Navy Serial Number Search Results

148252 ... 148261
McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom 
MSN 24/33.  Redesignated F-4A-4-MC in 1962
148252 SOC at Rome ADC, NY Feb 18, 1968.  Noted preserved at Quonset Air Museum, RI in Sep 2002.
148253 SOC at NAS North Island, CA Apr 16, 1968
148254 crashed into sea off Cape Charles, Virginia Apr 14, 1967
148255 SOC Dec 12, 1968.  Assigned as ground trainer at NAS Millington, Tennessee
148256 SOC Sep 21, 1968.  Currently preserved at Mayport Naval Base, Florida
148257 SOC at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey May 23, 1968
148258 SOC at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey Jun 16, 1968
148259 SOC at NAS Millington, Tennessee Jan 16, 1970.  Salvaged at NAS Memphis, Tennessee
148260 SOC at NAS Millington, Tennessee Jan 18, 1970.  Assigned as ground trainer at Memphis NATTC.
Currently preserved in Herlong, North Carolina, falsely marked as 92-0195
148261 written off at NAS Key West, FL, USA, 16th October 1964, while with VF 101.
Nose gear collapsed during landing, aircraft caught fire.  Preserved at NAS Oceana, Virginia, USA, 
seen since September 1983, over the years wearing different serials and markings.  Was serialled
as 152310 with VF-171 markings between 1983 and 1985.  In Oct 1989, the correct serial was given
back.  Since 1990 was wearing VF-41 markings with fake serial 2689/101.  In 2002 it 
showed a different scheme on each side.  

48252 ... 48451 (EXACT MATCH)
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
31 delivered to USAAF as OA-10
48252 (MSN 1614) to N9415H.  To Netherlands Navy as P-216
48257 (MSN 1619) to N68744. To Israeli AF.  To N94574 to A-F Helicopters Autg 20 1958, cancelled Dec 1, 1959
on export to the Netherlands.  To G-APZA Jan 14, 1960.  WFU Jul 30, 1960 
48259 (VP-12) hit mountain on Choiseul Island in the Solomons 3/8/1944.  9 killed.
48262 (MSN 1624) to N10016
48265 (MSN 1627) to N68745
48267 (MSN 1629) to N1275N
48268 (VPB-100) crashed on takeoff from NAS Kaneohe 2/1/1945.  10 killed.
48270 suffered landing accident 4/1/1946, Iaupahoehoe, Hawaii.  Sank while under tow.
48271 to N68769
48274 (MSN 1636) to N3784C
48275 (MSN 1637) to N1586M, then CF-NTJ
48280 (VP-44) overshot landing and hit obstacle Luganville airfield, South Pacific 5/12/1944.
3 killed, 6 injured.
48281 (MSN 1643) to N1540M then CF-IHJ
48284 crashed into Pacific Ocean N of Point Arena, CA Aug 7, 1946.  All 6 onboard killed.
48287 (MSN 1649) to storage at Litchfield Park, AZ in 1956. Sold at
auction and became N10017.  To Questor Surveys, Ltd of Toronto as
CF-JMS and to Selco Explorations in 1964 as VH-UMS.  Returned
to Questor as CF-JMS, then to N16647 in 1973 and to C-GGDW by Aug 1975
Now airworthy as N287.
48289 (VPB-63) damaged in takeoff accident on frozen lake Glomel, France 1/12/1945.  SOC
48290 to N68762
48291 (VP-3) in midair collision Dec 16, 1947.
48294 (MSN 1656) delivered to FAW-14 at NAS San Diego Nov 5, 1943.  Loaned to US Coast Guard Jun 1945, returned.  
To storage at Litchfield Park, Arizona Aug 5, 1953.  Formally SOC Aug 27, 1956.  To civil registry as N9521C.  
Restored in Canada, now flyable.   At Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, VA since 2001.
48295 (MSN 1657) to N9503C
48296 (MSN 1658) to Southern California Aircraft Copr of Ontario, CA in 1954
as N68746.  To Austin Airways, Toronto in 1966 as CF-AAD.  Crashed at
Great Whale, Quebec Sep 24, 1972.
48297 (MSN 1659) to RAAF as A24-75.  Sold on civilian registry as VH-BDY 1947.
