Navy Serial Number Search Results

139030 ... 139207
Douglas F4D-1 Skyray
MSN 11104//11281.  Redesignated F-6A in 1962.
139034 crashed on taleoff from MCAS Cherry Point, NC Jun 28, 1958.  Pilot killed.
139035 with VMF(AW()-114 on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Suffered engine flameout during landing attempt on CVA-42 and
crashed into Mediterranean Aug 19, 1959.  Pilot ejected but got
a streamed parachute and was killed.
139045 with VMF(AW)-114
139048 with VMF(AW)-114 on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
139050 (VF-13) suffered structural failure of cross member in aft section of tail during attempted carrier landing
Jun 10, 1962.  Aircraft caught fire and pilot was forced to eject and was recovered by helicopter.
139051 with VMF(AW)-114
139068 with VMF(AW)-114
139072 with VMF(AW)-114
139097 with VFAW-3
139100 crashed Jan 15, 1959 while landing aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42)
and swerved off the deck and fell into the water on the port side.
Pilot killed.
139109 with VF-74
139115 with VF-74
139117 with VF-74
139118 with VF-74
139122 with VU-3
139135 with VMF(AW)-114
139140 with VF-74
139153 with VU-3
139155 with VMF(AW)-115
139158 with VMF(AW)-114
139177 with VMF(AW)-513. Also with VMF(AW)-115.  Was at USMC Air/Ground Museum, Quantico, VA.  Transferred to Flying
Leatherneck Museum, MCAS Miramar, CA for restoration, and now on display there.
139185 with VF-74
139191 with VMF(AW)-531
139192 with VF-51 on USS Ticonderoga
139197 with VMF(AW)-114
139207 with VMF(AW)-115 on USS Independence

39057 ... 39095 (EXACT MATCH)
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 xx-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 xx-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" least (1957+) -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 USMC 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 Jan 9, 1945.
SOC Jan 31, 1945
39060 (MSN 9858) ex USAAF 42-23996.  delivered to USNavy Jul 15, 1943 - xx - 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 USNavy 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 privat 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 Navy Jul 24, 1943.  To VMR 352 with Marines Jan 1945.  HDN MAW- 1
Feb 25, 1945 VMR 153 Mar 2, 1945 - Corn 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!EC-47H - Sale ex Litchfield Pk Jul 1964 - N9465Z - NLR.
39063 (MSN 9941) ex USAAF 42-24079 to US Navy Jul 28, 1943..  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.  Rebuilt as R4D-8 with new MSN 43376.  To N8502X
39065 (MSN 9943) ex USAAF 42-24081  539065USNavy 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), - St 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.  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.  w/o Feb 15, 1945, Momote, Pacific
39069 (MSN 10019) ex USAAF 42-24157.  (VMR-253) in landing accident at Guam Dec 22, 1944.  SOC Dec 31, 1944
39070 (MSN 10020) ex USAAF 42-24158.  VMR-25 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.  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.  Based at NAS Bermuda,
arriving Jun 11, 1970, retired Feb 28, 1971.  Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.
39072 (MSN 10092) ex USAAF 42-24230 Aug 21, 1943.  Corn 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 N5597V
39073 (MSN 10093) ex USAAF 42-24231.  Aug 23, 1943 MABG-2 San Diego Aug 23, 1943 - Pac Aug 24, 1943 - MAG25 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 Aug 23, 1943. W/o Oct 2, 1944 Hawaii.  SOC Mar 31, 1945
39076 (MSN 10096) ex USAAF 42-24234. US Navy 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, L 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.  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. USNavy Sep 8, 1943xx - VR-3 Aug 1944 - VR- I Jan 1945 - VR-7 Oct 1945 -
VR- I Dec45 - Stored Litchfield Park Jul 1, 1946 - Quonset Point Nov 1946 -SanDiego Jun 1947-Fasron-
Jul 11, 1947-HDNMAG-15 Ewa Aug 1947 - xx - R4D-5S Arctic Research Lab, Fairbanks, AK (1961).
39079 (MSN 10206) ex USAAF 42-24344. USNavy 08Sep43xx - 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 NAS Patuxent River, MD during landing Jan 24, 1947.
39080 (MSN 10207) ex USAAF 42-24345. US Navy Sep 8, 1943 xx - 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 - 
Stoed Litchfield Park Nov 1946 - Cherry Pt Aug 1948 - Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43354.
To N2071X
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
39083 (MSN 13812) ex USAAF 43-30661
39084 (MSN 13813) ex USAAF 43-30662.  Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43355
39085 (MSN 13814) ex USAAF 43-30663. W/o Aug 18 1945 Mokerang Strip, PNG
39086 (MSN 13855) ex USAAF 43-30704.  With VMR-153, hit mountain top near Vella Lavella Oct 7, 1944.  19 killed.
39087 (MSN 13856) ex USAAF 43-30705, rebuilt as R4D-8 with new MSN 43315
39088 (MSN 13857) ex USAAF 43-30706
39089 (MSN 13858) ex USAAF 43-30707.  W/o Jul 28, 1944 off Biak in SW Pacific.
39090 (MSN 13859) ex USAAF 43-30708.  Crashed near Cairns, Australia Jul 23, 1944.
39091 (MSN 13860) ex USAAF 43-30709. It was assigned to Naval Air Transport Service, serving with VR-5 and VR-11 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. Transferred through several other hands until May 19, 1972 when it went 
to Canada as CF-AOH with Aircraft Sales International Canada, Ltd.  Sold to Nordair Ltd on Apr 5, 1973, and 
then passed through several more owners over the years until finally returning to the USA ca. 1993, now 
registered as N293WM.  Currently for sale at Courtesy Aircraft, Rockford, IL
39093 hit mountain in Novia Scotia, Sydney Oct 1, 1944. 3 killed.
39095 (MSN 19066) ex USAAF 42-100603.  Transferred to US Army where it flew as 43-9095 with Missile Command.  In 1975
sold to State of Florida as N47060.