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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F3H/F-3 Demon
    Latest Model:MF-3B Demon
    Last Military Serial:137078 USN
    Construction Number:259
    Compressed ID:McDonnell MF-3B sn 137078 USN cn 25...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F3H-2M.

    24 May 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 137078.

    Aircraft spent just over two years in operational service.

    From Circa May 1957 to Circa 1960

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 121 (VF-121).

    From Circa 1960 to After 21 October 1975

    Transferred to Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis, TN.
    Assigned for Aviation Maintenance Training.

    June 1962

    Redesignated as MF-3B.

    1975


    Photographer: ray Hanson
    Notes: At NAS Memphis

    1975


    Photographer: ray Hanson
    Notes: At NAS Memphis

    1975


    Photographer: ray Hanson
    Notes: At NAS Memphis

    1975


    Photographer: ray Hanson
    Notes: At NAS Memphis

    October 1975

    Geoff Pyke comments (9 July 2018): Noted at Memphis by aviation enthusiast, along with four other F3 Demons.

    From April 1981 to After November 1983

    To National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
    Placed in storage.

    Loaned to U. S. Army Impact Range, SC.

    Spotted by A-7 pilot and reported to museum.

    February 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At St Petersburg-Clearwater Airport, FL.

    By 1991

    Loaned to NAS Cecil Field, FL.
    Static Display.
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    Markings Applied: 101, VF-131, AE, 7078

    1999

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    Returned to museum when Cecil Field closed.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 301, VF-193, NM, 7078

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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    National Naval Aviation Museum

    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Geoff Pyke
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