-off,
overshot. SOC
37545 to N6653D
37547 (MSN 15-1513) to Portugal as 4607.
37548 to Japanese navy (JMSDF) as 4103, later 4573.
37549 (MSN 15-1515) on civil registry as N7968A, LV-PKA (NTU), N7968A. C of R revoked
37550 to civil registry as N7251C. Registered to United States Airpower Museum, Fresno, California Jun 2, 2007.
Cancelled May 7, 2013. Stored Chandler, Arizona 2010.
37551/37623 Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon
MSN 15-1517/1589. Model 15-27-01. Contract cancelled
37624/37634 Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon
MSN 15-1590/1600. Model 15-27-01
37624 to Japanese Navy (JMSDF) as 4102, later 4572.
37625 to Italian AF as MM80060 Apr 1953. Crashed Jul 19, 1954.
37626 to Japanese Navy (JMSDF)
37627 to N6654D
37628 to N7457C. Crashed near Port Yukon, Alaska Aug 9, 1958
37629 to N7456C. To Laow Jan 27, 1961. Crashed Phou Fa, Laos Oct 1961.
37631 converted to PV-2T and to civil registry as N7455C
37632 (MSN 15-1598) on civil registry as N7969A, LV-PKB(NTU), N7969A. C of R revoked.
37633 (MSN 15-1599) to civil registry as N7454C. Seen at Falcon
Field, AZ Mar 2009 with restoration underway. Robert A. Kropp, Mesa, Arizona (reg'd 22 may 2009)
37634 reported Mar 2005 with Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX as N6655D
37635/37636 Interstate XTDR-1
Delivered with BuNo serials 27857/27858. Was unmanned remotely-controlled aircraft for use in combat as assault drone
37637/37638 Stinson AT-19
contract cancelled. These serials were to be allocated to
Lend-Lease Reliants returned by Britain near the end of the
War or shortly thereafter.
37639/37648 Waco LRW-1
Waco Aircraft Company model NZR troop glider. USAAF CG-4A transferred for testing by US Marine Corps at
MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas.
37639 Previously 42-61938. WFU May43.
37640 Previously 42-61939. WFU May43.
37641 Previously 42-61943. WFU May43.
37642 Previously 42-61945. WFU May43.
37643 Previously 42-61946. WFU May43.
37644 Previously 42-61947. WFU May43.
37645 Previously 42-61950. WFU May43.
37646 Previously 42-61951. WFU May43.
37647 Previously 42-61952. WFU May43.
37648 Previously 42-61953. WFU May43.
37649 Waco YKS-7 impressed from civilian user
36650/37659 Cancelled contract
37660/37710 Douglas R4D-1
Diverted to Navy from USAAF contracts.
37660 (MSN 6036) ex USAAF C-47 41-38653. To US Navy Nov 3, 1942. Operated by Pan American Airways, later to
VR-3 and declared surplus Dec 31, 1949
37661 (MSN 6152) ex USAAF C-47 41-38693. To US Navy Dec 21, 1942. Operated by VR-3, VRS-1 (Aug 1945) and VRF-1,
Soc Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as C-410 (Vias Aereas Colombianos),
C-510 (SAM Jul 1948), HK-510 (Reregistere 1949 - Lund Aviation Apr 23, 1957). Sold to French
AF as ‘38693’ Sep 03, 1957. Operated by GLA48 Apr 1958 and GAMOM50 Dec 1959,
then transferred to Madagascar AF Jun 01, 1961 as 5R-MMA ‘693’. Returned to French AF (F-SDMN)
Oct 1969 (Probably for scrap)
37662 (MSN 6153) ex USAAF C-47 41-38694. To US Marine Corps Dec 21 1942. Operated by MAW-1 (Dec 21, 1942), MAG-13 (Mar 02, 1943),
NFG-53 (Aug 1944), MAW-9 (Nov 1944), MASG-48 Mar 1945, noted Jacksonville Jun 1945,
then with Servon 46 Aug 1945 and MAG-33 Mar 1946. SOC Nov 30, 1946. To civil registry as
NC67809 for sale to Bolivian AF. No further report
37663 (MSN 6253) ex USAAF C-47 42-5665. To US Marine Corps Jan 26, 1943. MAW San Diego Jan 26, 1943 - Quonset Point Jan 1944 -
MOTG-81 May 1945 - Faetulant Nov 1945 - Jacksonville Apr 1946. SOC Oct 31, 1946.
To civil registry as NC841 (War Air Assets), NC88809 (Ferry), C-316 (LANSA Mar 17, 1948),
HK-316 (Rr 1949 - Avianca Sep 1951), N88829 (Hemisphere Air Service Inc, Talahassee, FL.
Nov 18, 1967 - Paramount Air Service, Hayward, CA. 1976 - McCollum Aviation Inc,
Danville, IL. Jan 06, 1976. Current on USCAR Mar 2003.
37664 (MSN 6254) ex USAAF C-47 42-5666. To US Marine Corps Jan 25, 1943. To MAW San Diego Jan 25, 1943 - OTU VPB-2-3 Aug
1943 - Banana River Oct 1943 - Jacksonville Jan 1944 - Shawnee Mar 1945 -
Clinton Apr 1945 - Corpus Christi Jul 1945. SOC Feb 28, 1947. To civil registry as
C-1002 (Agencia Interamericana de Aviada). W/o near Villa
Pinson, Cundinamarca, Colombia Mar 15, 1948. (See MSN 5664)
37665 (MSN 6255) ex USAAF C-47 42-5667. To US Marine Corps Jan 25, 1943. To Servon 15, Jan 15, 1945 - VMR-153 Feb 03, 1945 -
MAW-25 Feb 23, 1945 - MAG-15 Jul 1945. SOC Jan 31, 1946. To civil registry as
NC88798 (Tobin Map Co, San Antonia, TX. 1953), N85TM (Rr 1966),
N95KT (Various owners/operators). Cancelled May 1983.
37666 (MSN 6256) ex USAAF C-47 42-5668. to US Marine Corps Jan 25, 1943. To MAW San Diego Jan 25, 1943. Crashed May 31, 1943
37667 (MSN 6257) ex USAAF C-47 42-5669. To US Marine Corps Jan 26, 1943. To MAW San Diego Jan 25, 1943 - Com Air 7th Fleet
Aug 1944 - Com Air Center Manus 18jan45 - FAW-8 Aug 1945 - San Diego Nov 1945 -
MAG-35 Dec 1945 - MarAirWC, San Diego Jan 1946 - MAG-32 Jul 29, 1946 - VMR-152 Oct 14, 1946.
SOC Jan 31, 1947. To civil registry as NC74663 (Sourdough Air Transport - Kearns
Inc (Super Coach), LA, CA. 1953 - Leased to Currey Air Transport). Crashed Burbank, CA. Sep 08,
1955. Sold to Warner Bros Pictures, probably as wreck for film.
37668 (MSN 6258) ex USAAF C-47 42-5670. To VR-1 Jan 27, 1943 - VR-3 Jul 02, 1943 - Willow
Grove Jan 1944 - Featulant Jul 1946. SOC Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as
NC88773 (Pan American Airways), To AP-ABD (Orient Airways Mar 31, 1948 "City of Quetta’ Apr 01, 1955
when Pakistan became independent of India, airline moved base to Pakistan.
Merged with Pakistan International Airlines Apr 1, 1955. WFU in 1964.
37669 (MSN 9039) ex USAAF C-47 42-32813. To US Navy Mar 05, 1943 -
HDN-2 Dec 1944 - Willow Grove Jan 11, 1945 - HDN-2 Apr 07, 1945 -
Norfolk Apr 23, 1945 - CASU-24 May 1945 - Faetulant Jul 1945 -
Nactulant Nov 1945 - Quonset Point Dec 10, 1945 - Nactulant Mar 1946 -
HDN FAW-5 Apr 1946 - FASRON-102 Aug 1946. SOC Sep 30, 1946.
37670 (MSN 9040) ex USAAF C-47 42-32814. To US Navy Feb 06, 1943 - VR-3 Feb 09, 1943 -
FAW-5 Dec 1944 - CASU-24 Jan 1945 - FAW-5 Apr 1945 - Norfolk May 07, 1945 -
Jacksonville Jul 1946 - SOC Nov 30, 1946. To civil registry as N819 (Grand
Central Airport), reregistered N4865V. To N66699 Cummins Engine Co Inc, Colombus, IN (Nov 1963) -
Indiana Univ Foundation, Bloomington, IN (1966) N84K reregisterd N84KB to Context RealtyCo Dec76-
Context DevelCo, Miami, FL Mar 14, 1977 - Indiana Univ Foundation leased Jan 17, 1979 to Apr 1980.
Current with Theodore W Hunt, Waldport, OR. since Jan 04, 1999.
37671 (MSN 9041) ex USAAF C-47 42-32815. To US Navy Feb 05, 1943 - ComAir 7th Flt Aug 1944 -
Comfair WC May 22, 1945 - Jacksonville Jun 1945 - HDN MR Air West Nov 1945 -
HDN MAG-35 Dec 1945 - North Isle Mar 1946 - VRS-1 Apr 01, 1946 - FAW-14.
SOC Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as C-708, HK-708 with Dishington and Co, LTD, to N9363C C Babb and Co 12952.
To Babb (Canada) Let Aug 12, 1952, to CF-FST with J H Lucas, St Johns Jul 16, 1953, to Hollinger
Ungava Tpt Ltd Sep 18, 1953, to Iron Ore Co of Canada Avn Ltd Jan 20, 1969 - St Felicien Air Service
Ltee, St Felicien, Quebec, Nov 23, 1971. Reregistered C-FFST Juln 1976. Noted with Survair 1978.
Airworthiness expired Feb 23, 1976 when aircraft in Ottawa in St Felicien Air Service colours. Sold to
Bradley Air Services, Carp, ONT., noted engineless May 22, 1979 and derelict Sep 1982.
37672 (MSN 9042) ex USAAF C-47 42-32816. To US Navy Feb 8, 1943 - MAG-25 Aug 1944 - Alameda
Sep 01, 1944 - Jacksonville Apr 27, 1945 - Servon-48 Aug 1945 - Jacksonville Jan 1946 -
HDN MAR Air WC Jun 01, 1946 - HDN-14 Jun 20, 1946 - COM FAIR WC San Diego Jul 1946 -
FAW-14 Sep 1946. SOC Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC17697, N73G,
N7301 (Brown & Root Inc, Houston, TX. only). No report after 1972.
37673 (MSN 9073) ex USAAF C-47 42-32847. To US Navy Feb 13, 1943 - San Diego - Alameda Aug 1944 -
Jacksonville Jan 1945 - Shawnee Feb 1945 - Jacksonville Mar 1945 - Willow Grove Apr 30, 1945 -
OTU VJB-1 Oct 1945 - Jacksonville Dec 1945 - Miami Apr 1946 - Jacksonville Nov 1946.
SOC Jan 31, 1947. To civil registry as C-315 (LANSA). Reregisterd HK-315 and crashed Corozal,
Colombia Mar 21, 1951.
37674 (MSN 9074) ex USAAF C-47 42-32848. To US Navy Feb 15, 1943 - Norfolk - Alameda
Aug 1944 - Com Fair WC Mar 1945 - CASU-7 Aug 1946 - FASRON-112 Jan 1947 - VRU-3 Apr 1947 -
FASRON-8 May 1947. SOC Jun 30, 1947. To civil registry as NC79987 with Continental Oil Co (Nov 1953)
Douglas OH Co, Los Angeles, CA - Exec Acft Svces Inc, Dallas, TX (1966) -
Snurb Inc, Miami Springs, FL (1966) - Burnside Ott Avn Training Center, Opa Locka, FL Sep 1968
Reregistered N230F Nov 1968. To CP-1952 Sep 17, 1985.
37675 (MSN 9075) ex USAAF C-47 42-32849. To US Navy Feb 13, 1943 - Norfolk - VR-1 Nov 1968
Feb 15, 1943 - VR-7 Aug 1944 - VR-3 Apr 1945 - VR-7 Jun 1945 - VR-3 Aug 1945 -
Jacksonville Mar 1946. SOC Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC74647 August & Pruyser, to N40G
with Radio Corp of America (Nov 1953) - to N70F with D D Smith, Miami Beach, FL Aug 1968 -
Cancelled 1971
37676 (MSN 9076) ex USAAF C-47 42-32850. To US Navy Feb 15, 1943 - Norfolk - VR-7 Aug 1944 -
VR-3 Apr 1945 - VR-7 Jun 1945 - VRS-1 Aug 1945 - Jacksonville Feb 1946. SOC Jun 30, 1946.
Surplus, NLR
37677 (MSN 9122) ex USAAF C-47 42-32896. To US Navy Feb 25, 1943. VR-2 Mar 01, 1943 -
VR-4 May 20, 1943 - VR-3 Sep 20, 1943 - NATS Nov 01, 1943 - VR-3 Aug 1944.
SOC Nov 30, 1944, NLR.
37678 (MSN 9123) ex USAAF C-47 42-32897. To US Navy Feb 5, 1943 - Kansas City - VR-3 Aug 1944 -
Jacksonville Jun 1945 - VRS-1, New York Sep 1945 - Quantico Mar 1946.
SOC Mar 31, 1946, scrapped.
37679 (MSN 9124) ex USAAF C-47 42-32898. To US Navy Feb 26, 1943. - VR-3 Aug 1944 - Corpus
Christi Aug 1944 - Jacksonville Jul 1945 - Corpus Christi Sep 28, 1945 - VR-3 Oct 1945 -
Jacksonville Jan 1946. SOC Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC837, NC65931, HK-711X,
HK-711 (Various owners/operators), N4049A (Lund Aviation Oct 10, 1957). To French AF
Apr 29, 1958 as ‘32898’ and operated by GLA49 until sold as TL-KAA to Central African AF
Jul 1961. Crashed between Douala and Yaoundé, Cameroun Jan 20, 1966.
37680 (MSN 9125) ex USAAF C-47 42-32899. To US Navy Feb 25, 1943 - Kansas City - VR-3 Aug 1944 -
VRF-4 Dec 1944 - VRF-1 Oct 1945 - MCAS Mojave Jan 1946 - Point Mugu Nov 1946.
SOC Aug 31, 1947 (Surplus). NLR
37681/37710 cancelled
37711/37770 Grumman J4F-2 Widgeon
Model G-44. MSN 1341/1400
37711 (MSN 1341) to USCG Jul 31, 1946. WFU 1950. to civil registry as N750 Aug 28, 1950, then N750M May 8, 1953.
N750M cancelled Jul 8, 2013. At the Musee Historique de l'Hydraviation, Biscarosse, France as a spares source for MSN 1218
37712 (MSN 1342) interned by Uruguay Government as SG-1 1942. (to Aviacion Naval Uruguay as A-751) 1944/60.
To W. Martinez Cobas: ex ANU 60s. To CX-BDG W. Martinez Cobas/ Aero Punta: reg. res. Apr 5, 1979.
To E. Frois/Aero Punta, Montevido (Air Punta titles painted on but no CofA)
To John T. Hewitt, El Segundo CA Sep 13, 1983. sold to USA, struck-off Uruguay reg. Jan 7, 1985.
To N1944W John T. Hewitt, Huntington Beach CA Jan 11, 1985 to 2012. (stored/rest. Paysandu, Uruguay, finally
painted as N1944W in 2000, no reports since)
37713 (MSN 1343) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC58828, CF-HAC Mar 25, 1953, N137B May 1962, N77BD Jun 9, 1971.
Current 2014
37714 (MSN 1344) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP457, later Widgeon I.
Suffered engine fire, ditched and sank in Long Island Sound
during flight from Floyd Bennett Field, NY to Brunswick Feb 17, 1945.
All four occupants killed.
37715 (MSN 1345) WFU Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as N1173V Aug 17, 1947. Crashed and destroyed after water takeoff,
Lakehead, Fort William, British Columbia Oct 14, 1966
37716 (MSN 1346) WFU May 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC67586 Feb 12, 1948, CF-EHI May 24, 1973, N3767Z Jan 12, 1980.
Crashed Jul 2, 1983. To N480AK Oct 13, 2009. Current 2014
37717 (MSN 1347) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC67805. WFU Apr 4, 1948
37718 (MSN 1348) WFU Oct 31, 1944
37719 (MSN 1349) WFU Jun 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC62095 Jan 24, 1947. Current 2014
37720 (MSN 1350) WFU May 31, 1946. To NC770 (ntu), to civil registry as NC702 Oct 10, 1946. W/o Oct 31, 1946 at Lake Mead, AZ
37721 (MSN 1351) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC68102 Nov 31, 1946. Current 2014
37722 (MSN 1352) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP458, later Widgeon I. Returned to US Navy Aug 1945.
To civil registry as NC94527 Aug 9, 1946. WFU Dec 22, 1959
37723 (MSN 1353) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP459, later Widgeon I.
Returned to US Navy Dec 1945. To civil registry as NC9207H Dec 3, 1946. Crashed when struck trees during
forced landing on land due to dual engine failure, Freetown, Massachusetts Jul 25, 1967
37724 (MSN 1354) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as Nc66550, N144TA Feb 26, 1958, AP-AOQ Nov 1963. Crashed Jan 24, 1967.
37725 (MSN 1355) WFU Feb 28, 1947. To civil registry as NC1184V Feb 11, 1947. WFU Apr 15, 1970
37726 (MSN 1356) WFU Feb 28, 1947. To civil registry as Nc91702, ZK-CHG Jul 6, 1964. W/o Mar 7, 1969 at Auckland,
New Zealand. Stored in dismantled condition in New Zealand.
37727 (MSN 1357) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP460, later Widgeon I.
Returned to US Navy Oct 1945. To civil registry as NC60080 Nov 25, 1946. W/o Sep 25, 1959 at Chicago, IL
37728 (MSN 1358) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP461, later Widgeon I.
Transferred back to US Navy soon after delivery to Royal
Navy in exchange for BuNo 32978, which became FP474 To civil registry as NC4614N, to CF-IIR Nov 10, 1955.
W/o Jul 11, 1956 at Kamloops, Canada
37729 (MSN 1359) WFU Jun 30, 1947. To civil registry as NC68395, N95J Mar 7, 1958. Current 2014
37730 (MSN 1360) to USCG Jul 1946. WFU 1950. To civil registry as NC744 1950, N5531A, PT-DGY Mar 1, 1970, N14781 Jun 21, 1974.
Current 2014
37731 (MSN 1361) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC75222, N111W Feb 21, 1957. Badly damaged when struck water while on cruise,
Lutcher, Louisiana Dec 27, 1968
37732 (MSN 1362) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP462, later Widgeon I.
Returned to US Navy Oct 1945. To civil registry as NC9236H,
ZK-BAY Sep 22, 1952. Crashed Dec 24, 1970, Auckland, NZ.
37733 (MSN 1363) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP463, later Widgeon I.
To civil registry as NC60824 Sep 1946.
37734 (MSN 1364) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC4617N Dec 23, 1946, N9DA Aug 20, 1973, N4617N Nov 14, 1977. Current 2014
37735 (MSN 1365) WFU Feb 28, 1947. To civil registry as NC9218H Mar 11, 1947. W/o Jan 31, 1991
37736 (MSN 1366) w/o Apr 23, 1946 at Johnsville
37737 (MSN 1367) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP464, later Widgeon I. Returned to US Navy in 1945.
To civil registry as SE-APO Apr 6, 1946, OH-GWA Jul 17, 1958. Crashed Jun 1968, Malhi, Finland.
37738 (MSN 1368) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP465, later Widgeon I. Returned to US Navy in 1945
To civil registry as NC40011 May 23, 1946. Badly damaged in forced landing in construction area after takeoff
at Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada Jun 30, 1970
37739 (MSN 1369) WFU Feb 28, 1947. To civil registry as N9929H. Crashed and destroyed when ran off end of runway while landing
and ran down embankment at Seldovia, Alaska Jul 23, 1963
37740 (MSN 1370) WFU Jun 17, 1944. to civil registry as NC1004 Jul 15, 1944, N70U Jan 4, 1957, N70DF Jul 15, 1977,
C-GVGQ Oct 12, 1977, N68PA AAug 25, 1970, N68BA Apr 11, 1981, to N901JW. WFU Sep 30, 2011
37741 (MSN 1371) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP466, later Widgeon I. WFU Oct 8, 1945
To civil registry as NC60886 Jul 11, 1946, N47CE Apr 5, 1956, N47C Apr 11, 1962. Current 2014
37742 (MSN 1372) WFU Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC65992 Dec 2, 1946, N92L Aug 19, 1957. Current 2014
37743 (MSN 1373) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC701 Sep 27, 1946, N701J Mar 4, 1959. Current 2014
37744 (MSN 1374 to civil registry as N52833
37745 (MSN 1375) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP467, later Widgeon I.
Returned to US Navy Oct 1945. To civil registry as NC74630 Nov 21, 1946, N1035L May 11, 1966, N101KB Sep 11, 1982,
N139F Apr 4, 1995. W/o Oct 7, 2012 at Aleknagik, AK
37746 (MSN 1376) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP468, later Widgeon I.
Returned to US Navy Dec 1945. W/o sep 26, 1946 at Memphis, TN
37747 (MSN 1377) to Royal Navy as Gosling I FP469. Returned to US Navy Oct 1945. To civil registry as NC9233H Jan 27, 1947,
N133H Aug 1957, N700BL Dec 16, 1978. Crashed into a house after takeoof, Boise, Idaho May 16, 2002.
37748 (MSN 1378) WFU Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC60379 Nov 21, 1946, N199VC Jul 10, 1958, N141R Aug 30, 1961.
