Grumman AF Guardian series
Last updated on: March 9, 2018
Early Navy prop ASW plane, all listed below.
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XTB3F-1 Guardian first prototype b/n 90504
*12/19/1946: First flight. Or on 12/23/1946?
*3/31/1949: Struck off charge.
XTB3F-1 Guardian second prototype b/n 90505
*Converted to XTB3F-2S prototype.
*1/1949: First flight as such. Date?
*1949: Bailed back to Grumman Corp.
*10/4/1949: Crashed due to propellor failure. 1 crewman was killed.
XTB3F-1 Guardian third prototype b/n 90506
*Converted to XTB3F-1S prototype.
*10/1/1948: First flight as such.
*1949: NATC.
*1959-51: Naval Air Material Center Philadelphia.
*1/1951: Struck off charge.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123088
*11/17/1949: First flight.
*1950-51: NATC.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N3143G.
*Was preserved at Chino, CA.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123089
*1950-51: NATC.
*VX-1 as XA-16.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123090
*1950-52: NATC.
*4/1/1952: Lost control and crashed into Chesapeake Bay, MD.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123091
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123092
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123093
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123094
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123095
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123096
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123097
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123098
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123099
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123100
*1950-51: NATC.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N3144G.
*Was preserved in Harlingen, TX.
*Currently preserved at the NMNA at NAS Pensacola, FL.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123101
*1950-51: NATC.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123102
*1951: VS-24 as SI-6.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123103
*1951: VS-24 as SI-11.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123104
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123105
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123106
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123107
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123108
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123109
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123110
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123111
*1954: VS-21 as BS-16.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123112
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123113
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123114
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123115
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 123116
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 123117
*1950: VS-25 as SK-18.
*1952: VS-931 as SV-17.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124187
*12/14/1949: First flight.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124188
*1950: VS-25 as SK-1.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124189
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124190
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124191
*1951: VS-24 as SI-12.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124192
*1951: VS-24 as SI-2.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124193
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124194
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124195
*1955: NARTU Oakland, CA as F-171.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124196
*NARTU Willow Grove, PA as W-166.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124197
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124198
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124199
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124200
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124201
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124202
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124203
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124204
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124205
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124206
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124207
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124208
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124209
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124210
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124778
*1953: VS-37.
*11/13/1953: Slid overboard into the sea while landing on USS Kula Gulf.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124779
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124780
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124781
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124782
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124783
*NARTU Anacostia, DC as A-173.
*Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124784
*1951: VS-31 as SP-8.
*1953: VS-31 as SP-8.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124785
*1954: VS-39 as SN-xx.
*12/20/1954: Crashed near East Killingsley, CT.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124786
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124787
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124788
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124789
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124790
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124791
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124792
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124793
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124794
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124795
*VS-31 as SP-15.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124796
*1956: NARTU South Weymouth, MA as Z-154.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124797
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124798
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124799
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124800
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124801
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124802
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124803
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124804
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124805
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124806
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124807
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124808
*VS-21 as BS-7.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124809
*VS-21 as BS-15.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124810
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124811
*VS-25 as SK-10.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124812
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124813
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124814
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124815
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124816
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124817
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124818
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124819
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124820
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124821
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124822
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124823
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124824
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124825
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124826
*VS-931.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124827
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124828
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124829
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124830
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124831
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124832
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124833
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124834
*1954: VS-30 as SW-10.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124835
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124836
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124837
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124838
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124839
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124840
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124841
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124842
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124843
*1952: VS-931.
*8/2/1952: Crashed on a flight off the Korean coast, off USS Sicily.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124844
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124845
*1954: VS-31.
*3/10/1954: Crashed into the sea on approach to USS Valley Forge.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124846
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124847
*VS-931 as SV-5.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 124848
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 124849
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126720
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126721
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126722
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126723
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126724
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126725
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126726
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126727
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126728
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126729
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126730
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126731
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N9993Z.
*Was preserved in Chino, CA.
