1 Wright Model A
Formally accepted Aug 2, 1909. By early 1911 was in poor condition, having been wrecked
and rebuilt several times. Retired May 4, 1911. Now in Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC. Was not the same plane that crashed Sept 17, 1908, Ft. Myer, VA, killing Lt. Thomas
B. Selfridge.
2 Curtiss Model D
Crashed at Ft Sam Houston, TX May 10, 1911. Pilot George Kelly killed when he
banked the plane to avoid an infantry encampment. The aviation camp
was renamed Camp Kelly in his honor. Plane was rebuilt, finally grounded in
Feb 1914, refurbished and put on display in Smithsonian NASM in
Washington..
3/4 Wright Model B
3 damaged beyond repair after engine failure Aug 28, 1913, Philippines. Pilot OK
4 crashed at College Park, MD Sep 28, 1912. 2 crew killed.
5 Burgess Model F
MSN 25. Wright Model B type, a twin pusher biplane built under license by
Burgess Company and Curtis. Delivered to College Park, MD on October 10, 1911; moved
to Augusta, GA Winter 1911-1912; to College Park, MD Spring 1912; Texas City, TX early
1913; San Diego, CA Early Summer 1913. Taken out of service, with all of the Army
pusher type biplanes on Feb 24, 1914.
6 Curtiss Model E
7 Wright Model B
8 Curtiss Model E
9 Burgess H
MSN H-34. Burgess-Wright Model H. Wright Model H type, built under license
by Burgess Company and Curtis. Ordered Feb 10, 1912. Delivered Jul 27, 1912. This
first military tractor was accepted at and flown from Marblehead by Lt. Hap Arnold,
it landed at Plymouth MA for repairs, next day on a water takeoff the aircraft stalled
at low altitude and was severely damaged. The aircraft was repaired locally and
subsequently shipped to the Army Field at College Park, MD. Taken out of service, with
all of the Army pusher type biplanes on Feb. 24, 1914.
10/14 Wright Model C
10 wing collapsed and crashed into San Diego Bay Feb 9, 1914. Pilot killed
11 crashed in Texas City Jul 8, 1913. Pilot killed.
12 stalled and crashed in Manila Bay Nov 14, 1913. Pilot Loren Call killed
Another Wright C crashed on takeoff off Manila Sep 12, 1913
15 Curtiss Model F
Crashed into San Diego Bay Apr 8, 1913. One killed, one survived.
Quoted as a Model E with a composite hull.
16 Wright Model C
17 Burgess Model I Scout
MSN I-35. Burgess Company and Curtis Model I Scout. Ordered Jun 19, 1912, delivered
Jan 20, 1913. Army flight instruction at Palm Beach, FL, then shipped to Manila, Philippine
Islands for scouting duty based at Corregidor. Served with the U.S. Army Coast Artillery units
based in and around Manila Bay. Equipped for two way radio communications, the
first such operational deployment in the U.S. Army. Aborted takeoff and wrecked
off Corregidor Jan 12, 1915. Pilot OK.
18 Burgess Model J Scout
MSN J-36. Burgess Company and Curtis Model J Scout. Wright Model C type. Ordered 1912.
Delivered Jan 1913. On March 5, 1913 the Model J Scout #18 was assigned to Company A, First
Aero Squadron (the first air combat unit in the U.S. Army) at Texas City, TX. The Model J was
assigned to Lt. Moss L. Love who had learned to fly in the Philippines. Lt. Love and the Model J were
transferred to the Signal Corps Aviation School at North Island in San Diego, CA on June 6, 1913.
On September 4, 1913 Love was the tenth Army officer to lose his life in an aeroplane accident
when flying the Model J (Wright C Type) #18 attempting to qualify for his Military
Aviator Rating. He climbed to 2,000 feet and was descending in slow glide downward in a wide
turning pattern when at 300 feet he put on power but apparently stalled and dove straight into
the ground. This sequence of events was a Wright C characteristic that the
Army argued was a fault of the plane; with the Wright Company, who had the most to
lose, arguing it was the inadequate aviator training procedures. This and previous similar
accidents lead to the elimination of all Wright and Curtiss type pusher aircraft in the U.S. Army.
Love Field in Dallas, TX, a World War I airfield, and now a municipal airport was named for
Lt. Moss L. Love, U.S.A.
19/20 Wright D
Decommissioned 2/24/1914
21/22 Curtiss Model G.
Quoted as being S.C.21/S.C.22 with Signal Corps
S.C.21 delivered Jun 12, 1914. Operated in Hawaii and sold mid 1914.
S.C.22 delivered Ded 1, 1913, condemned Oct 1914.
23 Curtiss Model E
24/28 Burgess Model H
Burgess-Wright Model H. Wright Model H type, built under license by Burgess Company and Curtiss.
