Grumman F11F-1 (F-11A) Tiger






Last updated on: December 13, 2012

Just 200 of these planes were produced. People might remember these jets mostly for their airshows with the famed Blue Angels, but they also served admirably as advanced jet trainers after their useful frontline service years were over. Survivors were renamed F-11A in 1963.

This is a work in progress and any help would be appreciated. Information on these planes is rather difficult to locate online and this work will remain incomplete unless you the readers offer to help me. Please feel free to pass along any information that you might have.

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

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138603
*Static-test airframe.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138604
*7/30/1954: First flight.
*10/20/1954: Crashed at the edge of a wooded area near the Grumman Calverton facility on Long Island, NY, following an engine flameout.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138605
*10/2/1954; First flight.
*Edwards AFB, CA, for tests.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138606
*12/15/1954: First flight.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138607
*US Navy.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138608
*4/3/1956: Crashed after an engine failure at Edwards AFB, CA? Or not? Or just written off after an accident?
*Is this one currently preserved at the Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, FL?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138609
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138610
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138611
*US Navy.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138612
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138613
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138614
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138615
*US Navy.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138616
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138617
*VX-3.
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138618
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*Redesignated YF11F-1 for carrier trials.
*5/21/1962: Crashed? Details?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138619
*VT-26.
*Currently on display at Strickland’s Surplus, Inc in Wilmington, NC.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138620
*9/21/1956: Flew into its own ordnance trajectory during a test firing of its 20 mm cannons (overtook shells during high-speed descent). Crash landed at Calverton APT, NY.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138621
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138622
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138623
*US Navy.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138624
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138625
*VX-3.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138626
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*VT-26.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138627
*VX-3 as “JC-53“.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138628
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138629
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138630
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/1973: Scrapped?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138631
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138632
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138633
*VF-21 as “AM-xx“.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138634
*VX-3.
*1957: VA-156.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138635
*VX-3.
*1957: VA-156.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138636
*VA-156 as “NL-xx“.
*VT-26.
*Struck off charge.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138637
*ATU-203.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA. Scrapped there?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138638
*VX-3.
*1957: VA-156.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA. Scrapped there?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138639
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*While being airlifted to a museum in South Carolina by helicopter, the line broke and the plane fell into a wooded area near Oak Grove, NC, where it still is as of 2008. Details? Help?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138640
*Flew with the Blue Angels as "6".
*8/3/1958: Engine failure during display, crashed landed at Buffalo APT, NY.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138641
*Flew with the Blue Angels as "5".
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138642
*Flew with the Blue Angels as "4".
*10/14/1958: Crashed into ground practising Split S near Pensacola, FL. Pilot was killed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138643
*Flew with the Blue Angels as "3".
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*VT-23.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138644
*Flew with the Blue Angels as "2".
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*1/27/1967: Crashed due to hydraulics failure at NAAS Chase Field, TX.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 138645
*Flew with the Blue Angels as "1".
*VT-26.
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*8/27/1964: Crashed 5 miles from NAAS Kingsville, TX.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138646
*1955: Completed as F11F-1F Super Tiger with better engines.
*1980s: Expended during fire-fighting practice.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 138647
*1955: Completed as F11F-1F Super Tiger with better engines.
*12/1957: Edwards AFB, CA, for tests.
*4/16/1958: Set an official world altitude record of 76,831 feet.
*Flew with the Blue Angels?
*12/1960: NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*1/1961: Modified as ground trainer for technical crews at NAS China Lake, CA.
*1/10/1961: Struct off charge.
*Currently on display at the US Naval Museum of Armament and Technology at NAWC China Lake, CA.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141728
*VT-23.
*7/1965: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141729
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*7/2/1964: Crashed.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141730
*VT-26 as “3L-3xx“.
*3/6/1963: Crashed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141731
*VF-21.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141732
*VF-21 as “AM-201“.
*Struck off charge.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141733
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141734
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141735
*VT-23 as "3H-325".
*Was displayed at the Goldsborough-Wayne APT, NC.
*Currently awaiting restoration at Yanks Air Museum in Chino, CA.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141736
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141737
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141738
*VF-156.
*1965: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*2/18/1967: Crashed during practice northwest of NAS El Centro, CA. Pilot was killed.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141739
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141740
*VF-21 as “AD-205“.
*Struck off charge.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141741
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141742
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141743
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141744
*VF-21 as “AM-208“.
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*10/12/1964: Damaged beyond repair in a crash landing.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141745
*VF-21 as “AD-xx“.
*VT-26 as “3L-611“.
*1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141746
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141747
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141748
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141749
*VT-23.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141750
*US Navy.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141751
*VF-111.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141752
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141753
*VT-23.
*ATU-222.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141754
*VA-156.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141755
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141756
*VF-111.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141757
*VF-21.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141758
*VF-156.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141759
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA.
*4/1971: Scrapped at NAS China Lake, CA. Or in 1973?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141760
*VT-26.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141761
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*8/30/1963: Crashed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141762
*VF-191.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141763
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141764
*VF-191 as “NM-106“.
*1965: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*9/2/1966: Crashed during an airshow on the shore of Lake Ontario near Toronto, Canada. Pilot was killed.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141765
*VA-43.
*VF-21.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VT-26 as “3L-622“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141766