Current 2014
37749 (MSN 1379) W/o Apr 1946 at NAS Jacksonville, FL
37750 (MSN 1380) WFU Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC64453 Nov 29, 1946, N111W Nov 15, 1956, N75222 Feb 25, 1957,
N45CA Jan 31, 1977, N45PV Apr 21, 2005, current 2014
37751 (MSN 1381) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC65956, 5N-AFS Nov 1956, N7256 Jan 27, 1969, C-GTTL Aug 21, 1975,
N7256 again Sep 6, 1985. Seen at Ankorage, AK as N7256 Jul 2004. Current 2014.
37752 (MSN 1382) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC60081. WFU Jan 1977
37753 (MSN 1383) WFU Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC67460, N1173V Mar 3, 1967. Crashed on takeoff from strip at
Delevan, Wisconsin Oct 1, 1987
37754 (MSN 1384) WFU Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC9270H Nov 25, 1946. WFU Dec 18, 1970
37755 (MSN 1385) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC65914 Nov 20, 1946. Struck terrain during water landing near
Bellingham, Washington Apr 2, 2004.
37756 (MSN 1386) WFU Aug 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC52945 Dec 30, 1946, N101PE Mar 7, 1958. Current 2014
37757 (MSN 1387) WFU Jul 31, 1947. To civil registry as NC63350 Jan 5, 1948. Current 2014
37758 (MSN 1388) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC9600H Jan 10, 1946, N404Q Mar 1, 1967. Current 2014
37759 (MSN 1389) WFU Nov 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC9208H Dec 4, 1946, N68T Aug 4. 1955, N63T, CF-JFV Jun 11, 1956,
C-FJFV, N44PB (ntu), N135MR May 5, 1999, N135MG Mar 2, 2007. Current 2014
37760 (MSN 1390) WFU Mar 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC67271 Oct 2, 1946. Current 2014
37761 (MSN 1391) WFU Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC67193, F-OAGX Oct 24, 1951, ZK-BGQ May 3, 1955. Crashed Jan 21, 1980.,
Auckland, New Zealand
37762 (MSN 1392) WFU Sep 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC52409. WFU Feb 28, 1952
37763 (MSN 1393) WFU Jun 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC62096 Feb 5, 1947. WFU in 1960s
37764 (MSN 1394) WFU Oct 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC91080 May 16, 1947, N78RJ Feb 26, 1988, N744G Sep 15, 1989. Current 2014
37765 (MSN 1395) to USCG in 1946
37766 (MSN 1396) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as N5C8514. Crashed Las Flores Canyon, Malibu, California Feb 13, 1950.
37767 (MSN 1397) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as NC56198. Crashed into mountain at
3800 feet near Kodiak, Alaska Apr 1, 1961.
37768 (MSN 1398) WFU Jul 31, 1946. To civil registry as Nc9870H Dec 4, 1946, N33Q Jan 9, 1975. Current 204
37769 (MSN 1399) WFU Jun 30, 1946. To civil registry as NC67242. W/o Jun 29, 1956 at Tern Mountain, AK. Registration
cancelled Jun 29, 1956
37770 (MSN 1400) w/o May 19, 1945 at Barnegat Bay, NJ
37771/37831 Grumman JRF-5 Goose
Model G-38. MSN B-24/B-84
37771 (MSN B-24) converted to JRF-6X Feb 7, 1953, redesignated as JRF-6 Jun 30, 1952. WFU Jul 2, 1956.
To civil registry as N721 in 1956, to N7211, to C-GPIA Oct 1984. To N7211 again Feb 5, 1988. Current 2014.
37772 (MSN B-25) to US Coast Guard as V228 Nov 1943. Returned to US Navy May 25, 1954. WFU May 20, 1955
37773 (MSN B-26) to US Coast Guard as V229 Nov 1943. Returned to US Navy May 15, 1954. WFU May 20, 1955
37774 (MSN B-27) W/o May 30, 1944 at Recifi, Brazil
37775 (MSN B-28) to civil registry as N7251 in 1957, N725S Jun 1963, N7251 Sep 13, 1972. Crashed Oct 11, 1994
at Seltat Creek, British Columbia. Parts used to rebuild MSN 1157
37776 (MSN B-29) to US Coast Guard as JRF-5G 7776 May 3, 1946.
37777 (MSN B-30) to N1019N
37778 (MSN B-31) assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA. Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory,
later as NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Jun 11, 1948 to Jul 7, 1958.
Registered as NACA 103. WFU Jul 1958. Salvage at Langley AFB, VA.
37779 (MSN B-32) to US Coast Guard as JRF-5G 7779
37780 (MSN B-33) w/o Mar 4, 1944 Santa Lucia, Cuba
37781 (MSN B-34) to Royal Navy as FP470. Returned to US Navy as JRF-6B 66360.
37782 (MSN B-35) to US Coast Gurd as 7782, returned to US Navy Jan 1958. To Bureau of Weapons 1962 for testing
of a Gruenberg super-cavitating hydrofoil system. To USMC Museum, MCAS Quantico VA. To C-GOOS ntu.
To N68687 May 31, 1977. To N742PC May 31, 1978. Destroyed by bomb in hangar, Long Beach CA Aug 28, 1987
37783 (MSN B-36) WFU Sep 30, 1953
37784 (MSN B-37) MAP to French Navy as 784 Jul 13, 1951. WFU May 24, 1960 at St Mandrier, France
37785 (MSN B-38) w/o Nov 2, 1944, Morocco
37786 (MSN B-39) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 382, delivered Mar 3, 1944. WFU Oct 4, 1946. To CF-ESZ Nov 27, 1946. To US
civil registry as N60093 Dec 27, 1951, cancelled Sep 12, 1957 on export to Guatemala
37787 (MSN B-40) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 383, delivered Mar 6, 1944. Crashed at Rockcliffe, Ontario Aug 27, 1951
37788 (MSN B-41) To US Coast Guard as JRF-5G 7788 Jun 28, 1946.
37789 (MSN B-42) To US Coast Guard as JRF-5G 7789 in 1950.
37790 (MSN B-43) W/o Feb 4, 1950 at Annapolis, Maryland
37791 (MSN B-44) MAP to French Navy. To N75333. To ZK-MCC (ntu). Crashed Oct 9, 1974 after takeoff
from Wichita, Kansas on delivery to New Zealand.
37792 (MSN B-45) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 384, delivered Mar 24, 1944. then to civil registry as CF-GEB, then
to N1042. Crashed during dakeoff Near Port Moller, Alaska May 12, 1978.
37793 (MSN B-46) to Royal Navy as FP471, then to RCAF as FP471, then to NR46497, then NC1048V, then
N1048V, then VP-GAC, then 8R-GAC, then N1048V.
37794 (MSN B-47) to US Coast Guard as 794
37795 (MSN B-48) w/o Sep 5, 1945 at San Diego, California.
37796 (MSN B-49) Lend-Lease to Royal Navy as FP471. Returned to US Navy as BuNo 66361.
37797 (MSN B-50) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 385, delivered Apr 31, 1944. SOC Oct 4, 1946. To CF-EXA. Crashed
Jun 17, 1958 at Pointe Claire, Quebec.
37798 (MSN B-51) WFU Sep 30, 1945
37799 (MSN B-52) WFU Feb 24, 1955. To N4773C Feb 24, 1955. To C-CIGK, ntu. Converted to PT6A-6 Turbo Goose with
enlarged cabin windows in 1966 by ACEA at Juneau, Alaska. Converted to G-21A (from turbines to original
Pratt and Whitney R985s) by 1976. To N37487 Sep 6, 1983. Crashed Jun 1, 1986 while landing at Hobart
Bay, Alaska. Rebuilt as N42GL Oct 3, 1994. Current 2014.
37800 (MSN B-53) to US Coast Guard as JRF-5G 7800 in 1950.
37801 (MSN B-54) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 387, delivered May 9, 1944. SOC Feb 14, 1956. Then to civil
registry as N2721A Feb 14, 1956, then to VH-CRL (ntu), PK-LEH Sep 21, 1978. WFU 1990
37802 (MSN B-55) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 386 May 9, 1944. WFU Jan 12, 1955, then to civil registry as CF-HUY
May 12, 1955. Had been registered as N7F Jul 1987 but reregistered as N159F Feb 16, 2008. N159F shows up on
FAA database as B-55.
37803 (MSN B-56) based at NOB Bermuda from Aug 1944. At NAF Bermuda from Jun 1945. Departed
to FASRON 102 Jan 1947. WFU Sep 11, 1952. To civil registry as N778 Dec 5, 1952. Current 2014.
37804 (MSN B-57) WFU Apr 1950
37805 (MSN B-58) W/o Oct 24, 1955 at Patuxent River, VA
37806 (MSN B-59) Lend-Lease to Royal Navy as FP473. Transferred to RCAF as FP473. WFU 1945. To NR1800 in 1945,
To YV-P-APZ registered Jan 10, 1957, cancelled Aug 2, 1967. To N1133 Aug 2, 1967, to N18CS in 1975. Force landed
Apr 10 1976 and sank at Avalon, California
37807 (MSN B-60) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 388, delivered May 30, 1944, SOC Jul 19, 1945, then to civil
registry as N4762C Jul 19, 1945. WFU Oct 19, 1981.
37808 (MSN B-61) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 389, delivered Jun 7, 1944, DBR at RCAF
Station Jerico Beach, British Columbia Feb 9, 1945. SOC Jul 26, 1945.
37809 (MSN B-62) WFU Feb 28, 1947. To NC5556N, to Flugfelag Airlines (Icelandic Airways), Iceland as TF-ISR, to N779, N16484.
Converted in 1969 to McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose with MSN 1205. To ZK-RRX Dec 1980, N77AQ Dec 10, 1984.
Goose BuNo 87740 was also TF-ISR with Flugfelag Airlines
37810 (MSN B-63) Delivered to US Navy September 1944; VJ-10; VJ-3, Tinian, Mariana Islands December 1944; CASU-12, Orote, Guam;
Shipped aboard the escort carrier Point Cruz to Pearl Harbor for maintenance; Ellis Airlines, Ketchikan, Alaska June 1948;WFU Mar 31, 1948.
To civil registry as N79901 Jun 1948. Converted to Turbo Goose, later
converted back to standard Pratt and Whitney R985s. Antilles Air Boats Inc, St Croix, US Virgin Islands 1969;
Minor damage September 2, 1978 when a float broke off during landing; WFU by 1979,
derelict at St Croix-Hamilton 1981/1985; Malcolm A. Soare, Sidney MT May 1985;
Bristol Uriel, Miami FL September 1985; Consolidated Aviation Enterprises, Middlebury VT 1985;
Ferried from St Croix to Burlington, VT, dismantled and flown to Sweden by Royal Swedish Air Force;
Registration cancelled on export to Sweden November 13, 1985; Registration G-BMGS reserved for Aces High Ltd, Duxford, UK, but NTU.
To Royal Swedish AF Museum/Flygvapenmuseum, Malmslatt AB, Linkoping, Sweden in 1986.
Painted as FV81002. Stored 2006, to be restored by museum volunteers.
37811 (MSN B-64) WFU Feb 28, 1947. To NC68190 May 1948. To Argentine Navy as 0295 Jun 10, 1948. W/o Apr 3, 1951 at
Melchior Base, Antarctica.
37812 (MSN B-65) converted to JRF-6X Jan 5, 1953, redesignated as JRF-6 Jun 17, 1953. WFU Mar 11, 1956.
To Honduras AF as 814. To N8015E Nov 19, 1959. Crashed into sea off Annotto Bay, Jamaica while
enroute Port Antonio-Montego Bay Feb 12, 1960
37813 (MSN B-66) converted to JRF-6X Jan 5, 1953, redesignated as JRF-6 Jun 30, 1953. WFU Sep 11, 1956.
To civil registry as N324 Nov 15, 1956, cancelled Oct 2, 2012
37814 (MSN B-67) WFU Jul 31, 1946
37815 (MSN B-68) assigned to ARTU, lost off Manus Island in SW Pacific Oct 11, 1944.
37816 (MSN B-69) assigned to NAF Litchfield Park, AZ. Assigned to NACA, Langley Research Center,
Langley Field, VA Aug 26, 1954 to Dec 29, 1954. Registered as NACA 103.
W/o Nov 3, 1954 at Wallops Island, VA
37817 (MSN B-70) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 390, delivered Jul 28, 1944, SOC Aug 20, 1946. Then to civil
registry as CF-ETJ Sep 5, 1946, C-FETJ, N2889J Aug 10, 1982, N888GG May 1, 1988. As N888GG crashed on June 17, 2014
37818 (MSN B-71) to TF-RVK Mar 8, 1945, to N1570V Dec 12, 1952, to N30Y Jan 4, 1957, to N152M Oct 1960. W/o
37819 (MSN B-72) WFU Dec 27, 1951. To US Department of the Interior as N780 with Fish and Wildlife Service at Anchorage,
Alaska 1958/1992. Converted to Garrett AiResearch TPE331-2UA-203D turbins along with 40 inch fuselage
extension ahead of the main landing gear what would allow two extra observer seats in the cockpit.
The rebuild was not done by McKinnon, but by Volpar of Van Nuys, California.
To N92MT Oct 1993. To CC-CTG Sep 15, 1994, N92MT again May 1995, N86MT Jan 12, 1996, N221AG Jun 19, 2001.
Crashed on takeoff at
Al Ain Airport, United Arab Emirates Feb 27, 2011. 4 killed. The aircraft was not really a McKinnon
G-21G although that is how it was registered. It was not built by McKinnon; it was actually designed
and built by Theron Smith and Jarrett Lawhorn of the Fish and Wildife Service of the US Dept. of the
Interior in Alaska. It started off as Grumman G-21A (ex-USN JRF-5) s/n B-72 and it was converted directly
to its unique FWS configuration without ever being worked on by McKinnon or ever conforming to the G-21G
type design, but FWS "officially" identified it as a highly modified McKinnon G-21G. In reality, it would
have been more legitimate if it had been certified in the Experimental category as a "Fish and Wildlife
G-21" (no longer an A model, but never really a G model either.)
37820 (MSN B-73) converted to JRF-6X Feb 11, 1953, redesignated as JRF-6 Jun 30, 1953. WFU May 11, 1956.
To civil registry as N322 May 10, 1956. Crashed during forced landing at Big Spring, Texas Jul 6, 1987.
WFU Mar 31, 2013.
37821 (MSN B-74) to US Coast Guard as JRF-5G 7821 in 1950.
37822 (MSN B-75) w/o Apr 26, 1950 at Key West, FL
37823 (MSN B-76) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 392, delivered Aug 24, 1944. SOC Jan 16, 1947. To Canadian
civil registry as CF-FEM May 22, 1947. Registration changed
to CF-BAE Feb 7, 1949, later C-FBAE To N91GS Jan 17, 1985, To US civil registry Sep 29, 1993
as N93GS. Registered C-GPCD Apr 4, 2007. Crashed near Port Hardy, British Columbia Aug 3, 2008.
5 killed, 2 survived.
37824 (MSN B-77) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 391, delivered Aug 24, 1944, SOC Feb 14, 1946. Then to civil registry
as CF-BFS (ntu), CF-MPG Apr 23, 1946, C-FMPG. WFU Jan 1994. On display at Canada Aviation and Space Museum,
Rockcliffe, Ontario.
37825 (MSN B-78) To US Coast Guard as JRF-5G 7825 in 1952.
37826 (MSN B-79) To French Navy as 826 Jul 13, 1951. W/o Mar 6, 1954 at Phnom Penh, Cambodia
37827 (MSN B-80) MAP to French Navy as 827 Jul 22, 1953. WFU Dec 5, 1961
37828 (MSN B-81) Delivered to US Marine Corps 31Aug44; Santa Barbara, CA; NAS Quonset Point, RI Nov52.
converted to JRF-6X Jan 5, 1953, redesignated as JRF-6 Jun 30, 1953. NAS Annapolis, MD; WFU 30Dec54;
Registered as N703 to US Fish and Wildlife Service, Lake Hood, AK; Last flight Oct65; Derelict at
Lake Spenard, AK; John Pletcher Jun94; Registered as N703 27Jul94; Restored to airworthy condition;
First post-restoration flight Aug95; Damaged 5May96 when the left main
landing gear collapsed during landing; Grand Champion Warbird, Arlington, WA 1998;
Champion Seaplane, Oshkosh, WI 1998; Transferred to B-81 LLC 22Jul13; Airworthy and current [Feb17]
37829 (MSN B-82) WFU Aug 31, 1947
37830 (MSN B-83) Lend-Lease to RCAF as 393, delivered Oct 2, 1944. SOC Feb 14, 1956.
Then to civil registry as CF-HUZ Feb 14, 1956, C-FHUZ. WFU Sep 2012
37831 (MSN B-84) to French Navy as 831 Jul 22, 1953. W/o Oct 4, 1956 at Cape Tenes, Algeria
37832/37851 Cancelled contract
37852/37853 Sikorsky RS-5
S-42 amphibian impressed by US Navy from Pan American.
37852 (MSN 4201) was deliver to Pan American Dec 1934 as
S-42 registered NC823M named "West Indies Clipper" then
in 1937 "Hong Kong Clipper". Impressed into US Navy
as RS-5 BuNo 37852. Crashed and DBR on takeoff near
Antilla, Cuba Aug 7, 1944.
37853 (MSN 4200X) was delivered to Pan American Jun 5, 1934 as
S-42 registered NC822M, named "Brazilian Clipper" then in
1937 "Colombia Clipper" Impressed into US Navy as RS-5
Bu No 37853. Scrapped Jul 15, 1946
37854/37855 Sikorsky RS-4
37854 (MSN 2002) S-40A amphibian acquired from Pan American (NC752V) April 1942;
Damaged while being beached at Miami Jul 9, 1943. Returned to Pan American August 1943.
37855 (MSN 2000-X) S-40A amphibian acquired from Pan American (NC80V) April 1942. Damaged beyond repair
at Dinner Key Apr 3, 1943. Returned to Pan American and registered as NC80V again but
was never returned to service. Reduced to spares
37856/37967 Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
MSN 75-3603/75-3714. Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1. Accepted by US Navy 28Oct42/12Nov42
37856 (MSN 75-3603) registered as N68722
37869 (MSN 75-3616) became N5148N, then N75TL. Registered to British user as G-CCXA Jun 1, 2004
37874 (MSN 75-3621) converted to A75L300. To civil registry as N75263
37875 (MSN 75-3622) restored with USAAF colors but with US Navy titles and active as N69655
37908 (MSN 75-3655) was registered N75256, then N265HC, N115JP (cancelled May 17, 2011), now ZK-USN
37913 (MSN 75-3660) registered as N51WR
37915 (MSN 75-3662) registered as N63910
37920 (MSN 75-3667) was registered as N64101, now registered as N17N
37927 (MSN 75-3674) was N707DB, then N97017 then back to N707DB. Sold to user in South Africa Jul 7, 2010
37934 (MSN 75-3681) was registered N63880, cancelled Sep 30, 2011.
37055 (MSN 75-3702) registered as N73617
37968/37977 Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
MSN 75-3715/3724. Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1. Cancelled, reallocated as BuNo 37978/37987
37968/37969 Piasecki XHRP-1
P-V Engineering Forum Model PV-3
37968 built but not accepted by the Navy. Designated XHRP-X. Now at National Air and Space Museum Garber restoration
facility at Silver Hill, MD since 1991.
The Navy's designation for the PV-3 was the XHRP-X, which stood for Experimental Helicopter, Transport
("T" was already taken for Trainer), Piasecki. The "-X" indicated that this was not a Navy aircraft, but a
company prototype. The official Navy prototypes fell under the XHRP-1 designation.
In 1946, Piasecki completed two refined versions of the Dogship [The craft was dubbed the "dog ship" because
of its role as a testbed (dogs were frequently used as the "guinea pigs" of the time), which satisfactorily
met Navy requirements stipulated in the original contract. The first of these was the XHRP-1 Static-Dynamic
Test Article (SDTA). Piasecki originally intended this aircraft to serve as a ground test airframe, but
the Navy allowed him to operate it as a flying prototype, because ground testing at the time could
not accurately duplicate the flight loads on helicopter systems. The next aircraft in the XHRP's development
cycle was a pre-production sample of the HRP-1 "Rescuer". The Navy was satisfied with the results, and by
mid-1947 production had begun on twenty HRP-1s. Initially intended for the Coast Guard, which only received
three, the balance went to the Navy and Marine Corps, because of their increasing need for the unique
capabilities of the helicopter. Ultimately, the HRP-1s played their greatest role with Marine helicopter
squadron HMX-1, which used the type extensively to develop vertical assault tactics.
37970/37972 Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak
MSN 6564/6566
37970 first flight Apr 14, 1947 at Muroc Dry Lake. Set world's air speed record of 640.744 mph Aug 20, 1947
flown by Cdr Turner Caldwell. Assigned to NACA Flight Test Center, Muroc Army Airfield, CA
April 21, 1949 after 101 flights had been completed by the Navy, Air Force, and Douglas
but not flown and used as spare for 37972. Plane now at National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL.
37971 set world's air speed record of 650.796 mph Aug 25, 1947 flown by Maj Marion Carl. Delivered to
NACA Flight Test Center, Muroc Army Airfield, CA Oct 23, 1947. Registered as NACA 141.
Made a total of 19 flights with NACA. Crashed due to compressor disintegration May 3, 1948 at
Muroc Dry Lake. NACA test pilot Howard C. Lilly killed.
37972 assigned to NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station (HSFRS), Edwards AFB, CA 1949.
Registered as NACA 142. Made a total of 78 flights with the NACA before being retired on June 10, 1953.
Put on display at MCAS Quantico, Virginia. Now on loan to Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, NC.
37973/37975 Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket
MSN 6567/6569
37973 initially delivered with Westinghouse J-34-40 turbojet engine and used only for conventional takeoff mode,
rocket engine added later.