Ordered 10Feb12
S.C. 24 MSN H-40
S.C. 25 MSN H-41
S.C. 26 MSN H-42. decommissioned 8/25/1915
S.C. 27 MSN H-43
S.C. 28 MSN H-44
29/30 Curtiss Model J
29 had equal span wings, 30 had long span
upper wings, ailerons on upper wings only.
30 was prototype for JN-1
31/33 Martin T
Martin Company Model T. Two-seat training biplane
34 Curtiss Model F
35 Curtiss Model N
36 Burgess-Dunne Tailless
Burgess-Dunne Model BD-3, built under licence by Burgess Company
Ordered Mar 1913. Delivered Dec 30, 1914 to San Diego, CA. In the spring
of 1915 the floats were removed and wheels installed then
assigned to U.S. Army Coast Artillery for fire control support.
Dropped from inventory Oct 18, 1916.
37/38 Martin TT
Martin Company Model TT. Two-seat training biplane
39 Wright Model F
40 Burgess tractor trainer
Burgess Company Army Tractor Trainer. Tractor biplane designed by Grover Loening and Lt.
DeWitt Milling of the Army Aviation School at San Diego, CA built by Burgess Company to
U.S. Army design specifications. Ordered Jan 9, 1915. Delivered March 3, 1915.
Shipped to the Army Aviation School at San Diego it was accepted on March 31, 1915.
Its flight testing determined that it had ample power, the climb rate and range were good,
and it was stable directionally. The Curtiss Model S engine however was troublesome and the
aircraft tests had identified a number of negative characteristics: poor lateral control,
the rudder was too sensitive, and it was tail heavy with power on and nosed into a dive
with power off. The trainer was ultimately condemned and sold on September 18, 1916.
41/48 Curtiss JN-2
41/44, 48 later fitted with JN-3 wings.
41 wrecked in night landing Pearson, NM Mar 19, 1916. Salvaged for parts
42 dismantled and condemned in Mexico Apr 15, 1916. Lower wings to 45.
43 force landed west of Chihuahua, Mexico after engine failure Apr 19, 1916. Burned to prevent capture.
44 damaged on landing at San Geronimo, Mexico Apr 16 1916 and condemned
45 condemned at Columbus, NM spring 1916
49 Curtiss Model F
50/51 Martin TT
Martin Company Model TT. Two-seat training biplane
52/53 Curtiss JN-3
Similar to JN-2 but with extended upper wings.
52 damaged in force landing near Ojito, Mexico Apr 14, 1916 and abandoned.
53 condemned at Columbus, NM Spring 1916.
54/55 Martin TT
Martin Company Model TT. Two-seat training biplane
56/59 Martin S
Martin Company Model S. The Model S was 23-year-old Donald Douglas's first and
only design for the Martin company, and it set three world altitude records and
a flight duration record that stood for three years. Assigned to the first U.S. aviation
unit based overseas, the 1st Company, 2nd Aero Squadron at Fort Mills, Corregidor,
in March and April 1916, where they used a radio transmitter with a range of 29 miles
to adjust battery fire for the Coast Artillery.
56 destroyed 6/26/1916.
60/63 Curtiss N-8
Based on JN-3 and fitted with OX-2 engine.
64/67 Sturdevant Model S-2
Sturtevant Aeroplane Company Model S-2 advanced tractor trainer landplanes. Order cancelled
64/75 Curtiss R-2
76/81 Curtiss JN-4
82/84 Sloan/Standard H-2
85/93 Sloan/Standard H-3
94/95 Martin S
The Model S was 23-year-old Donald Douglas's first and only design for the Martin
company, and it set three world altitude records and a flight duration record that
stood for three years. Assigned to the first U.S. aviation unit based overseas,
the 1st Company, 2nd Aero Squadron at Fort Mills, Corregidor, in March and April
1916, where they used a radio transmitter with a range of 29 miles to adjust battery
fire for the Coast Artillery.
96/101 Martin TT
Martin Company Model TT. Two-seat training biplane
102/107 Curtiss Twin JN
108/109 Wright/Martin Model R
110/111 Sturtevant Model S
Sturtevant Aeroplane Company Model S-2 advanced tractor trainer landplanes
S.C. 110 Ordered Jul16. First flight 18Sep16.
These two aircraft were sent in 1916 to the Signal Corps Aviation School in San
Diego, CA. They were transferred in early 1917 to the 1st Aero Squadron at Columbus,
NM to reinforce the observation and reconnaissance capabilities
of the U.S. Army's campaign in Mexico. The cross border incursion was in
reaction to the March 9, 1916 attack by the troops of Mexican revolutionary Francisco
(Pancho) Villa on the then defense-less border town of Columbus where
9 American civilians and 8 U.S. soldiers were killed. The pacification campaign
in Northern Mexico continued through the spring of 1917 right up to the United
States' entry into WW1.
112/113 LWF Model V
114/115 Thomas D-5
116/117 Pigeon Fraser Scout
116 delivered to Langley Field Sep 1917. To McCook Field for testing.
Flown until the structure gave away.
117 delivered to Langley Field Nov 1917. To McCook Field for testing.
Crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot.
Third prototype cancelled before completion, but was built and
put in storage. Discovered in 1961 and restored and put on
display at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, NY.
118/119 Christofferson
Contract cancelled
120/125 Curtiss JN-4
126/129 Sturtevant S-4
Sturtevant Aeroplane Company Model S-4 tractor landplanes. Ordered Jan 1917
130/135 Curtiss JN-4
136 Burgess Dunne H
Burgess-Dunne Model BD-10, built under licence by Burgess Company
Special BD Model planned to be used for remote controlled torpedo experiments
developed by John Hays Hammond of Gloucester. Ordered September 27, 1916.
Order cancelled on June 18, 1917. The mission was eventually accomplished
by the assignment of an Army Curtiss R-4
137/140 Standard H-3
141/176 Curtiss JN-4B
177/192 Curtiss R-4
193/210 Standard S1/J1
211/228 Sturtevant S-4
Sturtevant Aeroplane Company Model S-4 tractor landplanes. Ordered Jan 1917.
214 and 215 delivered, 216/228 cancelled.
229/264 Curtiss JN-4B
265/270 Aeromarine M-1
271/276 Burgess BP
Burgess Company Model BP Trainer. Ordered 1Nov 1916. First flight Feb 1917.
Delivered May 1917 to Oct 1917 to Mineola, NY. These aircraft did not pass Army
acceptance testing and were used as static aircraft for Army mechanics and aviator ground
schools. Problems stated were stiff controls and poor visibility for the instructor
and student aviator. It was also reported that the Commanding Officer at Mineola didn't
think the Model BP was sturdy enough to be stress tested in the air. Interesting considering
the company's reputation for strongly built and rugged construction and the fact there was no
known accident caused by a Burgess's aircraft structural failure.
277/280 Sturtevant B
Sturtevant Aeroplane Company Model B-2 sesquiplane tractor. All but 277 cancelled.
Flight testing by Tex Millman at Squantum on March 20, 1917 resulted in a crash due
to flight instability and loss of rudder control at an altitude of 100 feet. The aircraft was
destroyed although it was recognized by the Army observers that the steel frame construction
of the aircraft saved the pilot's life. Tex Millman escaped with minor injuries.
The order for three additional pursuit aircraft was cancelled.
281/316 Curtiss R-4
317 NY/NG Sloane
318/319 Curtiss JN-4
320/321 Heinrich Training
322/325 Curtiss S-3
326/329 Thomas Pursuit
330/331 Martin TT
Martin Model TT. Two-seat training biplane.
332/363 Burgess TH
Burgess Company Model Twin Hydro. Ordered Dec 4, 1916
332 first flight Aug 1, 1917. Delivered Aug 1917.
First twin hydro was accepted by the U.S. Army in August and as a result of a an ongoing
review of the Army aviation the coastal defense mission had changed resulting in the
cancellation of the 31 remaining twin hydros. The single aircraft that was completed
was transferred to the U.S. Navy at the submarine base at New London, CT where it was
used for anti-submarine warfare tests.
333/363 were cancelled.
364/395 Standard TH-D
All but 364 cancelled.
396/411 Curtiss H-14
Cancelled and transferred to Navy as HS-1
412/427 Aeromarine TH
Contract cancelled. There is a reference to 408/427 being allocated to Curtiss JN-4.
428 Curtiss Twin JN
429/432 Gallaudet D-2
There is a reference to 429/442 being Curtiss N-9. Need more info.
433/446 Curtiss N-9
Based on JN-4B and fitted with OXX engine, single float, and wing extensions similar to N-8
441/446 cancelled. There is a reference to 443/446 being allocated to Curtiss JN-4.
447/467 LWF Model V
Aerofiles has this sequence starting with 446, but this conflicts with Curtiss N-9
468 Curtiss JN-4
469 Curtiss R-4
470 Curtiss Twin JN
Cancelled contract
471/472 Curtiss JN-4C
473 Curtiss L-1
474 Curtiss X-1
475 Curtiss L-2
476/491 Thomas TH
Cancelled contract
492/503 Curtiss S-6
493/503 cancelled
504 Curtiss R-3
505/521 Curtiss R-6
509/521 cancelled, diverted to US Navy
522/533 Wright-Martin R
534/535 Verville Pusher
536/537 Boeing EA
MSN 4, 5
538 J.V. Martin Cruising Tractor
539/540 Victor (Heinrich) Advanced Trainer
541/556 Curtiss JN-4A
Four aircraft in this batch built as JN-4B.
557/1056 Curtiss JN-4D
Contract cancelled.
557/1056 Standard J-1
556/956 cancelled. There is a reference to 682/699 being allocated to
Curtiss JN-4. Bowers and Aerofiles have 705 being an LWF Type V
1057/1656 Curtiss JN-4A
1200/1212 to JN-4C.
1283/1300 to JN-4D.
1301/1309 to JN-4C.
