The F11F/F-11 was used by the Blue Angels flight team from 1957–1969. Grumman Aircraft Corporation made 200 Tigers, with the last aircraft being delivered to the U.S. Navy on January 23, 1959.
Last updated on: May 24, 2018
The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. Originally designated the F11F Tiger in April 1955 under the pre-1962 Navy designation system, it was redesignated as F-11 Tiger under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.
- Delivered to U.S. Navy, October 15, 1964.
- BAR M&S Bethpage, NY, October 15, 1954.
- R&D Bethpage, NY, October 28, 1954.
- Crashed landed near runway, Peconic, NY, October 19, 1954.
- Engine flamed out.
-- Pilot survived with only minor injuries.
-- Airframe was a write-off.
-- 29 hrs on airframe
- Delivered to U.S. Navy, October 15, 1954.
- Assigned to BAR M&S Bethpage, NY, October 15, 1954.
- Transferred to R&D Bethpage, NY, October 28, 1954.
- Redesignated as F11F-1, 1955.
- Transferred to NAMC Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 1957.
- Struck off charge at NAMC Philadelphia, PA, July 2, 1957.
-- 148 hrs on airframe.
- Delivered to U.S. Navy, December 29, 1954.
- Assigned to R&D Bethpage, NY, December 30, 1954.
- Redesignated as F11F-1, 1955.
- Transferred to NATC Patuxent River, MD, May 18, 1959.
- Transferred to O&R Norfolk, VA, May 24, 1960.
- Struck off charge at NAS Norfolk, VA, May 24, 1960.
-- 458 hrs on airframe.
- Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ, March 21, 1963.
- Redesignated as F11F-1, 1955.
- BAR M&S Bethpage, NY, February 28, 1955.
- R&D Bethpage, NY, March 4, 1955.
- NATC Patuxent River, MD, March 16, 1957.
- O&R Norfolk, VA, September 04, 1959.
- Stuck off Charge: February 23, 1960.
-- Striken at NAS Norfolk, VA
-- 299 hrs logged on airframe
- Displayed at Admiral Farragut Academy, St Petersburg, FL, ????.
- Valiant Air Command Museum at Titusville, FL, circa 2017.
*8/26/1959: Written off at NATC.
*4/4/1958: Written off.
- Transferred to US Weather Bureau Tornado Hunter Squadron.
- Struck off charge: August 30, 1966.
*Test Pilot School.
*5/21/1962: Written off at NATC.
*1956-57: VX-3 as JC-51.
*1962: VT-26.
*7/23/1962: Written off.
F-11F-1 Tiger/Bu. 138618 positioned on the deck edge elevator on board the U.S.S. Forrestal (CVA 59) during carrier suitability trials
for the aircraft that took place in 1956..
[Source: National Museum Of Naval Aviation Collection]
- Assigned to VT-26.
- Struck off charge at NARF Cherry Point, NC, July 5, 1967.
- Displayed at Stricklands Surplus, Inc in Wilmington, NC, ????-2018.
-- Rounds overtook aircraft when the aircraft flew through the projectiles trajectory.
-- Aircraft impacted tree while trying to return to Grumman's Long Island Field.
-- Pilot managed to exit the wreck safely.
- Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ, May 21, 1965.
- Assigned to NATC, NAS Patuxent River, MD.
- Transferred to NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
- Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ., January 7, 1965.
- Assigned to NACA/NASA, Langley Research Center, VA, January 4, 1957-August 17, 1961.
- Transferred to NAS Norfolk, VA.
- Struck off charge at BWR Bethpage, NY, September, 30, 1963.
- Assigned to VX-3 as JC-52., 1958.
- Transferred to VT-26, 1960.
- Written Off, September 22, 1960.
- Assigned to NATC as 826, 1960.
- Transferred to VT-26.
- Transferre to AMARC, May 1967.
- Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard, May 1967.
*1/9/1958: Written off.
*5/21/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1/7/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*VT-26.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/14/1967: Struck off charge.
*10/1973: Salvaged?
*3/7/1962: Written off.
*1/7/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1957: VA-156 as NL-101 and NL-105.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VT-26.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/14/1967: Struck off charge.
*1956-57: VA-156 as NL-106.