*Currently preserved at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126732
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126733
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126734
*1952: VS-30 as SW-4.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126735
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126736
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126737
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126738
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126739
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126740
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126741
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126742
*1953: VS-36 as SD-15.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126743
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126744
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126745
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126746
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126747
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126748
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126749
*1952: VS-30 as SW-13.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126750
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126751
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126752
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126753
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126754
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126755
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126756
*1953: VS-21 as BS-22.
*12/9/1953: Crashed on the deck while landing on USS Bairoko? Repaired obviously?
*1955: NARTU Jacksonville, FL as F-155.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126757
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126758
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126759
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126760
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126761
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126762
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126763
*1954: VS-25 as SK-18.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126764
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126765
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126766
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126767
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126768
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126769
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126770
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126771
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126772
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126773
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126774
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126775
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126776
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126777
*1952: VF-931 as SV-xx.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126778
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126779
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126780
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126781
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126782
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126783
*1955: NOTS Inyokern.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126784
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126785
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126786
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126787
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126788
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126789
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126790
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126791
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126792
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N9995Z.
*Currently preserved at the Leeward Air Ranch, FL.
*The one at Pima with this number is actually 129233.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126793
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126794
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126795
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126796
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126797
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126798
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126799
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126800
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126801
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126802
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126803
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126804
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126805
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126806
*1954: VS-21 as BS-8.
*2/16/1954: Crashed into the sea off USS Point Cruz.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126807
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126808
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126809
*VS-24 as SI-9.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126810
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126811
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126812
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126813
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126814
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126815
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126816
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126817
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126818
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126819
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126820
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 126821
*VS-31 as SP-3.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126822
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126823
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126824
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126825
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126826
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126827
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126828
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126829
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126830
*1952: VS-931.
*7/29/1952: Ditched into the sea off the Korean coast, near USS Sicily.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126831
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126832
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126833
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126834
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 126835
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129196
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129197
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129198
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129199
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129200
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129201
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129202
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129203
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129204
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129205
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129206
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129207
*NARTU Oakland, CA as F-156.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129208
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129209
*1953: NARTU Oakland, CA as F-152.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129210
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129211
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129212
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129213
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129214
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129215
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129216
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129217
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129218
*1954: VS-39 as SN-1.
*2/23/1954: Crashed into the sea while landing on USS Antietam, off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129219
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129220
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129221
*NARTU Akron, OH as L-159.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129222
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129223
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129224
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129225
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129226
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129227
*1955: NARTU South Weymouth, MA as Z-153.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129228
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129229
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129230
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129231
*1954: VS-31.
*3/29/1954: Crashed into the sea on take-off from USS Valley Forge.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129232
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129233
*NARTU Akron, OH.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N9994Z.
*Was preserved in Chino, CA.
*Currently preserved at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, falsely painted as "N9995Z".
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129234
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129235
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129236
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129237
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129238
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129239
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129240
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129241
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129242
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129243
*Bailed back to Grumman Corp.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129244
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129245
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129246
*NARTU New York, NY as R-180.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129247
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129248
*NARTU New York, NY as R-187.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129249
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129250
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129251
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129252
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129253
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129254
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129255
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129256
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 129257
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129258
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129259
*1954: VS-21.
*3/23/1954: Crashed into the sea while landing on USS Point Cruz.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129260
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129261
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129262
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129263
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129264
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129265
*1954: VS-21 as BS-x5.
*3/23/1954: Slid overboard into the sea while landing on USS Point Cruz.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129266
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129267
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129268
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129269
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129270
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129271
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129272
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129273
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129274
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129275
*1954: VS-39.
*3/22/1954: Stalled and crashed into the sea near USS Antietam.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129276
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129277
*1952: VS-931 as SV-17.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129278
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129279
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129280
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129281
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129282
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129283
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129284
*1952: VS-831 as SD-13.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129285
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129286
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129287
*1955: NARTU New York, NY as R-177.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129288
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129289
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129290
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129291
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129292
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129293
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129294
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129295
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129296
*1956: NARTU Denver, CO as P-xx2.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129297
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129298
*--info needed.--
AF-2W Guardian b/n 129299
*--info needed.--
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130364
*1950-52: VS-20.