1072 to civil registry as NC2310
1078 to civil registry as NC2088
1097 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Feb 4, 1918
1107 to civil registry as NC659
1115 to civil registry as NC4972
1121 to civil registry as NC4569
1133 to JN-4D. Crashed near Kelly Field, TX Apr 2, 1918
1134 to civil registry as NC4153
1134 to civil registry as NC4153
1147 to civil registry as NC4151
1151 to JN-4D. Crashed near Kelly Field, TX May 7, 1918
1152 to civil registry as NC5054
1161 to civil registry as NC3883
1174 to civil registry as NC4134
1245 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Jul 25, 1918
1262 to McCook Field as P5. To AMTS at St Paul, MN May 17, 1918
1282 to JN-4D. Crashed near Kelly Field, TX May 16, 1918
1294 crashed near West Point, MS Aug 28, 1918
1302 to JN-4D. In midair collision with 1613 and crashed near Kelly Field, TX Apr 10, 1918
1305 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Mar 6, 1918
1312 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Mar 28, 1918
1315 crashed near Kelly Field, TX May 22, 1918
1320 to JN-4D. In midair collision with 1329 and crashed 7 mi from Mineola, NY May 8, 1918.
1327 to JN-4D. Crashed near Kelly Field, TX Apr 17, 1918
1329 to JN-4D. In midair collision with 1320 and crashed 7 mi from Mineola, NY May 8, 1918
1390 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Dec 3, 1917
1393 to JN-4D. Crashed 3 mi E of gunnery range, Ellington Field, TX Jun 11, 1918
1405 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Jan 24, 1918
1436 crashed 1 mi SW of Von Ormy, TX Aug 6, 1918
1456 crashed at Love Field, TX Jan 5, 1918
1491 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Jan 29, 1918
1494 crashed near Kelly Field, TX May 27, 1918
1500 w/o in landing accident at Wilbur Wright Field, OH May 1, 1918
1508 crashed 3 mi SW of Kelly Field, TX Sep 12, 1918
1512 crashed near Kelly Field, TX May 11, 1918
1517 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Feb 27, 1918
1526 crashed near Ellington Field, TX Apr 4, 1918
1527 to McCook Field as P19.
1530 to JN-4D. In midair collision with 1594 and crashed near Ellington Field, TX Apr 1, 1918
1555 to McCook Field as P3. Salvaged at Wright, sold to Johnson
1556 crashed in Waco, TX Jan 18, 1918
1557 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Mar 8, 1918
1558 crashed at Beeville, TX Aug 11, 1918
1594 to JN-4D. In Midair collision with 1530 and crashed near Ellington Field, TX Apr 1, 1918
1595 crashed at Park Field, Millington, TN Jun 20, 1918
1609 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Jan 26, 1918
1613 to JN-4D. In midair collision with 1302 and crashed near Kelly Field, TX Apr 10, 1918
1617 w/o in takeoff accident at Kelly Field, TX Jan 8, 1918
1621 to McCook Field as P2 May 1918
1651 crashed at Kelly Field, TX Apr 9, 1918
1652 w/o in forced landing near Kelly Field, TX Jul 2, 1918
1655 crashed near Kelly Field, TX Jan 25, 1918
1657/2156 Curtiss JN-4D
Licence built by Dayton-Wright. All cancelled
1668 Avro 504K
Ex RAF D9038 used by AEF as trainer in France
1657/2056 Standard J-1
2305/2403 were SJ-1. .
1690 (150th Aero Squadron) collided with 1697 and crashed 6 mi from Rich Field, TX May 25, 1918
1697 (150th Aero Squadron) collided with 1690 and crashed 6 mi from Rich Field, TX May 25, 1918
1766 crashed on takeoff from Eberts Field, AR Jun 10, 1918.
1918 w/o at March Field, CA Aug 2, 1918.
2157/2192 Curtiss R-4
2158/2192 cancelled
2193/2264 Curtiss R-6
contract cancelled.
2265/2266 Curtiss JN-4
2267 LWF F-7
2268/2304 LWF Model V
2305/2354 Cancelled contract.
2305/2403 were SJ-1.
Conflict here, perhaps were reassigned from cancelled JN-4D batch
2355/2404 Standard SJ-1
2325 to NC1205
2337 to NC599K
2383 to NC3117
2405/2454 Curtiss JN-4D
License built by Fowler
2421 (MSN 553) in Museum of Science and Industry. Not sure if it is genuine.
2426 to civil registry as NC3811
2443 to civil registry as NC183
2455/2504 Thomas Morse S-4
Contract cancelled. I have a reference to 2455/2508, 2519/2524 as being allocated to Curtiss JN-4D.
