Aircraft Photo of 111768 | McDonnell FH-1 Phantom | USA - Marines | AirHistory.net #696546
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:111768
Military Code:BC-5
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell FH-1 Phantom
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell FH-1 Phantom
Aircraft Version:McDonnell FH-1 Phantom
C/n (msn):456
Operator Titles:(USA - Marines)
Location
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air and Space Museum
 
Photo Date:25 January 2023
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 696546
Photo Comment

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1947, but with the rapid progress of jet aircraft at the time, was already obsolete within a couple of years and was withdrawn from front-line service in 1949, although it carried on with the reserves till 1954, by which time the McDonnell FH-2 Banshee and Grumman F9F Panther had taken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

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