*VF-191.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141767
*US Navy.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141768
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*7/8/1964: Crashed 21 miles from NAAS Kingsville, TX.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141769
*VT-26 as “3L-304“.
*7/20/1966: Crashed near NAAS Kingsville, TX after both wings broke off in flight.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141770
*VF-33 as “AF-206“.
*Struck off charge.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141771
*VF-33 as “AF-205“.
*VF-21.
*Struck off charge.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141772
*VF-191.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141773
*VF-191.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141774
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141775
*Flew with the Blue Angels.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141776
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141777
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VF-121.
*VT-26 as “3L-600“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141778
*VF-121.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141779
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141780
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141781
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*10/14/1964: Crashed 37 miles from NAS Chase Field, TX.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141782
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141783
*VF-33 as “AF-310“.
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was displayed at NAS New York, NY.
*Was displayed at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, NY.
*Currently displayed at the MAPS Museum at the Akron/Canton Airport, OH.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141784
*VT-23.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141785
*VF-191.
*VF-121.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*VT-23 as “3H-312“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141786
*VF-33.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141787
*VT-26 as “3L-334“.
*1/23/1963: Crashed into a field after pilot ejected.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141788
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141789
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141790
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1965: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Was displayed at the Florence Air and Missile Museum, SC.
*Currently displayed at Grissom AFB, IN.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141791
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141792
*VT-23 as “3H-350“.
*VT-26 as “3L-620“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA.
*10/1973: Scrapped at NAS China Lake, CA.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141793
*3/6/1967: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141794
*VT-26 as “3L-634“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*Was in a dump at NAS China Lake, CA.
*10/1973: Scrapped at NAS China Lake, CA.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141795
*VF-111.
*VT-26 as “3L-608“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*10/1973: Scrapped at NAS China Lake, CA.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141796
*VF-121.
*VT-26 as “3L-xx“.
*Flew with the Blue Angels? Or not?
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was at the Pima Air Museum, AZ, from 5/1978.
*8/1987: Donated to Grand Junction, CO.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141797
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VT-23.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141798
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*4/15/1967: Crashed after engine failure.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141799
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141800
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141801
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141802
*1958: VF-111.
*VF-191 as “NM-111“.
*VT-23.
*7/1965: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/1966: Sent to NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*1966: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Currently on display in small fenced area beside US Highway 17 near Craven County Hospital, New Bern, NC.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141803
*VT-26.
*NABTC, at NAS Pensacola, FL.
*7/1965: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*3/1967: Sent to NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*11/2/1967: Crashed at NABTC Pensacola, FL?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141804
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*12/7/1963: Crashed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141805
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141806
*US Navy.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141807
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141808
*VT-26 as “3L-3xx“.
*7/11/1963: Crashed.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141809
*Struck off charge.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141810
*VF-191 as “NM-104“.
*VT-26 as “3L-634“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Sent to NARF Cherry Point, NC.
*10/1973: Scrapped at NARF Cherry Point, NC.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141811
*2/1958: FASRON 5.
*2/1961: VF-33.
*3/1961: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*4/1965: VT-23.
*7/1965: VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*5/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1968: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*5/1969: Donated to the University of Kansas Aerospace Engineering Department, at the Lawrence APT, KS.
*Currently displayed at the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS, since 6/1980.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141812
*VF-21 as "AD-201".
*1958: VF-21 as "AM-201".
*VA-43.
*VT-26 as “3L-621“.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1972: Disposed of in fire-fighting tests.
*Did this one end up at NARF Cherry Point?
*Did this one fly with the Blue Angels at some point?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141813
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141814
*VT-26 as “3L-616“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*10/1973: Scrapped at NAS China Lake, CA.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141815
*VF-33 as “AF-219“.
*VF-33 as "AF-204".
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141816
*Flew with the Blue Angels.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141817
*VF-33 as "AF-207" and "AF-217".
*VT-26 as “3L-605“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141818
*VF-33 as “AF-203“.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Scrapped by Southwest Alloys of Tucson, AZ.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141819
*VF-33 as “AF-201“.
*Struck off charge.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141820
*VF-111.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141821
*4/1958: VF-51.
*8/1958: VF-121.
*5/1959: FASRON 10.
*12/1959: VF-111.
*2/1962: VT-26 as “3L-602“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was on display at the Pima Air Museum, AZ, from 7/1971.
*1987: Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*Nosecone currently on display with the USS Hornet Museum.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141822
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141823
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
*VT-26 as “3L-638“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Was this one also sent to the Pima Air and Space Museum? Around 1973?
*Did this one fly with the Blue Angels at some point?