*1952-56: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130365
*1953-54: VS-20 as SV-12.
*1955-57: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA as L-153.
*2/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130366
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1954-56: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA as L-152.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130367
*1953-54: VS-27 as SM-12.
*1955-56: NARTU New York, NY.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130368
*1953-54: VS-27.
*156-57: NARTU New York, NY.
*5/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130369
*1953-54: VS-39.
*1954: VS-30.
*1956: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130370
*1953: VS-31.
*1953-54: VS-22.
*1954-55: VS-39.
*1956: NARTU Niagara Falls, NY.
*1956-57: NARTU New York, NY.
*7/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130371
*1953-54: VS-39.
*1955-56: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130372
*1953: VS-831.
*1953-54: VS-36.
*1954: VS-31.
*11/18/1954: Written off aboard USS Kula Gulf.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130373
*1953: VS-31.
*1953-54: VS-22.
*1954-55: VS-36.
*1955-57: NARTU New York, NY.
*5/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130374
*1953: FASRON-2.
*1953-54: VS-22.
*1954-55: VS-36.
*1955-56: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130375
*1953: VS-31.
*1953-54: VS-22.
*1954: VS-36.
*10/26/1954: Written off at NAS Norfolk, VA.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130376
*1953-54: VS-24.
*1955-56: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130377
*1953-54: VS-36.
*2/27/1954: Slid overboard into the sea while landing on USS Gilbert Islands.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130378
*1953-54: VS-24.
*1955: NARTU New York, NY.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130379
*1953: VS-831.
*1953-55: VS-36.
*1955-57: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*1/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130380
*1953-54: VS-39.
*5/5/1954: Written off aboard USS Antietam.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130381
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1955-57: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*4/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130382
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1955-56: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA as L-166.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130383
*1953: FASRON-3.
*1953-54: VS-30.
*1955: VS-39.
*1955: NARTU New York, NY.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130384
*1953: FASRON-4.
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1/7/1954: Written off aboard USS Rendova.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130385
*1953-54: VS-30.
*1954-55: VS-36.
*1956-57: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*3/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130386
*1953-54: VS-30.
*1954-55: VS-36.
*1956-57: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*3/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130387
*1953-54: VS-30.
*1954: VS-36.
*5/4/1954: Written off aboard USS Leyte.
AF-2S Guardian b/n 130388
*1953-54: VS-24.
*1954-55: VS-39.
*1956-57: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*6/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130389
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1954-55: VS-37 as SU-5.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130390
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1954: VS-21.
*1955: VS-37.
*1955-56: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130391
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1/13/1954: Written off aboard USS Rendova.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130392
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1955-56: NARTU Willow Grove, PA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130393
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1955-56: NARTU Norfolk, VA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130394
*1953-54: VS-22.
*1954: VS-31.
*1955-56: NARTU Lakehurst, NJ.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130395
*1953-54: VS-39.
*1955: VS-37 as SU-5.
*1955-56: NARTU Willow Grove, PA.
*1956-57: NARTU New Orleans, LA.
*4/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130396
*1953: VS-39.
*11/4/1953: Written off at NAS Quonset Point, RI.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130397
*1953-54: VS-31.
*1955-56: NARTU Niagara Falls, NY.
*1956: NARTU New Orleans, LA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130398
*1954: VS-24.
*1/14/1954: Crashed into the sea off take-off from USS Leyte.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130399
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1955-56: NARTU Jacksonville, FL.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130400
*1953: VS-20.
*11/2/1953: Written off at NAS Los Alamitos, CA.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130401
*1953-54: VS-25.
*1954: VS-20.
*1955-56: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130402
*1953-54: VS-20.
*1955-56: NARTU Seattle, WA.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130403
*1953-54: VS-25.
*1954: VS-37.
*1955-56: NARTU Norfolk, VA.
*1956-57: NARTU New York, NY.
*4/1957: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
AF-2W Guardian b/n 130404
*1953-54: VS-25.
*12/1956: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
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For their assistance in various parts of this project, I would like to give thanks to the following individual
people...
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