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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F3H/F-3 Demon
    Latest Model:F-3B Demon
    Last Military Serial:145221 USN
    Construction Number:390
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-3B sn 145221 USN cn 390...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F3H-2.

    17 July 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145221.

    November 1962

    Redesignated as F-3B.

    June 1963

    Transferred to VF-13.

    25 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ - of a McDonnell F3H-2 (F-3B) Demon

    By 1991

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: AK/104, 143492

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: 104, USS SHANGRI LA, NAVY, 3492, AK, 04
    False s/n in the markings of Fighter Squadron 13 (VF-13), USS Shangri-La, 1963.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 November 2012


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy
    Notes: This is on display in the main museum area.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
    Mike Henniger
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