Navy Serial Number Search Results

05235 ... 05434
Boeing/Stearman N2S-3
MSN 75-6409/75-6608.   Stearman Aircraft Model B75N1
05277 (MSN 75-6451) to N802RB, modified with 450hp engine, flying in Red Baron pizza colors.
05284 (MSN 75-6458) to civilian registry as N9198R then C-GZAL.
Now owned by Dan Jones.
05314 (MSN 75-6488) became N61210.  Registration VH-EYC reserved
Dec 2007, taken up Dec 24, 2007
05315 (MSN 75-6489) dove in 2 miles E of airfield Oct 14, 1943
injuring Royal Navy pilot who later died in hospital.
05334 (MSN 75-6508) became N67955, then EC-AID.  Registered
G-BRHB Aug 10, 1989.
05346 in midair collision Jan 10, 1945, killing Royal Navy pilot.
Identity of other plane not known.
05352 to Mexican civil registry as XB-LOR
05369 on display at National Museum of Naval Aviation,
Pensacola, FL.  Was flown by future President
George H. W. Bush on solo flights during training.
05384 to Mexican civil registry as XB-NUH
05387 to Mexican civil registry as XB-BIO
05414 (MSN 75-6588) on display at San Diego Air and Space Museum.
Flown in 1936 by then Lt Greg "Pappy" Boyington.  Registered
as N1301M.

07005 ... 08004
Boeing/Stearman N2S-3
MSN 75-6609/75-7608.  Stearman Aircraft Model B75N1
07080 (MSN 75-6684). Became VH-LSJ
07122 (MSN 75-6726) to civil registry as NC39177. Damaged in a ground collision with L-4B 43-564 of 
the Little Rock CAP on Nov 25, 1947 at Adams Field, AR. This aircraft registration cancelled May 20, 1976. 
07150 (MSN 75-6754) registered as N9914H 
07151 (MSN 75-6755) w/o Jan 13, 1944 Grossile, MI. Plane struck
trees and dove into canal.  Royal Navy pilot killed.
07157 (MSN 75-6761) spun in May 21, 1942, injuring both Royal Navy pilots, both died in hospital the next day.
07171 (MSN 75-6775) to Mexican civil registry as XB-VOW
07178 (MSN 75-6782) flying in Switzerland under US civil registry of N1222N
07190 (MSN 75-6794) registered as N64603.  On display at National Warplane Museum, Genesco, NY.
07197 (MSN 75-6801) registered as N9039H while marked as NC9039H.
07207 (MSN 75-6811) to civil registry as N64604
07266 (MSN 75-6870) to Mexican civil registry as XB-MEW
07277 (MSN 75-6881) on civil registry as N133R.
07342 (MSN 75-6946) to Mexican civil registry as XB-VEI
07362 (MSN 75-6966) registered as N65693
07414 to Mexican civil registry as XB-PUN
07423 (MSN 75-7027) to N60839 and cancelled dec 15, 2014.  Current as PH-TOX
07456 to Mexican civil registry as XB-QUX
07469 (MSN 75-7073) became N64386, reported sold to owner in
Germany Sep 2005.  Has now been registered as D-ERAX
07481 (MSN 75-7085) on display at MCAS Quantico, VA.  Seen Sep 2006
at Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA.
07524 (MSN 75-7128) became N59085, then SE-BOG.
07539 (MSN 75-7143) on civil registry as N63590.  Noted at Brentwood,
England Nov 2005 painted as 07539.
07574 to Mexican civil registry as XB-MOJ
07609 (MSN 75-7213) registered as N9912H
07636 (MSN 75-7240) to Coast Guard 10/19/1946.  SOC 1/28/1947
07671 (MSN 75-7275) became N52093, then to Mexican civil registry as XB-RIY.
Used by AeroSuperBatics Ltd in UK as a static display airframe to promote
its wing-walking displays.  Last noted in 2004 painted for sponsor
Utterly Butterly (a dairy spread).  
07684 (MSN 75-7288) to Coast Guard 10/24/1946.  SOC 1/19/1947
07782 (MSN 75-7386) to Coast Guard 11/12/1946.  SOC 1/30/1947
07787 (MSN 75-7391) to N68270, then to Mexican civil registry as XB-PIF 
07805 to Mexican civil registry as XB-HET
07808 to Mexican civil registry as XB-HAT
07850 (MSN 75-7454) to Coast Guard 10/24/1946.  SOC 1/27/1947
07854 (MSN 75-7458) to Mexican civil registry as XB-WUG
07873 (MSN 75-7477) registered as N9923H
07876 (MSN 75-7480) to Mexican civil registry as XB-VAG
07918 (MSN 75-7522) to Mexican civil registry as XB-BOQ
07919 (MSN 75-7523) to Coast Guard 3/11/1946.  SOC 1/26/1947
07923 (MSN 75-7527) to Coast Guard 10/22/1946.  SOC 1/26/1947
07936 (MSN 75-7540)
07977 (MSN 75-7581) registered as N556DM
07981 (MSN 75-7585) to Coast Guard 10/21/1946.  SOC 1/28/1947.
07994 (MSN 75-7598) became N86994, then G-ELAN Jan 25, 1989.  Registration cancelled Feb 13, 1992
on sale to owner in USA.
07999 (MSN 75-7603) to Mexican civil registry as XB-GUR
08001 (MSN 75-7605) to Coast Guard 7/31/1946, but only on paper.  Plane
remained in Navy custody.  Restored to USN 9/30/1946.

