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McDonnell F2H Banshee/Bu. 126402



Bureau #: 126402
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model: F2H Banshee
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2012

History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 126402.
BOC: Feb. 27, 1953.
SOC: March 1957.
– Allocated to VF-23/Moffett Field and USS Essex, March 23, 1953
– Transferred to O&R San Diego, May 12, 1954.
– Transferred to FASRON 10, Moffett Field, CA, March 15, 1955.
– Transferred to VF-124 Moffett and aboard USS Oriskany. July 08, 1955
– Transferred to O&R Quonset, ????.
Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy as ?????.
BOC: March 13, 1957.
SOC: 1962.
– Accepted at Shearwater Naval Air Station, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
– Allocated to VF-870.
– Displayed as gate-guardian at Shearwater, 1962.
Shearwater Aviation Museum, Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1962-2012.



Source(s):
Shearwater Aviation Museum
Photo Source(s):
Steve Tournay
Barrie MacLeod

Research Assistance:
Barrie MacLeod

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