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    Airframe Family: Douglas F4D/F-6 Skyray / F5D Skylancer
    Latest Model:F-6A Skyray
    Last Military Serial:134806 USN
    Construction Number:10400
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4D-1.

    21 July 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 134806.

    July 1956

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 141 (VF-141), USS Bon Homme Richard.
    Operated with markings: S-205

    Circa 1957

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 23 (VF-23), NAS Moffett Field, CA, assigned to USS Hancock.

    Circa January 1958

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMF (AW)-542, MCAS El Toro, CA.
    Operated with markings: WH-8

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMF (AW)-513, NAS Atsugi, Japan.

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Attack VMF (AW)-314, MCAS Miami, FL.

    Transferred to Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron VMF (AW)-114, MCAS El Toro, CA.

    1962

    Transferred to Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    6 July 1962

    Redesignated as F-6A.

    1963

    Transferred to Naval Test Pilot School, NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: TPS

    30 June 1967


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy

    25 November 1969

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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