17249 ... 17291
Douglas R4D-6 
C-47B-DKs transferred to Navy from USAAF.  Redesignated 
C-47J in 1962.
17249 (MSN 25524) ex USAAF 43-48263
17250 (MSN 25624) ex USAAF 43-48363
17251/17263 (MSN 25626/25638) ex USAAF 43-48365/48377
17253 (MSN 25628) Delivered to USN as R4D-6 at NAS Norfolk VA in August 1944
Assigned to Headquarters Squadron Two (HDN-2) of Fleet Air Wing Five (FAW-5) 1944. 
Assigned to MAG-21 in July 1946. Assigned to NAS Quonset Point RI in Sept 1946. Assigned 
to Naval Reserve at NAS Grosse Ile, MI in Dec 1946.  Converted to R4D-8 in early 1950s and 
assigned new Douglas s/n 43377.  Converted to R4D-8L.  Assigned to VX-6 date unknown
Redesignated LC-117D in 1962.  In December 1979 the aircraft was at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan 
17254 (MSN 25629) to Thai AF as 254, converted to Basler BT 67.  Lost on a flight over the Chilean Andes
Mountains Aug 4, 1969.  Wreck never found.  There were 16 persons onboard.
17255 (MSN 25630) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43318
17256 transferred to US Army as 17256.  Assigned to Fort Huachuca, AZ for training SLAR and IR operators.
To MASDC. To Summer Institute of Linguistics, Huntington Beach, CA.  Registered N62229 Jun 28, 1974,
cancelled Mar 25, 1975.
17258 (MSN 25633) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43390
17259 (MSN 25634) ex USAAF 43-48373.  By Aug 1964 was operated
by Wien Alaska Airways as N21769. Later to N777YA.
17261 (VR-3) landing accident at NAS Olathe, KA Aug 18, 1945.
17263 flew into ground during bad weather near Toledo, APT Jan 23, 1949.
17264 (MSN 25724) ex USAAF 43-48463
17265/17277 (MSN 25768/25780) ex USAAF 43-48507/48519
17265 (MSN 25768) by 1954 was N91014 of Wien Alaska Airlines
17266 (MSN 25769) sold at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ Feb 15, 1966.  Converted to BT-67 and flies as C-FTGX.
17267 (MAW-1) ground looped landing at Ashiya AB Feb 9, 1951.
17270 (MSN 25773) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43387
17271 (MSN 25774) sold at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ Feb 15, 1966
17272 (MSN 25775) to N7633C, N44, LV-BDJ, LQ-INL, VR-11 Jun 21, 1965 FAA
17273 (MSN 25776) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43303.
17274 (MSN 25777) converted to R4D-6L.  Delivered to USN as R4D-6 at NAS San Diego CA in Sept 1944
Assigned to Headquarters Squadron Fleet Air Wing One (HDN FAW-1) in Sept 1944. Assigned to VH-4 
in Sept 1944. Assigned to FAW-14 in Nov 1944. Assigned toVE-1 in March 1945. Assigned to VR-3 
in April 1945.  Stored at NAFC Litchfield Park, AZ in January 1948.  Converted to R4D-6L
Assigned to VX-6 in December 1955. Named Charlene / Tawaiki.  To Antarctica on 17 October 1956.
Crashed on takeoff at NAF McMurdo, Antarctica Sep 13, 1957.  Crashed caused by
frozen water in the fuel lines.  Wreck abandoned at McMurdo, 
Antarctic.  By 1960 was shorn of wings and used as ground taxi with skis between the ice landing strip
and McMurdo camp, 4 miles away, using fuel unfit for flying.
17276 To MASDC as 4ZB025 May 1968. Served with US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team until 1975.   To N48159
17277 missing on flight between Biak and Momote Jun 7, 1945.  4 missing
17278 (MSN 25824) ex USAAF 43-48563.  On display at Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum, Quantico, VA
17279 (MSN 25924) ex USAAF 43-48663
17279 hit mountain near Clover Field, CA Jun 13, 1949.  7 killed.
17280/17282 (MSN 25944/25946) ex USAAF 43-48683/48685
17281 (MSN 25945) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN of 43359.  With VR-6 crashlanded in bad weather 20 mi SE of Olmsted AFB, PA
Jun 18, 1950, later was operated as a Blue Angels support aircraft 1949-52.
17283/17291 (MSN 25948/25956) ex USAAF 43-48687/48695
17284 (MSN 25949) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN of 43367.
17285 in midair collision with civilian Stearman near NAS Miami Aug 7, 1948.  10 killed.
17287 (MSN 25952) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43372.  Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.