2505 LWF F
2506 LWF G
To McCook Field as P8, condemned and burned Apr 5, 1918
2507/2524 LWF V
Aerofiles and Bowers have these as being 2509/2518
2525/3924 Curtiss JN-4D
2528 to civil registry as NC4069
2535 to civil registry as NC2631
2556 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Mar 14, 1918
2564 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Mar 14, 1918
2625 to civil registry as NC5968
2633 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accidentr Jan 17, 1918
2647 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Jul 27, 1919
2678 to civil registry as NC2773
2722 to civil registry as NC6909
2727 to civil registry as NC1128
2784 to civil registry as NC1884
2795 crashed Apr 9 1919 at Langley Field, Virginia
2802 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Apr 4, 1918
2805 at USAF Museum, WPAFB.
2808 to civil registry as NC778
2810 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Feb 14, 1918.
2881 to civil registry as NC5929
2883 to civil registry as NC1583
2922 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Mar 2, 1918
2941 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident 4 mi N of La Porte, TX Jun 4, 1918
2942 to civil registry as NC5753
2955 to civil registry as NC5269
2957 to civil registry as NC4801
2962 to civil registry as NC2474
2975 (MSN 450) on display at Virginia Aviation Museum on loan from owner.
2994 to civil registry as NC6901
3029 to civil registry as NC1833
3030 to civil registry as NC5190
3034 to civil registry as NC5114
3044 to civil registry as NC1350
3046 to civil registry as NC308
3061 to civil registry as NC4061
3123 to civil registry as NC1215
3137 to civil registry as NC3078
3149 to civil registry as NC154
3161 to civil registry as NC189
3213 to civil registry as NC1715
3227 to civil registry as NC4292
3233 to civil registry as NC560M
3240 to civil registry as NC2560
3246 to civil registry as NC3354
3259 to civil registry as NC5775
3281 to civil registry as NC1082
3291 to civil registry as NC1235
3334 to civil registry as NC1371
3410 to civil registry as NC4295
3413 to civil registry as NC1217
3414 to civil registry as NC778
3428 to civil registry as NC3589
3443 to civil registry as NC5362
3457 to civil registry as NC845
3525 to civil registry as NC3662
3526 to civil registry as NC153
3531 to civil registry as NC2893
3539 to civil registry as NC957
3545 to CF-AFW
3562 to civil registry as NC1960
3563 to civil registry as NC3271
3586 to civil registry as NC1818
3588 to civil registry as NC3719
3600 to civil registry as NC2817
3603 to civil registry as NC4627
3608 to civil registry as NC4617
3610 to civil registry as NC3896
3622 to civil registry as NC1195
3627 to civil registry as NC3426
3629 to civil registry as NC2520
3634 to civil registry as NC2741
3637 to civil registry as NC5014
3640 to civil registry as NC3325
3662 to civil registry as NC1979
3676 to civil registry as NC6905
3678 to civil registry as NC2726
3681 to civil registry as NC5826
3706 to civil registry as NC2755
3712 to civil registry as NC2939
3725 to civil registry as NC4757
3728 to civil registry as NC6512
3730 to civil registry as NC3972
3742 to civil registry as NC248K
3775 to civil registry as NC4211
3793 imported into Canada Jun 23, 1998 and registered as C-GDCX
3801 to civil registry as NC3591
3809 to civil registry as NC4199
3811 to civil registry as NC488E
3816 to civil registry as NC5928
3817 to civil registry as NC2588
3839 to civil registry as NC126
3853 to civil registry as NC5921
3887 to civil registry as NC142E
3898 to civil registry as NC1834
3919 to civil registry as NC3918
3925 Curtiss JN-4A
3926/3975 Thomas Morse S-4
Contract cancelled. I have a reference to these numbers being applied to Curtiss JN-4D.
3976/4075 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by Liberty Iron Works
3956 to civil registry as NC323
3990 to civil registry as NC2424
4002 to civil registry as NC1501
4048 to civil registry as NC1639
4049 to civil registry as NC3630
4067 to civil registry as NC6875
4072 to civil registry as NC3769
4074 to civil registry as NC2969
4076/4275 Curtiss JN-4D
Licence built by Liberty Iron Works. All cancelled.
4276/4375 Thomas-Morse S-4B
4328 at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, New York State
4330 to civil registry as NC1425
4334 to civil registry as NC115
4355 to McCook Field as P26
4376/4975 Standard SJ-1
4376/4475 cancelled.
4476 to NC2362
4495 to NC1226
4532 to NC5053
4554 to NC4048
4579 to NC3304
4627 to NC1094
4717 to NC5663
4748 to NC5337
4751 to NC839
4763 to NC2665
4768 to NC1106
4822 to NC1157
4840 to NC1340
4878 to NC939
4886 to NC554K
4887 to N-CACH, then G-CACH
4932 to NC2521
4944 to NC3280
4976/5375 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by Springfield
4983 on display at Udvar-Hazy Center of National Air And Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia.
4994 to civil registry as NC298
4996 to civil registry as NC3548
4997 to civil registry as NC854
5000 to civil registry as NC1195
5001 to civil registry as NC1870
5002 to civil registry as NC4800. Acquired by the Aerospace Heritage Foundation of
Utah for Hill Aerospace Museum from the estate of Jim Nisen. He had bought the
remains of the Jenny in 1958 and spent years restoring it to airworthiness.
