A-7132 was operated by VF-5 3824 ditched on take-off in Back River, off Langley Field, VA on 10JUN36 4148 to N66622 4193 to N31687 05021 to VP-BAR, VP-JAU, CF-HFL, then as entered 05029 to NC68713 08064 after PT-GBG, w/o on 21FEB61 17126 to N41 then N23 33968 to N5582V, C-GVTF not taken up, N84857 33991 to N66464 33993 eventually to N4760C 33994 to N66463 34001 to N68165 34012 to N1947M 34016 to N5583V 34030 to N5804N 34042 to N5803N, then as entered; write-off date was 11MAR67 34045 to N69043 34047 to N4939V 34053 to N1600M 34054 to N1557M 39507 to N4086F 39535 unit was VMR-153 39537 to N9070 then sold in Nicaragua as AN-BGU 39538 to N4099A 39539 struck off charge on 31JAN47 39544 struck off charge on 30NOV46 39545 struck off charge on 31JAN47 39546 to N3943A 39547 struck off charge on 31OCT46 39548 to N7758B (N7759B was Bu39567, which is correctly entered as such) 39549 struck off charge on 31DEC46 43281 to VP-KRR 59742 Consolidated PB4Y-2: was N7683C beforee going to Honduras 39587 Curtiss R5C-1: last identity was HI-158 not HK-158 (Aeromar was a Dominican operator) 66263 delivered Oct 16, 1945 and immediately flown to storage at Litchfield Park, AZ. Pulled out of storage Jul 1947 and used by VP-HL-11, passed to VP-9 at Whidbey Island, WA. Flew into water 6 mi ESE of Whidbey Island into Skagit Bay Jun 21, 1951. 5 killed, 5 survived. 76671 cockpit in 2009 was at MAPS Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, OH, acquired from now defunct Goodyear Museum in Akron. 87754 (c/n 22153/DC605) ex USAAF 43-17203, tfd. 11/8/45 designated R5D-3, cnvt. to C-54Q. WFU & stored 1975. 87755 (VR-4) ditched near Midway Island due to fuel exhaustion 9/10/1950 caused by faulty navigation enroute Haneda, Japan to Barbers Point and crew rescued by Navy ship. Plane sank by gunfire. Note 1: The history card shows it as an acquisition from the War Assets Administration in November 1946. It entered squadron service with VR4 in January. The cause of the accident was faulty navigation, leading to the pilot decision to ditch the aircraft while he still had power from the engines. It was en route Haneda, Japan to Barber's Point and had reached the vicinity of Midway Island, hence the quick rescue." 87756 (c/n 10599/DC330) ex USAAF 42-72494, tfd. 03/3/45 designated R5D-3, WFU & stored 1974. 87757 (c/n 10602/DC333) ex USAAF 42-72497 tfd. 03/3/45 designated R5D-3, WFU & stored 1975. 87758 (c/n 10790/DC521) ex USAAF 42-72685 tfd. 22/6/45 designated R5D-3, cnvt. to RC-54V, tfd. USMC cnvt. to C-54Q. WFU & stored Davis Monthan Air Force Base, AZ 5/70. Reg. N62441 27/12/74. Frigorific Reyes bt. 24/1/75 reg. CP-1207. WFU & stored La Paz, Bolivia. Servicio Aero Santiago bt. 6/94. Stilled stored La Paz, Bolivia. 87759 (c/n 10802/DC533) ex USAAF 42-72697 tfd. 28/6/45 designated R5D-3, cnvt. to C-54Q 1962. WFU & stored 1975. 90645 SNJ-5 c/n 88-17678 N645DS 90680 (c/n 88-17678, ex 42-85897) became N6972C, then N645DS. Crashed at intersection of Alondra Boulevard and Chester Avenue in Compton, CA Feb 22, 1989. Pilot OK, no injuries on the ground and no cars or structures were damaged. 99849 to N27 then N21 99851 to N45 126503 (VP-44) 07/13/53 w/o after an engine failure, when it ditched off Cape Henry, from NAS Norfolk, 7 fatal. 126511 (VP-46) 05/21/54 w/o after two engine failure, at sea, 400 miles E of Hawaii, broke up on deadstick open sea landing. Crew BD-6 survivors rescued by LST 975. 4 fatal. 127697 (VP-46) 09/28/54 w/o when it crashed on take off in poor weather and sealane markers were out. at NS Sangly Point in the Philippines, 12 fatal. 127712 (VP-42) 12/26/62 w/o when it was lost at sea, 350 miles SW San Diego. 13 fatal. 128885 is on static display in Howell Park in Baton Rouge, LA 130265 (VP-56) 04/09/55 w/o on a night take-off in Willoughby Bay, when it crashed into seawall at NAS Norfolk, VA, 4 fatal. 