27960 ... 28058
Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1
27960/27974 MSN 75-3234/75-3248
27975/28058 MSN 75-3250/75-3333
27984 (MSN 75-3259) on civil registry as N61268.
28011 (MSN 75-3286) formerly USAAF 41-25848.  Became N65335, 
then C-GBLQ, then F-WZEE, then F-AZEE. Badly damaged
in forced landing at Kirn, West Germany May 18, 1986
28021 (MSN 75-3296) became N63914.  Registration ZS-ACK was 
reserved Mar 6, 2003 for an unknown South African owner.
28049 (MSN 75-3324) to N65011, restored, active
28056 (MSN 75-3331) registered as N67413.

29923 ... 30146
Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1
29923/29973 MSN 75-3354/75-3404
29930 (MSN 75-3361) on civil registry as B-75-A75-N1 as N4409N
29948 (MSN 75-3379) registered as N59901
29957 (MSN 75-3388) modified in the 1950s for airshow work, 450hp P&W engine, cowl, wheel pants,
single seat with canopy.  Restored in 2012.  Airworthy as N966CD.
29974 MSN 75-3445
29975/30013 MSN 75-3406/75-3444
29978 (MSN 75-3409) to N1142N, restored, active
29981 (MSN 75-3412) registered as N2PP.  Not to be confused with PT-13D 42-17573 (MSN 75-5736)
The PT-13 was retired from blying and a friend/pilot wanted to keep the N-number active
so took N2 PP for the N2S-4.  The PT-13D is now N28PU.
29987 (MSN 75-3418) resturoed in US Navy colors and active as N75016
30004 (MSN 75-3435) to N62134.  Restored, active.  Flies in USAAC colors
30010 (MSN 75-3441) became N4467N.  Registered G-BTFG Feb 20, 1991.
Flies in USN colors with code 699
30014/30017 MSN 75-3344/75-3347
30018 MSN 75-3405
30019/30054 MSN 75-3456/75-3491
30027 (MSN 75-3464) to civil registry as N2563C 
30030 (MSN 75-3467) to civil registry as N64W
30038 (MSN 75-3475) became N64639, then N474, then G-BHUW May 16, 1980 (registered as an N2S-5!). 
British registration cancelled Dec 7, 1983 on sale to owner in Germany, but not 
registered D-EFTX until April 1992.  Noted 2005 in Deutsches
Museum, Oberschleissheim, Germany
30054 (MSN 75-3491) became N54922, registration cancelled Oct 5, 2015.  To G-IIIY Oct 7, 2015.
30055/30126 MSN 75-3494/75-3565
30083 (MSN 75-3522) became N49366, then CF-UWK. Noted recently 
in Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
30102 became N3721C.  Destroyed in fatal accident in Tranquility, New Jersey Sep 7, 1991.
30106 (MSN 75-3545) became N58501, then N317SD.
Registration 4X-AAK reserved Jan 2009.
30127/30146 MSN 75-3581/75-3600

34097 ... 34101
Boeing/Stearman N2S-4 
MSN 75-3446/3450.  Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1
34098 (MSN 75-3447) to civil registry as N65263.

