Navy Serial Number Search Results

73499 ... 75158 (EXACT MATCH)
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat
F4F-8 built under license by Eastern Aircraft Divisin of General Motors Corporation
73499/73513 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JV782/JV796
73508 (JV791) ditched near Lady Island Light following engine fire Feb 19, 1945.
Pilot rescued.
73520 (VC-11) lost off deck of USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
73589 (VC-91) w/o 8-Jan-45 Shamrock Bay.  This aircraft 
parked was hit by landing plane & was jettisoned 
at 16-24N 119-08E
73610 (VC-94) w/o 27-Dec-44.  Engine fire, ditched 25mi.N of Manus Isl.
73700 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Mar 31, 1945 to Feb 25, 1946.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations
73814/73833 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JV797/JV816
73826 (JV809) took direct hit from flak and disintegrated while escorting
Avengers during attack on shipping at Kilbotn U-boat base in Norway
May 4, 1945.  Pilot killed.
73876 (VC-94) w/o 27-Dec-44 Shamrock Bay. Crashed into water near the carrier.
74120 (MSN 4312) reported at Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT by 1966.
Noted May 2006 on display at Connecticut Historical
Aviation Collection (New England Air Museum), Windsor Locks, CT
74134/14153 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JV817/JV836
74161 ditched in Lake Michigan during WW2 and salvaged early 1990s. 
In 1997 was on display at Admiral Nimitz State Historical Park, TX.
74254/74273 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JV837/JV856
74363 (VOC-2) w/o 16-Jan-45 Ranger.  Stalled on landing, 
hit water inverted at 33-10N 118-26-05W
74374/74393 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JV857/JV876
74382 (JV865) landed on barrier of HMS Searcher Aug 9, 1945 and went over side into sea.
74477 crashed near Deland NAS Jul 13, 1945.  Plane and pilot's body found Jul 16 near Osteen, FL.
74507 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, VA Jan 17, 1945 
to Apr 18, 1945.  Assigned to NAS Willow Grove, PA 
74512 served with VC-93 in Pacific.  Flown to Guam in May 1945 and
put in storage.  SOC Sept 1945.  Returned to Tacoma, WA 
autumn of 1945.  Given to King County Parks and Recreation
Dept in 1959 and placed in a playground in White Center near
Seattle.  Given to Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA in 1970.
Restoration began in 1998.
74560 (MSN 4752) to civil registry as N90523.  Reported 1978 at
Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa, AZ.  Noted at Planes of Fame 
as N29FG Jan 13, 2002.  Dismantled for rebuilt Mar 2009.
74594/74618 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JV877/JV901
74599 (JV882) hook snapped on rounddown while landing on HMS Searcher Aug 8, 1945
and went into barrier.  Offloaded at Trincomalee next day and subsequently SOC.
74601 (JV884) struck rounddown and smashed undercarriage while landing on
HMS Searcher Aug 11, 1945.  Offloaded at trincomalee Aug 17, 1945 and
subsequently SOC.
74603 (JV886) missed wires and went into barrier while landing on HMS
Searcher Aug 11, 1945.
74719/74741 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JV902/JV924
74742/74743 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JW785/JW786
74844/74868 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JW787/JW811
74994/75018 to Royal Navy as Wildcat VI JW812/JW836