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May/45: TOS USAAF with s/n 43-47350. 6 Jun 45: Transferred to the Chinese Nationalist government. November/49: Purchased by Gen. Claire L. Chennault and Whiting Willauer; registered N8364C. December/49: Activated with Civil Air Transport (Nationalist Chinese airline). January/53: Civil Air Transport Southeast Asia; operated by the CIA. July/55: L.B. Smith Aircraft Corporation with c/r N1382N. October/55: Zantop Air Transport, Detroit Metro Airport. April/60: Re-registered as N611Z. March/68: Aviation Associates, GA. August/68: RALCO, Inc. October/73: Roger Wilcox. November/75 to October/89: Six owners. 2 October 89: National Naval Aviation Museum.

9 Dec 1940: Factory roll-out as model B18S with MSN 434; last civil delivery. December/40: Registered NC1040. February/42: Impressed for service, TOS USN as JRB-2 BuNo 09771; assigned to Commanding General, USMC, Quantico, VA. Ca.1942 to 1948: Several USMC units. 1948: Storage. 1950: Reactivated USMC, MCAS Cherry Point, NC. May/53: Remanufactured as SNB-5P. July/62: Redesignated RC-45J. Last unit was Naval Air Technical Training Unit, NAS Pensacola, FL. 29 Jun '72: National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL.

ex N51042. Became M-KRAF, N894NT

ex N51042. Became M-KRAF, N894NT

Returning from an air test prior to delivery to Indian A/L as VT-EYE.

Ca.8/44: TOS USAAF as B-25J. 1945: Converted to TB-25J. Ca.1953: Converted to TB-25N. 12/57: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 7/59: Les Bowman & Paul Mantz Santa Ana, CA with c/r N3561G. Converted to fire tanker. 3/60: Flown to Caracas, Venezuela for a fire fighting contract. 5/60: TOS Venezuelan Air Force with s/n 15B40. 1966: re-serialed FAV4146. 1980: El Libetader Air Base for storage. 10/92: Shipped to Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation in Chino, CA. 1/25/93: Registered N61821. 1998: Air Heritage Museum of Beaver Falls, PA completed. 3/98: Shipped to the NMNA as PBJ-1D.

17 Jan 1974: TOS USMC as an AV-8A and assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 513 (VMA-513), MCAS Yuma, AZ. 1982: Upgraded to AV-8C and then assigned to VMA-231, MCAS Cherry Point, NC, aboard USS Nassau (LHA-4). It was later transferred back to VMA-513 aboard USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) and later on USS Tarawa (LHA1). By 11/88: AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ as 7A038. By 10/94: Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL.

3/78: TOS USN and assigned to Attack Squadron 174 (VA-174), NAS Cecil Field, FL. Ca.4/78: VA-81, NAS Oceana, VA. 1979 to 1981: Deployed three times on USS Forrestal. Ca.1981 to 1990: VA-83, NAS Oceana. Deployed on USS Forrestal and USS John F. Kennedy. 1990: VA-46 at NAS Cecil Field, FL. While with VA-46, the plane flew off of USS John F. Kennedy in Desert Storm, flying 37 combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, including the first attack against Baghdad. 5/91: Flown to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL.

Ca.1971: TOS USN and assigned to Attack Squadron 146 (VA-146), NAS Lemoore, CA. Ca.1971 to 1972: Deployed to Vietnam aboard the USS America. 1973 to 1974: Deployed again to Vietnam aboard the USS Constellation from January. 1982: VA-25, NAS Lemoore. 1982: VA-56, NAS Lemoore. 1984: VA-87, NAS Oceana, VA. By 10/93: National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL. By 3/15: Brevard Veteran's Memorial Center, Merritt Island, FL.

8/68: TOS USN as A-6A, assigned to Attack Squadron 165 (VA-165) at NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 1969: VA-196, also at Whidbey. 1977: Converted to A-6E. Changed squadrons at Whidbey 5 more times before 1987 (VA-145, VA-196, VA-128, VA-145, VA-196) when it was assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadrons 5 (VX-5) at China Lake for two years before being sent back to VA-196 at Whidbey. While with VA-196 the plane was deployed on the USS Independence for combat in Operation Desert Storm. It was finally acquired by the Naval Aviation Museum in May 1994.

Ca.1971: TOS USN. By 1973: Training Squadron 4 (VT-4), NAS Pensacola, FL. 12/86: VT-7, NAS Meridian, MS. 9/99: Naval Aviation Museum.

14 Aug 1954: First flight as a XA4D-1. Ca.1955: TOS USN. By 1957: NATC, NAS Patuxent River, MD. 1960: NARF, upgraded to A4D-1. It was then transferred to VA-83, NAS Oceana, VA. 7/62: Redesigned A-4A. By 10/62: NAF China Lake, CA for testing. 1 Jul 1963: SOC, stored at NAS Litchfield, AZ. By 1967: TOS USN and returned to NATC Patuxent River. 10/69: SOC. By 1975: Naval Aviation museum, marked as it was when in service with VA-83.

30 Jul 1956: TOS USN as A3D-1, assigned to VAH-1. 4/58: VAH-3 and deployed aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. 8/59: VAH-123. 7/62: Redesignated A-3A. 9/63: Placed in storage at NAS Litchfield, AZ. 12/65: MASDC. 8/66: NARF at NAS Alameda; converted to EA-3A. 10/66: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Pacific Missile Test Center, NAS Point Mugu, CA. 12/74: NARF, NAS Pensacola, FL; modifications were removed and redesignated A-3A. 5 Dec 1974: SOC and given to the Naval Aviation Museum.

29 Jun 1954: TOS USN as AD-6 and assigned to VA-55. 1956: VA-115, NAF Atsugi, Japan. 1959-1962: Unknown units. 1962: VA-145. 7/62: Redesignated A-1H. 1964 to 1967: VA-25, VA-52, VA-25 aboard USS Midway, USS Ticonderoga, USS Coral Sea for 219 combat missions over Vietnam. 20 Feb 1968: Last Navy Skyraider to fly an attack mission in South Vietnam - in support of Khe Sanh. 10 Apr 1968: Retirement ceremony at NAS Lemoore. The next day it was ferried to the NNAM by the pilot of the last combat mission.

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

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.

Interesting aircraft, nice light and a very good spectators terrace to take pictures. What could be better?