Navy Serial Number Search Results

77259 ... 80258 (EXACT MATCH)
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat
Model G-50
77259/77290 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JX968/JX999
77267 (JX976) collided with Hellcat JX989 (77280) and crashed 1 1/2 mi E of Young's Field
during practice formation flight Jun 30, 1945.  Pilot killed.
77280 (JX989) collided with Hellcat JX976 (77267) and crashed 1 1/2 mi E of Young's Field
during practice formation flight Jun 30, 1945.  Pilot killed.
77291/77343 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JZ775/JZ827
77317 (JZ801) SOC at Trincomalee sometime during 1945
77326 (JZ810) went over side of HMS Begum into sea during deck landing trainign Jul 9, 1945.
77343 (JZ827) failed to return from navex from Drem Aug 1, 1945.  Wing of aircraft later
recovered from Firth of Forth.  Pilot missing, presumed dead.
77349  placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Aircraft completely demolished, jettisoned overboard.
77386 (VF-83) in landing accident at NAS Seattle,
WA 9/12/1945
77433  placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Aircraft missing after test.
77424 shot down Jul 1, 1945.
77430 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To NAF R&D, China Lake Feb 29, 1959.  SOC Aug 13, 1959
77460 (F6F-5N, VF(N)-91) force landed Bon Homme
Richard CV-31 Sept 7, 1945.
77492  placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Aircraft missing after test.
77498 (VF-12) lost off Okinawa May 18, 1945.
77505 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To NAF R&D, China Lake Dec 10, 1958.  SOC May 8, 1961
77525 (CASU-23) dove-in during tactics near
Brigantine, NJ Sept 20, 1945.  Pilot killed.
77569  placed aboard USS Independence (CVL-22) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Aircraft completely demolished, jettisoned overboard.
77573 F6F-5P, converted to F6F-5K drone.  To NAF R&D, China Lake Dec 10, 1958.  SOC Oct 9, 1959
77611 (F6F-5P) ditched at sea off Suwanee CVE-27 Sept 10, 1945.
77637  placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.  
Undamaged.
77648  placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.  Undamaged.
77655 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To NOTS, China Lake Feb 28,1956.  SOC May 15, 1956
77659 dove in from 1200 feet near Milokii, Hawaii Sept 10, 1945.  Pilot killed.
77665 (VF-1) missing on patrol off Bennington
CV-20 off Honshu, Japan Sept 4, 1945.  Pilot MIA
77677 F6F-5P, converted to F6F-5K drone.  To NOTS, China Lake Jun 3, 1954.  SOC Sep 18, 1956
77680 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ890
77681 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ891
77685 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To NOTS, China Lake Nov 21, 1956
77688 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To China Lake.  SOC Mun 26, 1957
77690 crashed on deck Jun 18,1945.
77695 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ892		
77696 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ893
77705 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ894
77706 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ895
77715 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ896
77716 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ897
77722 (MSN A-8867) converted to F6F-5K drone 1956 at NOTS China Lake.  Transferred to Point Mugu in 1960.
Stored after accident May 1961 when swerved off runway and struck control van.  To  Naval Air Facility 
at Andrews AFB, MD 1965; in 1996 was noted to have a robotic 'pilot' who turned his head and
'waved' at passers-by!
77725 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ898.  Noted on dump at RAF West Raynham May 1947
77726 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ899
77745 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ900
77746 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ901
77749  placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
Undamaged
77750 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ902
77751 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ903
77760 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ904
77761 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ905
77765 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ906
77766 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ907
77780 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ908
77781 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ909
77790 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ910
77791 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ911
77792/77826 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JZ912/JZ946
77801 (JZ921) presumably w/o after accident at Nutts Corner Sep 3, 1945.  During aerodrome
dummy deck landings, aircraft stalled on approach, struck runway with port wing, rolled
onto back and crashed.  Pilot injured.
77887 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To China Lake.  SOC Mar 7, 1956
77910 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To China Lake.  SOC Dec 9, 1955
77912 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To NOTS, China Lake Oct 9, 1956.  SOC May 22, 1957
77914 assigned to FASRON 104 at NAF Bermuda Sep 1946.  Returned to USA for overhaul in 1947.
