Delivered to the USN in February 1948 but transferred to the USMC's VMF-122 at Cherry Point. Damaged in a group loop in September 1948 and crashed twice in 1949, being struck off later that year. Civilianised by Progressive Aero as N4284A (1958?) and owned for a time by National Jets Inc, then Sensormatic Electronics, both in Fort Lauderdale. Joined the National Aviation Museum in 1983

The FH-1 Phantom the first all-jet aircraft operated by the USN and USMC being delivered from 1947, but with the rapid progress of jet aircraft at the time, was already obsolete within a couple of years and was withdrawn from front-line service in 1949, although it carried on with the reserves till 1954, by which time the McDonnell FH-2 Banshee and Grumman F9F Panther had taken over. This example was unusual in that it went on to be civil registered as N4283A in 1966 with Progressive Aero as a trainer. Now restored in the colours it wore in service with VMF-122, MCAS Cherry Point, NC

Marine Phantoms aerobatic team. When the squadron switched to Banshees and was deployed to Korea the team was disbanded. 111794 crashed May 4, 1951 into Lake Michigan near Glenview, Illinois. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

The first production aircraft at the old Air Force Museum on Patterson AFB in 1958, reportedly used for weather research tests there.

Note the faded Sensormatic titles on the forward section of the fuselage. This may well be connected to Sensormatic Electronics LLC headquartered up the road in Boca Raton FL.

The FH-1 Phantom was the first US-designed jet aircraft to operate from a US Navy Carrier (in 1946). 60 were completed and this example was later civilianised by Progressive Aero. It is now displayed in the NMNA at Pensacola as 111793.