48298 (MSN 1660) to RAAF as A24-74.  Forced landing in Clarence River
May 21, 1944.  Conversion Feb 12, 1946.
48299 (MSN 1661) to RAAF as A24-76.  Crashed Dec 19, 1944, Broome, WA.
48300 (MSN 1662) to RAAF as A24-73.  Failed to return from Surabaya May 21, 1944.
48301 (MSN 1663) to RAAF as A24-77. Sold to C. K. Campbell Nov 12, 1947.
48302 (MSN 1664) to RAAF as A24-78.  Sold to Barrier Reef Airways Nov 10, 1947.
48304 (MSN 1666) to N1555M, then CF-NWY
48306/48313 (MSN 1668/1675) Lend-Lease to Free French Navy
48313 (MSN 1675) struck by ground-looping B-17 42-29570 at Casablanca, Morocco Apr 26, 1944. 
48314 transferred to US Coast Guard
48317 (MSN 1679) to civil registry as N1495V, then taken on charge by Dutch Navy May 29, 1952 as P-212. 
SOC 7/8.1957 and displayed by a swimming pool in Hoeven.  To the Military 
Aviation Museum at Soesterberg 1984.
48319 (MSN 1681) to N9504C, then to  Brazilian Petroleum company Petrobras as PT-AXL, then
to Brazilian AF as FAB 6550, designated as C-10.  w/lo after crash landing on river at S. Antonio do Ica,
Oct 4, 1978.
48320 (MSN 1682) on civil registry as N31232
48322 (MSN 1684) to N1564M
48326 (VP-24) crashed 6/27/1944 Majuro, South Pacific.
48327 (MSN 1689) to N1520V then F-OAYD.  In 2009, aircraft was resting underwater
as an artifical reef off the airport at Faaa, near Papete, Tahiti.
48328 (MSN 1744) crashed on ferry flight from NAS Seattle to CGAS Elizabeth City Feb 11, 1947.
2 of 6 aboard survived the crash.
48331 lost 12/1/1944 in South Pacific during non-combat mission due to unknown cause.
48332 (MSN 1694) to Norwegian AF as KK-D
48333 (MSN 1695) to N9512C
48334 (MSN 1696) to N9535C, to N74812.  WFU 1963.  The fuselage recently restored
in USN colors at Classic Flyers Air Museum Trust, Tauranga,
New Zealand is believed to be from this aircraft.
48335 (MSN 1697) to N10019
48339 (VP-53) wrecked in takeoff accident on rescue mission near Maloepal, South Pacific 6/9/1944.
Sunk by gunfire.
48341 (VP-53) damaged 3/24/1944, Jajuro, South Pacific and SOC.  I also have
this one as going to RAAF as A24-85 and being sold Nov 12, 1947.
48343 (MSN 1705) to N4936V
48344 (MSN 1706) to RAAF as A24-79.  Sold to Barrier Reef Airways Nov 10, 1947
48345 (MSN 1707) to RAAF as A24-84.  Sold Jan 5,1948.
48346 (MSN 1708) to RAAF as A24-83.  Sold to Kingsford-Smith Jan 5, 1948.
48347 (MSN 1709) was to have gone to RAAF but disappered
on delivery flight Feb 4, 1944.  5 crew missing.  Plane
never carried an A24 serial
48348 (MSN 1710) to RAAF as A24-87.  Sold to Sydney Morning Herald Mar 24, 1947.
48349 (MSN 1711) to RAAF as A24-80.  Sold to Kingsford-Smith Jan 5, 1948.
48350 (MSN 1712) to RAAF as A24-81.  Sold to Kingsford-Smith Jan 5, 1948.
48352 (MSN 1714) to RAAF as A24-88.  Sold to Kingsford-Smith Jan 5, 1948.  Used as a houseboat for many years.
Almost all of the fuselage surivives at Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin Airport, Melbourne.
48353 (MSN 1715) to RAAF as A24-93.  Sold Jan 5, 1948.
48354 (MSN 1716) to RAAF as A24-89.  Sold to Barrier Reef Airways Nov 10, 1947.
48355 (MSN 1717) to RAAF as A24-90.  Failed to return from Makassar Oct 15, 1944.
48356 (MSN 1718) to RAAF as A24-86.  Sold to J. E. Woods Nov 13, 1947.