77960  placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.  sustained
no damage, retained for Test Baker
77963 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To China Lake May 1957.  SOC Jun 14, 1957
78068 placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.  Undamage.d
78055 damaged in taxiing accident at NAS Los Alamitos, CA Nov 1, 1950.
78086  placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.  Sustained
no damage.
78140 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To To O&R BuAer M&S, Corpus Christi, Nov 4, 1953 as F6F-5KX. To O&R BuAer FA, 
Pensacola, Dec 15, 1953 as F6F-5K.   To NOTS, China Lake, Feb 21, 1955. To NAF, China Lake, Aug 31, 1955. 
SOC Sep 6, 1955.
78158 to F6F-5P, converted to F6F-5K drone.  To O&R BUAER M&S Norfolk Nov 1958.  NAF R&D, China Lake, CA DEC 1958.
SOC Oct 27, 1959.
78181 (VF-87) in landing accident on Ticonderoga CV-14 9/5/1945 
78188 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To VU-3 Aug 1958.  To NAF R&D China Lake DEC 1958.  SOC Aug 13, 1959
78199 to NAF Inyokern by Feb 1955.
78365 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ947
78366 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ948
78375 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ949
78385 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ950
78386 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ951
78395 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ952
78405 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ953
78406 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ954
78414 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ955
78422 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JZ986
78425 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ956
78426 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ957
78435 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ958
78442 (VF-20) in wheels up landing and fire NAS
Edenton, NC. 9/11/1945.
78445 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ959
78446/78450 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JZ960/JZ964
78451 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JZ965.  Reported May 1947 derelict at RAF West Raynham, England.
78452/78457 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JZ966/JZ971
78458 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JZ972. W/o when swung to starboard on landing and overturned,
Filton, England Aug 30, 1945
78459/78466 to Royal Navy as JZ973/JZ980
78468/78471 to Royal Navy as JZ982/JZ985
78473/78480 to Royal Navy as JZ987/JZ994
78486 (VF-40) landing hook pulled out on landing on
Suwanee CVD-27 Sept 11, 1945.
78598 (F6F-5N) missing off Key West, FL Nov 27, 1950.
78645 (MSN A-9790) to civil registry as N9265A.  Now on display at Yanks Air Museum, CA.
78761 (drone) crashed after takeoff under radio control
Pt. Mugu, CA May 14, 1953.
78784 (VF-41) force landed in marsh Mission Bay, CA
Sept 10, 1945.
78890 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ995
78891 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ996.  Suffered engine trouble in circuit on arrival
at Aircraft Handling Unit, Stretton, England Aug 27, 1945.  Overshot landing, engine failed
completely, aircrast struck ridge 400 yds S of airfield and overturned.  Pilot killed.
78895/78896 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ997/JZ998
78910 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) JZ999
78911 ditched after takeoff from NAAS Kingsville, TX
Oct 12, 1953 and ditched.
78914/78915 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD103/KD104
78933 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD105
78935 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD106
78936 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD107.  Reported Mar 1952 on dump at Balado Bridge
78939 assigned to FASRON 104 at NAF Bermuda in 1947
78950 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD108
78955/78956 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD109/KD110
78968  placed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for Operation Crossroads nuclear test Able Jul 1, 1946.
78970/78971 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD111/KD112
78980 to NAF China Lake, CA Oct 1947.  Destroyed when crash landed following engine failure at NOTS Inyokern,
CA Feb 3, 1948.
78984/78986 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD113/KD115
79000 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD116
79004 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu by Mar 1950.
79005 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD117
79006/79040 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II KD118/KD152
79057 (F6F-5N) overshot landing at NAS Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba Sept 6, 1945 and went over cliff.
79063 drone wreck at San Nicholas Island, California seen Nov 2008.
79079 (VF-94) in landing accident HMS Indefagitable
Sept 2, 1945.  Jettisoned.
79139 (F6F-5N) fitted with a searchlight for trials for night ASW.
79192 on display at New England Air Museum.