*5/21/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*VT-26 as 3L-343.
*5/21/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*ATU-203.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA. Salvaged there?
*1957: VX-3 as JC-56.
*1957: VA-156 as NL-107.
*VT-26.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA. Salvaged there?
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*9/5/1967: Struck off charge at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*While being airlifted to a museum in South Carolina by helicopter, the line broke and the plane fell into a wooded area near Oak Grove, NC, where it still is as of 2008. Details? Help?
*8/3/1958: After engine failure during display, crashed landed at Buffalo APT, NY. Or on 8/1/1958?
*1967: VT-26.
*2/20/1967: Crashed near NAS Chase Field, TX. Date wrong?
*10/14/1958: Crashed into ground practising Split S near NAS Pensacola, FL. Pilot was killed.
*VT-26.
*VT-23 as 3H-331.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/19/1967: Struck off charge.
*1967: VT-26.
*1/27/1967: Caught fire and crashed after take-off from NAAS Chase Field, TX.
*VT-26.
*1964: VT-23 as 3H-3xx.
*8/27/1964: Crashed near NAAS Kingsville, TX.
- Damaged during take-off accident, Edwards AFB, CA, June 23, 1958.
-- Flown by French evaluation pilot.
- Struck off Charge.
- Used for fire-fighting practice and destroyed, ~1980s.
*1957: Edwards AFB, CA, for tests.
*4/16/1958: Set an official world altitude record of 76,831 feet.
*Flew with the Blue Angels?
*1960: NAF China Lake, CA, for tests.
*1/1961: Modified as ground trainer for technical crews at NAF China Lake, CA.
*1/10/1961: Struck off charge at NAF China Lake, CA.
*Currently preserved at the US Naval Museum of Armament and Technology at NAWC China Lake, CA.
- Assigned to VT-23 as 3H-3##, NAS Kingsville, TX, 1964-1965.
- Transferred to NAS Litchfiled Park, AZ.
- Transferred to AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, July 02, 1965.
- Struck off charge: June 30, 1967.
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- Assigned NATC as 729, 1957-1958.
- Transferred VT-26 as 3L-326, NAS Kingsville, TX, 1963-1964.
- Written off, July 2, 1964.
*3/6/1963: Written off. Or on 3/7/1963?
*VF-21.
*1957: VA-156.
*8/21/1957: Written off.
*1962: VT-26.
*1/16/1962: Written off.
*1/7/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*2/20/1958: Written off.
*1966: VT-26 as 3L-6xx.
*7/5/1967: Struck off charge at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*Was preserved at the Goldsborough-Wayne APT, NC.
*Currently preserved at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, CA.
*7/7/1957: Written off.
*2/26/1958: Written off.
*1965: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*2/18/1967: Crashed near NAS El Centro, CA during a practice flight. Pilot was killed. Or near NABTC Pensacola, FL?
*6/26/1967: Struck off charge at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*5/21/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*5/9/1960: Written off at NAATC Kingsville, TX.
*2/13/1959: Written off.
*1964: VT-23 as 3H-3xx.
*10/12/1964: Damaged beyond repair in a crash landing.
*1959: VF-21 as AD-204.
*VF-21 as AM-204.
*1962: VT-26.
*VT-26 as 3L-611.
*1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/5/1958: Ran off the runway at NAS Cubi Point, Philippines due to engine failure and ended up in the bay. Plane was recovered but written off. Pilot was killed.
*10/11/1958: Written off.
*1967: VT-26.
*2/20/1967: Struck off charge.
*5/21/1958: Written off.
*1/7/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*2/23/1961: Written off.
*1960: VT-23.
*1960: VF-111.
*7/26/1960: Written off.
*10/16/1958: Written off.
*11/6/1962: Written off at O&R NAS Alameda, CA.
*VT-26.
*1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1960: VF-111 as NH-1xx.
*11/6/1960: Written off at O&R NAS Alameda, CA.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/30/1968: Struck off charge.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA.
*4/1971: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA. Or in 1973?
*1957-58: VF-33.
*JTTU Olathe, KS.
*1961-67: VT-26.
*Assigned as a ground trainer to NATTC Memphis, TN.
*6/27/1967: Struck off charge at NAS Memphis, TN.
