McDonnell FH-1 Phantom






Last updated on: July 4, 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. 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!

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 as "U-104".
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.
*VMF-122 as "LC-9".
*7/12/1951: Written off after a belly-landing at NRAS Minneapolis, NM.
Photo of FH-1 111760

111761
*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.
Photo of FH-1 111761

111762
*--info needed.--

111763
*--info needed.--

111764
*Reserves at NAS Birmingham, AL as "T-xx".
Photo of FH-1 111764

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 Museum at Quantico, VA.
Photo of FH-1 111769

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

111771
*VMF-122 as "BC-9".
Photo of FH-1 111771

111772
*--info needed.--

111773
*--info needed.--

111774
*--info needed.--

111775
*--info needed.--

111776
*--info needed.--

111777
*--info needed.--

111778
*VF-171 "R-112".
*NARW NAS Columbus, OH.
Photo of FH-1 111778

111779
*1948: VMF-122 as "I-108".
Photo of FH-1 111779

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

111781
*1948: VMF-122.

111782
*1948: VMF-122.

111783
*VMF-122 as "BC-xx".
*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
*VMF-122.
Photo of FH-1 111785

111786
*VF-171 as "R-xx".
*1949: Shipped aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Photo of FH-1 111786

111787
*--info needed.--

111788
*VMF-122 as "LC-7".
Photo of FH-1 111788

111789
*VF-171 as "x-106".
*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.
*VMF-122.
*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
*VMF-122 as "BC-1".
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 at NAS Dallas, TX.

111802
*--info needed.--

111803
*--info needed.--

111804
*--info needed.--

111805
*VMF-122 as "LC-6".
Photo of FH-1 111805

111806
*--info needed.--

111807
*--info needed.--

111808
*5/29/1948: Delivered to the USN.
*NARW NAS Minneapolis, MN as "E-104".
Photo of FH-1 111808

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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.
James Rarick
Ron Picciani
Tjalling Boelman
Mark Woods