34107 ... 34111
Boeing/Stearman N2S-4
Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1
34107/34109 MSN 75-3578/75-3580
34110 MSN 75-3601
34111 MSN 75-3602  

37856 ... 37967
Boeing/Stearman N2S-4 
MSN 75-3603/75-3714.  Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1
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
37927 (MSN 75-3674) was N707DB, then N97017 then back to N707DB.  Sold to user in South Africa Jul 7, 2010

37978 ... 37987
Boeing/Stearman N2S-4 
MSN 75-3715/75-3724.  Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1
37980 (MSN 75-3717) to N67957.  Restored and active

37988 ... 38437
Boeing/Stearman N2S-3  
MSN 75-7609/75-8058.  Stearman Aircraft Model B75N1
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
38010 (MSN 75-7631) flying at Itu as LV-FGD
38062 (MSN 75-7683) became N6628C.  Sold in 2006 to owner in Brazil	 
38128 to Coast Guard 11/1/1946.  SOC 1/19/1947
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
38241 (MSN 75-7862) on US civil registry as N6241D.
38254 (MSN 75-7875) became N74677.  To Registered Aug 18, 2004 to Air Marcel
Inc of St Hubert, QC as CF-DGS.
38278 (MSN 75-7899) to civil registry as N224DF.  AT XTri State Warbird Museum, Batavia/Clermont CAP, OH Jan 2008
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.
38369 with Planes of Fame Air Museum, Minnesota
38404 (MSN 75-8025A) was N65041, now ZK-USA

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
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.
38495 (MSN 75-8116) to N67193.  Restored, active
38599 (MSN 75-8220) ex USAAF 42-109187 to civil registry in Australia as VH-YSM. 
However, Air-Britian gives the identity as MSN 75-8220, USAAF 42-109187 and BuNo 38598. 
38611/38732 cancelled

43138 ... 43637
Boeing/Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet
MSN 75-8232/8731 ex USAAF 42-109199/109698.  Stearman Aircraft Model E-75
43138 (MSN 75-8232) became N5729N.  Sold to owner in Austria Fab 2008
43156 (MSN 75-8250) at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
43181 (MSN 75-8275) to civil registry as N75652, then YHS-135P.  Registered to
Canadian user as CF-AHA.
43184 (MSN 75-8278) flipped over on its back at Peterson Field, CO Sep 2, 1943.
43192 (MSN 75-8286) was registered as N1616M, cancelled in 2011 and exported to Brazil.
43220 (MSN 75-8314) ex USAAF 42-109281 to civil registry as N9399H,
cancelled Nov 5, 1988.  To VH-USE May 8,1991.
43281 (MSN 75-8375) ex USAAF 42-109351.  To VP-KRR.
43284 (MSN 75-8378) ex USAAF 42-109354.  On civil registry as N42PT
43293 (MSN 75-8387) to N42PT.  Modified to PT-18 standard with Jacobs engine.  Flies i blue and yellow USAAC
markings.
43347 (MSN 75-8441)
43375 (MSN 75-8469) to civil registry as N65668.
43381 (MSN 75-8475) to civil registry as B-75-A75-N1 as N4493N
43390 became N1325M.  Noted Apr 2003 stored at Tibenham, England.
43405 (MSN 75-8499) ex USAAF 42-109466, MSN 75-8499 to civilian market as N43405.  To Greek civil registry
Greece as SX-EAZ, then SX-AGI.  Preserved at Sedes AB, Greece.  Cancelled as SX-AGI in 2013
and sold to French owner.
43415 (MSN 75-8509) to civil registry as N1631M
43447 (MSN 75-8541) to civil registry as N75849.
43451 (MSN 75-8545) ex USAAF 42-109512.  To civil registry as N66557.
43449 (MSN 75-8543). Became N5619N, then CF-XRD, then G-AZLE Dec 29, 1971
43470 (MSN 75-8564) became N9082H.  Sold to owner in Austria Feb 2008
43517 ex USAAF 42-109578.  To civil registry as N4325, now G-NZSS, operated by Anglian
Aircraft Co, Ltd at Swanton Morley, England in USAAF colors with 
false tail number of 343251.
43515 (MSN 75-8609) to civil registry as N4937N
43530 (MSN 75-8624) registred as N4968V
43543 (MSN 75-8637) registered as N1339M
43576 (MSN 75-8670) to civil user in Jamaica as 6Y-JFE.  Registration cancelled Oct 1972.
43593 (MSN 75-8687) became CC-PZU and re-registered as CC-LGO of Club Aereo Valparaiso.
43607 (MSN 75-8701) became N5685N.  Registered May 30, 2008 to
Sasair Inc of Quebec as C-FRGO
43615 (MSN 75-8709) registered as N3976B
43623 (MSN 75-8717) as HK-3242P on display in Mar 2014 in Museo Aereo Fenix, Cali, Colombia
43632 (MSN 75-8726) became N53545 then C-GVHF.  Reported sold to
owner in Australia July 2007.  Registered Jan 15, 2008 as
F-AZSH

