Navy Serial Number Search Results

123085 ... 123085
Grumman XF9F-5 Panther
100th production airframe modified as XF9F-5.  First flight Dec 21, 1949

123086 ... 123086
Grumman XF9F-4 Panther
101st production airframe modified as static test airframe for XF9F-4/XF9F-5. 

125080 ... 125080
Grumman F9F-5 Panther

125082 ... 125082
Grumman F9F-5 Panther

125156 ... 125227
Grumman F9F-4 Panther
Many completed as F9F-5.
125156 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Oct 21, 1954 to Aug 10, 1955.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations.
Used for boundary layer control, STOL and V/STOL research. 
125168 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sep 10, 1952.
125170 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sep 10, 1952
125173 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952.
125177 at one time was at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.
125178 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952.
125180 (F9F-4) at Lion's Park, Costa Mesa, CA 
125181 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952.
125182 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952.
125183 (F9F-5) at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
125186 to Argentine Navy as 0417 Dec 1958.  Coded 3-A-102.  Destroyed on ground Apr 3, 1963 by Argentine Air 
Force air strike at Punto Indio to squash Argentine Navy coup. Fuselage to Naval Aviation School 1969
125188 (F9F-5) preserved wit Aerocrafters, Santa rosa, California in Sep 2003
125189 (VMF-115) downed during combat mission Apr 20, 1952.
125193 (VMF-115) crashed due to explosion in cockpit after takeoff from K-3,
Apr 23, 1952.
125197 at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.
125203 (VMF-115) in midair collision with F9F-4 125215 near Yongwol, Korea
Mar 26, 1952.
125211 (VMF-115) shot down by AAA Jan 19, 1953.
125215 (VMF-323) in midair collision with F9F-4 125203 near Yongwol, Korea
Mar 26, 1952.
125219 (VMF-115) missing in action Dec 3, 1952.
125223 (VMF-115) diverted to K-3 due to bad weather and crashed into mountain
Sept 10, 1952.

125228 ... 125313
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125228 hit ramp on landing on Midway 7/23/1951.  Pilot injured.
125240 fitted with experimental nose-mounted inflight refuelling probe.
125283 was with Blue Angels. Damaged in midair collision at Corpus Christi, TX Jul 7, 1952.
125286 was Blue Angels #4.  Crashed at Corpus Christi, TX Jul 7, 1952.
Pilot ejected but did not leave seat and was killed.
125295 owned by US National Museum of Naval Avation.  Noted summer 2003 
at Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville, FL
125312 (VF-122) fell overboard from USS Oriskany CVA-34 in rough seas
125316 noted Oct 1996 at WASP Aviation Museum, Quartzite, AZ, apparently
now (2004) at USS Hornet, Alameda, painted as 123517.

125314 ... 125321
Grumman F9F-5P Panther
Model G-79.  Unarmed reconnaissance aircraft.
125316 was at Pioneer's Park, Mesa, AZ.  Later on display at USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California

125414 ... 125443
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125418 (VF-72) ditched on takeoff from FDR 7/20/1951.
125428 (VF-122) hit by AAA over Wonsan, North Korea Apr 20, 1953 and crashed 10 Mi E of Hodo Pando
Peninsula, North Korea, in the Sea of Japan Apr 20, 1953.  Pilot KIA.
125429 (VF-153) ditched in Sea of Japan after engine flamed out Jul 9, 1953.  Rescued by Navy helicopter
from (K-18) Kangnung AB, South Korea.
125434 in 1997 was operated by R. A. Christgau of Edina, MN as N1332F.  Registered to James Dale Aug 6, 2013, no 
airworthiness certificate

125447 ... 125476
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
Contract cancelled, and delivered as 125414/125443

125489 ... 125499
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125495 (VF-153) shot down by AAA and shrshed N of Tanchon, 10 mi SWo of Songjon, North Korea
Mar 17, 1953.  Pilot KIA.

125533 ... 125648
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125539 crashed SW of Wrightwood in San Gabriel Mountain, CA Feb 2, 1957.  Pilot killed.
125544 (VMF-311) hit by small arms fire and ditched near
friendly territory Jul 17, 1953.
125557 (VF-153) shot down by AAA Jul 20, 1953.
125573 (VF-153) ditched due to low fuel Jun 13, 1953.
125595 (VA-52) crashed into mountain Jan 28, 1955.  Pilot killed.
125598 appeared in the motion picture *Bridges Of Toko-Ri*

125893 ... 125912
Grumman F9F-5 Panther

125913 ... 125948
Grumman F9F-4 Panther
Many delivered as F9F-5.
125925 seen 2006 in restoration hangar of Valiant Air Command museum, Titusville, FL

