Ca.1952: TOS USN as AD-5N. Unknown date:: Converted to AD-5Q, and assigned to Airborne VAW-13. 7/62: Redesignated EA-1F. Unknown date: Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. By 1970: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 6 Apr '71: SOC. 20 Jan '72: Ferry flight to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL. Marked as 135018

1942: Purchased by USAAF for RAF as Bermuda 1.This plane was ferried to Tullahoma, TN to turn over to the RAF. After the RAF accepted the plane it crashed in a swamp just after takeoff. The pilot got out but the plane was left there. In 1974 David Tallichet found it and recovered it for his collection. He decided to donate it to the Navy and in 1978 it was taken to the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, for restoration by 60 ex-Brewster employees. Ownership was transferred to the Naval Aviation Museum in 2004. Restoration was completed in 2007 to represent a Navy SB2A-1 Buccaneer

1942: Purchased by USAAF for RAF as Bermuda 1.This plane was ferried to Tullahoma, TN to turn over to the RAF. After the RAF accepted the plane it crashed in a swamp just after takeoff. The pilot got out but the plane was left there. In 1974 David Tallichet found it and recovered it for his collection. He decided to donate it to the Navy and in 1978 it was taken to the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, for restoration by 60 ex-Brewster employees. Ownership was transferred to the Naval Aviation Museum in 2004. Restoration was completed in 2007 to represent a Navy SB2A-1 Buccaneer

1942: Purchased by USAAF for RAF as Bermuda 1.This plane was ferried to Tullahoma, TN to turn over to the RAF. After the RAF accepted the plane it crashed in a swamp just after takeoff. The pilot got out but the plane was left there. In 1974 David Tallichet found it and recovered it for his collection. He decided to donate it to the Navy and in 1978 it was taken to the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, for restoration by 60 ex-Brewster employees. Ownership was transferred to the Naval Aviation Museum in 2004. Restoration was completed in 2007 to represent a Navy SB2A-1 Buccaneer

On display just outside the museum atrium in conjunction with the Centennial of US Coast Guard Aviation ceremonies.

On display near the entrance to the museum on one of two new display pads installed in late 2019. 161842 was retired to the museum in 2011.

This is B-25J 44-29035 marked as Col. James Doolittle's B-25B. On display outside the museum atrium on April 18, 2017, the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle raid on Japan. This a/c was acquired by the museum in 1998, and for many years was marked as a PBJ-1. It is now on display inside the main museum building in the WW2 gallery.

Retired to the museum in 2011.

The USMC tested 5 YRON-1 one person helicopters for possible use as reconnaissance platforms as well as for airdropping them to downed pilots in enemy territory. It was not accepted for use as it was too heavy and somewhat difficult to fly. It did, however, go on to serve as the basis for the Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH ASW drone which was in operational service aboard USN ships for many years. 4013 is normally in storage at the museum, but occasionally is on display for various events. The YRON a/c were never assigned Bureau Numbers.

144040 was retired from USN service in 1974 and then acquired by the US Department of Agriculture/US Forest Service. In 1988 it was transferred to the National Naval Aviation Museum. Shown here on the floor of the museum awaiting being rehung in a different location. On display in the museum main building.

125519 served in the Korean War in 1952, assigned to VMO-2. In the photo it is temporarily on the museum floor with rotor blades removed while being rehung in a new location. On display in the museum main building.

The F6U-1 was the first USN jet aircraft to have an afterburner. 122479 is the only survivor of the 30 F6U-1 a/c built. It was restored over a ten year period (2002 - 2012) by the Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation. It arrived at the museum in February 2012, and is on display on the flightline area.

This F4F-3 was assigned to VF-72 from 24 June 1941 through 6 December 1941. It later served with VF-9, and was briefly loaned to FAA Squadron 892 for training use in the U.S. during July - September 1942. Its last assignment, from May - August 1943 was with the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, IL. It was lost in Lake Michigan on 17 August 1943. The a/c was recovered from the lake on 22 August 1990, restored, and is on display inside the main museum building.

This F-16N was acquired by the museum in 1994 from VF-45, its last squadron. In 2019, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of TOPGUN, it was repainted in NAWDC (Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center) aggressor aircraft markings.

Originaly built for USAF as 59-1604. Transferred to the US Navy and given Bureau Number 591604. Initially assigned to the US Navy TOPGUN school as an aggressor aircraft, later assigned to US Navy Test Pilot School. Acquired by the museum in 2000, still in USNTPS markings. In 2017 591604 was repainted in the exact TOPGUN markings it wore in 1974.

On display in the museum parking lot not long after having been retired by the Blue Angels.

On 20 August 1947 37970 briefly held the world speed record of 640.6 MPH. Seen here in the museum's former outdoor display area, it is now on display inside in the entrance lobby area.

TOS USAAF as 41-39215. 1963: converted to On Mark Marketeer. 1966: Registered N4000M. 1969: Embry Riddle Institute as N142ER. Four owners later, caught fire on ground at Lawton, OH 17 March 1985. 1990: Naval Aviation Museum displayed as JD-1.

Originally delivered as A3D-1 (A-3A) in 1956. Converted to EA-3A in 1966 and assigned to the Pacific Missile Test Center. In 1974 the a/c was flown to NAS Pensacola and retired to the museum and put in the outdoor aircraft display area. It is still at the museum, now on display on the flightline. It is currently painted in VAH-1 markings, which this a/c wore during its assignment to that squadron after having been built in 1956.

Slide taken in the outdoor aircraft display area in 1977. This aircraft is now on display inside the museum's Hangar Bay One building.