Made its first post-restoration flight in April 1976. Made its public debut in
May 1976 at Watsonville Antique Fly-In in California. Made occasional
appearance around Northern California, the last being at Porterville in non-flying
condition in August 1996.
5010 to civil registry as NC2785
5019 to civil registry as NC2004
5020 to civil registry as NC338
5059 to civil registry as NC2209
5060 to civil registry as NC3035
5063 to civil registry as NC159
5090 to civil registry as NC6840
5100 to civil registry as NC739
5109 to civil registry as NC1098
5111 to civil registry as NC241
5112 to civil registry as NC4491
5122 to civil registry as NC2151
5126 to civil registry as NC135
5135 to civil registry as NC1700
5146 to civil registry as NC330
5149 to civil registry as NC2992
5170 to civil registry as NC2000
5191 to civil registry as NC5653
5192 to civil registry as NC5145
5196 to civil registry as NC3240
5212 to civil registry as NC2628
5213 to civil registry as NC182
5217 to civil registry as NC324
5219 to civil registry as NC6604
5220 to civil registry as NC1744
5222 to civil registry as NC4372
5227 to civil registry as NC5097
5273 to civil registry as NC5096
5300 to civil registry as NC507
5309 to civil registry as NC2500
5313 to civil registry as NC603
5324 to civil registry as NC2892
5335 to civil registry as NC6902
5340 to civil registry as NC301
5352 to civil registry as NC1837
5355 to civil registry as NC328
5356 to civil registry as NC1041
5360 to civil registry as NC2404
5365 to civil registry as NC4059
5366 to civil registry as NC1190
5372 to civil registry as NC2818
5376/8375 SPAD 13
Contract cancelled. I have a reference to numbers 5376/9293 being allocated to Curtiss JN-4D.
8450 to civil registry as NC5019
8473 to civil registry as NC2373
8565 to civil registry as NC1481
I have a reference to 7795 being a Fokker D.VII (ex-German D7795/18) which collided with a
NBS-1 69491 (not sure of this number) over Langley Field, VA Dec 6 1922. 6 killed.
I have seen a photo of a plane labeled A.S.8044 that appears to be an SE-5
8376/8875 Caproni CA-4
contract cancelled
8876/9275 Standard SJ-1
contract cancelled. Believe that some were built, however
9111 to NC701
9241 to NC3460
9276/11275 de Havilland DH-9
contract cancelled.
11276/12775 Martinsyde F-3
contract cancelled.
12776/12875 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by USAC
12876 Curtiss JN-4D
Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, McCook Field, Dayton, OH May 1918 as P4
12877/12894 LWF Model V-1
Aerofiles has these as being 12883/12895, Bowers as 12883/12894.
12895 LWF Model V-2
12896/19896 Cancelled contracts
19897/19902 Vought VE-7
19897 to McCook Field as P23
19898 to McCook Field as P22.
19899 to McCook Field as P58
19900 to McCook Field as P39
19901 to McCook Field as P46
19902 to McCook Field as P73
19903/22402 Cancelled contracts
21959 (MSN A15101) was reported in 1988 as a DH-4 in NASM, Washington, DC
22403/22803 Standard J-1
22455 to G-CACA
22461 to NC191
22507 crashed at Taylor Field, AL May 31, 1918
22509 (16th OS) crashed between O'Fallon and Lebanon, Illinois Dec 8, 1923.
22557 to NC1204
22559 to NC3733
22610 to NC1155
22641 to NC1433
22677 to NC4095
22684 to NC2190
22692 at National Museum of USAF.
22693 rebuilt by Curtiss with JN-4B type nose and OX-5 engine
22712 to NC125
22734 to NC1941
22763 to NC4369
22773 to NC3311
22791 to NC4823
22864/22884 Atlantic DH-4M-2
22856 to McCook Field as P125. Crashed at Atlantic City, NJ Jul 19, 1920
22864 converted to DH-4M-2S
22884 converted to XCO-7 static test airframe.
22886/23109 Boeing DH-4M-1
22909 to McCook Field as P160
23000 converted to DH-4M-1T.
23075 to McCook Field as P109
23109 converted to XCO-7A. To McCook Field as P332
23114 DH-4
23130 DH-4
crashed Nov 9 1918 Langley Field, Virginia
23163/23330 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23163 Atlantic XCO-8. At McCook Field as P369.
23196, 23201 converted to DH-4M-2K
23340 Boeing DH-4M-1
23369 DH-4
To McCook Field as P126
23381/23410 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23406 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Aeromarine Atlantic
converted to DH-4M-2T (conflict here)
23420 DH-4
To McCook Field as P334. Surveyed Sep 19, 1924
23423 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Dayton-Wright/Fisher.
converted to DH-4M-2T
23425/23427 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Aeromarine Atlantic
23425, 23427 converted to DH-4M-2T
23432 DH-4
To McCook Field as P76
23447 Boeing DH-4M-1
23458 DH-4B
crashed on takeoff at Knoxville, Tennessee Dec 11, 1929.