48357 (MSN 1719) Lend-Lease to Free French Navy.  (VPF-1, French) flew into water off Agadir, French Morocco 6/23/1944.  
All crew killed.
48358 (MSN 1720) Lend-Lease to Free French Navy
48359 (MSN 1721) Lend-Lease to Free French Navy
48360 (MSN 1722) Lend-Lease to Free French Navy
48361 (VPF-1, MSN 1723) Lend-Lease to Free French Navy.  Crash-landed due to fuel exhaustion and bad 
weather 7/12/1944 of Safi, French Morocco.  5 killed, 4 rescued.
48362 (MSN 1724) Lend-Lease to Free French Navy
48363 (MSN 1725) Lend-Lease to Free French Navy
38365 to USAAF as OA-10A 43-47957
48368 (MSN 1730) front section recovered from Coleambally, Australia and stored at Wagga Wagga, NSW
Now in Australian Museum of Flight, Nowra, NSW, Australia.  Had gone to USAAF as
OA-10A 43-47960.
48370 (VPB-92) sank after hard landing NAS San Juan, Puerto Rico 10/19/1944.  SOC.
48371 (MSN 1733) to N5589V
48373 (MSN 1735) to N10018 then N95R, now VH-BRI in Australia as a houseboat.  Was DBR Jul 8, 1962
48374 (MSN 1736) to N9507C, later YV-P-DPZ, YV-O-CFO-2, YV-63CP, YV-584CP in Venezuela.  Believed
destined for European airshow circuit.
48375 (MSN 1737) SOC at Seattle Jun 1953.  To Trans-Alaskan Airlines as N4937V.  Passed through various 
owners, still as N4937V, until it was registed to Fleetway Inc of Burbank, CA Nov 30, 1954.
On same day, sold to LATN (Líneas Aéreas de Transporte Nacional) but on Dec 22, a C of R was issued to
Fleetway as N4937V.  Did go on to become CP-CBA/T-29.  To Paraguayan AF as FAP 2002,
This was apparently the aircraft used by Juan Peron to flee Argentina in Sept 1955. 
Then to N96FP, later N96UC.  Spotted in Flying Tigers Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, FL July 1998, 
bearing civil registration N96UC.   Nov 2006 at Fantasy of Flight Museum, Polk City, FL 
48376 (VP-73) ground-looped during landing and burned 4/25/1944 NAS Beaufort, SC.  SOC.
48380 (MSN 1742) to N5805N, then CF-EMW
48381 (MSN 1743) to N1279N
48382 to Norwegian AF as KK-A
48383 (MSN 1745) to N68768, then to Holland (registration PH-PBY not taken up,
became PH-TGP) then to Dutch East Indies as JZ-POA.  Believe scrapped at Kai Tak
in early 1960s.
48384 (VPB-43) landed in ocean after engine failure 5/24/1945, Attu, Alaska.  Drifted onto beach after
after crew were rescued.
48385 (MSN 1747) to N68747
48386 (VPB-62)crashed into side of mountain during takeoff 3/10/1945 NAS Kodiak, Alaska.  8 killed, 
6 injured.
48387 to N6466C
48388 (MSN 1750) to N1521V, to HK-1020 for Lineas Aereas Interiores
de Catalina (LAICA) in 1972.  Crashed at Villavicencio,
Colombia Jun 11, 1973.  Pilot was killed.  Also has been listed
as HK-520.
48389 (VRF-3) force landed at sea and sank 3 mi off Newport Beach, DE 3/11/1946
48390 (MSN 1652) 
48391 (MSN 1753, VP-61) caught fire in Oak Harbor, WA during taxiing 1/24/1944.  SOC.
Civilianized as N68763 so it must have been repaired.
48396 (MSN 1758) to N10609
48397 (MSN 1759) to civil registry as N5593V and converted into luxury flying
yacht. In the spring of 1960 owner took his family around the world on a
pleasure trip and on Mar 22, 1960 they landed at the Strait of
Tirana to spend the night there.  The next afternoon they were attacked
by automatic fire from a headlands nearby.  The aircraft ran aground
while they were attempting to takeoff.  The passengers were captured by
a group of Bedouins attached to the Saudi Arabian army, who had taken
them for Israeli commandos.  They were taken to Jedda and were interrogated.
They were eventually set free with the help of the American ambassador.