130269 (VP-48) 04/06/58 w/o when crashed shortly after take-off from Iwakuni, Japan, 8 fatal. 136008 on display at NAS Oceana, VA at Heritage Park. 136804 went down in Great Lakes Nov 15, 1956. Plane and pilot never found 138179 to N3905H then as entered 138191 toN54913 138203 to N131Z then N950N then N372C 138216 to N285MS then N285DB 138247 to N54911 then as entered 138278 initially to NASA as N138NA 138303 to N9671N 138331 to N5442X then N8331R 140012 to N283MS then as entered 140025 to N125NA then N228AC 140035 to N281MS then N281CM 140688 is now at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA. 140928 to N1870 140935 to N10338 140939 to N1008H 140946 to N4269A 140949 to N4944C 140953 to N1410Z 140955 to N9131R 140956 to N6367T 141549 to N99472 143040 to N40186 143988 to N190 143990 to N4028A 143991 to N16871 143994 to N7945C 143995 to N662 143997 to N34MN 143999 to N68628 144000 CS-DGB operated by Direcção Geral de Aeronáutica Civil, (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), a Government agency (same applies to 144005 and 144010) 144006 to N4900S 144007 to N46964 144008 to N7810B 144009 to N74020 144011 to N10319 144015 to N101Z 144016 to N102Z then N102ZL 144020 to N106Z 144027 to N107Z 144028 to N6888C 144029 to N135Z 144034 to N1538 144037 to N158Z then N158ZL 144038 to N13616 144039 to N4824 144040 was N159Z then N159ZL, then as entered 144041 was initially N16116 144042 to N9280Z 144045 to N8260E 144048 to N8229E then N157ZL, then as entered 144049 to N12427 144050 to N9052R 144053 to N8225E 144054 to N8230E 144056 to N8227E 144057 to N1001H 144058 to N10318 144059 to N4738C 144061 to N10317 144062 to N8663E 144067 to N4947C 144068 to N14406 144072 to N8226E 144074 to N31810 144075 to N16870 144076 to N8228E 144077 to N4946C 144078 to N798Z 144079 to N1368 144080 to N8250E 144081 ton N800Z 144083 to N8456 144084 to N10311 144091 to N736S 144093 to N793 144098 to N5543 144102 to N8457 144103 to N74076 144104 initially sold as N75MC 144106 to N8458 144107 to N9053R 144109 to N363MD 144110 to N12411 144111 to N9056R 144112 to N126Z 144114 to N2626B 144116 to N9059R 144223 to civil registry as N556K 144226 to civil registry as N7752A 144227 to civil registry as N8K 144229 to civil registry as N2649B 144232 to civil registry as N22Z 144233 reported at Breckenridge, TX Apr 9, 2008. Rebuilt as Ezell Jet 1 (EJ-1) and now registered as N4229 Model EJ-1 c/n 01 144234 to civil registry as N4486L 144235 to civil registry as N1110X, reengined with GE J-85 (CH-610) listed as "Super Pinto" T-610-4. Sold Jun 12, 2000 registered as N13PJ 144236 to civil registry as N2695B 144866 w/o on 19SEP73 146827 destroyed by accidental fire while being defueled after 1977 Constellation cruise 146883 destroyed by accidental fire while being defueled after 1977 Constellation cruise 149665 w/o on 15JUN68 149970 w/o 17MAY68 149971 to Israel AF 149989 w/o on 26AUG79 149990 w/o on 26AUG79 also 149991 w/o on 10SEP65 149992 w/o on 22AUG66 149999 w/o on 13SEP65 150011 w/o on 11MAY67 150017 w/o on 01JUL66 150018 w/o on 13AUG64 150024 w/o on 06SEP64 150032 w/o on 30MAY67 150034 w/o on 27JAN66 150041 w/o on 21MAR68 150051 w/o on 12NOV66 150053 w/o on 23JAN68 150054 w/o on 20SEP66 150063 w/o on 19APR68 150080 w/o on 06DEC69 150088 w/o on 12NOV66 150094 w/o on 26SEP68 150100 w/o on 02SEP68 150101 w/o on 21JUL66 150104 w/o on 25FEB68 150106 w/o on 14JAN67 150107 w/o on 17OCT69 150111 w/o on 27NOV68 150119 w/o on 23MAY69 150122 w/o on 14AUG67 151029 w/o on 26DEC67 151032 w/o on 06JUL67 151043 w/o on 21MAR68 151045 w/o on 20MAR69 151054 w/o on 24JUL67 151058 w/o on 17APR66 151068 w/o on 14DEC66 151073 w/o on 26APR67 151077 w/o on 21MAR68 151091 w/o on 21JUN67 151093 w/o on 15JAN67 151097 