*Currently preserved at NSA Mid-South Millington APT, TN.
*1963: VT-26.
*8/30/1963: Written off. Or on 8/31/1963?
*1960-61: VF-111 as NH-104.
*1/7/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*2/7/1962: Written off.
*VF-191 as NM-106.
*1965-66: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*9/2/1966: Crashed during an airshow on the shore of Lake Ontario near Toronto, Canada. Pilot was killed. Or on 9/22/1966?
*VA-43.
*VF-21 as AD-203.
*1959: VF-21 as AD-212.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1967: VT-26 as 3L-622.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/19/1967: Struck off charge.
*VF-191.
*1961: VT-26.
*5/23/1961: Written off.
*1959: VF-191.
*7/14/1959: Written off.
*7/8/1964: Crashed near NAAS Kingsville, TX. Or on 7/9/1964?
*1966: VT-26 as 3L-304.
*7/20/1966: Crashed near NAAS Chase Field, TX after both wings broke off in flight.
*1959: VF-33 as AF-205.
*8/2/1959: Written off.
*1959: VF-33 as AF-206.
*VF-21.
*1960: VF-33.
*6/10/1960: Written off.
*11/26/1959: Written off.
*5/21/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*11/22/1958: Written off.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*5/1/1962: Written off.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VF-121 as NJ-101.
*1959: VF-121 as NJ-121.
*1966-67: VT-26 as 3L-600.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/15/1967: Struck off charge.
*9/17/1964: Struck off charge at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
*2/21/1959: Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after a bad launch off USS Intrepid. Pilot was killed.
*3/24/1958: Written off.
*10/14/1964: Crashed near NAS Chase Field, TX.
*1960-61: VF-33 as AF-210.
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was preserved at NAS New York, NY.
*Was preserved at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, NY.
*Currently preserved at the MAPS Museum at the Akron/Canton Airport, OH.
*4/15/1961: Written off.
*1959: VF-121 as NJ-104.
*VT-26.
*1965: VT-23 as 3H-312.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/15/1967: Struck off charge.
*1959: VF-33 as xx-205.
*9/4/1959: Caught fire and ditched into Back Bay Sound off Norfolk, VA.
*1/23/1963: Crashed into a field after pilot ejected. Or on 1/24/1963?
*10/27/1959: Written off.
*9/16/1965: Struck off charge.
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1965: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1/2/1969: Struck off charge at NAS Glynco, GA.
*Was preserved at the Florence Air and Missile Museum, SC.
*Currently preserved at Grissom AFB, IN.
*7/14/1958: Written off.
*VT-26 as 3L-620.
*VT-23 as 3L-619.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/22/1967: Struck off charge.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA.
*10/1973: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA.
*1964: VT-23 as 3H-3xx.
*3/6/1967: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.
*3/14/1967: Written off at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*1964: VT-23 as 3H-3xx.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/27/1967: Struck off charge.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA.
*10/1973: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA.
*VF-121 as NJ-109.
*VT-26 as 3L-608.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/30/1968: Struck off charge.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*10/1973: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA.
*1967: VT-26.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/15/1967: Struck off charge.
*Was preserved at the Pima Air and Space Museum, AZ.
*Currently preserved in Grand Junction, CO.
*1959-60: VF-191 as NM-106.
*1964-65: VT-23 as 3H-322.
*1965: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1966: VT-26 as 3L-617.
*3/25/1967: Struck off charge at NASC El Centro, CA.
*4/15/1967: Crashed due to engine failure.
*5/24/1967: Struck off charge at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*1966: VT-26.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*1959-60: VF-111 as NH-113.
*VT-23.
*7/1965: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1966: NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*1966: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*12/30/1968: Struck off charge at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*Currently preserved in small fenced area beside US Highway 17 near Craven County Hospital, New Bern, NC.
*? as AD-204.
*VT-26.
*7/1965: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1967: NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*11/2/1967: Crashed at NABTC Pensacola, FL.
*12/7/1963: Written off. Or on 12/8/1963?
*7/8/1959: Written off.
*1960: VF-111.
*11/7/1960: Written off.
*1962: VT-23.
*6/14/1962: Written off.
*1963: VT-26 as 3L-3xx.
