McDonnell FH Phantom - Aircraft On Display

Aircraft On Display

• FH-1 Phantom, bureau number 111759, is on display at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., United States. This aircraft served with Marine Fighter Squadron 122 (VMF-122). It was retired in April 1954, with a total of 418 flight hours. The aircraft was transferred to the Smithsonian by the U.S. Navy in 1959.

• FH-1 Phantom, bureau number 111768, is on display at the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Horseheads, New York. It has had a busy post-retirement life. Formerly a Progressive Aero aircraft c/n 456 (civil registration N4283A) it was placed on display at the Marine Corps Museum. The aircraft was later transferred to the St. Louis Aviation Museum, and then the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York. In 2006 the aircraft was moved its current location.

• FH-1 Phantom, bureau number 111793, is on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. This aircraft was accepted by the Navy on 28 February 1948. After flying for a brief time with Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 122, the first Marine jet squadron, at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, it was stricken from the naval inventory in 1949. The museum acquired the aircraft from National Jets, Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1983.