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Forgotten Jets

Serial/Bureau Numbers and Operational Histories

"Forgotten Jets" is an attempt to detail the operational histories of a number of obscure and little-remembered jet fighters from the 1950s, the golden age of early military aviation. You will not find F-16s, F-15s or the like here, but you will find F-84s, F-89s, B-45s and F3Ds and similar planes.

I assume that if you have found this page, and have read this far, then you are already familiar with these jets, so I will not waste your time with any detailed technical or design information on these planes. If you want to learn more, just Google the name.

Click the links to go each jet's page.

Bell P-59 Airacomet
(Unbelievably incomplete)

Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Streak/Flash
(Constantly updated in '09)

Northrop F-89 Scorpion
(Very incomplete)

Lockheed F-94 Starfire
(Horribly incomplete)

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
(Looking awesome!)

North American B-45 Tornado
(Insanely incomplete)

Douglas B-66 Destroyer
(Soul-Crushingly incomplete)

McDonnell FH-1 Phantom
(Criminally incomplete)

Douglas F3D Skyknight
(Miserably incomplete)

McDonnell F3H Demon
(Terrifingly incomplete)

Douglas F4D Skyray
(Embarrassingly incomplete)

Vought F6U Pirate
(Nearly fully complete)

Vought F7U Cutlass
(Frighteningly incomplete)

Grumman F11F Tiger
(Tragically incomplete)

(More to come...?)

This is a work in progress and any help would be appreciated. Information on these planes is rather difficult to locate online and these pages will remain incomplete unless you the readers offer to help me. I will give due credit, of course, so feel free to offer any info. Pass along any information

With each entry I have tried to match up exact serial numbers with as complete service histories as I can find. Admittedly, most of them are pretty bare as I have had extreme difficulty locating service histories for most of these planes. If you have additional information on a particular serial number, or if I screwed something up, email me. Please let me know

Some of the details I am looking for include: What units they served with and maybe what years. If any crashed or were written-off and when and why. Any combat service and losses. When they were taken out of service and what happened to them, were they scrapped or sold off or whatever. Again, information has been very difficult to find in most cases (well, without me spending $30 per roll for microfilm rolls from the USAF Historical Center, which would bankrupt me pretty quick).

Thanks!