*7/11/1963: Written off.
*8/24/1958: Written off.
*1958: VA-156 as NH-xxx.
*VT-26 as 3L-634.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*10/1973: Salvaged at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*1958: VF-33 as AF-202.
*1960-61: VF-33 as AF-202.
*3/1961: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1965: VT-23.
*1965-66: VT-26.
*5/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1968: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1/5/1969: Struck off charge at NAS Olathe, KS.
*5/1969: Donated to the University of Kansas Aerospace Engineering Department, at the Lawrence APT, KS.
*Currently preserved at the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS.
Grumman F11F-1 Tiger/Bu. 141812/#301 of VA-43 aboard CV-62, February 18, 1960.
[Source: Jack Cook collection]
*1963: VT-26 as 3L-316.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*10/1973: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA.
*1960-61: VF-33 as AF-xxx.
*VF-33 as AF-219.
*VF-33 as AF-204.
*1964: VT-23 as 3H-3xx.
*1966: VT-26.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/30/1968: Struck off charge.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*3/1965: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1959-61: VF-33 as AF-207.
*VT-26 as 3L-605.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*1960-61: VF-33 as AF-xxx.
*VF-33 as AF-203, AF-220, and AF-211.
*1967: VT-26.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*Salvaged by Southwest Alloys of Tucson, AZ.
*VF-33 as AF-201.
*9/17/1964: Struck off charge at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
*1961: VF-111.
*3/16/1961: Written off.
*1958: VF-121.
*1959: FASRON 10.
*1959: VF-111.
*1962: VT-26 as 3L-602.
*1967: VT-26 as 3L-601.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/30/1968: Struck off charge.
*Was preserved at the Pima Air and Space Museum, AZ.
*1987: Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*Nosecone currently preserved on the USS Hornet Museum.
*10/21/1958: Written off.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-xxx.
*VT-26 as 3L-638.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*Was this one also sent to the Pima Air and Space Museum? Around 1973?
*Did this one fly with the Blue Angels at some point?
*1959: VF-211 as NP-xxx.
*1967: VT-26 as 3L-629.
*1968-69: Flew with the Blue Angels acrobatic team.
*2/1969: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1969: Struck off charge at AMARC.
*1973: Taken from the bone yard by Grumman and modified as a testbed for new engines at the NATC.
*1/1975: Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*4/18/1976: Struck off charge.
*Was preserved at the Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.
*On the USS Intrepid now?
*1959: VA-156 as NH-105.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-105.
*1/7/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1959: VF-111 as NH-111.
*1966: VT-26 as 3L-628.
*1968: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1/17/1969: Struck off charge at NAS Pensacola, FL.
*Currently preserved at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
*1967: VT-26 as 3L-619.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/30/1968: Struck off charge.
*2/1990: Salvaged by AMCEP of Tucson, AZ.
*Did this one fly with the Blue Angels at some point?
*2/20/1967: Struck off charge.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1967: VT-26.
*3/31/1967: Crashed while landing at NAS Chase Field, TX. Pilot was killed.
*Flew with the Blue Angels? Or not?
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*Currently preserved at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY.
*1959: VF-51.
*7/29/1959: Written off.
*8/1/1963: Written off. Or on 8/2/1963?
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*1973: Disposed of in fire-fighting tests.
*6/10/1964: Written off.
*1960: VT-26.
*9/22/1960: Written off.
*12/10/1959: Written off.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*VT-26 as 3L-610.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*1972: Disposed of in fire-fighting tests.
*1964: VT-23 as 3H-3xx.
*1966: VT-26.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*12/27/1968: Struck off charge.
*1972: Disposed of in fire-fighting tests.
*1964: VT-26.
*7/15/1964: Crashed near NAS Chase Field, TX.
*7/7/1960: Written off.
*1967: VT-26.
*2/20/1967: Struck off charge.
*5/20/1965: Written off.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1966-67: VT-26 as 3L-607.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/30/1968: Struck off charge.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-xxx.
*1959-60: VF-191 as NM-101.
*VT-26 as 3L-330.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-106.
*1959: VA-156 as NH-1xx.
*1965-66: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*9/6/1966: Damaged beyond repair after crashing at an airshow at NABTC Pensacola, FL.
