Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Grumman F9F/F-9 Panther/Cougar
    Latest Model:F9F-5 Panther
    Last Military Serial:126226 USN
    Compressed ID:Grumman F9F-5 sn 126226 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F9F-5.

    14 October 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 126226.

    By January 1953

    To VF-51, Carrier Air Group FIVE, USS VALLEY FORGE (CVA-45).

    From By January 1953 to March 1953

    Flew combat missions over Korea during this time period.

    5 March 1953

    Damaged.
    Damaged in a barrier engagement during a carrier landing.

    Transferred to Fleet Aircraft Services Squadron (FASRON) 7-San Diego, CA.

    Transferred to Fleet Aircraft Services Squadron (FASRON) 11-Atsugi, Japan.

    Transferred to Overhaul and Repair Bureau of Aeronautics Maintenance and Repair, NAS Alameda, CA.

    Transferred to Fleet Aircraft Services Squadron (FASRON) 10-Moffett Field, CA.

    Transferred to VF-93, NAS Alameda, CA.

    Transferred to VF-154, NAS Moffett Field, CA.

    Base of operations changed.
    USS YORKTOWN (CVA-10).

    Transferred to Fleet Aircraft Services Squadron (FASRON) 117-Barbers Point, HI.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 126226.

    Transferred to VMA-323, MCAS El Toro, CA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 126226.

    From Circa 1956 to July 1959

    Transferred to NARW-81, USNR, NAS Minneapolis, MN.
    Operated with markings: E-113, NAVY, MINNEAPOLIS

    27 July 1959

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    1977

    To Riverside Park, Marshalltown, IA.

    1983

    To Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, KS.
    View the Location Dossier

    From June 1983 to August 1983

    Recovered.
    Combat Air Museum recovered the Panther in derelict condition in June-August 1983 from an open storage silo in a rural area near Elkton, MN.

    From August 2001 to September 2002

    Restored.
    RRS Aviation, Hawkins, Texas restored it to its former VF-51 markings from August 2001 to September 2002.

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    2019


    Photographer: Dave Murray

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Partially blocked by the MiG-15
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Combat Air Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=33311][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Grumman F9F-5 Panther, s/n 126226 USN[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=33311
    Copyright 1993-2024 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.