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McDonnell F2H Banshee/Bu. 126419



Bureau #: 126419
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model: F2H-4 Banshee
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2012

History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 126419.
BOC:July 24, 1953.
SOC: May 1962.
- Assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
- Transferred to Fleet All Weather Training Unit (FAWTU) Atlantic, NAS Key West, FL.
- Transferred to VF 11, NAS Cecil Field, FL, December 1953.
-- Deployed on USS Coral Sea (CVA 43).
- Transferred to VMF 533, MCAS Cherry Point, NC, 1955.
- Overhauled, early 1956.
- Transferred to VF-22, NAS Jacksonville, FL, circa 1956 to mid-1958.
- Transferred to All-Weather Fighter Squadron (VF(AW)) 4, NAS Quonset Point, RI, 1958.
- Transferred to MCAS Cherry Point, NC, 1959-1962.
- Assigned to Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) Jacksonville, FL, 1962-1970.
National Museum Of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1970-2012.





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Photo Source(s):
Bill Spidle
Timothy Cox/Tailhook Studios

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