First flight Dec 10, 1947 at Muroc Dry Lake. Assigned to NACA Flight Test Center, Muroc Army Airfield, CA
as 143 Aug 31, 1951 but not flown. Stored until 1954 when returned to Douglas and modified to air
launched configuration with rocket engine only. in 1954-55 the contractor modified it to an all-rocket air-launch
capability featuring an LR8-RM-6, 4-chamber Reaction Motors engine rated at 6,000 pounds of
thrust at sea level (the Navy designation for the Air Force LR-11 used in the X-1). Flown 123 missions,
all but one of its missions as part of the
Douglas Aircraft contractor program to test the airplane's performance. The 123 flights of
NACA 143 served to validate wind-tunnel predictions of Skyrocket performance. Returned to NACA but
only flown once,by NACA research pilot John McKay for familiarization on Sep 17, 1956 and officially retired Mar 1957.
Now at Planes of Fame, Chino, CA.
37974 initially delivered with jet engine only for conventional takeoff mode. First flight Nov 2, 1948 at
Muroc Dry Lake, Assigned to NACA Flight Test Center, Muroc Army Airfield, CA
as 144 Dec 1, 1948. Redesignated 1949 as the High-Speed Flight Research Station (HSFRS),
Edwards AFB, CA. Flown 103 missions. NACA 144 began its flight program with a turbojet power plant.
NACA pilots flew 21 times in this configuration to test airspeed calibrations and to research
longitudinal and lateral stability and control. In the process, during August of 1949 they
encountered pitchup problems. In Jan 1950, Douglas Aircraft Company replaced the turbojet with an
LR-8 rocket engine, and its pilot, William B. Bridgeman, flew the aircraft seven times -- up to
a speed of Mach 1.88 (1.88 times the speed of sound) and an altitude of 79,494 feet (the latter
an unofficial world altitude record at the time, achieved on August 15, 1951). Returned
to NASA. In the rocket configuration, a Navy P2B (Navy version of the B-29) launched the airplane at an altitude
of approximately 30,000 feet after taking off from the ground with the Skyrocket attached
beneath its bomb bay. During Bridgeman's supersonic flights, he encountered a violent rolling
motion known as lateral instability. The NACA engineers studied the behaviour of this aircraft
before beginning their own flight research in the airplane in September 1951. Over the next
couple of years, NACA pilot flew the airplane 20 times to gather data on longitudinal and
lateral stability and control; wing and tail loads; and lift, drag, and buffeting characteristics
at speeds up to Mach 1.878. Reached altitude of 83,235 feet Aug 21, 1953 flown by LtCol Marion Carl.
Reached speed of Mach 2.005 on Nov 20, 1953 flown by A. Scott Crossfield. Last flight Dec 20, 1956.
Donated to National Air and Space Museum
37975 fitted from beginning with both jet and rocket engine. First flight Jan 8, 1949 at Muroc Dry Lake.
Later modified to air-launched configuration. Assigned to NACA Flight Test Center, Muroc Army
Airfield, CA as NACA 145. Flown 87 missions. NACA 145 had completed 21 contractor flights by Douglas Aircraft
pilots in November 1950. In this jet-and-rocket-propelled craft, NACA began the investigation of
pitch up lasting from September 1951 well into the summer of 1953. They flew the Skyrocket
with a variety of wing-fence, wing-slat, and leading-edge chord extension configurations,
performing various maneuvers as well as straight-and-level flying at transonic speeds.
While fences significantly aided recovery from pitch up conditions, leading edge chord
extensions did not, disproving wind-tunnel tests to the contrary. Slats (long, narrow auxiliary
airfoils) in the fully open position eliminated pitch up except in the speed range around
Mach 0.8 to 0.85. In June 1954, NACA began an investigation of the effects of external
stores (bomb shapes and fuel tanks) upon the Skyrocket transonic behaviour, flying the
final mission on August 28, 1956. Now on pedestal at Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
37976/37977 Piasecki XHJP-1 Retriever
Piasecki Helicopter Corporation PV-14
37978/37987 Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
MSN 75-3715/75-3724. Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1
37978 (MSN 75-3715) accepted by US Navy Nov 12, 1942.
37980 (MSN 75-3717) to N67957. Restored and active
37988/38437 Boeing/Stearman N2S-3
MSN 75-7609/75-8058. Stearman Aircraft Model B75N1
37992 (MSN 75-7613) was registeed as N9890H, now N63JB
37993 (MSN 75-7614) became YU-BAD. Noted 1989 at Yugoslavian National Aviation Museum, Belgrade
37999 (MSN 75-7620) to US civil registry as N5409N. Cancelled on export to Philippines Jun 23, 1976.
To Philippine civil registry as RP-R137
38002 (MSN 75-7623) registered as N69597
38003 (MSN 75-7624) registered as N9895H
38010 (MSN 75-7631) flying at Itu as LV-FGD
38015 (MSN 75-7636) registered as N23YB
38026 (MSN 75-7647) registerd as N5049V
38029 (MSN 75-7650) is registered N5165N.
38058 (MSN 75-7679) to civil registry as N68224
38062 (MSN 75-7683) became N6628C. Sold in 2006 to owner in Brazil
38073 (MSN 75-7694) registered as N9844H
38083 (MSN 75-7704) registered as N65052
38107 (MSN 75-7728) registered as N5820V
38109 (MSN 75-7730) was registered as N5581K, cancelled Jun 4, 2009, exported to Brazil
38111 (MSN 75-7732) registered as N5001V
38128 to Coast Guard 11/1/1946. SOC 1/19/1947
38132 (MSN 75-7753) registered as N6y8441
38138 (MSN 75-7759) registered as N68405.
38141 (MSN 75-7762) was registerd as N68415, cancelled May 8, 1981.
38157 (MSN 75-7778) is registered N79561.
38167 to Coast Guard 10/19/1946. SOC 1/26/1947.
38192 (MSN 75-7813) on US civil registry as N56200
38199 (MSN 75-7820) became N69614. Sold to owner in Austria Feb 2008
38205 (MSN 75-7826) was registered N9467H, cancelled May 25, 1949.
38206 (MSN 75-7827) registered as N61250
38233 (MSN 75-7854) was registered N1363M, cancelled Jul 22, 2005 on export to UK. Now registered G-CCXB.
38241 (MSN 75-7862) on US civil registry as N6241D.
38249 (MSN 75-7870) was N5121N, then N450ST in 1995, but cancelled Mar 25, 1997, now PT-ZST.
38254 (MSN 75-7875) became N74677. To Registered Aug 18, 2004 to Air Marcel
Inc of St Hubert, QC as CF-DGS.
38258 (MSN 75-7879) registered as N95443
38272 (MSN 75-7893) registered as N4442N
38274 (MSN 75-7895) registered as N61P
38278 (MSN 75-7899) to civil registry as N224DF. At XTri State Warbird Museum, Batavia/Clermont CAP, OH Jan 2008
38279 (MSN 75-7900) is registered N64587.
38289 to Coast Guard 10/19/1946. SOC 1/26/1947.
38302 (MSN 75-7923) to civil registry as N5106N. Has 7923 painted on tail.
38306 (MSN 75-7927) was registered N1181N, cancelled 6/17/65, aircraft destroyed in crash 5/24/65
38310 (MSN 75-7931) registered as N5521N
38312 (MSN 75-7933) registered as N61248
38314 (MSN 75-7935) registered as N75546
38351 (MSN 75-7972) was registered as N63402, cancelled 2/18/82. Now registered as C-GFMG
38355 (MSN 75-7976) was registered N68251, crashed Jul 29, 1996, registration cancelled May 26, 2004
38359 (MSN 75-7980) was registered as N79560, cancelled May 20, 1965
38369 (MSN 75-7990) with Planes of Fame Air Museum, Minnesota. Registered as N81235, suffered substantial
damage in a crash May 19, 2011.
38404 (MSN 75-8025A) was N65041, now ZK-USA
38423 (MSN 85-8044) registered as N68941
38438/38732 Boeing/Stearman N2S-5
Stearman Aircraft Model E75
38438/38610 MSN 75-8059/75-8231 and were ex-USAAF 42-109026/109198
38456 (MSN 75-8077) on civil registry as N2388.
38456 registered as N388DB in 1999, but no longer
38458 (MSN 75-8079 registered as N3838K
38465 (MSN 75-8086) registered as N1709M
38468 (MSN 75-8089) to Argentine Navy as 0325/1-E-74. Became
LV-HDT, then LQ-HDT. Them became EC-973, then EC-FNM.
38490 (MSN 75-8111) airworthy as N75272 with Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX
38495 (MSN 75-8116) to N67193. Restored, active
38519 (MSN 75-8140) ex 42-109107, registered as N66524
38522 (MSN 75-8143) registered as N5057N with Fargo Air Museum
38527 (MSN 75-8148) registered N580RS
38531 (MSN 75-7972) was registered N63402, now C-GFMG
38546 (MSN 75-8167) ex 42-109134, registered as N1203M
38575 (MSN 75-8196) registered as N52549
38595 (MSN 75-8216) registered as N4923N
38599 (MSN 75-8220) ex USAAF 42-109187 to civil registry in Australia as VH-YSM.
However, Air-Britain gives the identity as MSN 75-8220, USAAF 42-109187 and BuNo 38598.
38611/38732 cancelled
38733/38979 Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator
Consolidated B-24Js delivered to USN. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Model 32
38733 ex USAAF 44-40215. With VPB-111 damaged on ground in enemy air attack Leyte Gulf Apr 30, 1945.
38734 ex USAAF 44-20216. With VPB-116 transferred to CASU 44 for stripping Dec 30, 1944
38735 ex USAAF 44-20217. With VPB-117 named "Pop's Cannon Ball" shot down over Puerto Princessa,
Palawan Island Feb 17, 1945. All crew killed.
38736 ex USAAF 44-20218. With VPB-117 named "Uncle Sam" declared obsolete Feb 12, 1945 and
SOC Feb 28, 1945.
38737 ex USAAF 44-20219. Named "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and declared obsolete with VPB-117 Mindoro
Mar 30, 1945 and SOC Apr 30, 1945.
38738 ex USAAF 44-20220. With VPB-117, shot down while on patrol off Formosa Jan 28, 1945. 4 killed, one
later died of injuries, 6 became POW. 5 were executed by the Japanese.
38739 (VB-117, ex USAAF 44-20221) overshot landing Camp Kearney, CA
8/9/1944. SOC, no fatalities.
38740 ex USAAF 44-40222. With VPB-117 named "Daring Dame" SOC due to deterioration May 31, 1945.
38741 (VPB-117, ex USAAF 44-40223) ditched after engine failure near
Bilianan Island, Philippines 2/17/1945. No fatalities.
38742 ex USAAF 44-40254. With VPB-117 ran out of fuel while on final approach to runway at
Leyte Gulf and crashed into the bay Dec 31, 1944. All the crew except the copilot were
able to exit the aircraft before it sank.
38743 ex USAAF 44-40255. With VPB-117 named "Sweet Marie" declared obsolete Mar 30, 1945 and
SOC Nov 30, 1945.
38744 ex USAAF 44-40256. With VPB-117 named "Torchy Tess" declared obsolete Mar 30, 1945 and
SOC Apr 30, 1945.
38745 (ex USAAF 44-40257, VPB-117) declared obsolete Jul 31, 1945, SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38746 ex USAAF 44-40258. With VPB-111 damaged on ground in enemy air attack Leyte Gulf Apr 30, 1945
38747 ex USAAF 44-40259
38748 ex USAAF 44-40260
38749 ex USAAF 44-40261. With VPB-111 named "Three Dreams and a Drink" declared obsolete and
SOC Samar Island, Philippines May 31, 1945.
38750 ex USAAF 44-40262. declared obsolete and
SOC Samar Island, Philippines May 31, 1945.
38751 ex USAAF 44-40263
38752 ex USAAF 44-40304. VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38753 (VB-110, ex USAAF 44-40305) flew into mountain Breconshire, Mid Wales, Moel Feity,
UK Aug 24, 1944. 6 killed.
38754 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-40306) damaged with VPB-104 on ground by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 6, 1944
Crashed on landing when brakes locked up 1/7/1945 Philippines and crashed into a number of USAAF
fighers, destroying 6 of them. 2 crewmen killed
38755 ex USAAF 44-40307. VPB-116 named "Peace Feeler". To VPB-4 OTU#3. Declared excess and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38756 ex USAAF 44-40308 with FAW-2 crashed on takeoff at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii Jul 23, 1945. Crew uninjured,
but aircraft was lost
38757 ex USAAF 44-40309. With VPB-117 declared obsolete and SOC Apr 30, 1945.
38758 ex USAAF 44-40310. With VPB-117 declared obsolete Mar 30, 1945 and SOC Apr 30, 1945.
38759 ex USAAF 44-40311. With VPB-117 damaged by AAA off coast of IndoChina Feb 11, 1945.
Made it back to base at Leyte Gulf, but further damaged on landing. 5 crew injured,
8 uninjured, aircraft was surveyed
38760 (VPB-117, ex USAAF 44-40312) hit by AAA and ditched at night
11/12/1944, Tinian, South Pacific. 5 killed, 5 injured.
38761 ex USAAF 44-40313. With VPB-104, named "Neptune's Virgin", suffered structural failure Jun 5, 1945
and SOC Jun 30, 1945.
38762 ex USAAF 44-40344 with FAW-2 Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON) declared obsolete at NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii
and SOC Feb 28, 1945.
38763 ex USAAF 44-40345, with VMD-354 and then to FAW-14 Pool. To VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL.
SOC Aug 31, 1945.
38764 ex USAAF 44-40346
38765 (VB-4 OTU#2, ex USAAF 44-40347) missing on radar bombing training flight out of NAS Jacksonville, FL
over Bahamas, BWI Mar 10, 1945. 14 missing. Last known position
was 60 mi W of Paw Paw Rocks, Bahamas.
38766 (VB-116, ex USAAF 44-40348) swerved off runway on takeoff
from NAB Eniwetok, South Pacific and
crashed into parked aircraft while carrying
nine 500-lb bombs, destroying 106 naval
aircraft 8/9/1944. 9 killed, 2 injured.
38767 ex USAAF 44-40349
38768 ex USAAF 44-40350, F4U-1 55814 in emergency landing at Eniwetok and collided with 38768 Aug 19, 1944, damaging
it, and destroying three other PB4Ys (32307, 32308, and 32327). Pilot of F4U-1 and one officer were killed.
38768 SOC Dec 31, 1944.
38769 (VB-116, ex USAAF 44-40351) ditched due to engine failure off
Maui, HI 6/24/1944. All crew rescued.
38770 ex USAAF 44-40352. VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38771 ex USAAF 44-40353. VB-4 OTU #2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38772 ex USAAF 44-40384
38773 ex USAAF 44-40385. With VPB-117 named "Pink Lady" damaged by Japanese fighters and forced
to ditch Leyte Gulf Dec 10, 1944. 5 crew killed, 7 rescued by guerilla forces.
38774 ex USAAF 44-40386. Named "Frumious Bandersnatch". Shot down by Japanese fighters with VPB-104 near
Pasiijan Island, Leyte Gulf Nov 11, 1944. 7 killed, 4 survivors rescued by Filipino villagers. The
villagers were later executed by the Japanese.
38775 ex USAAF 44-40387. With VMD-354 then to FAW-4 Pool, then to VB-4 OTU#2 at NAS Jacksonville, FL. Declared
excess Aug 31, 1945 and SOC.
38776 ex USAAF 44-40388. with VPB-116 shot down by Japanese fighters, Iwo Jima Oct 11, 1944. 11 crew
killed.
38777 ex USAAF 44-40389. Registered as C-87 to California Atlantic Airways as
N66569, then in Jan 1952 to Boliviana de Aviacion of La Pas as CB-89.
Registered CP-589. W/o at SDanta Rosa de Yacuma Sep 17, 1961.
38778 ex USAAF 44-40390
38779 (ex USAAF 44-40391) to civil registry as CB-89
38780 ex USAAF 44-40392. With VPB-116 transferred to CASU 44 for stripping Dec 30, 1944
38781 ex USAAF 44-40393
38782 ex USAAF 42-78271
38783 ex USAAF 44-40445, VPB-102. Declared obsolute and SOC Jul 31, 1945
38784 (VPB-103, ex USAAF 44-40446) overshot landing at Devon
Dunkeswell, UK 12/27/1944. Crew was unhurt, but aircraft was DBR
38785 ex USAAF 44-40447. Originally attached to VPB-105, then to FAW-7 HEDRON. Declared excess Oct 31, 1945.
38786 ex USAAF 44-40448
38787 ex USAAF 44-40449. With VPB-200 declared obsolete and SOC Jun 30, 1945.
38788 ex USAAF 44-40450
38789 ex USAAF 44-40451 Damaged with VPB-104 by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 14, 1944. SOC
due to deterioration Jun 30, 1945
38790 ex USAAF 44-40452. Originally with VMD-154 and then to VB-4 OTU#2 at NAAS Jacksonville, FL. While parked
at Jacksonville, was struck by taxiing 32137 Jan 15, 1945. SOC as excess Feb 28, 1945.
38791 ex USAAF 44-40453, VPB-102 declared obsolete and SOC Jan 31, 1945
38792 ex USAAF 44-40504, VPB-102 declared obsolete and SOC Mar 31, 1945
38793 (VB-4, ex USAAF 44-40505) in wheels-up landing 1/17/1946 NAAS
Whiting Field, FL. SOC, no fatalities.
38794 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-40506) Damaged by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 14, 1944
Could not land back at base due to bad weather and could not locate alternate field made wheels-down
landing on beach at Dingalen Bay, East Luzon Apr 1, 1945. No casualties, but plane was a total loss.
38795 ex USAAF 44-40507. Destroyed with VPB-104 on ground by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 6, 1944
SOC Dec 31, 1944 due to enemy action.
38796 ex USAAF 44-40508. Originally with VMD-154 then to FAW-5. While awaiting reconditioning, declared
obsolete and deleted from inventory May 31, 1945.
38797 ex USAAF 44-40509
38798 (VPB-105, ex USAAF 44-40510) aborted takeoff and ran off runway at RAF Dunkeswell 11/12/1944.
Crew uninjured, but aircraft SOC.
38799 (FAW-5, ex USAAF 44-40511) ditched at sea off Clifden, Irish Republic Sep 14, 1944 after ran out of fuel
on flight from Goose Bay to Meeks Field, Iceland. Crew must have gotten very lost! 5 survivors
made landfall by rubber boat. 5 MIA.
38800 ex USAAF 44-40512. With VPB-116 named "Tin Yan Ty Foon" declared obsolete Mar 3, 1945 and
SOC Mar 31, 1945.
38801 ex USAAF 44-40513. With VPB-104 SOC due to deterioration Jun 30, 1945
38802 ex USAAF 44-40574. With VD-5 damaged by enemy bombing on Okinawa May 19, 1945. SOC May 31, 1945.
38803 ex USAAF 44-40575. With VPB-116 SOC Apr 13, 1945 due to obsolescence.
38804 ex USAAF 44-40576, VPB-102 declared obsolete and SOC Apr 30, 1945.
38805 ex USAAF 44-40577. With VD-5, damaged by AAA over Iwo Jima Dec 8, 1944. Made landing at Guam, but SOC
38806 ex USAAF 44-40578. With VPB-104 declared obsolete and SOC Sep 30, 1945
38807 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-40579) lost engine on takeoff and crashed
into Tacloban Bay 1/24/1945 Philippines. 5 killed, 6 survived.
38808 ex USAAF 44-40580
38809 ex USAAF 44-40581
38810 ex USAAF 44-40582
38811 (VPB-105, ex USAAF 44-40583) undershot landing and hit hedgerow
3/29/1945. No crew injuries, but aircraft SOC.
38812 ex USAAF 44-40634
38813 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-40635) damaged with VPB-104 on ground by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 6, 1944.
Damaged again by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 14, 1944.
Ditched off Samar Island due to damaged navigation equipment during combat patrol off Philippines
Jan 2, 1945. All ll crew rescued by friendly natives.
38814 ex USAAF 44-40636. With VPB-104 destroyed on ground by enemy bombs at Morotai Nov 14, 1944.
SOC Jan 31, 1945 due to enemy action.
38815 (VF-5, ex USAAF 44-40637) wingtip hit hill on takeoff and crashed
Tinian, South Pacific 3/6/1945. No fatalities, but
damaged beyond repair.
38816 ex USAAF 44-40638 damaged with VPB-104 on ground by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 6, 1944
Damaged again by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 14, 1944. Damaged by AAA in attack on enemy ships
and forced to land at Leyte, Philippines and plane was salvaged. 3 crew died from their wounds.
38817 ex USAAF 44-40639
38818 ex USAAF 44-40640
38819 ex USAAF 44-40641, VPB-102 declared obsolete and SOC Apr 17, 1945.
38820 ex USAAF 44-40642.
38821 ex USAAF 44-40643
38822 ex USAAF 44-40694. With VPB-111 turned over to CASU-9 and declared obsolete and
SOC Aug 31, 1945.
38823 (VPB-117, ex USAAF 44-40695) in collision while parked with F4U that was taking off
Leyte, South Pacific 12/5/1944. Both aircraft destroyed by fire.
38824 ex USAAF 44-40696
38825 ex USAAF 44-40697
38826 ex USAAF 44-40698
38827 ex USAAF 44-40699
38828 ex USAAF 44-40700, VPB-102. Damaged during bombing raid on picket boat out of Tinian Mar 27, 1945.
Made it back to base, but was so badly damaged that it was SOC Mar 31, 1945.
38829 ex USAAF 44-40701, VPB-101. Damaged by AAA on mission out of Morotai Nov 29, 1944. Made it back
to base, but damage was so severe that the plane was SOC Dec 31, 1944.
38830 ex USAAF 44-40702
38831 ex USAAF 44-40703
38832 ex USAAF 44-40764
38833 ex USAAF 44-40765 with VPB-117 damaged by enemy fighters during attack on Saigon harbor Apr 3, 1945.
