McDonnell FH-1 Phantom
Last updated on: February 26, 2012
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.
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. I will give due credit, of course, so
feel free to email me. Pass along any information that you might have.
48235
*XFD-1 prototype.
*11/1/1945: Written off.
Photo of XFD-1 48235
48236
*XFD-1 prototype.
*8/24/1945: Written off.
Photo of XFD-1 48236
111749
*10/28/1946: First flight.
*1/1947: Delivered to the USN.
*Used for weather research tests at Patterson AFB, OH.
Photo of FH-1 111749
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.
Photo of FH-1 111751
111752
*--info needed.--
111753
*--info needed.--
111754
*--info needed.--
111755
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
Photo of FH-1 111755
111756
*NARW NAS Saint Louis, MO.
Photo of FH-1 111756
111757
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
Photo of FH-1 111757
111758
*--info needed.--
111759
*Currently displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Photo of FH-1 111759
111760
*Naval Air Test Center, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
*7/12/1951: Written off after a belly-landing at NRAS Minneapolis.
Photo of FH-1 111760
111761
*USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
*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.
Photo of FH-1 111761
111762
*--info needed.--
111763
*--info needed.--
111764
*--info needed.--
111765
*--info needed.--
111766
*--info needed.--
111767
*--info needed.--
111768
*Was displayed at the St. Louis Aviation Museum in Saint Louis, MO.
*Was displayed at the National Warplane Museum in Genesco, NY.
*Currently displayed at the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Elmira, NY.
*At some point carried civilian registration "N4283A".
Photo of FH-1 111768
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 USMC Museum at Quantico, VA.
Photo of FH-1 111769
111770
*1951: NARW NAS Grosse Ile, MI.
111771
*USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
Photo of FH-1 111771
111772
*--info needed.--
111773
*--info needed.--
111774
*--info needed.--
111775
*--info needed.--
111776
*--info needed.--
111777
*--info needed.--
111778
*USN Fighter Squadron VF-171, at NAS Oceana, VA.
*Shipped aboard the USS Midway.
*NARW NAS Columbus, OH.
Photo of FH-1 111778
111779
*US Navy.
Photo of FH-1 111779
111780
*NARW NAS Norfolk, VA.
111781
*--info needed.--
111782
*--info needed.--
111783
*USCM Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
*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.
Photo of FH-1 111783
111784
*--info needed.--
111785
*USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
Photo of FH-1 111785
111786
*USN Fighter Squadron VF-171, at NAS Oceana, VA.
*1949: Shipped aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Photo of FH-1 111786
111787
*--info needed.--
111788
*USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
Photo of FH-1 111788
111789
*USN Fighter Squadron VF-171, at NAS Oceana, VA.
*1949: Shipped aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Photo of FH-1 111789
111790
*--info needed.--
111791
*--info needed.--
111792
*--info needed.--
111793
*2/28/1948: Delivered to the USN.
*USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
*1949: Stricken from the naval inventory.
*Owned for a time by National Jets Incorporated of Fort Lauderdale, FL.
*Currently displayed at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, FL, since 1983.
Photo of FH-1 111793
111794
*USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
Photo of FH-1 111794
111795
*--info needed.--
111796
*--info needed.--
111797
*--info needed.--
111798
*--info needed.--
111799
*US Navy.
Photo of FH-1 111799
111800
*--info needed.--
111801
*NARW NAS Dallas, TX.
111802
*--info needed.--
111803
*--info needed.--
111804
*--info needed.--
111805
*USMC Fighter Squadron VMF-122, at Cherry Point MCAS, NC.
Photo of FH-1 111805
111806
*--info needed.--
111807
*--info needed.--
111808
*5/29/1948: Delivered to the USN.
*NARW NAS Minneapolis, MN.
Photo of FH-1 111808
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