*Was in the Walter Soplata collection in Ohio. Now?
*1959: VF-211 as NP-104.
*1965-67: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*2/1/1967: Crashed near NAS El Centro, CA during a practice flight. Pilot was killed. Or near NABTC Pensacola, FL?
*12/31/1968: Struck off charge at NAS Lakehurst, NJ.
*Currently a gate guard at NAES Lakehurst, NJ.
*11/12/1958: Written off.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-xxx.
*1966: VT-26.
*1/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*1973: Taken from the bone yard by Grumman and modified as a testbed for new engines.
*1/1975: Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*4/18/1976: Struck off charge.
*Was preserved at the Pima Air Museum, AZ.
*1/1981: Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*Currently preserved at the Pueblo Weisbrod Museum in Pueblo, CO.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-101.
*1/7/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-113.
*1959: VA-156 as NH-105.
*5/21/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1962: VT-26 as 3L-327.
*10/25/1962: Written off.
*1959: VF-111.
*12/15/1959: Written off.
*1959: VF-211.
*1960-61: VF-111 as NH-109.
*1/7/1965: Struck off charge at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
F11F Tigers Bu. 141880 & 141859 of VF-211.
[Source: Jack Cook Collection]
*9/9/1964: Crashed near Victoria, TX.
*1967: VT-26.
*2/20/1967: Struck off charge.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1964-65: VT-23 as 3H-3xx.
*6/14/1965: Written off.
*Flew with the Blue Angels? Or not?
*9/5/1967: Struck off charge at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*Was preserved at Patriots Point Museum in Charlestown, SC.
*Currently preserved at NAS Oceana, VA.
*1961: VT-23.
*8/30/1961: Written off.
*11/15/1960: Written off.
*6/14/1960: Crashed into the water off Pensacola, FL. Pilot was killed.
*1/21/1965: Struck off charge at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
*Was preserved at Orange County APT, CA.
*Was preserved in Chino, CA.
*Currently preserved at the Planes of Fame Grand Canyon at Valle, AZ.
*1/21/1965: Struck off charge at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
*Written off at Litchfield Park, AZ?
*10/21/1967: Damaged beyond repair in a take-off accident?
*Also noted as written off on 10/17/1960 at NAS Pensacola, FL?
*Was preserved as a gate guard at NAS New Orleans, LA.
*Currently preserved at St. John APT, Reserve, LA.
*1/6/1960: Crashed after a midair collision during echelon roll near NAS Key West, FL.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-1xx.
*1961: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1/21/1965: Struck off charge at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
*Was preserved at the USMC Air and Ground Museum.
*Currently preserved at the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, MI.
*1959: VF-211 as NP-109.
*1959: VA-156 as NH-105.
*1968: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1/14/1968: Crashed near NAS El Centro, CA on a practice flight. Pilot was killed. Or on 1/15/1968?
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1967: VT-26.
*2/20/1967: Struck off charge.
*10/16/1963: Written off. Or on 10/17/1963?
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1966: VT-26.
*10/17/1966: Struck off charge.
*10/28/1960: Written off.
*5/22/1962: Written off.
F11F Tigers Bu. 141880 & 141859 of VF-211.
[Source: Jack Cook Collection]
*5/9/1963: Written off. Or on 5/11/1963?
*VT-23 as 3H-205.
*12/22/1964: Struck off charge at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
*Currently awaiting restoration at the Valiant Air Command Museum in Tico, FL.
*1962: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1964: NABTC, at NAS Pensacola, FL.
*3/15/1964: Crashed near Apalachicola, FL.
*1/21/1965: Struck off charge at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
*Currently preserved with the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, NY.
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For their assistance in various parts of this project, I would like to give thanks to the following individual
people..
Duncan Curtis
Clive Turner
Ron Picciani
Tom Bisbo
Johan Visschedijk
Tjalling Boelman
John Szalay
Gene F. Rogge
Raymond Sinwell
William T. Larkins
Eric Boehn
Rick Centore
Bill Rigney
Bob Sabia
Sid Nanson
K.Y. Lun
Lyle Woltemath
Bob Paluck
Bill Stein
Jim Healy Jr.
John McKenna
John Cowart
Roy Remington
Source(s):
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