Made it back to base at McGuire Field, Philippines but had to be SOC May 31, 1945.
38834 ex USAAF 44-40766, With VPB-111 turned over to CASU-9 and declared obsolete and
SOC Aug 31, 1945.
38835 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-40767) crash landed Hilo, Hawaii Oct 18. 1944. No injuries.
VPB-111 turned over to CASU-9 and declared obsolete and SOC Aug 31, 1945.
38836 ex USAAF 44-40768
38837 ex USAAF 44-40769
38838 (VPB-110, ex USAAF 44-40770) overshot landing at Devon Dunkeswell, UK 3/5/1945. No
injuries, but aircraft DBR.
38839 ex USAAF 44-40771
38840 ex USAAF 44-40772, VPB-101. Hit by AAA and crashed in Brunei Bay area of North Borneo Jan 15, 1945.
38841 (ex USAAF 44-40773, VPB-101) damaged in combat and diverted to Leyte Nov 21, 1944. SOC Dec 31, 1944.
38842 ex USAAF 44-40834, VPB-101. Declared obsolete and SOC Mar 31, 1945.
38843 (VPB-102, ex USAAF 44-40835) crashed at sea due to engine failure Iwo Jima, South Pacific 5/23/1945.
12 killed, 3 rescued. Also listed as losing engines and crashing into sea on ferry flight
from California to NAS Kanoehe, Hawaii Apr 6, 1945. 2 crew killed, rest were rescuedl
38844 ex USAAF 44-40836. With VPB-116 SOC Apr 11, 1945 due to obsolescence.
38845 ex USAAF 44-40837. With VPB-116 SOC Apr 14, 1945 due to obsolescence.
38846 ex USAAF 44-40838
38847 ex USAAF 44-40839
38848 ex USAAF 44-40840, VPB-101. Destroyed by enemy bombs while parked at Morotai Nov 5, 1944
38849 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-40841) collided with obstacle while taxiing 12/30/1944, Leyte, South Pacific
38850 ex USAAF 44-40842
38851 ex USAAF 44-40843
38852 (ex USAAF 44-40904, VPB-117) declared obsolete July 31, 1945 and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38853 ex USAAF 44-40905. SOC Jan 18, 1946.
38854 ex USAAF 44-40906
38855 ex USAAF 44-40907. With VPB-115 SOC due to obsolescence Jul 28, 1945
38856 ex USAAF 44-40908. With VPB-104 damaged by debris from exploding enemy ship of Ishigaki Shima
Feb 6, 1945 and flew to Lingayen, Luzon, Philippines. Aircraft so badly damaged that it was
surveyed on the spot.
38857 ex USAAF 44-40909, VBP-102. Damaged by AAA during attack on Marcus Island May 9, 1945.
So badly damaged that plane was SOC May 31, 1945
38858 ex USAAF 44-40910. With VPB-115 SOC due to obsolescence Jul 28, 1945
38859 ex USAAF 44-40911. With VPB-104 SOC due to deterioration Jun 30, 1945
38860 ex USAAF 44-40912. With VPB-116 destroyed in enemy bombing attack Tinian Dec 26, 1944.
38861 (ex USAAF 44-40913, VPB-117) declared obsolete 6/30/1945, SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38862 ex USAAF 44-40968. With VPB-116 SOC due to obsolescence Aug 31, 1945.
38863 (VPB-117, ex USAAF 44-40969) hit tree while strafing train
Philippines 5/14/1945. Landed OK, but SOC.
38864 ex USAAF 44-40970
38865 ex USAAF 44-40971
38866 ex USAAF 44-40972
38867 ex USAAF 44-41034, VPB-102. Damaged by AAA Mar 23, 1945. Returned to base on Tinian. Declared
excess Mar 31, 1945.
38868 ex USAAF 44-41035. With VPB-115 SOC due to obsolescence Jul 28, 1945
38869 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-41036) damaged with VPB-104 on ground by enemy bombs dropped at Morotai Nov 6, 1944
Ditched due to fuel exhaustion 5/13/1945, Lingayen Gulf, Philippines. Crew rescued.
38870 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-41037) in emergency landing Philippines
5/13/1945. Prop came off and hit cockpit.
One serious injury. SOC.
38871 ex USAAF 44-41038, VPB-102 declared obsolete and SOC May 31, 1945.
38872 ex USAAF 44-41100
38873 (VPB-116, ex USAAF 44-41101) crashed on non-combat mission
4/4/1945 Tinian, South Pacific. SOC Apr 30, 1945.
38874 ex USAAF 44-41102. With VPB-104 nosewheel collapsed Mar 10, 1945, aircraft DBR.
38875 ex USAAF 44-41103. With VPB-104 made emergency landing at Chanting, China after being damaged in
attack on enemy vessel 40 mi N of Pescadores Islands May 14, 1945. Aircraft surveyed.
38876 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-41104) missing on patrol near Leyte
1/11/1945. Found by natives on Panay. 11 killed.
38877 ex USAAF 44-41166
38878 ex USAAF 44-41167
38879 ex USAAF 44-41168
38880 ex USAAF 44-41169
38881 ex USAAF 44-41170
38882 (ex USAAF 44-41239, VPB-117) crashed on Triton Island while on combat mission 7/4/1945,
Philippines. SOC, no fatalities.
38883 ex USAAF 44-41240
38884 ex USAAF 44-41241. SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
38885 ex USAAF 44-41242
38886 ex USAAF 44-41243
38887 ex USAAF 44-41244
38888 ex USAAF 44-41245
38889 ex USAAF 44-41246. With VPB-104 SOC due to deterioration Jun 30, 1945
38890 (FAW-17, ex USAAF 44-41247) crashed in deep water 5/19/1945. No fatalities.
38891 (VPB-117, ex USAAF 44-41248) crashed 2/23/1945, Philippines after
forced landing. No fatalities, but SOC.
38892 ex USAAF 44-41279. Flown by VP-111 and named "Lady Luck"
38893 (VPB-123, ex USAAF 44-41280) lost power on all engines in bad
weather and ditched off Oahu, HI 4/6/1945.
2 killed, 4 injured.
38894 ex USAAF 44-41281
38895 ex USAAF 44-41282. With VPB-111 ran out of fuel and ditched Balambgan Island, NW of
Borneo Jun 17, 1945. Crew unhurt, but plane was wrecked and had to be destroyed.
38896 (VPB-111, "Lucky Puss" ex USAAF 44-41283) crashed in emergency landing after takeoff
at Palawan 4/18/1945. 11 killed.
38897 ex USAAF 44-41284 with VPB-111 destroyed on ground by enemy air raid on Tinian
Dec 26, 1944.
38898 ex USAAF 44-41285. With VPB-117 caught fire on ground at McGuire Field, Mindoro Island,
Philippines Feb 14, 1945. SOC Feb 28, 1945.
38899 ex USAAF 44-41286
38900 (VPB-111, ex USAAF 44-41287) crashed on takeoff, South Pacific 1/10/1945. No injuries.
Also reported as being lost on patrol with VPB-111 Feb 5, 1945.
38901 ex USAAF 44-41288
38902 ex USAAF 44-41297
38903 (ex USAAF 44-41298, VPB-101) caught fire on airfield at Owi Nov 15, 1944. SOC Dec 31, 1944.
38904 ex USAAF 44-41299
38905 ex USAAF 44-41300, VPB-102. Declared obsolete and SOC Jun 30, 1945.
38906 ex USAAF 44-41301 with VPB-111 damaged in landing accident at Palawan while returning
with damage from combat mission Apr 15, 1945.
38907 (ex USAAF 44-41302, VPB-117) shot down on patrol Jul 1, 1945. 3 crew members survived and
became POW.
38908 ex USAAF 44-41303
38909 ex USAAF 44-41304
38910 ex USAAF 44-41305
38911 ex USAAF 44-41306
38912 ex USAAF 44-41307
38913 ex USAAF 44-41308. With VPB-111 named "Rugged Beloved" failed to return from patrol
through Makassar Straits Jun 16, 1945. 11 crew MIA.
38914 (VPB-116, ex USAAF 44-41319) hit coral boulder on takeoff run and
force-landed 1/12/1945 Tinian, South Pacific. SOC
38915 ex USAAF 44-41320. Named "Easy Maid". Based at Middle Field, Tinian 1944. Credited with five
Japanese ship kills. With VPB-115 SOC due to obsolescence Jul 28, 1945
38916 ex USAAF 44-41321
38917 ex USAAF 44-41322. With VPB-111 turned over to CASU-9 and declared obsolete and
SOC Aug 31, 1945.
38918 ex USAAF 44-41323, VPB-102. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38919 ex USAAF 44-41324. SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
38920 ex USAAF 44-41325, VPB-102. Declared obsolute and SOC Aug 31, 1945
38921 ex USAAF 44-41326
38922 ex USAAF 44-41327. With VPB-115 SOC due to obsolescence Jul 28, 1945
38923 ex USAAF 44-41328
38924 ex USAAF 44-41359. With VPB-104 damaged in attack on enemy airfield at Borodina Island Feb 18, 1945.
One crewman mortally wounded and when plane landed it was so badly shot up that it was surveyed.
38925 ex USAAF 44-41360. With VPB-104 SOC due to deterioration Jun 30, 1945
Also listed as being with VPB-117 and ditching due to combat damage 150 mi off Indochina
coast Mar 30, 1945. All crew rescued uninjured.
38926 ex USAAF 44-41361
38927 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-41362) with VPB-104 damaged by AAA in attack on enemy targets at
Brunei Town, Borneo Dec 12, 1944. One crewman fell out of the open bomb bay.
In ground collision 12/12/1944 Leyte, South Pacific. An Army fighter blew a tire on landing
and crashed into it.
38928 ex USAAF 44-41363
38929 ex USAAF 44-41364
38930 ex USAAF 44-41365
38931 ex USAAF 44-41366
38932 ex USAAF 44-41367, VPB-102. Shot down in attack on Marcus Island May 9, 1945. All crew killed.
38933 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-41368) while landing at Clark Field,
Luzon collided on runway with PB4Y-2 59429 Mar 1, 1945. SOC
38934 (VPB-117, ex USAAF 44-41406) hit tree on takeoff and crashed into
ocean SE of Mindoro, South Pacific 6/22/1945. 11 killed.
38935 ex USAAF 44-41407, VPB-102. Damaged by enemy aircraft out of Tinian Jul 6, 1945. Returned to
base, but was so severely damaged that aircraft was SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38936 ex USAAF 44-41408
38937 ex USAAF 44-41409
38938 ex USAAF 44-41410
38939 ex USAAF 44-41411
38940 ex USAAF 44-41412
38941 ex USAAF 44-41413
38942 ex USAAF 44-41414
38943 ex USAAF 44-41415
38944 ex USAAF 44-41416. With VPB-116 SOC due to obsolescence Aug 31, 1945.
38945 (VPB-111, ex USAAF 44-41484) crashed in bad weather on combat
mission 7/5/1945, Philippines. No fatalities.
38946 (ex USAAF 44-41485, VPB-117) declared obsolete July 31, 1945 and SOC Jul 31, 1945.
38947 (VPB-105, ex USAAF 44-41486) crashed into Beacon Hill, Sidmouth while attempting
landing at Exeter Airport, UK 1/3/1945. 6 killed, 4 injured.
38948 ex USAAF 44-41487. SOC with FAW-7 HEDRON Jul 31, 1945 due to non-airborne fire Jul 18, 1945
at Dunkeswell.
38949 ex USAAF 44-41488
38950 ex USAAF 44-41489. SOC with FAW-5 at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
38951 ex USAAF 44-41490. With VPB-111 turned over to CASU-9 and declared obsolete and
SOC Aug 31, 1945.
38952 ex USAAF 44-41491
38953 ex USAAF 44-41492
38954 ex USAAF 44-41493
38955 ex USAAF 44-41519
38956 ex USAAF 44-41520
38957 ex USAAF 44-41521
38958 ex USAAF 44-41522
38959 ex USAAF 44-41523, VPB-102. Declared obsolete and SOC Jul 31, 1945
38960 ex USAAF 44-41524
38961 ex USAAF 44-41525
38962 ex USAAF 44-41526
38963 ex USAAF 44-41527
38964 ex USAAF 44-41528
38965 ex USAAF 44-41554, VPB-102. Declared obsolute and SOC Jul 31, 1945
38966 (ex USAAF 44-41555) wih FAW-5 life raft accidentally inflated and fouled stabilizer and elevators and
aircraft dove into James River near Ft Monrow, VA 11/7/1944. All 12 onboard killed.
38967 ex USAAF 44-41556. SOC with FAW-5 Aug 31, 1945 at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
38968 ex USAAF 44-41557
38969 ex USAAF 44-41558. SOC with FAW-5 Aug 30. 1945 at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK.
Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
38970 ex USAAF 44-41559. SOC at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946
38971 ex USAAF 44-41560
38972 (VPB-104, ex USAAF 44-41561) washed out after landing accident at Tacloban, Leyte Gulf, Philppines
Jan 17, 1945. SOC Feb 28, 1945.
38973 ex USAAF 44-41562
38974 ex USAAF 44-41563. With VPB-104 SOC due to deterioration Jun 30, 1945
38975 ex USAAF 44-41564, VPB-102. Declared obsolute and SOC Aug 31, 1945
38976 (VPB-111, ex USAAF 44-41565) crashed on takeoff roll and burned
Puerata Princessa, Philippines Jun 20, 1945. 7 killed, one survived
38977 ex USAAF 44-41566
38978 ex USAAF 44-41567. With VPB-117 failed to return from mission Jun 14, 1945. 12 MIA
38979 ex USAAF 44-41568 with VBP-104 ditched 60 mi W of Lingayen, Luzon, Philippines
after being damaged in attack on enemy shipping at Haiphong
Harbor, Indochina on combat mission out of Clark Field, Luzon May 13, 1945. 3 killed, 9 rescued.
38980/39012 North American PBJ-1J Mitchell
Navy equivalent of B-25J. Were USAAF
44-29277/29285, 44-292290/29299, 44-29604/29617.
39013/39032 Consolidated RY-2 Liberator
USAAF C-87-CF 44-39198/39202 delivered to Navy. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Model 32
39018/39032 cancelled
39033/39055 Sikorsky HNS-1
Vought-Sikorsky Model VS-316A Hoverfly developed for the US Army as the Sikorsky Model S-47, designated R-4B
From US Army. 39053/39055 cancelled.
39033 was ex-USAAF 43-28227
39034 was ex-USAAF 43-28229. Assigned to NAS Patuxent River, MD.
Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, later as NACA Langley Research
Center, Langley Field, VA Apr 17, 1944 to Sep 4, 1953. [quoted as 43-28229 and BuNo 39034]
To civil registry as N75378 registered Oct 29, 1957, cancelled Jul 3, 2013
39036 was ex-USAAF 43-46507
39037 was ex-USAAF 43-46512
39040 was ex-USAAF 43-46525
39042 was ex-USAAF 43-46543. Transferred to US Coast Guard as 042
39043 was ex-USAAF 43-46544. Transferred to US Coast Guard as 043
39045 was ex-USAAF 43-46552. Transferred to US Coast Guard as 045
39047 at National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL
39051 was ex-USAAF 43-46586. Transferred to US Coast Guard as 051
39052 was ex-USAAF 43-46595
39053/39055 North American XFJ-1 Fury
BuNos reassigned from cancelled HNS-1 batch.
39054 stalled on landing at Sandia Base, NM 4/29/1952.
Pilot killed.
39056 Langley Aviation XNL-1
39057/39095 Douglas R4D-5
C-47A-DLs transferred to Navy from USAAF. Redesignated C-47H in 1962.
39057 (MSN 9855) ex USAAF 42-23993. Delivered to US Navy Jul 13, 1943 -VR-5 Aug 1944 -Seattle Feb 1945- Quonset Pt
Oct 1946 Fasron-102 Mar 1947 - VRU-22 Apr 1947 - xx - R4D-5R. Modified to DC-3C airliner configuration
by Lake Central Airlines as N21714 (1963). Leased by Lake Central Airlines. Redesignated TC-47H in 1962.
Returned to US Navy 1966. - Stored Litchfield Park Feb 15, 1966, offered for sale.
39058 (MSN 9856) ex USAAF 42-23994. Delivered to US Navy Jul 12, 1943 - HDNMAG Aug 15, 1944 -VMR353 Jan1945 -
AND MAW-1 Feb 25, 1945 - VMR153 Feb 3, 1945- HDN MAG35 El Centro Apr 1945 - Corpus Christi Nov 1945 - HDN MAG- 1
Jun 12, 1946 - VMR 152 Sep 1947 - San Diego Mar 1948 - Quonset Pt Apr 1948 - xx - N3947A US Navy Dept of
Def - N58V Piedmont Avn "Pim Peninsula" leased (1957+) - Returned to US Navy R4D-5 New River, Pac Missile Range (1963) -
39058 US Armv C-47H - Stored Davis Monthan May 23, 1972 to Aug 16, 1976 - Recl. - National auction.
39059 (MSN 9857) ex USAAF 42-23995. To US Marine Corps MAG-15 San Diego Jul 13, 1943 - COM MAR FAIR WC
Jul 14, 1943 MAG-25 Aug 9, 1943 - PAC Nov 1, 193-VMR 153 Aug 1944 - With VMR-153 lost off Toronia AF,
Bougainville, Solomon Islands Jan 9, 1945. SOC Jan 31, 1945
39060 (MSN 9858) ex USAAF 42-23996. delivered to US Marine Corps Jul 15, 1943 - VMR 152 Aug 1944 - MAW-3 Ewa
Sep 6, 1945 Corpus Christi Nov 1945 -7 Jacksonville Dec 1945 - NART Oakland Apr 1947 - xx - USN Attache,
Norway (1957) - C-47H Stored Litchfield Park. Sold as N356W De Long Corp, NY Feb 15, 1966 - PK-JJM Intl Timber
Corp, Singapore Jun70 - De Long Corp - (Apr80) - Cancelled. PK-JJM De Long Corp - active 1985. Canc by 1991.
39061 (MSN 9859) ex USAAF 42-23997. Delivered to US Marine Corps Jul 15, 1943 -xx - VMR 313 Aug 1944 - Barber's Pt
Oct 30, 1944 - MAG-21 Sep45 - VMR 15 Nov 2, 1945 - HDN MAW-1 Dec 1945 Air Pac Ewa Jul 2, 1946 -
Pearl Harbor Jul 21, 1946 - San Diego Sep 19, 1946 - FAW- 14 Oct 1946 - Fasron- 1 Nov 12, 1946 - Whidbey
Jan 1947 - Fasron-9 Feb 1947 - VRU-3 Mar 1947 San Diego Jan 1948 - Columbus Feb48 - St Litchfield Pk Aug48 -
Later redesignated C-47H, then converted to R4D-8/C-117D with new MSN 43344. Stored at MASDC, sold on
civilian market and registered to School of the Ozarks as N90628, next registered as N3906J, first
to Confederate Air Force, to Atkins Aviation, to Southwind Airlines, to Air Adventures of Florida/Aviones
Inc, registered to a private individual on Mar 3, 2005. Operated by CB Transit, Inc dba as Air Pony Express when
w/o Jun 13, 2005 when crashed 3.1 mi E of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, FL after engine failure during
initial climb out.
39062 (MSN 9940) ex USAAF 42-24078 to US Marine Corps Jul 24, 1943. To VMR 352 with Marines Jan 1945. HDN MAW- 1
Feb 25, 1945 VMR 153 Mar 2, 1945 - Com Mar Fair West Mar 26, 1945 - Corpus Christi Apr 1945 - HDN MAG-85 Sep 1945 -
MAG15 Nov 1945 - MAG-25 Nov 5, 1945 - N7MR 153 Dec 1945 Air Pac Fwa Jun 1946 - San Diego 30Jul 30, 1946 - FAW-14
Aug 1946 - Fasron-110 Jan 1947 - San Diego May 1947 Quonset Pt Jun 1947 - San Diego Feb 1948 - FAETU Pac Beam Fld
Mar 1948 - xx - R4D-5Q - redesignated EC-47H Sep 18, 1962 - Sale ex Litchfield Pk Jul 1964 - To N9465Z - NLR.
39063 (MSN 9941) ex USAAF 42-24079 to US Navy Jul 28, 1943.. VBR-1 Jul 31, 1943. NATS Nov 1, 1943, VR-1 Aug 1944.
In midair collision with FG-1A 13334 and crashed into St Johns River near NAS Jacksonville Nov 6, 1944.
All 18 on both planes killed.
39064 (MSN 9942) ex USAAF 42-24080 to US Navy Jul 27, 1943. VR-5 Aug44. Jacksonville Jun46. VR-1 Patuxent Mar47.
Jacksonville Aug48. Rebuilt as R4D-8 with new MSN 43376. Redesignated C-117D 18Sep62. Norfolk Jul71.
Cherry Pt Aug73. MCAS Beaufort 1976. To N8502X K Spira, Acampo, CA Feb 9, 1981
39065 (MSN 9943) ex USAAF 42-24081 to USNavy 31Jul43-xx - VR-5 Aug44 Seattle Jul46 - Navy Ord Test
Innokern Oct 1946. Columbus Mar 1947 - San Diego Feb 1948 - Fasron- Mar 11, 1948 - VMR 352 Ewa Mar 29, 1948 HDN
MAG-24 Guam Jun 1948 - xx - C-47H Parachute Facility El Centro (1962) - Cherry Pt (May 1971), - Stored
Davis Monthan May 1975.
39066 (MSN 9944) ex USAAF 42-24082 US Navy Jul 31, 1943-xx - VR-5 Aug 1944 - VR-2 Jun 1945 - VR-5 Jan 1946 -
Terminal Isle Feb 1946 - MCAS El Toro Jun 13, 1946 - San Diego Feb 1947 - Quonset Pt Jun 1947 - NARIF Glenview,
Jan 1948 Marines, Hamron- 13(1962) - EC-47H - Stored Litchfield Park - For Sale Feb 15, 1966.
