Navy Serial Number Search Results

147582 ... 147630
Piasecki HUP-3 Retriever 
49 examples transferred to Navy from batch of USAF H-25A 51-16572/16640.  Redesignated UH-25C in 1962.
147584(?) (MSN 18-1574)  Quoted as H-25A [HUP-2], serial 147631 [sic].
Also quoted as 51-16574G [c/n 18-1574].  Assigned US Army, Edwards AFB, CA.
Assigned to NACA, Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Feb 24, 1954 to Jan 26, 1960.
Assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA.
147595 at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson AZ.
147600 ex USAF 51-16590.  At Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum.
147607 and 147600 at National Museum of Naval Aviation,
Pensacola, FL.
147610 noted in restoration hangar at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA Sep 2002
147626 to civil registration as N9696Z.  Registratin revoked (believed in 1980s) and
cancelled by FAA Jun 23, 2009.
147628 (MSN 57). Reported Spring 2004 at Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal, KS.
147630 restored by Keystone Helicopter of WestChester, PA.  Now
with Coulson Aircrane Ltd of Canada, but not airworthy.

47438 ... 47637 (EXACT MATCH)
Grumman TBF-1 Avenger
Model G-40.  MSN 4770/4969
47440 (VT-6) Nas Puunene, Maui, Hi; 18-Jul-43; Ground 
collision
47446 (VT-5) Yorktown CV-10; 20-Jul-43; Ditched
47456 reconditioned and transferred to Royal Navy.
No record of fate
47461 (VC-19) crashed on takeoff for night glide bombing
practice Coronado, CA 5/27/1943.  3 killed.
47473 (VT-16) Lexington CV-16; 5-Jun-43; take-off, 
ditched
47474 (VF-16) ditched on takeoff from carrier 5/25/1943
Gulf of Paria off Trinidad
47476 (VT-16) in midair during simulated attack on
Pearl Harbor Aug 9, 1943.  3 crew killed.
47478/47487 to Royal Navy as Avenger I (FN786/FN795)
47479 (FN787) collided with Seafire during fighter evasion exercise
Oct 9, 1943 and crashed 2 mi NW of Old Man of Hoy,
Orkney Islands.  All 3 crew killed.
47480 (FN788) stalled on takeoff from HMS Ravager Jul 4, 1943 and
crashed into Chesapeake Bay.  All 3 crew killed.
47482 (FN790) mounted incorrectly on catapult on HMS Ravager Jul 7, 1943,
failed to reach flying speed on takeoff and ditched.  Crew rescued.
47483 (FN791) while embarking on HMS Ravager Jul 2, 1943, stalled on
deck, opened up and went over side into sea.  Crew rescued.
47490 (VC-1) Card CVE-11; 2-Jul-43;
47517, aircraft anti-sub development unit, project unit,
NAS Quonset Pt, Ri; Special exercise; Dove-in & 
exploded 4-5mi.off shore; 3 killed
47554 (VC-34) NAS Astoria, OR; 26-Jun-43; Crash landing
at Flatsop County Airport, OR.
47558/47569 to Royal Navy as Avenger I FN796/FN805
47559 (FN797) suffered engine fire on takeoff from HMS Ravager Jul 3, 1943
and ditched.  Pilot rescued (no other crew members mentioned)
47561 (FN799) SOC by Dec 11, 1945.
47564 (FN802) swung on takeoff from HMS Tracker Feb 20, 1944 and went
into sea.  Pilot rescued, no other crew members mentioned.
47594 (VC-13) CVE;21-Jul-43;Ditched
47602 (VT-6) crashed at sea Sept 2, 1943 off NAS Puunene
Maui, HI.  4 crew missing.
47628/47637 to Royal Navy as Avenger I FN806/FN815
47629 (FN807) entered cloud and crashed into Buzzards Bay, MA
Jun 22, 1943.  Pilot and USN passenger killed.
47636 (FN814) drifted to report and missed wires when landing on HMS
Implacable Apr 24, 1945 and struck port side of barrier.  DBR and SOC.