Recent Updates to List of USAF Serial Numbers



Last revised January 21, 2012


41-12347 (c/n 26474/CU114) delivered to USAAF 01/5/43. Transferred to US Navy 5/43 as R5C-1, BUNO 39499. 
41-12348 (c/n 26475/CU115) delivered to USAAF 01/5/43. Transferred to US Navy 5/43 as R5C-1, BUNO 39500.
41-19757 (324th FG, 316th FS) shot down by a Me-109G-6 at Sicily,
	Italy Jul 9, 1943. Pilot baled out and POW. MACR 50.
23879 (308th BG, 373rd BS0 crashed on takeoff at Jorhat, India Apr 18, 1944
41-30609 RB-25D suffered a ground accident at Wendover Field on 24 June 1946.  I
42-3442  96th BG/338th BS  * HELL'S CHARIOT * / * WACKY WOODY *
     salvaged  as a result of battle damage.  20 May 1944
42-23360 (c/n 9222) to USAAF Mar 15, 1943 - USA - crashed 5 km SW of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Dec 25, 1944
	on flight from Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, Ohio to Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, MN.  Enroute,
	the plane encountered substantial headwinds, and tried to return to Patterson Field.  Weather had
	deteriorated and plane diverted to Harrisburg.  But weather was bad at Harrisburg as well and after five
	unsuccessful attempts to land, flew into 900-foot hill and caught fire.  12 out of 27 onboard killed.
42-23931 c/n 9793, (316TCG/36TCS) Lost 03/24/45 Germany MACR 13339. 
42-23952 - The "Gremlin Special". It crashed into a mountain in Dutch New Guinea on 13 May 1945; 24 people 
	(7 WACs) aboard on a sightseeing jaunt. 19 were killed in the crash, five survived, but two died of 
	their wounds before being rescued and the surviving three (including 1 WAC) were finally flown out by 
	WACO glider snatch in late June 1945
42-29324 attached to 391st Fighter Squadron, 366 Fighter Group, named "Rebel Jack" crashed 2 miles of  St. Vith, Belgium on Dec. 25, 1944, 
	Probably from flak. MACR 11429, Pilot Hilding Roy Johnson, Jr. fatal. Wreckage located August 2006.
42-50762 which flew into thick fog and struck North Barrule, Isle of Man, at 11.45am, July 6th. 1944, with the sad loss of all five crew.
	The Aircraft was on a ferry flight from Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland to an undisclosed destination in England (but probably RAF Warton).
42-61058, C-46A, crashed 3/4 mile past end of runway on 5/27/44, early AM, shortly after takeoff from Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil. A/C was deploying to 
	Ascension Island. Cause undetermined.  Pilot and copilot killed, other three on board injured.  Aircraft completely destroyed. 
42-72512 (c/n 10617/DC348) delivered to the USAAF 14/3/45, rereg USAF 18/9/47, converted to SC-54D,Republic of Korea 
	Air Force bought 1970 reg. as 72512. WFU & stored 1984.
42-75329 P-47D-11-RE Thunderbolt Miss Second Front 395 FS 368 FG no date
42-79364, CG4A, crashed near Laurinberg-Maxton AAB, N. Carolina, 5/2/44. Tow ship lost an engine, so cut 42-79364 loose.  The glider became fouled on the tow 
	line, and took a steep glide into the ground. The pilot, F/O Luther H.L. Hokett, was killed, other three on board seriously injured.
42-92091   c/n 11853 Reeve Aleutian Airways   N91016
	Purchased July 1946, damaged beyond repair in a take-off accident at Nikolski,  Umnak Island, Alaska  May  29 , 1965
  	February 2008, the hulk of N91016 was still at Nikolski. NOTE:  list has this aircraft with a FAA registry of 91096
	after checking,   appears it should be  N91016
43-2348 (14th FG, 48th FS) shot down by a Me-109G of JG 53/III. near Sicily, Italy May 18, 1943. Pilot POW.
43-2486 (14th FG, 37th FS) shot down by Me-109G of JG 53/III. near Sicily, Italy May 18, 1943. Pilot KIA. MACR 2808.
43-2752 (c/n 195) to civil registry as N46962
43-3373 (an F-10 from Peterson Field, CO) On 24 May 1944 had an accident taxiing at Kelly Field, TX.