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141824
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
*1967: VT-26.
*1968: Flew with the Blue Angels acrobatic team.
*2/1969: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1969: Struck off charge at AMARC.
*1973: Taken from the bone yard by Grumman and modified as a testbed for new engines at the NATC.
*1/1975: Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*Was displayed at the Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.
*On the USS Intrepid now?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141825
*VF-51 as “NF-105”.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141826
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141827
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141828
*VF-33 as “AF-217“.
*1968: Flew with the Blue Angels acrobatic team as "1".
*Currently displayed at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141829
*VT-23.
*VT-26 as “3L-619“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*2/1990: Scrapped at AMCEP of Tucson, AZ.
*Did this one fly with the Blue Angels at some point?
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141830
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141831
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*3/31/1967: Crashed while landing at NAS Chase Field, TX. Pilot was killed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141832
*VT-26 as “3L-639“.
*Flew with the Blue Angels? Or not?
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Currently displayed at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY, since 3/1978.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141833
*US Navy.
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F11F-1 (F-11A) 141834
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*8/1/1963: Crashed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141835
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*1973: Disposed of in fire-fighting tests.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141836
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*6/10/1964: Crashed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141837
*Flew with the Blue Angels.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141838
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141839
*VT-26 as “3L-612“.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
Photo of F11F-1 141839

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141840
*US Navy.
Photo of F11F-1 141840

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141841
*VF-33 as “AF-205“.
*VT-26 as “3L-610“.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1972: Disposed of in fire-fighting tests.
Photo of F11F-1 141841

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141842
*VF-33.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*NAS China Lake, CA, for tests.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1972: Disposed of in fire-fighting tests.
Photo of F11F-1 141842

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141843
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*7/15/1964: Crashed near NAS Chase Field, TX.
Photo of F11F-1 141843

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141844
*US Navy.
Photo of F11F-1 141844

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141845
*US Navy.
Photo of F11F-1 141845

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141846
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*5/20/1965: Crashed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141847
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VT-26 as “3L-607“.
*6/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
Photo of F11F-1 141847

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141848
*VT-26 as “3L-330“.
Photo of F11F-1 141848

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141849
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211 as "NP-106".
*1965: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*9/6/1966: Damaged beyond repair after crashing at an airshow at NABTC Pensacola, FL.
*Was in the Walter Soplata collection in Ohio. Now?
Photo of F11F-1 141849