w/o on 24JAN69 151099 w/o on 26SEP72 151105 w/o on 05MAY68 151115 w/o on 20SEP65 151116 w/o on 25APR67 151119 w/o on 20JUL67 151122 w/o on 21OCT68 151124 w/o on 21MAR68 151127 w/o on 21MAR68 also 151135 w/o on 26FEB70 151140 w/o on 21JAN68 151142 w/o on 01NOV65 151149 w/o on 21MAR68 (obviously a bad day for the USN!) 151159 w/o on 01OCT68 151188 w/o on 15MAR67 151191 w/o on 09NOV72 151192 w/o on 07OCT65 151196 w/o on 06MAY68 151992 w/o on 09DEC65 151998 w/o on 27JAN66 152000 w/o on 02SEP72 152005 w/o on 08MAY65 152016 w/o on 11OCT65 152027 w/o on 07FEB66 152028 w/o on 31AUG67 152046 w/o on 05NOV68 152055 w/o on 03MAY67 152056 w/o on 27SEP67 152060 w/o on 13MAY67 152062 w/o on 07JUN70 152092 w/o on 09MAY68 152095 w/o on 29JUL66 152099 loss confirmed on 11APR70. However, it is true a ‘152099’ exists at Hatzerim in a grey colour scheme; must be a ‘doctored’ BuNo 152100 w/o on 23JUL66 152864 w/o on 02JUN77 152869 w/o on 14APR80 153508 w/o on 26MAY72 153511 w/o on 11APR68 153523 w/o on 01OCT68 153661 was a TA-4J when it crashed 153524 to Collings Foundation as part of their Vietnam Heritage grouping. 157204 was ex 67-15850 154185 w/o on 15SEP75 154199 w/o on 21JUL69 154206 w/o on 15FEB69 154214 w/o on 07MAY68 154216 w/o on 23JUN68 154621 w/o on 27DEC69 154646 w/o on 11JUL70 154652 w/o on 18JAN84 154980 w/o on 26JAN71 154985 I have it as w/o on 24JAN71 155003 w/o on 21JUL69 155040 w/o on 15MAR70 157777/MP-425 AH-1J HMA-773 “Cobras” crashed 06/03/91 157786 w/o on 11MAR84 157792 w/o on 29APR75 157793 (c/n 26037) (HMA-775) crashed during Desert Storm. 2 crew killed. 157809 to N4963F 157816 to N4962E then as entered 157832 to N5280X 157849 to N58205 158111 w/o on 17DEC75 158127 w/o on 06SEP78 158151 w/o on 09SEP81 158418 w/o on 07JUL80 158421 w/o in NOV81 158460 w/o on 17NOV72 159480 w/o on 29AUG80 160114 w/o on 22MAY81 160267 w/o on 15JUL77 160275 w/o on 01MAR82 160482 temporarily to NASA as N510NA 160967 w/o on 08JUL82 161059 w/o on 21FEB80 161067 w/o on 08JUL82 161098 is now on display at NAS New Orleans 161711 Blue Angels 7 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-8-MC Hornet (Lot 5) 161723 Blue Angels 7 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-9-MC Hornet (Lot 5) 161959 Blue Angels 4 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-12-MC Hornet (Lot 6) 161967 Blue Angels 1 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-13-MC Hornet (Lot 6) 162137 put on display at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL in 2009 162226 (VAQ-136) lost at sea Nov 19, 1987. 4 crew missing. No trace ever found. 162307 (c/n R.1191) ex USAF 74-1533. SOC Jun 7, 2007. In 2009 was at Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Glenville, NY 162411 Blue Angels 5 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-14-MC Hornet (Lot 7) 162755 c/n 552-0001 ex N552CC 162756 c/n 552-0002 ex N12756 162757 c/n 552-0003 ex N12557 162758 c/n 552-0004 ex N12058 162759 c/n 552-0005 ex N12859 162760 c/n 552-0006 ex N12660 162761 c/n 552-0007 ex N12761 162762 c/n 552-0008 ex N12762 162763 c/n 552-0009 ex N12763 162764 c/n 552-0010 ex N12564 162765 c/n 552-0011 ex N12065 162766 c/n 552-0012 ex N12566 162767 c/n 552-0013 ex N12967 162768 c/n 552-0014 ex N12568 162769 c/n 552-0015 162826 Blue Angels 3 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-17-MC Hornet (Lot 8) 163093 Blue Angels 6 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-20-MC Hornet (Lot 9) 163104 Blue Angels 2 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-20-MC Hornet (Lot 9) References: 1. John Anthony 2. Jakub Cikhart 3. John Andrade 4. Marty Corey 5. Chris Kennedy 6. Eric Renth 7. Ed Judy 8. Bob Grimmer 9. Jim Stanitz 10. Robert N. Abbott, Jr. 11. Walt McKinney 12. Michael Flagg 13. Jay Powelson 14. Gina Bryant 15. Gene Polk