RB-25Ds serial numbers 43-3668, 43-3669, and 43-3674 crashed at Rajagiri, India on 19 October 1945.
43-4064  340th BG  489th BS  "8U"  21 Jan 1945   After bombing San Michele, flak started 
         but nobody was hit. Changing heading to join Corsica, strong blast of wind unbalanced
         the "8U" piloted by 1st Lt. W.Y. Simpson. It collided with the tail of 43-27657 "8P" and
         killed tail gunner S/Sgt. Aubrey B. Porter.  Entered spin and crashed with crew members KIA.
         43-27657 "8P"  landed safely at Alesani,  but then lost on 16 March 1945.  
43-15184 (c/n 19650)  Attached to 316 TCG/45TCS, Crashed during Operation Varsity over Germany 24/03/45, MACR 13345.
43-15659 (c/n 20125) Attached to 316 TCG/45TCS, Crashed during Operation Varsity over Germany 24/03/45, MACR 13346.
43-16151 (c/n 10617) crashed into mesa 20 mi SE of Quartzsite, AZ Dec 25, 1944 on flight from Tucson, AZ to Los Angeles, CA.  
	All 17 onboard killed.
43-26975. SN O58B-11123 Released to civilian sale 09/21/1944 in Minnesota.  Registered as NC47185 (N47185). 
43-27657 340th BG  489th BS "9P"  Lt. Pelton  on 16 March 1945  ditched at 4 miles after
         take-off when both engines stopped. The aircraft blew up when it hit the water.
         Only body of radio-gunner was found and buried at the cemetery of Bastia 
43-27717  340th BG 489th BS "That's All  Brother"  Crash landed on Corsica  late 1944
43-37963(c/n 8941) with R86th BGH, 834th BS named "Dirty Deuce".  Ultimate fate obscure.
44-13559, "Ready Eddy"    Captain Edward E. Hunt KIA Nov. 8, 1944   Lost when evading flak near Toul,  France.   MACR 10185 
44-13691.  The plane painted as that, and which crashed in 1990, was N51U, 44-74204.  The best I can find on various P-51 
	publications is that the ultimate fate of 44-13691 ("Passion Wagon") is unknown.
44-14687 (353FG/350FS) Lost 03/24/45 Germany MACR 13365
44-35444 has arrived in Taiwan on Jan. 3, 2012. It was sent by the Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum in Oregon in exchange of one 
	F-5E and one F-5F from the RoCAF. It will be on display at the Airforce Museum next to the RoCAF Academy in Kangshan. 
44-61789    C/N 11266    Z-38 Salvaged 31 Aug 48, at North Field, Guam.
 	hulk used a gunnery school training device at Pati Point, Andersen AFB, Guam
44-76786 (c/n 16370/33118) to 76786,  F-RBFM,  F-RAMQ,  F-RASQ,  F-RAZN,  F-RASZ,
 	Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast as TU-VAC [WFU]
44-76799 (c/n 16383/33131) to RNZAF as NZ3541. Reg. ZK-AOE for New Zealand National Airways Corporation - NAC. 
	W/o 09 Aug. 48 when it crashed enroute near Rununder Point, New Zealand, two fatal.
44-86334   237th Combat Crew Training Squadron   Kirtland Field, NM
 	Crashed while on cross country flight during electrical storm
  	July 1 1945     Crash site  6 miles s/sw  Benton , KY
45-6097 (437TCG/85TCS) Lost 03/24/45 Germany MACR 13357
45-6126 (436 TCG/82TCS)  Lost 03/24/45 Germany MACR 13369
45-6158 (436TCG/82TCS) Lost 03/24/45 Germany MACR 133
45-6186 (436 TCG/81TCS) Lost 03/24/45 Germany MACR 13362
47-1313 (NAV-4-945) became N2775A with Army Ft. Benning as owner, deregistered 1959.
47-1314 (NAV-4-946) became N6480D with Army Ft. Sill as owner, deregistered 1971
47-1319 (NAV-4-953) became N7612B, and is on display at the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City.
47-1320 (NAV-4-958) became N10558, registered to Maxwell AFB flying club, deregistered 1960
47-1322 (NAV-4-960) is now registered as N9117R.