52550 ... 53049
Boeing/Stearman N2S-5
Stearman Aircraft Model E75
52550/52626 (MSN 75-8732/8808) ex USAAF 42-109699/109775.
52596 (MSN 74-8778) registered as N9054H
52627/53049 cancelled 

55650 ... 55771
Boeing-Stearman N2S-4
Stearman Aircraft Model A75N1
MSN 75-4887/5008.  Originally ordered for USAAF as 42-16724/16845 and cancelled and diverted to US Navy
55657 (MSN 75-4894) to N52558.  Restored and flying in yellow USN colors, marked as "423"
55702 (MSN 75-4939) to US civil registry as N55717.  Cancelled on export to Philippine Jun 25, 1976.
To Philippine civil registry as RP-R130
55707 (MSN 75-4944) based at Melipilla, Chile as CC-PJJ
55715 (MSN 75-4952) to civil registry as N262V.  To Norwegian civil registry as LN-FTX in 2012.
55749 (MSN 75-4986) to civil registry as N10053
55754 (MSN 75-4991) became N67472, then N778RL, then OO-LEF, then N62AG.  Sold
to owner in Spain Feb 2006.  Registered EC-KFJ Jun 2007.
55756 (MSN 75-4993) to civil registry as N9955H,.  Now at Palm Springs Air Museum.
55758 (MSN 75-4995) to civil registry as N828JW.
55771 (MSN 75-5008) became N68427.  Noted Sep 2003 stored at Tibenham, Norfolk, England.  Still resident there Aug 2015. 

60582 ... 62314
Boeing/Stearman N2S-5 
Stearman Aircraft Model E75 
61024 ex USAAF 42-16983.  Now flying in Australia as VH-YST.
61037/61097 (MSN 75-5159/75-2219) intermediate MSNs assigned to duplicate Army PT-13Ds
61042 (MSN 75-5164, ex 42-17001) to civil registry as N1391V.
The plane is stenciled on the front fuselage as a PT-18
with a serial number of 41-61042 (incorporating the BuNo)  
Reported sold Feb 2009 to owner in New Zealand as ZK-RDK.  ZK-RDK cancelled and to G-CIJN Sep 23, 2014.
61046 (MSN 75-5168, ex 42-17005). Became N66035, then CF-RAF, 
then C-FRAF. Noted recently in Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, 
Alberta, painted as 'FJ876'.
61064 (MSN 75-5186) was in storage at the Paul Garber Restoration Facility.
Noted Dec 2005 in Udvar-Hazy Center of NASM, Chantilly, VA
61105/61120 (MSN 75-5227/75-5242) intermediate MSNs assigned to duplicate Army PT-13Ds
61114 (MSN 75-5236) to USAAF as 42-17073. 
61116 (MSN 75-5238) ex-USAAF 42-17075.  Later became N5817N, then F-AZDI
61137 MSN 75-5259 intermediate MSN assigned to duplicate Army PT-13D
61143/61155 MSN 75-5265/75-5277 intermediate MSNs assigned to duplicate army PT-13Ds.
61143 (MSN 75-5265) to Chile as CC-CFA.  Flying in 2000.
61157 (MSN 75-5129) ex USAAF 42-16966.  On civil registry as N75070 Nov 1979 and later to N7684M
61176/61190 MSN 75-5298/75-5312 intermediate MSNs assigned to duplicate Army PT-13Ds.
61178 at museum in McMinnville, OR
61224 MSN 75-5346 intermediate MSN assigned to duplicate Army PT-13D
61232/61240 MSN 75-5354/75-5362 intermediate MSNs assigned to duplicate Army PT-13Ds.
61239 (MSN 75-5361) ex-USAAF 42-17198.  Became N69763.  Sold to owner in Austria Feb 2008
61240 (MSN 75-5362) ex-USAAF 42-17199.  Believed to have gone to owner in
Nicaragua.  Registered Sep 6, 2006 to C. Ende of Gooseberry Hill as VH-YND.
61261/61267 MSN 75-5384/75-5389 intermediate MSNs assigned to duplicate Army PT-13Ds.
61624 flying in Germany on Austrian civil registry as OE-AWW
61383 (MSN 75-5505) ex-USAAF 42-17342.  
61418 (MSN 75-5540) ex-USAAF 42-17377.  Became N4738V, then G-BZTM
Jan 10, 1992, then F-AZIC Oct 1997.
61905/62314 cancelled