39067 (MSN 10017) ex USAAF 42-24155. to US Navy Aug 7, 1943. Com Air 7 FIt Brisbane Aug44. Hit hillside in
Darling Range at Gooseberry Hill west of Perth in western Australia Apr 19, 1945. All 13 onboard killed.
39068 (MSN 10018) ex USAAF 42-24156. To US Navy Aug 7u, 1943. Com Air 78 Flt Brisbane Aug 1944.
W/o Feb 15, 1945, Momote, Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, Pacific
39069 (MSN 10019) ex USAAF 42-24157. To US Navy Aug 7, 1943. MABG-2 San Diego 07Aug43. Com Mar Fair WC 10Aug43,
HDN MAG-25 08Sep43. Pac 01Nov43. VMR 253 Aug44. (VMR-253) in landing accident at Guam Dec 22, 1944. SOC Dec 31, 1944
39070 (MSN 10020) ex USAAF 42-24158. To US Marine Corps Aug 7, 1943. VMR-253 Aug 3, 1944. HDnMAG Nov 15, 1945.
VMR 153 Mar 1946. FAW-1 Jun 1946. CASU-F Oct 11, 1946. Fasron 122 Nov 1946. CFAW-1 Dec 1946. VRU-3 Feb 1947.
VRU-23 Shanghai Jul 1947. Rebuilt as R4D-8 with new MSN 43360. To civilian registry as N4458H. Reregistred
as N34AH in the 1980s. Currently registered with Classic Air in Las Vegas. Spent some time in South American and was
impounded by the DEA prior to sale to Classic Air. Reported seen at K-Tech yard 8/28/2000, but this may be in error.
39071 (MSN 10021) ex USAAF 42-24159. To US Marine Corps Aug 7, 1943 - xx - VMR 253 Aug 1944 - MFAWC Feb 24, 1945 -
San Diego Mar 3, 1945 - Jacksonville Mar 27, 1945 - MAG/ MAW-1 Sep 1945 - VMR 153 Nov 1945 -CFAWP Jun 1946
CASU-F-12 Jul 24, 1946 - CASU-F-44 Sep 1946 - Fasron118 Oct46-VR-Jan 6, 1947-VRU-3 Mar 3, 1947-Fasron- Oct 11, 1947 -
San Diego Feb 1948 - Columbus Apr 1948. Rebuilt as R4D-8 with new MSN 43325. Redesignated C-117D Sep 18, 1962.
Based at NAS Bermuda, arriving Jun 11, 1970, retired Feb 28, 1971. To Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA as N5584N Mar 1980.
Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.
39072 (MSN 10092) ex USAAF 42-24230. To US Marine Corps Aug 21, 1943. Com Air Pac Mar 1945 - HDN MAW-2 Aug 29, 1945.
HDN MAW- I Feb 1946. Air Pac Ewa Jun 24, 1946 - Pearl Harbor Jul 24, 1946 - San Diego Sep 19, 1946 -
ProJ Hi-Jump Dec 1946 - Quonset Pt Apr 1947. Pt Mugu Aug47. Rebuilt as R4D-8 with new MSN 43382.
To C-117D Sep 18, 1962. To N5584R but NTU. To Aero Union, Corp, Chico, CA as N5597V Apr 8, 1980. Current 2011.
39073 (MSN 10093) ex USAAF 42-24231. To US Navy Aug 23, 1943. MABG-2 San Diego Aug 23, 1943 - Pac Aug 24, 1943 -
MAG-25 Oct 5, 1943. (VMJ-125M) missing on flight from Bougainville to Guadalcanal May 18, 1944. 19 missing.
39074 (MSN 10094) ex USAAF 42-24232. Aug 21, 1943. VMF-313 Marines Aug 1944. MAG-25/MAW-1 Jun 27, 1945. VMR-153
Jul 1945. HDN Mag-61 Aug 1945. MAG-25 Sep 10, 1945. HDN MAG-61 MAW-1 Oct 8, 1945. VMR-153 Nov 1945.
Air Pac Ewa Jun 1946. Pearl Harbor Jul 19, 1946. San Diego Aug 1946. Columbus Feb 1946. Stored
Litchfield Park Jan 1948. Pac Missile range 1961. To O&R BUAER M&S - Jacksonville, FL. Oct 21, 1954 -
To NOTS Project at Inyokern, CA Oct 21, 1954. To NOTS Project at China Lake, CA. Aug 31, 1955 - To NAF R&D at
China Lake, CA. Dec 5, 1957. To ZW-1 - Lakehurst, NJ Dec 5, 1957. Redesignated C-47H. Stored Jan 17, 1972 at MASDC
as CB435, transferred to US Army as "43-39074". In the Dec 1985 Air Classics Magazine, Arthur Pearcy
stated this plane joined the Golden Knights in April 1971, and that it was then stored at Davis-Monthan
beginning 1/17/72 to 8/16/74, and then put up for auction Aug 16, 1976. 39074 was replaced by 17276,
which became N48159. Contrary to several databases, this was not the plane that crashed Mar 8, 1973,
killing 11 members of the US Army Golden Knights parachute team. It turns out that the crashed Golden
Knights plane was BuNo 50781.
39075 (MSN 10095) ex USAAF 42-24233. To US Navy Aug 23, 1943. Com Air Pac. W/o Oct 2, 1944 Hawaii. SOC Mar 31, 1945
39076 (MSN 10096) ex USAAF 42-24234. To US Marine Corps Aug 21, 1943 - xx - HDN MBDW-4 Aug 1944 - VMR 353 Nov 1944 MDN Mar Fair WC
May 19, 1945 - Corpus Christi May 20, 1945 - HDN MAG-35 Apr 1946 - MDN MAG-33 Jul 12, 1946 - San
Diego Mar 1948 - Quonset Pt Apr 1948. Converted to R4D-5R - N6678C USN Dept of Nati Def, leased to Pacific A/L -
N9053Z reregistered - N61 with FAA Aug 1, 1966, then to FAA. XC-DAP Sria de Communicaciones y Tptes Oct 13, 1966 (1976) -
Derelict Mexico City (Jan 1979 to Sep 1980).
39077 (MSN 10204) ex USAAF 42-24342. To US Navy Sep 9, 1943. VR-3 Aug44.
With (VR-3) spun in during instrument and stall training and crashed near Louisborg, KA Sept 20, 1944. 5 killed.
39078 (MSN 10205) ex USAAF 42-24343. To US Navy Sep 8, 1943 - VR-3 Aug 1944 - VR- I Jan 1945 - VR-7 Oct 1945 -
VR-1 Dec45 - Stored Litchfield Park Jul 1, 1946 - Quonset Point Nov 1946 -SanDiego Jun 1947-Fasron-
Jul 11, 1947-HDNMAG-15 Ewa Aug 1947 - xx - to R4D-5S Arctic Research Lab, Fairbanks, AK (1961).
39079 (MSN 10206) ex USAAF 42-24344. To US Marine Corps 08Sep43 - VMR 152 Marines Aug44 - HDN
MAG-24 May45 - VR-1 Navy Jul 1945 - VMR 153 Aug 1945 MAW-3 Oct 1, 1945 - Quonset Pt Nov 1945 - VR- I Nov
1946 Flew into trees at NAS Patuxent River, MD during landing Jan 24, 1947.
39080 (MSN 10207) ex USAAF 42-24345. to US Marine Corps Sep 8, 1943 - VMR 153 Aug 1944 - MAW-3 Oct 5, 1945 -
HDN MAG-15 Oct 1945 - M Fair West Nov 9, 1945 - Corpus Christi Dec 1945 - Jacksonville Jun 1946 -
Stored Litchfield Park Nov 1946 - Cherry Pt Aug 1948 - Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43354.
To C-117D Sep 18, 1972. WFU Aug 3, 1977 at MASDC. To N2071X Jan 19, 1983. To C-GGKG Oct 1984.
To N28TN May 30, 2007. Noted at Anchorage International Airport, 09June2016, wearing N28TN, and
TransNorthern titles
39081 (MSN 10208) ex USAAF 42-24346. 39081 USNavy Sep 8, 1943xx - VMR 353 Aug 1944 - MAG-15/MAW-1
Sep 21, 1945 VMR 153 Nov 1945 - Corn Air Phil Jun 1946 - CASU F-58 Sep 1946 - Fasron- 1 Nov 20, 1946 - V
RU-3 Feb 1947 - Fasron11 Sep 25, 1947 - San Diego Oct 1947 - Olathe Jan 1948 Columbus Feb 1948 -
Corvallis Aug 1948 - xx Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43397 To MASDC Aug 3, 1977. Sold as N2017X (Jan 1983),
to Millardair as C-GGKG (Oct 1984) & WFU (May 31, 1990), to Kenn Borek Air (Sep 26, 1994), to TransNorthern
Aviation as N28TN (May 30, 2007)
39082 (MSN 13811) ex USAAF 43-30660. To US Marine Corps 27Sep43. Servron-11 Aug44. Servron-15 Dec44.
VMR-152 Jul45. HDN FAW-1 22Aug45. HDN MAG·15 09Mar46. HDN MAG·25 Apr46. AIR PAC Ewa 10Jun46.
Pearl Harbor 27Jul46. San Diego 19Sep46. FAW-14 Oct46. Fasron-110 Jan47. San Diego May47.
Quonset Pt 10Aug47. SOC 29Feb48
39083 (MSN 13812) ex USAAF 43-30661. To US Marine Corps 27Sep43. VMR·153 Aug44. MAW·11 MAG·25 25Feb45.
Jacksonville Mar45. Servron 35 Jun45. Servron-15 Jul45. VMR·152 Nov45. AW Pac, Ewa 18Jun46.
Pearl Harbor 20Aug46. Alameda Mar47. Columbus Jun47. Patuxent Mar48. converted to SC-47H 1961.
To HC-47H 18Sep62. WFS 14Jul64
39084 (MSN 13813) ex USAAF 43-30662. To US Marine Corps 27Sep43. VMR·153 Aug44. VMR·253 Sep44.
Servron-15 Apr45. Servron-35 Jun45. Corpus Christi Jul45. Servron-35 11Mar46. HDN FMF Pac 27Mar46.
HDN MAG-15 Apr46. Air Pac Ewa Jun46. HDN Air FMF Pac 26Dec46. Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43355
39085 (MSN 13814) ex USAAF 43-30663. To US Marine Corps Sep 27, 1943. VMR-153 Aug 1944. W/o Aug 18 1945 Mokerang Strip, PNG.
WFS Aug 31, 1945.
39086 (MSN 13855) ex USAAF 43-30704. To US Marine Corps Oct 1, 1943. To VMR-153 Aug 1944.
With VMR-153, hit mountain top near Vella Lavella Oct 7, 1944. 19 killed.
39087 (MSN 13856) ex USAAF 43-30705. To US Marine Corps 01Oct43. VRM-153 Aug44. Servron-15 Nov44,
MAG-251. MAW-127 Jun45. VMR-153 Jul45. HDN MAG-61 Aug45. MAG-25 10Sep45. HDN MAG-11 MAW-1 08Oct45.
VMR-153 Nov45. Air Pac Ewa Jun46. Pearl Harbor 27Jul46. San Diego 19Sep46. FAW-14 Oct46. Fasron 110 Jan47.
San Diego May47. Quonset Pt 05Aug47. Com Air Pac Mar48. VMR-352, Ewa 11Mar48. HDN MAG-24 Guam Jul48.
VR-23. VR-21 01Jan50. NAS Barber's Pt Apr50. Rebuilt as R4D-8 with new MSN 43315
39088 (MSN 13857) ex USAAF 43-30706. To US Marine Corps 01Oct43. VMR-152 Aug44. Servron-15 20Oct44. Barber's Pt Nov44.
Servron-15 Jan45. HDN MAW-4 Apr45. AFMF Pac Mar46. Air Pac Ewa 13Jun46. Pearl Harbor 26Jul46.
San Diego 19Sep46. Quonset Pt May47. NART Los Alamitos Oct47. Anacostia Aug59. to C-47H 18Sep62.
Stored Davis Monthan May75
39089 (MSN 13858) ex USAAF 43-30707. To US Navy 06Oct43. CFWC Pac 23Oct43. Com Air 7th Fit Aug44.
W/o Jul 28, 1944 off Biak, Netherlands New Guinea.
39090 (MSN 13859) ex USAAF 43-30708. To US Navy 01Oct43. San Diego 02Oct43. Com Air 7th Fit Aug44.
Crashed near Cairns, Australia Jul 23, 1944.
39091 (MSN 13860) ex USAAF 43-30709. To US Navy Oct 1, 1943. It was assigned to Naval Air Transport Service,
serving with VR-5 (Aug 1944), VR-4 (Feb 1945) and VR-11 (Mar 1945) Squadrons.
It was SOC Jan 31, 1946 and sold immediately to Hughes Aircraft as NC88756. On May 17, 1948 it was leased
to All American Aviation as N91221. Allegheny Airlines 1953 N141A reregistered 1953 but NTU.
N91221 Southeastern Acft Leasing 31Dec58. Seaboard & Western L 15May59. E Coast FIg Svces, Martinsburg, WV
Jack Adams Aircraft Sales, Walls, MI US 1967. F J Smith, W Columbia, SC 1968. United Seafoods Inc,
E Points, FL US 1969. Arkansas Aviation Sales Inc, Little Rock, AR 1971. On May 19, 1972 went
to Canada as CF-AOH with Aircraft Sales International Canada, Ltd, Montreal. Sold to Nordair Ltd on Apr 5, 1973,
Aklavik FIg Svces, Inuvik 1973. Reindeer Air Svces 1974. Ilford Riverton Airways Ltd 1977.
Superior Airways Ltd 1978. Ilford Riverton Airways Ltd, Winnipeg, Manitoba registered 23May79.
Returned to the USA ca. 1993, now registered as N293WM. Currently for sale at Courtesy Aircraft, Rockford, IL
39092 (MSN 19063) ex USAAF 42-100600). To US Navy 11Nov43. VR-1 Aug44. Corpus Christi Apr45. VR-3 Aug45.
Quonset Pt Jun46. Project Hypo Jan47. Project High Jump Antarctic 30Jan47. WFU 21Feb47.
Left in Antarctic and sank post 1948.
39093 (MSN 19064) ex USAAF 42-100601. To US Navy 11Nov43. NATS San Diego 15Nov43. VR-1 Aug44.
Hit mountain in Novia Scotia, Sydney Oct 1, 1944. 3 killed.
39094 (MSN 19065) ex USAAF 42-100602. To US Navy 11Nov43. San Diego 11Nov43. VR-5 Aug44. VR-4 Jan45.
VR-11 Mar45. NAF Tutuila Apr45. San Diego Nov45. Norfolk Jan46. SOC 31Jan47
39095 (MSN 19066) ex USAAF 42-100603. To US Navy 12Nov43. San Diego 12Nov43. VR-3 Aug44. VR-4 Dec44.
VR-13 Jan45. VMR-153 Jan46. HDN MAG15 Feb46. Pearl Harbor Mar46. Alameda Sep46. Columbus Jun47.
Stored Litchfield Pk Apr48. USMC/MV Sep55. to C-47H 18Sep62. Transferred to US Army where it flew
as 43-9095 with Missile Command. In 1975 sold to State of Florida as N47060. World Aircraft Museum Inc, Calhoun, GA,
registered Oct81. Current 2011
39096/39098 Douglas R4D-6
Navy equivalent of C-47B-DK. Redesignated C-47J in 1962
39096 (MSN 16043/32791) ex-USAAF 44-76459. To US Navy 31Dec45. Willow Grove 31Dec45. St Louis 01Apr46.
Columbus Oct47. Cherry Pt Jun48. Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43338. To C-117D 18Sep62.
Destroyed in ground accident at NAS Keflavik, Iceland Dec 20, 1975 when lost brakes after landing and collided with a hangar.
39097 (MSN 16045/32793) ex-USAAF 44-76461. To US Navy Mar 1945. Shawnee Mar45. Clinton Apr45. Miami May45.
Jacksonville Jun46. Quonset Pt Jun47. Alameda 20Dec47. Cherry Pt May48. VR-23 San Diego Jun48.
converted to R4D-6Z. Converted to R4D-8Z with new MSN 43302. To VC-117D 18Sep62. US Attache, Norway Oct69.
USMC "CZ" Feb75. WFS Apr77. To N851M 18Apr78. In 2011 was N29TN
with Trans Northern Airways, Anchorage, Alaska. Seen at Anchorage Jun 9, 2016.
39098 (MSN 16046/32794) ex-USAAF 44-76462. To US Navy Mar45 Shawnee. Clinton Apr45. FAW-14 May45. Corn Air Fit Jul45.
Corn Air Phil Sep45. Sangley Pt Jan46. Corn Air Phil Jul46. CASU F-58 Sep46. Fasron 120 Nov46.
VRU-3 Jun47. Fasron 11Jan48. San Diego Apr48. Quonset Pt Aug48. converted to R4D-6R. Converted to R4D-6S.
Converted to SC-47J. Stored Litchfield Pk 1961 To N7478C. N35. To USN as R4D-7 Depti CAA JuI66.
FAA registered 29Aug66. Anchorage 01Sep78. Cancelled Mar82. Now on display
at Pope AFB, North Carolina.
39099 Douglas R4D-7
MSN 16047/32795 ex-USAAF 44-76463 obtained from USAAF contract for
TC-47B-DK. To USN as R4D-6 Shawnee. Clinton Apr45. Pensacola 02Nov45. Corry Fld Dec45.
Jacksonville Jun46. Whiting Oct46. NATTC-LC Dec47. Converted to R4D-6E. converted to R4D-6R. Converted to SC-47J
Redesignated TC-47K 18Sep62. stored Litchfield Pk Jul64. Stored Litchfield Pk Jul64
39100 Douglas R4D-6
MSN 16048/32796 ex-USAAF 44-76464. To US Navy Mar 1945. Shawnee. Clinton Apr45. FAW-14 May45.
Corn Air Fit Jun45 Corn Air Phil Sep45 Corn S Pac Jan46
Crashed in bad weather in mountains on New Caledonia Mar 31, 1946. 6 killed.
39101/39108 Douglas R4D-7
Obtained from USAAF contract for TC-47B-DK. Redesignated TC-47K in 1962.
39101 (MSN 16054/32802) ex-USAAF 44-76470. To US Navy Mar 19, 1945. Shawnee. Clinton Apr45. NAAS Corry Fld Nov45.
Pensacola Jun47, Quonset Pt 04Aug47. Faetu Lant Jan48. W/o Dec 22, 1949 at Norfolk, VA. SOC Jul50
39102 (MSN 16062/32810) ex-USAAF 44-76478. To US Navy Mar 1945. Shawnee. Clinton Apr45. Pensacola 06Nov45.
NART Minneapolis 20Jun46. Quonset Pt May47. Jacksonville 29Sep47. ATU VPMS-10 Oct47. Jacksonville Nov47.
Corpus Christi Apr48. ATU-VP-10 Corpus Christi May48. Redesignated TC-47K in 1962. Stored Litchfield Park.
For sale at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ Feb 15, 1966. N9467Z. Korea E Mar 8, 1967. HL-2010 Far East Airways 1970.
39103 (MSN 16070/32817) ex-USAAF 44-76486. to US Navy Mar 1945. Clinton Mar45. Pensacola 07Nov45.
NART Memphis 17Jun46. Quonset Pt Mar47. VU Corry Fld Oct47. BTU-6 Whiting Jan48. VU Corry Fld Apr48.
Stored Jun48. Converted to TC-47B. Redesignated TC-47B in 1962, To US Army as NC-47D Mar 1965, NEC-47H in May 1971,
to C-47K in Jul 1971. Last operated by Army Aviation Aviation Detachment at Fort Monmouth, NAS Lakehurst, NJ
and served as an electronic test aircraft. To Eglin AFB Sep 1976 and never left. Now on display at USAF
Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Florida. Was never an AC-47 in service, although it is displayed as such.
39104 (MSN 16373/33121) ex USAAF 44-76789. To US Navy May45. Clinton. Converted to R4D-6 Nov45.
Jacksonville Nov45. Banana River Dec45. ATU VP-MS-10 Dec46. Quonset Pt 31Oct47. AF MF-LANT Cherry Pt Apr48.
VMR-252 Jul48. Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43325. Converted to R4D-8T. Redesignaed C-117D 18Sep62.
USMC Cherry Pt May71. Stored Davis Monthan Oct73 to Feb77. N5584M Mar80 but NTU. N5598B Aero Union Corp,
Chico, CA US 14Mar80. W J Air Freight Inc, Miami, FL US 07Sep82. To Colombia 08Nov90
39105 (MSN 16328/33076) ex USAAF 44-76744. To US Navy Apr45. Clinton. Converted to R4D-6R Dec45.
VRS 1 Dec45. Quonset Pt Jun46. Norfolk Feb47. Pacific Missile Range 1961. Converted to TC-47J 18Sep62.
N3951A USN Dept Dec66. to US Army as 39105. Stored Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Aug68. Used for blast tests
39106 (MSN 16332/33080) ex USAAF 44-76748. To US Navy. Clinton. Converted to R4D-6R Dec45. VRS-1 Dec45.
Quonset Pt May46. VRU-22 Norfolk Feb48. With AES-12 at MCAS Quantico, VA unti 1957. Redesignated TC-47J 18Sep62.
To US Army Electronics Comd Oct74. Stored Davis Monthan 12Nov74 to 02Jan79. to Allied Aircraft Transferred to Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute.
39107 (MSN 16337/33085) ex USAAF 44-76753. To US Navy Apr45. Clinton. Pensacola 05Nov45. NART Olathe 18Jul46.