47-1327 (NAV-4-972) became N6459D with USAF Norton AFB, CA as owner, deregistered 1973
47-1328 (NAV-4-977) became N3179G and is now registered as C-GREM
47-1329 (NAV-4-978) became N94575, now deregistered, apparently belonging to an aviation maintenance school. 47-1331 (NAV-4-981) 
	became N333V with Army at Ft. Meyers as owner, deregistered June 2011.
47-1336 (NAV-4-994) became N3950A with USAF as owner with MacGuire AFB flying club, deregistered 1971.
47-1338 (NAV-4-1014) became N4014K, but that registration was cancelled in 1947!
47-1339 (NAV-4-1015) is registered as N555S - you have N5553.
47-1340 (NAV-4-1033) was registered as N5419V.  It crashed after running out of fuel on approach for Stockton, CA on 12/3/72. Everyone OK, 
	but aircraft destroyed.
47-1341 (NAV-4-1041) was registered as N9096C with the SAC flying club out of Offutt, AFB.  Deregistered 1962.
47-1342 (NAV-4-1048) was registered as N6453D with the Army at Ft. Bragg, deregistered in 1970
47-1343 (NAV-4-1049) was registered as N9645C, deregistered in 1971.  The plane crashed 6/21/67 and was destroyed, with one fatality 
	and one serious injury, after continuing VFR flight into IFR conditions in Idaho.
47-1345 (NAV-4-1055) became N5456V with the Army in California, deregistered in 1970.
47-1359 (NAV-4-1071) became N555T with the Army in Arlington, VA, deregistered in 1965.
47-1361 (NAV-4-1073) became N6409D with the Ft. Sam Houston Flying Club, deregistered 1965
47-1362 (NAV-4-1074) became N333P with the Army at Aberdeen, MD, deregistered 1968.
47-1369 (NAV-4-1084) became N6481D with the flying club at Ft. Sill, deregistered 1962
47-1370 (NAV-4-1085) became N3972A with the Army at Ft. Eustis, VA.  Substantial damage in off-field landing 7/29/67 at Roanoke, VA.  
	Deregistered 1970.
47-1371 (NAV-4-1086) became N3971A with the Army at Ft. Eusis.  Deregistered 1965.
47-1372 (NAV-4-1088) is now registered as C-GOPI
47-1374 (NAV-4-1090) became N2774A with the Army at Ft. Benning, deregistered 1965
47-1376 (NAV-4-1092) became N2771A with the Army at Ft. McClellan, deregistered 1977
47-1377 (NAV-4-1093) became N3180G.  On 6/19/71 the aircraft stalled and crashed into trees on approach to Willcox, AZ.  Non-fatal, 
	but aircraft damaged beyond repair.
49-1631    T-28A    sold 1957 to Saudi Arabia
49-1668    T-28A    sold 1957 to Saudi Arabia
49-1681    T-28A    sold 1957 to Saudi Arabia
49-1690    T-28A    sold 1957 to Saudi Arabia
49-1712    T-28A    sold 1957 to Saudi Arabia
49-1713    T-28A    sold 1957 to Saudi Arabia
51-1658 is now displayed at McGuire AFB, NJ  marked as 57-2543
51-7167 I have the Spanish Serial as AN.1B-5
51-7170 I have this as becoming AN.1A-6
51-7172 I have this as becoming AN.1-7
51-7181 I have as the Thai aircraft that was assigned the BuNo 151265. In Thai service the serial was 1265.
51-7191 I have this actually becoming FAC2521 with the Colombian AF before going to Chile as 571 in October 63
51-7198 I have the Thai serial as 1264
51-7235 I have the Thai serial as 7235
51-9404 became instructional airframe at Northwestern Atate Technical Institute, Hamilton, AL as N8520.  Noted
	Mar 2004 on display at Birmingham IAP, AL
51-14180. Wreckage at Big Bend Community College, Moses Lake, Washington
52-1106 to civil registry as N251
52-1128 to civil registry as N252
53-1072    F-86F-35    to Saudi Arabia as 721
53-5825    T-33A-1-LO    via MAP to RSAF as 1503
53-5832    T-33A-1-LO    via MAP to RSAF as 1504
53-7777 (c/n 18-3377) to N753AT
54-614 (c/n 20063) in crash accident with car at Mitchell Field, NY in 1958.
55-0018  fuselage of this Hercules at the DGA Center based and named CEAT (Centre Aéronautique d'Essais de Toulouse)
57-1698 moved in 1997 to Allegheny Arms & Armor Museum, Smethport, Pennsylvania, still in false markings.