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141850
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
*1965: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*2/1/1967: Crashed during a practice flight 16 miles northwest of NAS El Centro, CA. Pilot was killed.
Photo of F11F-1 141850

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141851
*1964-65: Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Currently a gate guard at NAES Lakehurst, NJ.
Photo of F11F-1 141851

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141852
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141853
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx“.
*1/1967: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*1973: Taken from the bone yard by Grumman and modified as a testbed for new engines.
*1/1975: Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*Was displayed at the Pima Air Museum, AZ.
*1/1981: Returned to the AMARC bone yard.
*Currently displayed at the Pueblo Weisbrod Museum in Pueblo, CO, since 2/1987.
Pic of F11F-1 141853

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141854
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
Pic of F11F-1 141854

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141855
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
Photo of F11F-1 141855

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141856
*VF-111.
Photo of F11F-1 141856

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141857
*VF-121 as “NJ-115”.
Photo of F11F-1 141857

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141858
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
*VF-111.
Photo of F11F-1 141858

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141859
*VF-211.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Currently displayed at Murray State College in Tishomingo, OK, since 1969.
Photo of F11F-1 141859

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141860
*VT-26 as “3L-6xx”.
*9/9/1964: Crashed near Victoria, TX.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141861
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141862
*ATU-203.
Photo of F11F-1 141862

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141863
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*6/14/1965: Crashed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141864
*VT-26.
*Flew with the Blue Angels? Or not?
*Was displayed at Patriots Point Museum in Charlestown, SC.
*Currently on display at NAS Oceana, VA, since 1998, marked in Blue Angels insignia.
Photo of F11F-1 141864

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141865
*VT-23 as “3H-315“.
Photo of F11F-1 141865

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141866
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141867
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*6/14/1960: Crashed into the water off Pensacola, FL. Pilot was killed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141868
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Was displayed at Orange County APT, CA.
*Was displayed in Chino, CA.
*Currently displayed at the Planes of Fame Grand Canyon at Valle, AZ.
Photo of F11F-1 141868

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141869
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Written off at Litchfield Park, AZ.
Photo of F11F-1 141869

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141870
*Flew with the Blue Angels as "6".
*10/21/1967: Damaged beyond repair in a take-off accident?
*Was preserved as a gate guard at NAS New Orleans, LA.
*Currently preserved at St. John APT, Reserve, LA.
Photo of F11F-1 141870

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141871
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1/6/1960: Crashed after a midair collision during echelon roll near NAS Key West, FL.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141872
*VF-211.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*Was displayed at the USMC Air and Ground Museum.
*Currently displayed at the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, MI.
Photo of F11F-1 141872

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141873
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*1/14/1968: Crashed during practice at NAS El Centro, CA. Pilot was killed.
Photo of F11F-1 141873

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141874
*Flew with the Blue Angels.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141875
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*10/16/1963: Crashed.
Photo of F11F-1 141875

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141876
*Flew with the Blue Angels.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141877
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141878
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141879
*--info needed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141880
*VF-24.
*3/1959: VF-211.
*VT-26 as “3L-3xx“.
*7/29/1963: Crashed.
Photo of F11F-1 141880

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141881
*VT-23 as “3H-3xx“.
*5/9/1963: Crashed.

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141882
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*VT-23 as “3H-205“.
*Currently awaiting restoration at the Valiant Air Command Museum in Tico, FL.
Photo of F11F-1 141882

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141883
*Flew with the Blue Angels.
*NABTC, at NAS Pensacola, FL.
*3/15/1964: Crashed near Apalachicola, FL.
Photo of F11F-1 141883

F11F-1 (F-11A) 141884
*1961 to 1963: Flew with the Blue Angels as "5".
*Struck off charge.
*Currently preserved with the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, NY.
Photo of F11F-1 141884


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

Joseph F. Baugher for the bureau number list.
Clive Turner
Ron Picciani
Tom Bisbo
Johan Visschedijk
Tjalling Boelman
John Szalay
Gene F. Rogge
Raymond Sinwell
William T. Larkins
Eric Boehn
Rick Centore