Quonset Pt Apr47. NATTU Lakehurst Oct47. NATTU Jacksonville Aug48. Monterey 1955 to US Army as 0-39107 Oct72
Redesignated TC-47K 1962. N48258 Monroe County Health Dept, Key West, FL US registered 20Aug75. WFS 01Aug90
39108 (MSN 16342/33090) ex USAAF 44-76758. To US Navy Apr 1945. Clinton. Assigned to NAS Jacksonville, FL and converted
to R4D-6R 1946. Assigned to VR-1, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Assigned to Hendon, England Jun51 for use by the
Naval Attaché, US Embassy, London. Assigned to US Marine Corps, MCAS El Toro, CA 1952. To Lake Central Airlines as N21715.
Returned to US Navy as TC-47K in 1962. US Navy, Indianapolis Apr 1977. Back to N21715 Dec 1981. WFS Oct 9, 2009.
39109 Douglas R4D-6
MSN 15752/27197, ex USAAF 43-49936. Navy equivalent of C-47B-DK. to USN 01Jun46. VR-41 31Aug47. VRU-4 UK Apr48.
VR-24 UK Jul48 Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43313. Converted to R4D-8T. Redesignated TC-119D Sep 18, 1962.
Fasron 200 "FT" UK Sep 1957. VT-29. Stored Davis Monthan Feb 2977 to Mar 1983.
39110/39136 Douglas R4D-7
39110 (MSN 20588) ex USAAF 43-16122 to US Navy Nov 30, 1949.
39111 (MSN 20133) ex USAAF 43-15667. NC20969 CAA to US Navy 30Nov49 Jacksonville. Back to USAF -Pennslyvania-ANG
"0-315667" Aug58
39112/39136 cancelled and serials 39112/39128 reallocated to R5D-2
39112/39128 Douglas R5D-2
39112 (MSN 10482, Line No. DC213), ex USAAF 42-72377. To
Eastern Airlines, Inc as N86577, side no. 703, 06/46-10/51, stored as 39112
then sold to Columbia as HK-1026 for Taxader (Taxi Aereo de Santander).
Scrapped Bogota-Eldorado, Colombia
39113 (MSN 10531, Line No. DC262), ex USAAF 42-72426. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as
N86580, side no. 701, 05/46-06/51, stored as 39113 then converted to VC-54N,
then converted to C-54P. b/u
39114 (MSN 18329, Line No. DO103), ex USAAF 43-17129. To Eastern Airlines, Inc.
as N86582, side no. 704, 04/46-11/51, stored as 39114. wfu
39115 (MSN 10491, Line No. DC222), ex USAAF 42-72386. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as
N86576, side no. 702, 05/46-05/51, stored as 39115, wfu
39116 (MSN 18331, Line No. DO105), ex USAAF 43-17131. To Eastern Airlines, Inc.
as N88815, side no. 709, 07/46. stored as 39116. Next while operated by the USMC
on Feb. 17, 1956 the aircraft was involved in a fatal accident on approach to NAS
Alameda, CA, 5 crew, 35 PAX fatal. w/o
39117 (MSN 10509, Line No. DC240), ex USAAF 42-72404. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as
N88812, side no. 706, 06/46-10/51, stored as 39117, wfu
39118 (MSN 10484, Line No. DC215), ex USAAF 42-72379. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as
N88811, side no. 705, 05/46, stored as 39118, wfu
39119 (MSN 18344, Line No. DO118), ex USAAF 43-17144. To Eastern Airlines Inc. as
N88813, side no. 707, 10/46, on December 19, 1946 it was involved in a midair with
a Universal DC-3 near Aberdeen, Md. Both aircraft were able to land safely.
Repaired and stored as 39119, b/u.
39120 (MSN 10443, Line No. DC174), ex USAAF 42-72338. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as N88704,
side no. 712, 09/46-05/51, stored as 39120 then converted to R5D-5 as BuNo 39120 then wfu
39121 (MSN 18378, Line No. DO152), ex USAAF 43-17178. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as NC88707
then registered as N88707, side no 714, 07/46-05/51, stored as 39121 then sold as N68576,
leased to Breathens, S.A.F.E. of Iceland, operated by Luftleidir Icelandic Airlines as LN-SUP
(1954-1960) then registered as D-ADAR
39122 (MSN 10438), ex USAAF 42-72333. Leased by Eastern Air Lines
Jun 16, 1946 as N88703, side no. 711. Returned to US Navy as 39122 May 11, 1951.
Converted to VC-54N in 1962. WFU and stored at Davis Monthan AFB Mar 1970.
Bought by Aircraft Specialties Inc. Mar 1975 and registered as N67017. Bought by Air Response Inc
May 28, 1986 and reregistered as N34NA. WFU and stored at Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ.
Presently (2004) parked/stored at Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ by
Aviation Response, Inc. with a fire bomber side no.14.
39123 (MSN 18334, Line No. DO108), ex USAAF 43-17134. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as N865579,
side no. 710, 08/46-05/51, stored as 39123 then b/u
39124 (MSN 10495, Line No. DC226), ex USAAF 42-72390. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as N88705,
side no. 713, 06/46-10/58, stored as 39124, wfu
39125 (MSN 10535, Line No. DC266), ex USAAF 42-72430. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as N88724,
side no. 715, 08/46-10/51, stored as 39125, wfu
39126 (MSN 10536, Line No. DC267), ex USAAF 42-72431. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as N34070,
side no. 719, 09/46-06/51, stored as 39126, wfu
39127 (MSN 10542, Line No. DC273), ex USAAF 42-72437. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as N34045,
side no. 718, 09/46-10/51, stored as 39127 then converted to VC-54N (R5D-1Z) as 39127,
then converted to RC-54V as 39127 for the US Coast Guard, wfu
39128 (MSN 10492, Line No. DC223), ex USAAF 42-72387. To Eastern Airlines, Inc. as N54365,
side no. 720, 1946-1951, stored as 39128 wfu.
39137/39181 Douglas R5D-1
USAAF C-54As transferred to US Navy
I have 39122 being ex USAAF 42-72333. But this wasn't an R5D-1.
39137 (MSN 3065) ex USAAF 41-37275. To civil registry as N90861 (Santa Fe Skyways) , then PH-TEY "Limburg", PH-DBY (KLM),
F-OBMU and then 7T-VAU (Air Algerie). Crashed into mountainside in Sahara near Tamanrasset,
Algeria Apr 11, 1967. 35 of 39 onboard killed.
39138 (MSN 3066) ex USAAF 41-37276. To Dutch AF as NL306. To civil registry as PH-TAE (KLM).
W/o Nov 05. 1946
39139 (MSN 3076/DO18) ex USAAF 41-37285. Bought by Transocean Airlines in 1946 as
N79998. Crashed/ditched Aug 15, 1949 when ran out of fuel 15 km west of Lurga
Point, off the coast of Ireland. 8 of 58 onboard killed.
39140 (MSN 3077) ex USAAF 41-37286. To ZJC-54A at Edwards AFB. To civil registry as NC57777 (Veteran
Airways), VP-CBE, CY-ACB (Air Ceylon), VH-INY (Ansett Australia Airlines) , N5521V (Seven Seas
Airlines), HP-351 (Aeronaves de Panama), 5N-AFC (Pan African Airlines),VP-BCX (Carribean
Air Charters, ntu), N11117 (Aviation Facilities - Leased to Taino Air Services. Possibly
sold to Cambodia or CIA for operations in Cambodia.
39141 (MSN 3078) ex USAAF 41-37287. To NC86552 (Chamberlain Aircraft Engineering), to Philippines
Airlines and in early 1946 registered as PI-C108, returned to N86552, then to Air Asia/CAT
Aug 8, 1946 registered as B-1002, to Air America March 1959 same B-1002. Sold September 01, 1963 to
VIAT/AII Saigon (VIAT was the South Vietnamese front of the Agency) on lease purchase.
Leased to Air Vietnam. Scrapped
39142 (MSN 3089) ex USAAF 41-37298. To civil registry as NC79048 (Transocean
Air Lines), PI-C105 (Philippine Airlines), VT-CYK (Bharat Airways). Burnt out after force
landing at Comillah Dec 30, 1949. 7 killed.
39143 (MSN 3090) ex USAAF 41-37299. To civil registry as NC79999 (Seaboard World Airlines -
United States Overseas Airlines - Lsd to World Wide Airlines). Scrapped.
39144 (MSN 3096) ex USAAF 41-37305. Assigned to Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy. To civil
registry as N57661 (Santa Fe Skyways), PH-XEY then PH-TEX (KLM), F-BELM (Air France),
TS-APM (Leased until sold to Tunis Air), F-BRHQ (Air Fret - Air Djibouti), To Air Afrique as TT-DAA.
Crashed into ground 2.5 mi short of runway at Fort-Archambault, Chad Feb 28, 1971. Crew of 3 survived,
but aircraft was w/o.
39145 (MSN 3097/DO39) ex USAAF 41-37306. WFU and stored Mar 1946. Broken up
39146 (MSN 3103/DO45) ex USAAF 41-37312. WFU and stored Feb 1947. Broken up
39147 (MSN 3104) ex USAAF 41-37313. With VR-11, hit mountain during landing descent to Manila,
Philippines Nov 30, 1945. No fatalities.
39148 ex USAAF 41-37318 to R5D-1Z, later redesignated VC-54N
39149 ex USAAF 41-37319. To civil registry as NC79975 (United States Overseas Airlines),
XA-HEN (Guest Aerovias Mexico), C-FEDM (Curtiss Reid Flying Service), N79975 (United
States Overseas Airlines), EC-WPQ later EC-APQ (Iberia). Sold to Spantax. WFU.
39150 (MSN 7449/DO 57) ex USAAF 42-107430. To Commercial Airways
of the Philippines Jun 12, 1947 as PI-C260. Leased by US
Overseas Airlines Feb 1951 as N68736. Bought by US Overseas
Airlines May 2, 1953. Destroyed when crashed on the ice cap
near Nassarssauq, Greenland May 13, 1957. 2 of 3 onboard killed.
39151 (MSN 7450/DO 58) ex USAAF 42-107431. WFU and stored Feb 1947.
Broken up
39152 (MSN 10290/DC 21) ex USAAF 42-72185. To Peruvian International
Airways in 1947 as OB-SAD-173. Registered as N1476V in 1949.
Bought by Union Aeromaritime de Transport Jan 21, 1950 as F-BFGR.
Bought by Compagnie Autrex-Lopez-Loreta-Lebreton in 1952.
Crashed at Elsines, near Bordeaux-Merignac, France after engine
failure Feb 7, 1953. 6 of 22 onboard killed.
39153 (MSN 10291/DC 22) ex USAAF 42-72186. WFU and stored Dec 1946,
broken up
39154 (MSN 10292/DC 23) ex USAAF 42-72187. To civil registry as N49537 with
Pacific Overseas Airlines in 1948. To Union Aeromaritime
de Transport Dec 29, 1951 as F-BFVT. DBR in landing at
Fort Lamy, Tchad Jun 3, 1955.
39155 (MSN 10293/DC 24) ex USAAF 42-72188. WFU and stored Mar 1947.
Broken up.
39156 (MSN 10294/DC 25) ex USAAF 42-72189. Sold to Transportes Aereos
Benianos in 1964 as CP-747. Fate uncertain
39157 ex USAAF 42-72190
39158 ex USAAF 42-72191. To Pan American Airways as N88714 *Clipper Golden West*, later *Clipper
Red Rover*
39159 (MSN 10297) ex USAAF 42-72192. By 1956 was N88706 of
Northwest Airlines.
39160 (MSN 10304/DC35) ex USAAF 42-72199. WFU and stored Feb 1947. Broken up
39161 (MSN 10305/DC36) ex USAAF 42-72200. WFU and stored Mar 1947. Broken up
39162 (MSN 10306/DC37) ex USAAF 42-72201. Bought by Pennsylvania Central
Airlines in 1946 and registered N53487. Became Capital Airlines Apr 21,
1948. Plane named "Capitaliner Canton 429. Bought by T. D. Keegan
Ltd Dec 1, 1960 and registered G-ARIC. Transferred to Trans World
Leasing Ltd Jan 1961. Bought by Field Aircraft Services Jun 24, 1961.
Leased by World Wide Aviation Ltd Jun 22, 1971, returnedNov 1, 1961.
Bought by Congolese AF Apr 1969, registered 9O-RIC, reserialed 9Q-RIC
Damaged on the ground by another C-54 9Q-PCW (ex 42-72194) N'Dolo, Leopoldville
Jun 1964. WFU and stored 1966.
39163 ex USAAF 42-72202 (MSN 10307) by 1955 was ZS-BWN "Swartberg"
of South African Airways. To F-BJHG with UAT Union Aeromaritime de Transport, To TU-TBJ with Air Afrique.
Noted with Chad AF as 10307 then as TT-EAF with Air Tchad. Noted dumped at N'Djamena in Aug 2011.
39164 ex USAAF 42-72203 (MSN 10308) by 1955 was N4269 "Skycruiser
New York" of Colonial Airlines
39165 (MSN 10318/DC49) ex USAAF 42-72213. To WAA in 1946. Registered N34565.
Transferred to US Department of Commerce in 1946 as N5288N.
Leased by Transocean Airlines Aug 1, 1952. Subleased by Airwork
Ltd Mar 1955, returned to Transocean Dec 1955. Returned to US
Department of Commerce 1957. Transferred to CAA Oct 4, 1957,
reregistered to FAA. Bought by International Air Freighters
in 1958 and registered as CF-NWM. Bought by Cubana in 1958
and registered CU-T-785. WFU and stored 1962.
39166 ex USAAF 42-72214. To Pan American Airways as N88931 *Clipper Quickstep* in 1947.
To Cubana de Avacion in 1949 as CU-T397. Crashed on takeoff Dec 6, 1952, Bermuda.
39167 (MSN 10320) ex USAAF 42-72215. By 1956 was N48762 of
Northwest Airlines
39168 (MSN 10321/DC52) ex USAAF 42-72216. WFU and stored Jul 1947. Broken up
39169 (MSN 10322/DC53) ex USAAF 42-72217. Bought by Cruzeiro do Sul
Nov 4, 1946 named "Canopus" registered PP-CCJ. Bought by
Atlas Tire Company Jun 15, 1948 named "Sky Merchant" registered
N37734. Bought by California Eastern Airlines Mar 3, 1953
registered N229A. W/o Mar 27, 1953 when ditched in Pacific
Ocean off San Francisco at night due to engine failure. Aircraft stayed
afloat for 5 1/2 hours. All 4 onboard survived.
39170 (MSN 10323) ex-USAAF 42-72218. to Pan American Airways as N88932 *Clipper Matchless* 1947-1951.
Then CF-CUK, N9940F, EP-ADJ. Became KA-ADJ with Katanga rebels Nov 1962.
39171 (MSN 10324/DC55) ex-USAAF 42-72219. Bought by Pacific Overseas
Airlines in 1946 as N49524. Bought by Guest Aerovias Mexico
Oct 13, 1948 as XA-HEG. Leased by Qantas Oct 31, 1955, returned
to Guest Aerovias Mexico May 1, 1956. Destroyed in crash landing
after an inflight fire 13 km NNW of Puerto Somoza, Nicaragua
Nov 15, 1956. 25 killed.
39172 (MSN 10325) ex USAAF 42-72220. By 1956 was N49529 of Northwest Airlines
39173 ex USAAF 42-72221. Sold on civilian market as N49539, OO-CBS, to Belgian
AF as KX-1, radio call sign OT-CWU. The project to convert the fuselage into a bar at the Chantilly restaurant was
abandoned having failed to obtain the necessary permits. Scrapped at Torhut, Belgium May 1984
39174 ex USAAF 42-72222 (MSN 10327). To Pan American Airways as N88933 *Clipper Winged Racer*.
Sold to Canadian Pacific Airlines as CF-CPC in 1951. Disappeared near
Sitka, AK on flight from Vancouver, BC to Anchorage, AK enroute to Tokyo.
6 crew and 31 passengers lost. No trace ever found.
39175 ex-USAAF 42-72232. To civil registry as N49288, AP-ADL, N49288, HZ-AG, G-ASPN, ZS-IRE,
A2-ZGU, 9Q-CBP. Was still flying, but now reported as reregistered 9Q-CWP and WFU.
Was seen at Kinshasa, Congo stored after an uncontained engine fire.
39176 ex-USAAF 42-72236. To F-BFGQ. To Peruvian International Airways as OB-SAC-172. Sold and re-registered
N1475V.
39177 (MSN 10342, line no. DC 73) ex USAAF 42-72237. To Pennsylvania
Central Airlines in 1946 as N91068. Destroyed after engine caught
fire and fell off while landing at Washington National Airport
Sep 12, 1946.
39178 (MSN 10343) ex-USAAF 42-72238. To civil registry as OB-SAB-71, F-BFGP, TU-TBK (Air Afrique),
and 5T-CJR (air Mauritanie). Later re-registered N1474V Nov 1949, cancelled Feb 1950.
39179 (MSN 7476/DO84) ex USAAF 42-107457. To Colonial Airways as 'Skycruiser
America" N93267 May 29, 1947. Merged with Eastern Airlines. To PSA in Jun 1956,
to Mercer Enterprises in 1961, to Arctic Coop Federation of Canada Dec 1969 as CF-QIX then
C-FQIX in 1970 when bought by Air Commonwealth. WFU and stored at Winnipeg, Canada.
Bought by Aero Trades Western in early 1979 then DBR Jun 1, 1979 at Thompson, Manitoba
when an engine caught fire after takeoff. Plane landed with engine still on fire and plane was
consumed by fire.
39180 (MSN 7477/DO85) ex USAAF 42-107458. Report that it hit top of Mt Tengo and crashed into
gorge 7.5 mi SW of Agana Airfield, Guam Sept 30, 1945. 7 killed.
39181 (MSN 10344) ex USAAF 42-72239. To civil registry as N67566 with NASA
Goddard Jan 1962. Never had a NASA number. Departed Feb 1965. To
TJ-ABM (Cameroon Airlines, wfu)
39182/39191 Timm N2T-1 Tutor
Timm Aircraft Corporation PT-175K variant of the S-160 developed for the US Navy designated N2T-1. The Timm PT-175K was
constructed using a plastic bonded plywood, known as Aeromold.
39192/39291 Beech SNB-2 Navigator
39194 (MSN 4213) at Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Australia. Was ex VH-BJJ and VH-CLG
39195 (MSN 4214) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ for parts.
39196 (MSN 4215) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated RC-45J in 1962.
To civil registry as N9196. to Kenosha Technical Institute, renamed Jul 1971 as Gateway Technical
College, Janesville-Rock County Airport, Janesville, WI. Sale reported Sep 24, 1981.
Still active with private owner.
39197 (MSN 4216) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated RC-45J in 1962. To N5877
39202 (MSN 4231) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated RC-45J in 1962. To MASDC as 1C235 May 9, 1970.
To N40080.
39203 (MSN 4232) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-5 c1949, as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962.
To Pima Air Museum, Tucson, AZ, probably used for parts only.
39206 (MSN 4290) possibly hit by AAA and crashed July 8, 1952,
2 parachutes observed.
39208 (MSN 4292) remanufactured to SNB-5 c1954 (new MSN N-637). Redesignated TC-45J Sep 18, 1963 then UC-45J Oct 14, 1964.
To MASDC storage. SOC Apr 30, 1968. To N3484 with Atlanta Area Technical School
39213 ex USAAF 41-9577 (MSN 9577). Remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. Converted to
UC-45J. WFU. To N6953C as 41-9577, cancelled Jul 6, 2012. On display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona,
on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
39217 (MSN 4333) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5P c1954. Redesignated RC-45J in 1962. To N98119
39219 (MSN 4335) converted to SNB-1P with vertical cameras. remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated
UC-45J in 1962. To civil registry as N3483. To Texas Air Museum, Slaton, Texas
39224 (MSN 4643) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N90283.
39226 (MSN 4645) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated TC-45J in 1962. To civil registry as
N3765. Rebuilt as Hamilton HA-1 Turbonliner at Tucson in 1969. To civil registry as HB-GEG, N29471
and ZS-PRA. As Beech Volpar Turboliner II ZS-PRA MSN 4645 w/o Sep 22, 1972 when crashed at Tembisa
township near Johannesburg-Jan Smuts.
39228 (MSN 4647) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To civil registry as N6481S
39230 (MSN 4649) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To civil registry as N9234.
39231 (MSN 4650) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-5, then SNB-5P c1954. Redesignated RC-45J in 1962. To N231PH with
US Department of Public Health. To US Department of Agriculture in aphid and screw worm eradication program.
Noted in USDA storage in 1979.
39233 (MSN 4652) converted to SNB-2P. Remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To Hamilton Aircraft Co of Tucson, AZ
for parts. Noted in Hamilton storage in 1971.
39235 (MSN 4654) remamufactured by Beech as JRB-5 c1948, SNB-5 c1954. To Hamilton Aircraft Co of Tucson, AZ for
parts. Noted in 1973 in Hamilton storage compound
39236 failed to return Apr 23, 1943 from a night navigational flight over the Gulf of Mexico. 6 crew members
lost.
39246 (MSN 4705) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N2207S
39247 (MSN 4706) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ for parts.
39250 (MSN 4709) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N90269
39255 (MSN 4734) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6, SNB-5 c1954. To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ for parts. Noted
1972 in Hamilton compound
39256 (MSN 4735) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To Allied Aircraft Inc,
Tucson, AZ in 1973. Noted derelict there in 1976.
39257 (MSN 4736) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To Hamilton Aircraft Co,
Tucson, AZ for parts in 1968. Noted derelict in Hamilton compound in 1973.
39258 (MSN 4737) converted to SNB-2P, remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5P c1954. Redesignated RC-45J in 1962.
To civil registry as N40072
39261 (MSN 4740) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ for parts. Seen
derelict on Hamilton ramp Sep 10, 1976.