79221 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD154
79225 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD155
79231 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD156
79234 to NAF China Lake by Sep 1956.
79235 (F6F-5N) to Royal Navy as Hellcat II(NF) KD157
79279 converted to F6F-5K drone.  To Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu by Mar 1950.
79324 modified to F6F-5K drone.  Coded V1, launched from USS Boxer Aug/Sep 1952 at North Korean target.
79364 assigned to FASRON 104 at NAF Bermuda Sep 1946.  Returned to US for overhaul 1947
79368 missing off NAS Corpus Christi TX during gunnery.
79445 collided in midair with F4U-4 BuNo 96790 over lower east side of
Detroit Jun 23, 1948.  Both pilots killed.  It appears that
both pilots could have bailed out but stayed with their
planes to try and avoid damage to people and houses on the ground.
79480 collided with 72501 near Lebec, CA Dec 22, 1947.
79511/79513 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II KD158/KD160
79514/79555 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II KE118/KE159
79558 (F6F-5N) hit gunnery sleeve and ditched
Sept 1, 1945.  Pilot OK.
79576 forcelanded at BollingAFB, DC Aug 2, 1950.
79593 (MSN A-11008) converted to F6F-5K dorne.  To NAF R&D China Lake by Aug 1959.  Donated by Grumman 
to USNAM, NAS Pensacola, FL in 1969.  Noted in 1988 displayed on USS Yorktown, Patriots Point, 
Charleston, NC.
79645 (VF-87) landing accident USS Ticonderoga
CF-14 Sept 2, 1945.
79669 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA, later the NASA 
Ames Research Center Jun 19, 1950 to Sep 9, 1960.  Registered as NACA 208.
Modified with guidance and control displays
79683 (MSN A-10828) became N7896C, then N4PP.  Now with Kalamazoo 
Aviation History Museum with civil registration NX4PP.
79863 registered in 1972 to Aerial Classics of Atlanta, GA
as N79863.  Now part of Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection in Seattle, Washington.
80003 to NAF-NOTSD Inyokern by May 1949  
80024 (VF-653) shot down by ground fire May 27, 1952.  Pilot POW
80141 (F6F-5K MSN A-11286) to US Navy Jun 1, 1945.  Converted to F6F-5N target drone Mar 1957.
SOC Sep 1961.  To Victgory Air Museum, Mundelein, IL.  To N80142 with US Marine Corps Museum, 
MCAS Quantico, VA Sep 28, 1967.  To W. C. Yarborough, Marietta, GA Jul 30, 1971 and modified
for skywriting Sep 1971.  Then to Staggerwing Service Center, tullahoma, TN Jan 17, 1972.
To thomas H. friedkin, rancho Santa FE, CA Jul 23, 1975.  Registration N100TF reserved by
Thomas H. Friedkin Oct 1, 1975.  Damaged when nosed over onlanding at Elsinore-Skylark Airport, CA
Dec 4, 1976.  registered N100TF to Cinema Air, Houston, TX Apr 12, 1978.  Damaged Apr 3, 1979 in
forced landing at San Marcos, CA  Registered N100TF to Chales F. Nichols, Baldwin Park, CA Dec 28, 1983.
Rebuilt using parts from BuNo 08831 and center section from BuNo 40467.
Registration N10CN reserved Dec 13, 1989, but registration not taken up.  Registered Dec 31, 1990 as
G-BTCC with Fighter Collection at Duxford, UK.  Displayed in USMC colors with fake
BuNo 40467 as flown by Lt Alex Vraciu of VF-6 aboard USS Intrepid (CV-11)
in mid-1944.  Refurbished 2008-2014 and still G-BTCC with the Figher Collection
80148 (F6F-5P) lost during low level photo mission over target vessels Jun 7, 1946 at 
Bikini atoll during Operation Crossroads before Able test.  Pilot rescued.
80166 (MSN A-11311) displayed statically at Fergus Falls AP, MN,
reported derelict 1962.  Became N1078Z same year and by 1982
was with the Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX
80167 became N7537U.  Reported in 1991 to be at Weeks Air Museum,
Tamiani, FL