58-0054 converted to KC-135T, and now serves with the 171st Air Refueling Sqdn of the Pennsylvania ANG at Pittsburgh.
59-4870 being restored by Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, IN.
63-7849 scheduled for display at Fort Campbell, Kentucky museum.
64-13418 seen behind Hill AFB museum Aug 2011.
68-16725 converted to OH-58D(I) 91-0571.
69-7590 (c/n 4041, IDF/AF 194) shot down by Egyptian SAMs Nov 9, 1973.
Pilot ejected and POW, navigator killed.
69-7591 (c/n 4050, IDF/AF 195) reregistered as 495.
69-7592 (c/n 4061, IDF/AF 196) reregistered as 496.
69-7593 (c/n 4072, IDF/AF 197) reregistered as 497.
69-7594 (c/n 4080, IDF/AF 198) reregistered as 488.
69-7595 (c/n 4088, IDF/AF 199) reregistered as 489.
73-1681 McDonnell Douglas VC-9C c/n 47668
	Retired Sep 16, 2011, stored at Phoenix Mesa-Williams, AR, in 2011 to Department of State Air Wing
73-1683 McDonnell Douglas VC-9C c/n 47671
	Retired Sep 16, 2011, stored at Phoenix Mesa-Williams, AR, in 2011 to Department of State Air Wing
75-0043 (c/n 0141/A123) to AMARC as FH0198 May 22, 2008.  Scheduled for display at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Parkway
				in Warner-Robins, Georgia if the money needed can be raised.
78-0050 May 97 Scrapped at Kirtland AFB NM
78-0056 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill  AFB UT
78-0074 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB UT
78-0081 Sep 09 Scrapped at Sheppard AFB TX
78-0085 Sep 09 Scrapped at Sheppard AFB TX
78-0090 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB UT
78-0098 Sep 09 Scrapped at Sheppard AFB TX
79-0351 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB  TX
79-0380 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB TX
79-0382 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB TX
79-0401 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB TX
79-0406 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB TX
81-0672 Apr 06 Mounted on a pedistal as a gateguard at a base in Jordan
81-0673 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB TX
81-0685 Aug 11 Scrapped at Hill AFB TX
81-0817 is now retired and is going on display at the Russel Military Musum in Russel, Illinois.  
	It was a chase bird for the F22A program and was based at the Lockheed factory in Marietta, GA
81-0968 (19th TASS) w/o Aug 29, 1987.
81-0986 (10th TFW, 511th TFS) crashed near Needingworth, England Dec 22, 1988. Pilot ejected.
82-0905 Sep 09 Scrapped at Sheppard AFB TX
82-0976 Jan 04 Now on display painted as NASA 816 at the north gate of Edwards AFB CA.
84-0195    RF-5E    RSAF 1709, del. 07 Dec 87
84-0196    RF-5E    RSAF 1710, del. 07 Dec 87
85-0077 converted to Block D Jun 1999.  To AMARC as BT0030 May 19, 2008.  Seen at Nellis AFB Nov 12, 2011, so must have
	been returned to service.
87-0035 cn 500-121 to C-5M 2011 07
92-0369 Fairchild Swearingen C-26B c/n DC-831M (ex N3017R) Converted to RC-26B
	Operates under civil registration of N6105L on anti-drug operations. 
	Noted at Medford-Jackson County Airport, OR, Sep 20, 2011
07-3182 (27th SOW, 3rd SOS) crashed 0.5 mi NE of Kandahar, Afghanistan May 5, 2011.
07-27151    UH-60M    UAE AF
07-27201    UH-60M    UAE AF
08-5675 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules c/n 5675
	Delivery to USAF Oct 28, 2011, 100th C-130J for USAF, to 317th Airlift Group, Dyess AFB, TX.
08-27185    UH-60L    Royal Saudi Land Forces
CH-47F  08-08762  
09-0540  C-40C          Delivered to 73RD As at Scott on Nov 18,2011 flown by Commander of 73Rd And Commander of 54Th Af At Scott.
AH-64D, block two (as stated by crew), being delivered from PA to UT:
	09-05628
	09-05629
	09-05631
	09-05633
	09-05635
	09-05637
10-0213/0222		Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
10-08077 CH-47F       Arrived Redstone Aaf On Nov 23,2011.

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