39262 (MSN 4741) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ for parts. Noted
derelict at Tucson in 1972.
39265 (MSN 4784) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To civil registry as N49265.
Seen displayed at Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage-Lake Hood 2005-2006. Seen at Southern Arizona
Warbirds Museum, Avra Valley, Arizona Aug 2012.
39266 (MSN 47885) converted to SNB-2), remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962.
To civil registry as N40081. On display at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana since 1993, painted as 447266
39274 (MSN 5447) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-4, SNB-5 c 1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To N19000.
39275 (MSN 5448) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To MASDC as IC246 Nov 20, 1970.
To N40082 with US Department of Agriculture.
39278 (MSN 5491) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-5, SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To Allied Aircraft,
Tucson, AZ by 1976. Noted in Allied yard Sep 10, 1976.
39281 (MSN 5494) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-3, SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. Transferred to
US Army as 39281. To MASDC as ZA040 May 7, 1975. To N67252
39282 (MSN 5495) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-5, SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated TC-45J in 1962. To civil registry
as N4847. Rebuilt as Hamilton Turboliner. Later N82FA, N704M. Crashed during landing at Kansas City,
MO Dec 5, 1983.
39292/39491 Budd RB-1 Conestoga
39292/39308 MSN 001/017. Edward G Budd Manufacturing Company
US Navy Aircraft states that 26 were built of which 17 were delivered Mar44. Did not enter service but were
used as utility aircraft, being retired early 1945. The extant RB-1s were then transferred to the
War Assets Administration (WAA) to be sold as war surplus. In 1945, the WAA sold 12 Conestogas to
the National Skyway Freight Corporation. The new company, founded by members of the AVG Flying Tigers,
immediately sold four RB-1 aircraft to other buyers, which paid for the entire WAA contract
39292 (MSN 001) sold to NSF Jul 1945, to civil registry as NX41810, later NC41810. Crashed in Fort Worth,
Texas enroute to California. Sold for $500 as a hamburger stand
39293 (MSN 002) received temporary civil registry as NX37097. Registered NC37097 to Edward G Budd
Manufacturing Company, Feb 9, 1944, . Damaged beyond repair at Patuxent in takeoff crash Apr 13, 1944
during NATC trials. One killed, 6 injured, one uninjured. Registration cancelled Sep 17, 1948
39294 (MSN 003) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45347. Crashed in blizzard at Bluefield, Virgnia
onto a golf course Jan 1, 1946.
39295 (MSN 004) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45348. Sold to user in Cuba
39296 (MSN 005) made belly landing on wet grass Aug 7, 1944. Minor injuries and repaired.
Made water landing in Chesapeake Bay when engines cut out Aug 30, 1944 and was SOC.
39297 (MSN 006) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC43549. To Shell Ecuador as HC-SBE Jul 1945.
Damaged beyond repair at Shell Mera May 15, 1946 in forced landing. Used as local bar.
39298 (MSN 007) to civil registry as NC41805.
39299 (MSN 008) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45350. To Shell Ecuador as HC-SBF Jul 1945.
WFU Jul 23, 1946 due to wing fatigue problems.
39300 (MSN 009) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45351. To Shell Ecuador as HC-SBG (or SBH) Jul
1945. WFU Oct 1946 due to wing fatigue problems.
39301 (MSN 010) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45352. To Shell Ecuador as HC-SBH (or SBG) Jul
1945. WFU Aug 26, 1946 due to wing fatigue problems.
39302 (MSN 011) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45353. Crashed near Alameda, New Mexico Nov 7, 1945.
Pilot and copilot killed and flight mechanic severely injured.
39303 (MSN 012) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45354. National Skyway became the Flying Tiger line
in 1947. Sold to Tucker Motor Company to transport their car around the country for auto shows.
Tucker went bankrupt Apr 19, 1949 and plane was sold. Used to fly shrimp in from Mexico. Last seen
abandoned in 1980 at an airfield in Oakland, California.
39304 (MSN 013) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45355. To Expreso Aero Int of Havana as CU-C413,
then to Trans Air Hawaii, LTD as N5618V. May have not been taken up. Revoked Jan 14, 1977,
Cancelled Nov 13, 2012. Current status unknown.
39305 (MSN 014) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45356. National Skyway became the Flying Tiger line
in 1947. May have been the aircraft damaged on landing at Los Angeles IAP and donated to the airport
fire department.
39306 (MSN 015) to National Skyway Freight Corp as NC45357. May have been the aircraft that crashed into
a Detroit, Michigan graveyard Aug 25, 1945.
39307 (MSN 016) sold on civilian market as NC33308 less than 6 months after
construction. Flown in Mexico for many years as XB-QUZ.
Seized in mid-1960s by US government for smuggling. Sat
at Douglas, Arizona for many years before being sold at auction.
Plane donated by the purchaser to Pima Air and Space Museum,
Tucson, AZ. Now awaiting restoration.
39308 (MSN 017) to civil registry as NC33330 to Flying Tiger Line Inc Jul 5, 1945. Sold to Aerovisa Azteca in 1945.
N33330 cancelled May 22, 1965
39309/39491 cancelled
39318/39368 Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune
39318/39326 Model 026-52-02. 39327/38368 Model 126-52-02
39320 converted during construction as prototype anti-submarine version P2V-2S, Model 226-52-03
39323 damaged Jan 21, 1949 at Roosevelt Road, Puerto Rico. Nosewheel collapsed
39325 w/o 4/23/48 ditched off NAS Quonset Point, RI due to fuel exhaustion.
39333 (VP-1) crashed Nov 24, 1948 in British Columbia. Wreckage located 10/16/61. 9 killed.
39334 (VP-4) damaged by errant 20-mm cannon round during gunnery practice May 24, 1950.200 Mi SW off
Cape Flattery, WA
39340 (VP-4) w/o 11/27/50 during training flight off NAS Barbers Point, HI after right wing separated. 5 killed.
39342 damaged May 8, 1951 when overshot and ground looped at NAS Kwajlein
39343 used by US Marine Corps for airborne electronics aircrew training
39351 (VP-812) overshot runway at NAS Kodiak, AK 5/19/51
39353 w/o 6/21/48 NAS Whidbey Island, Wa due to midair fire and wheels-up landing
39357 (VP-16) ditched Feb 27, 1953 in transit Bermuda to Lajes when engine failed
39359 (VP-4) damaged during air to air gunnery practice Jun 7, 1952.
39365 used by US Marine corps for airborne electronics aircrew training
39369/39468 Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune
Cancelled contract. Model 026-52-02
39492/39611 Curtiss R5C-1 Commando
C-46As diverted to USMC from USAAF
39492 (MSN 26429/CU69, ex USAAF 41-12302) stalled and crashed on landing NAS Anacostia DC;
Bolling Field, DC Mar 24, 1943. 4 killed.
39493 (MSN 26430/CU70, ex USAAF 41-12303)
39494 may be ex 41-12336 (MSN 26463/CU103)
39495 may be ex 41-12337 (MSN 26464/CU104)
39496 may be ex 41-12341 (MSN 26468/CU108). WFU and stored. Lineas Aereas Interpolar bought
the plane Jul 1957, registered as CC-CIB-504, named El Roto Gallo, Bought by
Alfa Chile in 1964. WFU and stored Santiago, Chile
39497 (MSN 26469/CU109, ex USAAF 41-12342) w/o Feb 5, 1944, Pacific
39498 (ex 41-12346, MSN 27473) to civil registry as N4084A with L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp,
then to Transair, Torair, Fairline, Eurosa AB as SE-CFE, then to Coge Air, later Congo Frigo
as 9Q-CZE.
39499 (ex 41-12347, MSN 26474) WFU and stored 1946
39500 (ex 41-12348, MSN 26475) WFU and stored 1946.
39501 w/o Apr 3, 1944, Pacific.
39502 (MSN 26496/CU136, ex USAAF 41-12369) to Air Haiti as HH-AHA
39503 may be ex 41-12370 (MSN 26497/CU137). WFU and stored 1947
39504 crashed south of Los Angeles Feb 2, 1945. 8 killed. May be ex 41-12371 (MSN 26498/CU138)
39507 (MSN 26593/CU233, ex USAAF 41-24672) was operated as a Blue Angels support aircraft in 1953. To N4086A.
Later to HB-AAF and then beck to N4086A. Then registered as N9900Z for the remainder of its career.
In 1969 was converted to C-47R Super 46C. Scrapped Ca 1982.
39509 (MSN 26656/CU296, ex USAAF 41-24735). Bought by Marco Insustries Feb 1957 registered as N4087A.
Transportes Aéreos Peruanos (TAPSA) bought Jan 1958, registered OB-WAX-487, rereg. Jun 9, 1958 as OB-QAL-487.
DBR at Moyabamba, Peru whilst landing overran the runway and struck a radio mast Jan 4, 1959.
39510 (MSN 26657/CU297, ex USAAF 41-24736)
39511 (MSN 26658/CU298, ex USAAF 41-24737) to N4089A of Marco
Industries, Inc Feb 1957. Bought by L. B. Smith Aircraft Sep
1958, then to LAPSA as ZP-CAP. Bought by M. T. Reina de
Biagiola Mar 11, 1966. Bought by Germa Inc Oct 5, 1966,
named "Chandico". Crashed Olavo Pato, San Juan, Argentina
Dec 6, 1966
39512 (MSN 26712/CU352, ex USAAF 42-3579, VMR-153) crashed SW of Kiangwan Airfield, Shanghai,
China Apr 23, 1945. No fatalities.
39516 (MSN 26683/CU323, ex USAAF 41-24762) to L. B. Smith Aircraft
Corp Jun 1958 as N4090A. Converted to Super 46C. Bought by
Transcontinental SA Dec 1958. Registered LV-PLX, reregistered
Jan 13, 1959 as LV-FTX. Leased to Austral (Compania Argentina de
Transportes Aeros Saci of Buenos Aires) Dec 22, 1961. Bought by
TAM Bolivia in 1964. Registered TAM-60 with Transportes
Aereos Militares Ecuatorianos. Crashed into Cunaticuta
Mountains, La Paz, Bolivia Feb 17, 1971. All 12 onboard killed.
39517 (MSN 26684/CU324, ex USAAF 41-24763) to L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp
as N46Q Jun 1958. Bought by Associated Air Transport later
in 1958. Crashed short of runway at McGuire AFB, NJ
Feb 13, 1960. All 57 onboard OK.
39518 may be ex 41-24764 (MSN 26685/CU325). Need confirmation
39519 may be ex 41-24765 (MSN 26686/CE326). Need confirmation
39520 (MSN 26709/CU349, ex USAAF 42-3576) to USN Dec 13, 1943. To L. B. Smith
Aircraft Corp in 1957, registered as N4094A. Converted to Super
C-46C. In 1958 to Transportes Aereos Peruanos (TAPSA) and registered
as OB-WAY-488, reregistered as OB-QAM-488 Jun 9, 1958. Crashed on takeoff
at Cuzco, Peru May 8, 1959.
39521 (MSN 26688/CU328, ex 42-24767)
39522 (MSN 26687/CU327, ex 41-24766)
39523 (MSN 26710/CU350, ex USAAF 42-3577) assigned to USMC. Damaged McGuire AFB Aug 06, 1958,
repaired, sold to L.B.Smith Aircraft Corp. as N4095A. Converted to CW-20T
Super 46C. In 1959 sold to Associated Air Transport of Miami, FL
and registered as N46X. Damaged Aug 6, 1958 when it overran an
embankment while landing at Cheyenne, WY. Repaired and sold to
Modern Air Transport of Trenton, NJ in 1960. Sold in Mar 1961 to
Transair Sweden AB as SE-CFG. Leased to United Nations Dec 13, 1964
and used to provide contract transport for the UN in the Belgian
Congo. Damaged in heavy landing at Bunia, Belgian Congo when the left
main landing gear struck a sand ridge 100 feet short of the runway
threshold. Found to be beyond repair at Stanleyville, Congo Mar 06, 1966. Sold for scrap.
Believed to be the aircraft operated by WIGMO, a CIA front company, registered 9T-PLJ.
Crashed Apr 16, 1969 on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. The pilot reported a landing
gear malfunction shortly after takeoff from Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) on a flight to
Kananga (KGA). The airplane crashed into River Congo while attempting to return.
Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45. The flight was a scheduled run by one of four C-46 planes
operated by Liechtenstein-registered company WIGMO (Western International Ground Maintenance
Organization). The CIA-backed company maintained aircraft for the Congolese Air Force and provided transport.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that WIGMO bought the airplane from Transair Sweden in 1966. Registered
SE-CFG the airplane had been withdrawn from use following an accident on March 6, 1966 when the C-46
suffered structural damage following a landing accident at Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
39524 (MSN 26711/CU351, ex USAAF 42-3578) to N9070R (L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp)
39525 (ex USAAF 42-3579) SOC Feb 8, 1945.
39526 (ex USAAF 42-3580) to N4096A (L.B.Smith Aircarft Corp.), SE-CFD (Transair, Torair,
Fairline), 9Q-CRP.
39527 (MSN 26714/CU354, ex USAAF 42-3581) to Sociedad Aeronautica Medellin as HK-520. To Taxi Aereo
Opita/Aerolineas Tao 1964. W/o at Aracuara Oct 17, 1964.
39528 (MSN 26715/CU355, ex USAAF 42-3582, VMR-152) crashed into South Tahoma Glacier on Mt. Rainier, WA in bad
weather Dec 10, 1946 while in route from San Diego, California to NAS Sand Point, Seattle, Washington.
Wreckage not found until July 1947. 32 killed. Wreckage and bodies are still there as recovery was deemed
to be too risky. There were all sorts of rumors about this crash in the UFO community.
39529 (MSN 26716/CU356, ex USAAF 42-3583) to L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp as N4097A in 1959.
Purchased by Aeromar Airlines in 1970 and registered as HI-197. WFU and stored
at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Bought by Jet Engine Support, Inc
Sep 1974. Bouthby Alas de Caribe Jun 1977. Crashed after landing short
at Rio Hacha, Colombia on a smuggling flight in 1980
39530 (MSN 26717/CU357, ex USAAF 42-3584) SOC Jan 31, 1947
39531 (MSN 26718/CU358, ex USAAF 42-3585) WFU and stored at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ Jun 1946.
Airmotive Supplies ferried it as N9595Z to Panama where it was sold
to Aerovias de Panama SA, where it was registered as HP-358 when bought
Mar 19, 1963. Next registered as AN-ATA with LANICA (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua)
who bought it later in 1963. WFU and stored at Managua, Nicaragua.
39532 (MSN 26719/CU359, ex USAAF 42-3586) SOC Jun 30, 1947
39533 (MSN 26720/CU360, ex USAAF 42-3587) SOC Nov 30, 1947
39534 (ex USAAF 42-3618) wfu and stored 1957.
39535 (ex USAAF 42-3620, VMR-153) ditched with VMR-153 3 miles w of MCAF Tsingtao,
China Apr 30, 1948. Submerged 9 hours before recovered.
39536 (may be ex USAAF 42-3621) struck while parked at NAS San Diego Aug 23, 1945
by TBM-3 25266 which had suffered loss of power during landing approach.
Both aircraft destroyed by fire but all occupants escaped unhurt.
39537 (may be ex USAAF 42-3622) to N9070 then to Nicaragua as AN-BGU
39538 (ex USAAF 42-3619) to N4099A
39539 (ex USAAF 42-3624) SOC Jan 31, 1947
39540 (ex 42-3625, MSN 26758/CU398) to N10435 (American Airmotive Corp., Miami Airlines,
Imperial Airlines, Trans Atlantic Airlines, leased to United Nations),
N10200 (back to American Airmotive Corp., then Boreas Corp.), YV-C-TAN (Taxis
Aereos Nacionales), N11640 (TANCA)
39541 (ex 42-3626, MSN 26759/CU399) to N33623, PP-CDP, PP-AKE
(R.E.A.L., then Varig and last ASL Arruda & Comercio)
To N9514C, then to Servicios Aereos Especiales SA
(SAESA) registered as XA-PEX, then to Westernair of
Albuquerque, Inc (Aircraft Sales) of NM registered as
N11807.
39542 (ex 42-3667, MSN 26800/CU440) to N4083A, N711Q. To LV-GGM, then PP-AKG (R.E.A.L. then Varig)
39543 (ex 42-3597, MSN 26730/CU370) to N10432, YV-C-LBJ (LEBECA), YV-C-TGE (Tigres Voladores...which means Flying
Tigers!)
39544 (ex 42-96659, MSN 30321/CU857) SOC Nov 30, 1946
39545 (ex 42-96660, MSN 30322/CU858) SOC Jan 31, 1947
39546 (ex 42-96661, MSN 30323/CU859) to N3943A
39547 (ex 42-96662, MSN 30324/CU860) SOC Oct 31, 1946
39548 (ex 42-96663, MSN 30325/CU861) to N7758B Aaxico Airlines, to LV-PEV (ferry registration) and
then LV-GEB.
39549 (ex 42-96664, MSN 30326/CU862) SOC Dec 31, 1946
39550 (ex 42-96665, MSN 30327/CU863, VMR-153) force landed in mud flats in China Apr 5, 1948.
39551 (ex 42-96666, MSN 30328/CU864)
39552 (ex 42-96667, MSN 30329/CU865)
39553 (ex 42-96668, MSN 30330/CU866)
39554 (ex 42-96769, MSN 30431/CU967)
39555 (ex 42-96770, MSN 30432/CU968)
39556 (ex 42-96771, MSN 30433/CU969)
39557 (ex 42-96772, MSN 30434/CU970)
39558 (ex 42-96773, MSN 30435/CU971)
39559 (ex 42-96774, MSN 30436/CU972)
39560 (ex 42-96775, MSN 30437/CU973)
39561 (ex 42-96776, MSN 30438/CU974, MTS-252) ditched 5 miles west of North Field,
Guam after takeoff Jul 4, 1945.
39562 (ex 42-96777, MSN 30452/CU988)
39563 (ex 42-96778, MSN 30440/CU976)
39564 (ex 42-101044). To civilian registry as N13500. Sold to Transportes Aereos Nacionales de
Honduras as HR-TND. Sold to APSA of Peru as OB-R-829. Sold to Inair Panama as
HP-483. Scrapped at Tocumen.
39565 (ex 42-96820, MSN 30482/CU1018). To Lineas Aerea Interpolar as CC-CIA-497. Crashed into 10,000 foot
mountain near Moro, Chile May 21, 1959. 4 crew and 4 passengers killed.
39566 (ex 42-101084, MSN 30539/CU1075, VMR-252) lost both engines during landing approach
to Tinker AFB, OK and force landed off end of
runway Aug 4, 1950.
39567 (ex 42-101059, MSN 30514/CU1050) to N7759B Aaxico Airlines, to LV-PEU
39568 (ex 42-101061, MSN 30516/CU1052) WFU and stored Sep 1946.
39569 (ex 42-101099, MSN 30554/CU1090) to Paraguay Air Services as ZP-CBM. Ditched in sea off Aracruz, ES, Brazil.
Dec 22, 1957.
39570 (ex 42-101056, MSN 30511/CU1047)
39571 (ex 42-101070)
39572 (ex 42-101076, MSN 30531/CU1067)
39573 (ex 42-101077, MSN 30532/CU1068). To N10427 Trans Artic Air (AK), then to Seaboard and Western
on Apr 1961 until sold May 1971. On February 21, 1973 as N10427 for
Joanne Fashions, some time after leaving Barranquilla, the no.1 engine malfunctioned,
so the crew had to divert to Barrancabermeja, Colombia with a feathered prop. While
turning to finals, the aircraft crashed and caught fire about 3km short of runway 03. PROBABLE
CAUSE: Sharp turn to the side of the dead engine caused the overloaded
aircraft to lose speed and lose control. 2 crew fatal.
39575 (ex 42-101100, MSN 30555/CU1091)
39576 (ex 42-101105, MSN 30560/CU1096)
39577 (ex 42-101088, MSN 30543/CU1079) to N7760B Aaxico Airlines in
1956, to Navegacao Aerea Brasileira May 2, 1959 as PP-NMC.
VASP managed Feb 1962. WFU and stored Santos Dumont, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil Apr 1965. Broken up in 1969.
39578 (ex 42-101104, MSN 30559/CU1095)
39579 (ex 42-101085, MSN 30540/CU1076, VMR-353) undershot landing at Tinian Jan 7, 1946.
39580 (ex 42-101069, MSN 30524/CU1060) w/o May 24, 1945, Saipan
39581 (ex 42-101097, MSN 30552/CU1088)
39582 (ex 42-101086, MSN 30541/CU1077)
39583 (ex 40-96813, MSN 30475/CU1011)
39584 (ex 43-47008, MSN 79/CK56). WFU and stored Mar 1945
39585 (ex 43-47009, MSN 80/CK57). Engine caught fire and lost wing near Palmer, MA
Jul 10, 1946. 7 bailed out OK.
39586 (ex 43-47010, MSN 81/CK58). WFU and stored Jan 1947
39587 (ex USAAF 43-47011, MSN 82/CK59). WFU and stored. In 1961 to civil registry as N4158A.
Sold Aug 1962 to Aerovias Internacional Balboa as HP-344. Sold in 1968
to AFISA. Sold in 1970 to Aeromar Airlines as HI-158.
WFU and stored in 1976
39588 (ex USAAF 43-47012, MSN 83/CK60). WFU and stored. To L. B. Smith Aircraft in 1956
as N4159A. Jun 1957 sold to Aviation Equipment Export.
To Aeronorte Jul 1, 1957 as PP-NBM. Aug 12, 1957 to
Navegacao Aerea Brasileira as PP-NAP. Leased to Brasil
Agripeco Importadora Nov 12, 1957. Returned to Navegacao
Aerea Brasileira Nov 12, 1958. Managed by VASP Feb 1962.