23459/23463 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by ?
23460, 23463 converted to DH-4BP-1
23467/23471 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by ?
23467 converted to DH-4BP-1
23472/23514 Curtiss JN-4D
23473/23480, 23485, 23486, 23488/23490, 23493, 23494 converted to JNSI
23492 converted to JN-4H. Later became JNS
23515/23524 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by ?
23532/23551 Curtiss JN-4D
23532/23537, 23539/23551 converted to JNSI
23552 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by ?
23570 Boeing DH-4M-1
23574 Boeing DH-4M-1
23578/23579 Boeing DH-4M-1
23609/23629 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23660/23674 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Gallaudet
23683 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23685/23688 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23685, 23688 converted to DH-4M-2T
23699 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Cox-Klemm
23702 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2T
23703 DH-4M-2T
23707 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by ?. Rebuilt as Gallaudet DH-4BK 25-78
23708 DH-4M-2T
23709/23715 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Cox-Klemm
23716/23725 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23716, 23717, 23722, 23723, 23725 converted to DH-4M-2T
23726 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Thomas-Morse and Witteman
23730 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Thomas-Morse and Witteman
23732 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2T
23738 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Thomas-Morse and Witteman
23740/23743 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2T
23744 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Thomas-Morse and Witteman
23751/23757 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23751, 23757 converted to DH-4M-2T
23758 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Thomas-Morse and Witteman
23766/23774 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23766, 23744 converted to DH-4M-2T
23886 DH-4B
Rebuilt as Gallaudet DH-4BM 25-83
23894 Boeing DH-4M1
To McCook Field as P390
23942/23947 Atlantic DH-4M-2
23947 w/o in landing accident at Fort Creek, NE May 31, 1924.
23961 Atlantic DH-4M-2
crashed 3 mi SW of Eglin, Oklahoma Mar 5, 1920.
24056/24170 Curtiss JN-4D
24152/24161, 24164/24166,24170 converted to JN-4H
24155 converted to JN-4H and then to JNS
24157 became JNH
24103, 24105, 24134, 24135, 24140/24143, 24148, 24163 converted to JNSI
24111 to McCook Field as P336
24135 to McCook Field as P122
24171/24304 Boeing DH-4M-1
(conflict here)
24180, 24185, 24304 converted to DH-4M-1T.
24247/24253 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Dayton-Wright/Fisher.
24247, 24250,24253 to DH-4B-4
24224 used by US Postal Department for mail services
24227 used by US Postal Department for mail services
24239 used by US Postal Department for mail services.
24247 to McCook Field as P359
24301 Boeing DH-4M-1
To McCook Field as P371
24318/24330 Boeing DH-4M-1
24318 converted to DH-4M-1T
24427 DH-4B
crashed at Kelly Field, Texans May 29, 1924.
24437 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Dayton-Wright/Fisher
24451/24454 Boeing XCO-7B
DH-4 version
25107 DH-4B-4
25131 DH-4BM-1
25445 DH-4BM
25447 DH-4H
25804 Standard JR-1
25805/25806 Thomas-Morse MB-2
25807/25808 Orenco D
25809/29058 Cancelled contracts
29059/33058 de Havilland DH-9
contract cancelled
29105/29124 Curtiss JN-4D
29125 Boeing DH-4M-1
29129 Atlantic DH-4M-2
29133 Boeing DH-4M-1
29134/29135 Atlantic DH-4M-2
29136 Boeing DH-4M-1
29138 Boeing DH-4M-1
29139/29153 Atlantic DH-4M-2
29150 force landed 70 mi N of Pope Field, North Carolina Ap4 9, 1920.
29154 Boeing DH-4M-1
29160/30058 cancelled contracts for DH-4
29183 Boeing DH-4M-1
29184/29210 Curtiss JN-4D
30059/33058 DH-4s by various manufacturers
30060 DH-4M-2P
30063/30099 DH-4M-2T
30066 DH-4M-2P. With 43 Sch Sqn w/o in landing accident at Kelly Field, TX Feb 7, 1930
30099 DH-4M-2 with 46 Sch Sqn crashed 2 1/2 mi NE of Brooks Field, TX Nov 5, 1929.
30130 to McCook Field as P78.