125949 ... 126256
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
125963 (VF-122) crashed at sea due to flameout Apr 13, 1953.
125967 hit by AAA and ditched in Wonsan harbor Jan 18, 1953.
125975 (VF-51) ditched in Sea of Japan after takeoff from USS Valley Forge (CVA-45) Feb 24, 1952.
Pilot rescued by Navy helicopter Ho3S-1 from USS Los Angeled (CA-135)
125992 to VMF 224 in 1952.  To NAS Atsugi and Yokosuka in 1953.  to NAS Alamada and MCAS El Toro and
ended up in Naval Reserve NAS Minneapolis.  Retured Jul 1959.  For a couple of
decades locate at Winona's Lake Park.  Moved to Max Conrad Field in 1980s.  Moved to Bowling
Green-Warren County RAP in Jan 2008 for restoration for Aviation Heritage Park.  In 2012 was 
on display at Aviation Heritage Park, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
126000 appeared in *Bridges of Toko-Ri*
126002 (VMF-311) fuel starvation due to bad weather and crashed
near K-3 May 6, 1953.
126006 (VMF-311) pilot bailed out over Sea of Japan near Pusan, Korea Jul 17, 1953.
126032 (VMF-311) list in operational accicent in South Korea Mar 13, 1953.  Pilot survived
126041 (VMF-311) pilot bailed out over Sea of Japan near Pusan, Korea Jul 17, 1953.
126043 to NAF China Lake by Nov 1955-Jun 1956
126073 (VMF-311) ammo caught fire due to blast from another
aircraft Jul 17, 1953.
126081 (VMF-311) crash landed due to battle damage Mar 23, 1953.
126099 (VF-51) shot down by AAA S of Wonsan, North Korea Mar 9, 1953.  Pilot KIA.
126109 (VMF-311) hit by small arms fire and landed at K-13 on
fire Feb 16, 1953.  Pilot was Ted Williams, the famous baseball player.
126124 (VF-153) crashed into Sea of Japan on takeoff from USS Princeton (CVA-37) and sank right
away Apr 25, 1953.  Pilot killed.
126152 (VF-781) hit by AAA and ditched in Wonsan Harbor, Korea,
Feb 2, 1953.
126159 (VA-153) hit by AAA Apr 21, 1953
and ditched in Wonsan Harbor, Korea.
126189 (VMF-311) ditched due to fuel starvation in bad weather 
near Kangea, Korea May 6, 1953.  Pilot rescued 
126190 (VF-51) hit by AAA near Kowon, North Korea Apr 1, 1953.  Able to fly out to sea where pilot ejected and
was rescued, but suffered back injury.
126203 (VF-153) hit by AAA, ditched in Sea of Japan and
disintegrated on impact May 6, 1953
126204 (VF-111) ran out of fuel and ditched at sea Jun 19, 1953.
126213 (VF-153) ditched May 6, 1953 near Tanchon, Korea.
126219 (VF-122) crashed on takeoff from USS Oriskany CVA-34 Mar 22, 1953.
126225 appeared in the motion picture *Bridges Of Toko-Ri*
126226 This aircraft flew combat missions over North Korea with US Navy Fighter Squadron VF-51, the 
Screaming Eagles, from 2 January until 5 March 1953, when it was damaged in a barrier engagement 
during a carrier landing. VF-51 was attached to Carrier Air Group FIVE aboard the USS VALLEY FORGE (CVA-45).
Put on display at the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS in 1983.  Still there Mar 2009.
126250 (VF-154) hit side of mountain in Korea Apr 23, 1953.

126265 ... 126290
Grumman F9F-5P Panther
Model G-79.  Unarmed reconnaissance aircraft
126269 converted to F9F-5KD drone director
126275 owned by National Naval Aviation Museum.  Now at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park,
Mobile, AL.  In 1987 was on display (as a DF-9E) at NAS Barbers Point, Oahu, HI
126277 converted to F9F-5KD, redesignated DF-9E in 1962.
Now at Planes of Fame, Chino, CA.

126627 ... 126669
Grumman F9F-5 Panther
Model G-79
126668 to civil registry as N780.  Cancelled Jun 11, 2011, C of R not issued

126670 ... 126672
Grumman XF9F-6 Cougar
Model G-93.  Swept wings and horizontal tail surfaces fitted to uncompleted F9F-5 Panther airframes.
126670 first flight Sep 20, 1951.  By 1997 was at Smithsonian's Silver Hill facility.  Now at Udvar-Hazy
Center of NASM, Chantilly, Virginia
126671 was static test airframe.

127471 ... 127472
Grumman F9F-5P Panther
Model G-79.  Unarmed reconnaissance aircraft