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McDonnell FH-1 Phantom






Last updated on: July 23, 2016

Just an order of 62 of these planes were produced between 1945 and �47. They served for a short time in active service before moving on to Reserve units. This page will also include the two XFD-1 prototypes.

At the end of this page is a list of people who have graciously offered their help. Thank you all very much!


48235
*XFD-1 prototype.
*11/1/1945: Written off.


48236
*XFD-1 prototype.
*8/24/1945: Written off.


111749
*10/28/1946: First flight.
*1/1947: Delivered to the USN.
*Used for weather research tests at Patterson AFB, OH.


111750
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.


111751
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*1952: NARW NAS Grosse Ile, MI.


111752
*2/5/1947: Crashed in Harmony Township, Beaver County, PA on delivery flight to NAS Patuxent River, MD.


111753
*1950: VMF-122.
*1/10/1950: Ran out of fuel and crash landed at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.


111754
*1948: Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*3/17/1948: Crash landed at NAS Patuxent River, MD due to engine failure.


111755
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.


111756
*NARW NAS Saint Louis, MO as "U-104".
*1950: NAS New York.
*7/18/1950: Ditched into Jamaica Bay, NY.


111757
*1948: Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.


111758
*1948: Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*1/14/1948: Crash landed near Annapolis, MD due to engine failure.


111759
*Currently preserved at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.


111760
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*VMF-122 as "LC-9".
*7/12/1951: Written off after a belly-landing at NRAS Minneapolis, NM.


111761
*1949: VMF-122 as "LC-2".
*NARW NAS Saint Louis, MO.
*Sent as a maintenance trainer to the Teterboro School of Aviation, NJ.
*1964: Purchased by Progressive Aero of Fort Lauderdale, FL.
*Dismantled and used for spares.


111762
*1948: VF-1L.
*5/29/1948: Ran out of fuel and crash landed near East Hampton, NY.


111763
*1948: VMF-122.
*12/8/1948: Crash landed at MCAS Beaufort, SC due to engine failure.


111764
*NARTU Birmingham, AL as "T-xx".


111765
*1948: VF-171.
*11/21/1948: Crash landed at NAS Atlantic City, NJ due to engine failure.


111766
*--info needed.--


111767
*--info needed.--


111768
*Was preserved at the St. Louis Aviation Museum in Saint Louis, MO.
*Was preserved at the National Warplane Museum in Genesco, NY.
*Was preserved at the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Elmira, NY.
*Currently preserved at the Pima Air and Space Museum, AZ.
*At some point carried civilian registration "N4283A".


111769
*Sent as a maintenance trainer to the Teterboro School of Aviation, NJ.
*1964: Purchased by Progressive Aero of Fort Lauderdale, FL.
*Was used as a jet trainer for rich aviation buffs.
*Was in storage at the Museum at Quantico, VA.


111770
*1948: VMF-122.
*1951: NARW NAS Grosse Ile, MI.


111771
*1948: VMF-122 as "BC-9".
*8/10/1948: Crash landed near MCAS Cherry Point, NC due to mechanical failure.


111772
*--info needed.--


111773
*1948: VF-171.
*11/22/1948: Crash landed at NAS Quonset Point, RI due to mechanical failure.


111774
*1952: VF-703.
*3/23/1952: Ran out of fuel and crash landed near Dallas, TX.


111775
*1948: VF-171.
*12/7/1948: Crash landed at NAS Quonset Point, RI due to engine failure.


111776
*--info needed.--


111777
*--info needed.--


111778
*VF-171 "R-112".
*1953: NARW NAS Columbus, OH as "C-103".


111779
*1948: VMF-122 as "I-108".


111780
*1948: VMF-122.
*NARW NAS Norfolk, VA.


111781
*1948: VMF-122.


111782
*1948: VMF-122.


111783
*VMF-122 as "BC-3".
*VMF-122 as "LC-8".
*Sent as a maintenance trainer to the Teterboro School of Aviation, NJ.
*1964: Purchased by Progressive Aero of Fort Lauderdale, FL.
*Was used as a jet trainer for rich aviation buffs.
*Was in storage at Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale APT, FL.


111784
*--info needed.--


111785
*VMF-122.
*1951: NARTU NAS Glenview, IL.
*7/15/1951: Crashed near NAS Glenview, IL due to engine failure. Pilot was killed.


111786
*VF-171 as "R-xx".


111787
*1948: VF-17A.
*5/6/1948: Crashed near NAF Quonset Point, RI after to a mid-air collision. Pilot was killed.


111788
*VMF-122 as "LC-7".


111789
*VF-171 as "x-106".


111790
*1948: VF-17A.
*6/25/1948: Crashed landed near Wheeling, WV.


111791
*1950: NAS Willow Grove, PA.
*7/18/1950: Crash landed at NAS Willow Grove, PA due to engine failure.


111792
*--info needed.--


111793
*2/28/1948: Delivered to the USN.
*1949: VMF-122.
*6/25/1949: Crash landed near Evansville, IN due to engine failure. Repaired, obviously?
*7/25/1949: Crashed near MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
*1949: Struck off charge.
*Owned for a time by National Jets Incorporated of Fort Lauderdale, FL.
*Currently preserved at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, FL, since 1983.


111794
*1949: VMF-122 as "BC-1".


111795
*--info needed.--


111796
*1948: VF-171.
*8/24/1948: Ditched into the sea on take-off from USS Philippine Sea.


111797
*1948: VF-17A.
*5/29/1948: Crash landed near NAS Atlantic City, NJ due to engine failure.


111798
*--info needed.--


111799
*--info needed.--


111800
*--info needed.--


111801
*1953: NARW at NAS Dallas, TX as "D-108".


111802
*--info needed.--


111803
*1950: NARTU NAS Norfolk, VA.
*9/3/1950: Crashed while landing at NAS Norfolk, VA due to engine failure.


111804
*VF-171 as "R-108".


111805
*VMF-122 as "LC-6".


111806
*--info needed.--


111807
*--info needed.--


111808
*5/29/1948: Delivered to the USN.
*1949: VF-842 as "R-10x".
*1952: NARW NAS Minneapolis, MN as "E-104".
*NARW NAS Birmingham, AL as "T-101".

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For their assistance in various parts of this project, I would like to give thanks to the following individual people...

James Rarick
Ron Picciani
Tjalling Boelman
Mark Woods
Pat Riley
Sid Nanson
Mike Aiau
Luis Bonanni
Rick Porcelli
Chris Brame
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