Sold to SAVA Jun 17, 1968. WFU and stored Manaus, Brazil
Aug 1973.
39589 (ex USAAF 43-47013, MSN 84/CK61). WFU and stored. In 1961 to L. B.
Smith Aircraft as N4163A. Sold Aug 25, 1962 to Aerovias
Boliviana Interandina as CP-712. To Aero Taxis Orientales
Apr 1963. Crashed May 2, 1967, Incahuara, Bolivia.
39590 (ex USAAF 43-47014, MSN 85/CK62). WFU and stored at MASDC.
Sold less engines.
39591 (ex USAAF 43-47015, MSN 86/CK63). WFU and stored. To L. B. Smith
in 1956 as N4164A. Converted to CW-20T. To Transair Sweden
AB Jul 1957 as SE-CFC. Leased to United Nations Dec 30, 1960.
Returned to Transair Sweden AB Oct 18, 1961. Leased to United
Nations Feb 2, 1962, returned to Transair Jun 28, 1963. Leased
to Transair Congo Jan 17, 1964. Transferred to United Nations
Apr 15, 1964. Returned to Transair Dec 1965. Sold to
Paraense Transportes Aereos May 1967 as PP-BUA. Sold to
Fairchild Hiller Corp Jun 4, 1969. Sold to International
Export and Import Jun 11, 1969 as N9020. Seized by US
Customs Service Feb 1971. Sold to Transaereos Frimo
as CP-960. Transferred to Frigorificos Movima
Jan 1972. WFU Oct 1977 and stored at La Paz, Bolivia.
39592 (ex USAAF 43-47016, MSN 87/CK64). (MTS-252) force landed at Hishi-no-Shima Nov 19, 1945.
39593 (ex USAAF 43-47017, MSN 88/CK65). WFU and stored Apr 1947
39594 (ex USAAF 43-47020, MSN 91/CK68). Returned to USAF May 2, 1948.
39595 (ex USAAF 43-47021, MSN 92/CK69). WFU and stored at uncertain date.
39596 (ex USAAF 43-47022, MSN 94/CK71). W/o Jun 27, 1945 Ulithi, Pacific
39597 (ex USAAF 43-47033, MSN 104/CK81). WFU and stored May 1957
39598 (ex USAAF 43-47025, MSN 96/CK73). WFU and stored Jan 1947
39599 (ex USAAF 43-47026, MSN 97/CK74). WFU and stored Jul 1947. To B-1507, to Air America as CA-2 Apr 1972,
to B-1507 again ?
39600 (ex USAAF 43-47027, MSN 98/CK75). WFU and stored. To L. B. Smith
Aircraft as N4165A and converted to CW-20T. Sold to Transair Sweden
AB Jul 1957 as SE-CFB. Leased to United Nations Sep 22, 1961.
DBR while landing at Albertville, Belgian Congo Jun 8, 1962
39601 (ex USAAF 43-47028, MSN 99/CK76). WFU and stored Jul 1947
39602 (ex USAAF 43-47029, MSN 100/CK77). WFU and stored
Litchfield Park, AZ Jan 1957
39603 (ex USAAF 43-47030, MSN 101/CK78). WFU and stored. To civil
registry in 1955 as N7866B. Sold to Aerovias Pancontinental
Jul 1956 as LV-PAZ. Reregistered as LV-FLF Aug 22, 1956.
sold later in 1956 to Aerovias Buenos Aires. Sold 1968 to Alas
del Caribe as HI-189. Sold 1973 to Aeromar Airlines. WFU
and stored Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Later in 1973
sold to Canaan Amin. DBR Aug 31, 1979 by Hurricane David at
Santo Domingo.
39604 (ex USAAF 43-47040, MSN 111/CK88) returned to USAF at Hawaii May 21, 1948, but returned to Navy May 26, 1948
39605 (ex USAAF 43-47041, MSN 112/CK89). Registered as HK-63 and operated by Lineas Aerea
Transalantica Colombia (LATCO). W/o Mar 22, 1949 in a ground
accident at Barranquilla-E Cortissoz Airport, Colombia.
39606 (ex USAAF 43-47042, MSN 113/CK90)
39607 (ex USAAF 43-47043, MSN 114/CK91) SOC Guam May 24, 1945.
39608 (ex USAAF 43-47044, MSN 115/CK92) w/o May 24, 1945, Okinawa
39609 (ex USAAF 43-47045, MSN 116/CK93)
39610 (ex USAAF 43-47046, MSN 117/CK94)
39611 (ex USAAF 43-47047, MSN 118/CK95) 1/17/44: TOS USMC and assigned to Headquarters
Squadron (HEDRON), Marine Air Group 35 (MAG-35.
6/46: Marine Transport Squadron 253 (VMR-253), MCAS Miramar, CA
10/46: Aircraft Pool, MCAS Miramar
1947: Aircraft overhauled, transferred to Aircraft Pool, MCAS Cherry Point, NC
Unknown date: Aircraft Pool, NAS Columbus, OH
1948: Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL
6/56: Riddle Airlines, Miami, FL with c/r N10426
6/56: Leased to American Air Export and Import Company (AAXICO), Miami, FL
1963: Leased to Argonaut Airways, FL
7/64: Zantop Air Transport, Ypsilanti, MI, with c/r N10426
9/66 to 3/68: Universal Airlines, Ypsilanti, MI
Ca,1968: Ortner Air Service, OH
1977: Broken up/scrapped in Ohio.
The plane marked as 39611 on display at the Naval Aviation Museum is actually 43-47350.
39612/39646 Lockheed R5O-6
Model 18 Lodestar aircraft produced as paratroop transports in midst of a batch of C-60A-5-LOs.
MSN 14-2512/2531, 14-2578/2592
39612 (MSN 14-2512) to J. W. Mecom as N5231N, N776J (NTU). WFU asnd stored in scrapyard at Sharjah by Sep 1968.
39613 (MSN 14-2513) to civil registry as N58579 with Texas RR
Equipment Co.
39614 (MSN 14-2514) SOC Nov 3, 1943
39615 (MSN 14-2515) WFU Jun 30, 1945
39616 (MSN 14-2516) WFU Apr 3, 1947
39617 (MSN 14-2517) to civil registry as NC70980, N9051. Crashed near Durbin, Florida May 1, 1978 while smuggling.
39618 (MSN 14-2518) WFU Apr 30, 1947.
39619 (MSN 14-2519) to civil registry as NC79081, N79081, N508AS, N5088. Cancelled Mar 21, 2013.
39620 (MSN 14-2520) to NC47793
39621 (MSN 14-2521) WFU Apr 30, 1947
39622 (MSN 14-2522) to NC1230V. Cancelled Mar 19, 1948
39623 (MSN 14-2523) to NC1603M, OB-LAO-221. To Peruvian AF
39624 (MSN 14-2524) SOC for spares Jan 31, 1945
39625 (MSN 14-2525) WFU Oct 31, 1947
39626 (MSN 14-2526) to NC21763. Vonverted to 18-56
39627 (MSN 14-2527) to civil registry as NC91033, N91033, N1046.
39628 (MSN 14-2528) WFU Jun 31, 1946
39629 (MSN 14-2529) overshot landing Nicholas Field, Philippines
May 17, 1945.
39630 (MSN 14-2530, FAW-16) in landing accident at Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil Nov 5, 1943.
39631 (MSN 14-2531, FAW-6) encountered engine problems and crew
bailed out 40 mi E of Seattle, WA Aug 19, 1943.
39632 (MSN 14-2578) in takeoff accident at NOTS Inyokern, CA Mar 9, 1944.
39633 (MSN 14-2579) WFU Apr 30, 1948
39634 (MSN 14-2580) to civil registry as NC1151V, N1151V. Converted to Learstar I in 1956. To N80K, N706A,
N120E, N512V. Crashed Ypsilanti, Michigan Jan 14, 1965
39635 (MSN 14-2581) WFU Apr 30, 1947
39636 (MSN 14-2582)To N5601V, N7378, N11TP, N11TF, TV-HTM. Crashed on takeoff at Tikal peten, near Guatemala
City Dec 28, 1974. Pilot very drunk
39637 (MSN 14-2583) to civil registry as NC66120, N66120, N600K. Converted to Learstar. TO N174T, N711FN.
Crashed near Placida, Florida Jan 11, 1974. 1000 kg of marijuana onboard.
69638 (MSN 14-2584) WFU Apr 30, 1947
39639 (MSN 14-2585) is often quoted as having gone to RAF as V9061 and then
to BOAC as G-AGDC, but this is incorrect as V9061 was a direct
purchase Hudson III with no US military identity. This confusion
is probably because both aircraft have MSN 2585, but V9061's MSN
should be correctly stated as 14-2585. WFU Sep 30, 1946
39640 (MSN 14-2586) To NC69008. DBF at Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California Oct 22, 1949
39641 (MSN 14-2587) WFU Dec 31, 1945
39642 (MSN 14-2588) to civil registry as N1840M, N1840, N339. Crashed on takeoff from Meigs Field, Chicago,
Illinois into Lake Michigan Nov 17, 1966.
39643 (MSN 14-2589) WFU Apr 30, 1947
39644 (MSN 14-2590) to XB-HUF
39645 (MSN 14-2591) to civil registry as NC1150V, N1150V, N98W, N666MR, N666M. Converted to Howard 250
Oct 1964. To N669M. W/o on takeoff Pecos Muni AP, Texas Sep 4, 1973
39646 (MSN 14-2592) to CU-P-16, CU-T16. Crashed near Santa Clara, Cuba Sep 6, 1946.
39647/39712 Ryan FR-1 Fireball
Ryan Aeronautical Corporation Model 28. A composite piston and jet engine fighter
39650 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Feb 17, 1945 to Jun 1, 1947.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations. Variations on
engine tilt, control force characteristics, wing dihedral, and aileron shape were evaluated.
39656 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Feb 27, 1945 to Jun 1, 1947.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations. Variations on
engine tilt, control force characteristics, wing dihedral, and aileron shape were evaluated.
39657 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Feb 17, 1945 to Jun 1, 1947.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations. Variations on
engine tilt, control force characteristics, wing dihedral, and aileron shape were evaluated.
Then used as instructional airframe at a technical school. Later went under restoration to
static display condition at Air Museum Planes of Fame, Chino, CA. Rolled out at Chino Jun 13, 2008.
39659 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Feb 17, 1945 to Jun 1, 1947.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations. Variations on
engine tilt, control force characteristics, wing dihedral, and aileron shape were evaluated.
39660 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Feb 17, 1945 to Jun 1, 1947.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations. Variations on
engine tilt, control force characteristics, wing dihedral, and aileron shape were evaluated.
39661 modified as XF2R-1 "Dark Shark"
39663 force landed after takeoff from Mustin Field
NAAS 5/27/1945.
39665 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Feb 17, 1945 to Jun 1, 1947.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations. Variations on
engine tilt, control force characteristics, wing dihedral, and aileron shape were evaluated.
39669 had engine failure near San Diego 10/10/1945.
Pilot parachuted to safety.
39677 (VF-41) in mid-air collision with 38696 near
San Clemente Island 6/3/1946. Pilot killed.
39678 (VF-1E) force landed due to fuel exhaustion
12/17/1945
39681 (VF-1E) hit barrier on CVE-116 after voluntary
wave-off 3/4/1947.
39684 (VF-1E) in low-altitude stall while landing San
Diego FCLP 2/17/1947.
39686 (VF-56) ditched off NAS San Diego 9/20/1945.
39692 (VF-41) crashed at sea after waveoff during
carrier qualification tests 11/07/1945.
39695 (VF-41) force-landed near Brown Field, CA
11/20/1945.
38696 (VF-41) in mid-air collision with 39677 near
San Clemente Island 6/3/1946. Pilot killed.
39699 hit gunnery sleeve and crashed near Los
Coronados Isl 4/2/1946. Pilot killed.
39707 was in San Diego Aerospace Museum, but was destroyed in a fire in 1978.
39713/39714 Ryan XF2R-1
Cancelled contract
39715/39746 Ryan FR-1 Fireball
Cancelled contract
39747/39748 Grumman JRF-5 Goose
Model G-38
MSN 1186/1187. Lend-Lease for Cuban Navy as 56 and 57.
39747 (MSN 1186) to Cuban Navy Jul 1942 as 56
39748 (MSN 1187) to Cuban Navy Jul 1942 as 57. Was General Fulgencio Batista's personal aircraft.
To N2720A. To CF-IFN, N8229, C-FPCK. Crashed Nov 16, 2008 at South Thormanby Island, British Columbia.
39749/39998 Beech SNB-1 Kansas
Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. 29749/39763 MSN 3210/3224.
39749 (MSN 3210) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N16600 Oct 31, 1968, cancelled Jun 24, 1980.
To Kenosha Technical Institute, renamed Jul 1971 as Gateway Technical College, Janesville-Rock
County Airport, Janesville, WI. Reported at Southwestern Aero Exchange, Owasso, OK by 2000,
cut in two and used for parts.
39750 (MSN 3211) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To civil registry as N12718. Still active
39759 (MSN 3220) to Uruguayan Navy as A-210
39762 (MSN 3223) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N91253.
39763 (MSN 3224) to US Naval Attache in Canberra, Australia
39767 (MSN 4408) modified to SNB-1P in 1947. Remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c/1954
Redesignated TC-45J in 1962 Acquired by US Army as TC-45J 39767. Fitted with tricycle landing gear and
redesignated NC-45J. In 1987 was at US Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL. On civil registry as N45UC in 1994.
39768 (MSN 4409) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c/1954. To N90232. At Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage, CA Oct 2007
39771 (MSN 4412) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c/1954. To N72401
39772 (MSN 4413) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c/1954. To N90255
39773 (MSN 4414) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c/1954. to N90270
39777 (MSN 4418) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c/1954. to N90270
39778 (MSN 4419) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c/1954. To N86421
39779 (MSN 3298) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6, SNB-5. Seen in Aircraft Specialties parts yard at Mesa,
Arizona Oct 13, 1978.
39780 (MSN 3299) to N2218S. Seen in Hamilton storage yard, Tucson, AZ Sep 10, 1976
39788 (MSN 4429) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. Became N86415.
W/o during attempted crosswind landing at San Francisco IAP May 6, 1970 when undercarriage
collapsed and aircraft caught fire. Both crew members injured.
39790 destroyed on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
39791 damaged when hit by C-36A 42-57215 while parked at Will Rogers Field, OK Nov 12, 1942
39795 (MSN 4436) Assigned to VR-1, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Assigned to VR-24, Hendon, England Apr 1950.
Assigned to VR-25, Naples, Italy Jun 1952. Assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA Sep 1952.
Remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To N8238E
39796 (MSN 4437) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6. To N72405/ Rebuilt as PAC Tradewind trigear. To N156AB,
N240MM, N250RM
39798 (MSN 4439) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6. To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ for parts in 1968.
39801 (MSN 4442) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N90281
39806 (VMT-1) crashed on takeoff at Barksdale AFB, LA Sep 16, 1950
39815 (MSN 4456) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. Redesignated TC-45J in 1962. To civil registry as
N2215S, CF-EHL, N42114
39816 (MSN 4457) at NAF China Lake by May 1949
39817 (MSN 4458) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6. To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ for parts.
Noted derelict in Tucson by 1972.
39819 (MSN 4460) at NAF-NOTS Inyokern by Apr 1950. To civil registry as N1389N for On Mark Engineering
in Los Angeles by 1957. Re-registered as N450M by 1961. Displayed at Randolph AFB Museum
with false serial 4460 (which is its MSN). Has just completed a restoration to static condition;
is allegedly to be traded to the USAFM
39823 (MSN 4464) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6. To N72421. To Hamilton Aircraft Co., Tucson, AZ for parts.
Noted derelict by 1976.
39827 (MSN 4468) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N90295.
39829 acquired by US Army as TC-45J
39831 in midair collision with P-47G 42-25183 near Waycross AAF, Georgia Mar 25, 1944.
39840 (MSN 4481) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N90276
39841 (MSN 4482) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954 To Hamilton Aircraft Co of Tucson, AZ for parts.
Noted derelict by 1972.
39842 (MSN 4483) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To Hamilton Aircraft Co of Tucson, AZ. Noted
derelict by 1972.
39845 (MSN 4486) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6. To Hamilton Aircraft Co of Tucson, AZ for parts. Noted
derelict by 1971.
39847 (MSN 4488) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N86454. Crashed and destroyed by fire, Maui,
Hawaii Jan 15, 1966.
39849 (MSN 4490) to civil registry as N6461C for Crowl Dusters, Inc of Phoenix, AZ in 1957.
W/o Jul 4, 1959 when it ran out of gas and made a wheels-up emergency landing
near Last Chance, CO
39850 (MSN 4491) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N90243
39853 (MSN 4491) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1954. To N86418. To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson,
AZ for parts. Noted derelict by 1976
39862 (MSN 3554) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N90242
39863 (MSN 3555) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N90297. Seen in storage at Mesa, AZ Oct 13, 1978.
39865 (MSN 3557) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Seen in storage at Hamilton, Tucson, AZ Sep 10, 1976.
39869 (MSN 3561)
39877 (MSN 3569) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated TC-45J in 1962. To civil registry as
N90296, N338A. Groundlooped on landing at Youngstown Executive Airport, Ohio Apr 19, 1979. 2 crew unhurt.
39881 (MSN 3573) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N90240.
39886 (MSN 3578) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N90239.
39887 (MSN 3579) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N90248.
39889 (MSN 3581) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. TO N90257
39895 (MSN 3587) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Noted in Hamilton storage compound at Tucson,
AZ Aug 11, 1971
39898 (MSN 3590) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N90245.
39899 (MSN 3591) to US Coast Guard 1944. Returned to US Navy 1945. Remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953.
To Litchfield Park, Arizona for disposal May 1961. SOC Feb 1962.
39901 (MSN 3593) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N72419
39904 (MSN 3596) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 MSN 467 in 1950. Redesignated TC-45J in 1962. To N10AS
in 1968. SOC as scrapped or destroyed Jan 29, 1996.
39909 SOC at RAF Mildenhall Aug 29, 1969, believed scrapped on site.
39910 (MSN 3642) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To Hamilton aircraft, Tucson, AZ for parts in 1968.
39920 (MSN 3652) remanufactured by Beech to SNB-5 status. Noted derelict at Tucson Airport, AZ Aug 11, 1971.
39922 (MSN 3654) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. Transferred to US Army
as UC-45J 39922 in 1968. To MASDC in 1972. To N65187, C-GRJE. Crashed at Beatty, Nevada Mar 18, 1982.
2 crew killed.
39925 (MSN 3657) to civil registry as N75589 for Fairchild Camera and Instrument Co. until 1965.
Damaged Dec 2, 1964 in taxi accident at Pacioma, CA. Damaged Jun 20, 1970 at
Lakeside, CA when nosed over on landing rollout. Was initially registered with wrong
MSN of 3652.
39926 (MSN 3658) to civil registry as N2880D with Nevada Aero Traders of Las Vegas, NV by
1957, then to Brian and Dennis Sanders, Santa Ana, CA by 1980. In 1983 with Kermit
Weeks' Fantasy of Flight Museum, Polk City, FL. Still active
39928 (MSN 3660) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated TC-45J in 1962. To N2289
39931 (MSN 3663) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated TC-45J in 1962. To civil registry
as N9493. Reported May 26, 1970 at George T. Baker Aviation School, Miami, FL. Noted at the school
1973-2003. Registratin N9493 cancelled.
39933 (MSN 3665) to N521, N52B.
39934 (MSN 3666) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Seen derelict at Hamilton ramp at Tucson, AZ Sep 10, 1976.
39935 (MSN 3667) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. Transferred to US
Army as TC-45J 39935. TO MASDC in 1971. To N23052 in 1972.
39938 (MSN 3670) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. TO N90290.
39939 (MSN 3671) collided in midair with Cubana DC-4 CU-T188 (ex 42-72263) Apr 25, 1951 at Key West, FL.
39941 (MSN 3673) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N2205S
39942 (MSN 3674) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To N940LT
39944 (MSN 3676) to N531, N53B
39945 (MSN 3677) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N2211S
39947 (MSN 3679) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To MASDC as 1C238
Jun 5, 1970. To N40083
39948 (MSN 3680) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To N3787A
39951 (MSN 3683) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To Hamilton Aircraft Company, Tucson, AZ for parts 1968.
39952 (MSN 3684) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6. To civil registry as N498BH. Ditched in sea off Isla de Culebra,
Puerto Rico Aug 8, 2006. Crew of 2 escaped, aircraft salvaged from shallow water.
39954 (MSN 3686) to disposal in 1955.
39956 (MSN 3688) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated TC-45J in 1962. To storage at Hamilton
Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ in 1971. To N495BN in 1972. Abandoned in Reykjavik, Icland in 1972.
39957 (MSN 3689) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6 c1953. to civil registry as N86497.
At Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage, CA Oct 2007, in a collection of movie props.
39958 (MSN 3690) seen derelict on Hamilton ramp at Tucson Airport, Arizona Sep 10, 1976
39959 (MSN 3714) to N86417
39966 (MSN 3721) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. To N90256
39969 (MSN 3724) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. to N90286
39977 (MSN 3732) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. to N90277
39979 (MSN 3754) remanufactured by Beech as JRB-6. Noted derelict on Hamilton ramp at Tucson airport,
Arizona Sep 10, 1976.
39980 (MSN 3755) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. To N9980.
39982 (MSN 3757) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. to civil registry as N9656.
39988 (MSN 3763) remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 c1953. Noted at George T. Baker Aviation School, Miami,
Florida in 1971
39995 (MSN 3770) remanufactued by Beech as JRB-6. To N72407. Converted at Burbank as 5th single Fin Tradewind
39998 (MSN 3773) to civil registry as N7775B. Ultimate fate obscure.