The aircraft is still on the beach reef at Ash Shaykh Humayd, Aqaba, Saudi Arabia
48398 (VP-45) crashed on non-combat mission 2/2/1944, Attu, Alaska.  I have this plane also being with
VP-61 and crashed 5/1/1944 in bad weather with 8 MIA.
48399 (VPB-71) collided with obstacle 8/10/1945 Philippines
48402 (MSN 1764) to N5592V
48404 (MSN 1770) to N68748
48406 (MSN 1768) now N5590V at Aerospace Museum, San Diego, CA
48408 to N68748
48410 (MSN 1772) to N68764
48411 (VP-801) ground-looped during taxiing at NAS Quonset Point, RI 8/26/1950.
48412 (MSN 1774) civil identities (oldest first) were N10024, N96R, YV-P-EPX, YV-P-EPZ (Orinoco Mining Company), 
YV-O-CFO-4, YV-56CP, YV-585CP, YV-485C (Rr 1973), now N7238Z.
48413 (MSN 1775) to N68765
48414 (MSN 1776) to N68749
48416 (VPB-84) lost in takeoff accident from San 
Francisco Bay and hit hillside 5/4/1945.  7 
killed, 2 injured.
48417 (VPB-73) water looped on landing 1/24/1945 Jamaica
Bay, Long Island, NY.  5 killed, 7 injured.
48419 (MSN 1781) to PP-ABC then PP-PDR, then to Brazilian AF as CA-10 FAB 6509
48422 (MSN 1784) to Brazil in 1944 as FAB 22, later FAB 6521.  Redesignated PA-10 in 1945.
Converted in USA to cargo aircraft in 1958 and redesignated CA-10A.  W/o Feb 8, 1968.
48423 (MSN 1785) on civil registry as N4002A after retirement from Navy.
Owned by a number of Canadian companies as CF-JJG.  Flow to 
Reno for storage in 1986 and went through a succession of
owners before acquired by Catalina Angels Ltd as N423RS and
operated it for Greenpeace for use in pollution watching
activities.  Bought from Greenpeace by Super Catalina Restoration in 2000
and will be made airworthy.  Plane is currently on display
at Duxford in UK. Flown to Lee-on-Solent where it will be based.
Seen at Lee-on-Solent Jan 2006 painted as JV828.  Reported Feb 2009 to
have been sold to PBY Aviation in USA
48424 (MSN 1786) to N9509C
48425 (MSN 1787) to N68743
48426 (MSN 1788) now N31235 for SLAFCO, Moses Lake, WA as water bomber.  In Aug 2007
seen at Palm Springs Air Museum.  Has the tail of a PBY-6A.
48427 flew into water during bad weather landing
6/16/1944 in Aleutians.  7 killed.
48429 (MSN 1791) to N1565M, then CF-IGJ, then C-FIGJ
48430 (MSN 1792) to N1522V
48431 (MSN 1793) to N1277N
48434 (MSN 1796) to N9524C
48435 (MSN 1797) to N31233 then CF-ILK
48438 (MSN 1800) to N68750
48440 (MSN 1802) to N68751
48441 (MSN 1803) to N4856V..
48443 (VPB-71) in emergency landing Quinapundan Bay,
Philippines 3/22/1945 and sunk by gunfire.  SOC.
48446 (MSN 1808) to civil registry as N5591V, then YV-209CP (Bemana), and finally N285NJ
Wrecked at Turin, Italy May 21, 1989 when brakes failed during landing, ran out
of runway into a house, 2 crew killed, 3 passengers injured.
48447 (MSN 1809) to N9510C, to Indonesia as PK-AKT, to Netherlands, New
Guinea as JZ-POD for NV Nederlands Nieuw Guinea Petroleum Mij, Den Haag,
Netherlands.  Registration cancelled and believed to have been scrapped
at Kai Tak, Hong Kong in early 1960s.  Became B-303.  PK-AKT is considered suspect for this airframe.
48448 (MSN 1810) to N31234, CF-IHD, F-BMKT, French Navy 48/F-YCHC and q/o Apr 20, 1966 when nosewheel doors 
opened on landing
48449 damaged 4/19/1944 during landing training 
4/19/1944, San Diego NAS, CA.  SOC.
48450 (MSN 1812) to N68752
48451 (MSN 1813)