30131 Boeing DH-4M-1. Crash landed 3 mi N of Barstow, CA Oct 7, 1929
30135 Boeing DH-4M-1
30210 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 46 Sch Sqn, damaged in landing accident at Brooks Field, TX Nov 28, 1928
30248 Boeing DH-4M-1
30251 Atlantic DH-4M-2. With 46 Sch Sqn, crashed at Brooks Field, TX Dec 5, 1928
30280 Atlantic DH-4M-2
30284 (18 PS) w/o in takeoff accident at Wainamalo Gunnery Range, HI Oct 1, 1930
30355/30360 Atlantic DH-4M-2
30355 converted to DH-4M-2K. With 42 Sch Sqn, crashed 1 mi S of Kelly Field, TX Apr 7, 1931
30422 Boeing DH-4M-1. Crashed 1 1/2 mi E of March Field, CA Dec 20, 1028
30433 Boeing DH-4M-1. Involved in midair collision over Cajon Pass, CA Feb 21, 1929
30443 Boeing DH-4M-1
30446 Boeing DH-4M-1. Force landed 1/2 mi W of Louise, TX Mar 3, 1928
30452 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2K
30456 Boeing DH-4M-1
30459/30479 Atlantic DH-4M-2
30459 converted to DH-4M-2K
30469 DH-4M-2 with 68 Svc Sqn w/o in landing accident at Bayside, TX Sep 9, 1930
30479 to McCook Field as P433
30517 Boeing DH-4M-1
30520 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 46 Sch Sqn crashed near Elmendorf, TX Apr 4, 1929
30590 to McCook Field as P92
30607 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2P
30632 to McCook Field as P102
30640 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2K. Crashed offshore of Langley Field, VA Aug 28, 1928
30708 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. W/o in landing accident at Kelly Field, TX Oct 11, 1926
30723 to McCook Field as P82
30727 to McCook Field as P91
30731/30917 Atlantic DH-4M-2
30731, 30752, 30805, 30812, 30813, 30880, 30892, 30917 converted to DH-4M-2P
30731 converted to DH-4M-2P. Damaged in takeoff accident at Marshall, OK Apr 16, 1926
30752 converted to DH-4M-2P. Crashed at Benavides, TX Mar 9, 1929
30753 w/o in forced landing at Cold Stream Golf Club, Hempstead, NY Jun 22, 1926
30800 (68 Svc Sqn) force landed 1/2 mi N of Ringgold Airport, TX Aug 19, 1931
30805 converted to DH-4M-2P. to McCook Field as P425. W/o in forced landing at Gulf, TX Oct 5, 1929
30807 crashed 2 mi SW of Somerset, TX Jul 25, 1930
30817 (47 Sch Sqn) damaged in landing accident at March Field, CA Feb 19, 1930
30846 to McCook Field as P105
30855 to McCook Field as P93
30859 crashed 2 mi SW of Chanute Field, IL Dec 22, 1926.
30875 ditched off-shore of CGAS Island Beach, NJ Mar 5, 1927
30880 converted to DH-4M-2P. With 70 Svc Sqn w/o in forced landing at Eagle Rock, CA Apr 23, 1929
30894 to McCook Field as P81
30913 to McCook Field as P94. w/o at Mitchell Field, NY Aug 11, 1920
30954 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T
30980 Boeing DH-4M-1
31082 Boeing DH-4M-1. W/o in landing accident at Gonzales, TX Jun 8, 1926
31084/31167 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31084, 31095, 31159, 31167 converted to DH-4M-2P
31108 to McCook Field as P56. Wrecked Detroit, MI Apr 24, 1920
31164 w/o at Scarborough, ME Jul 19, 1928
31184 Boeing DH-4M-1
31200 Boeing DH-4M-1
31202 Boeing DH-4M-1. W/o in forced landing at Oceanside, CA Oct 20, 1928
31205 Boeing DH-4M-1. W/o 4 mi SE of March Field, California Nov 7, 1929
31214 Boeing DH-4M-1
31216 Boeing DH-4M-1. Converted to XCO-7B. To McCook Field as P368
31219 w/o just out of Scott Field, IL Nov 28, 1926
31220 Boeing DH-4M-1
31231 Atlantic DH-4M-2. Converted to DH-4M-2P. With 91 OS, crashed into San Francisco Bay, CA
Mar 26, 1928
31242 Boeing DH-4M-1. Crashed 1 1/2 mi SE of Camp Stanley Airdrome, TX Feb 16, 1927
31246 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T
31258 crashed 6 mi W of Gettysburg, PA Dec 1, 1925.
31260 Boeing DH-4M-1
31262 Boeing DH-4M-1
31265 Boeing DH-4M-1
31271 Boeing DH-4M-1. Crashed on takeoff at Santa Barbara Airport, CA Jun 22, 1929
31274 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 80 Svc Sqn, crashed into San Francisco Bay, CA Jun 14, 1931
31287 Boeing DH-4M-1. Forcelanded 4 mi W of Brooks Field, TX Feb 10, 1928
31298 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 41 Sch Sqn w/o in forced landing at Halsted, TX Aug 22, 1925
31301 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 4 OS w/o in forced landing at Wainamalo, HI Nov 19, 1928.
31306/31307 Boeing DH-4M-1
31306 converted to DH-4M-1T
31307 crashed 4 mi SE of March Field, CA Nov 7, 1929
31318 Boeing DH-4M-1
31329 crashlanded 3 mi NE of Palestine, TX Jun 24, 1927
31345 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 72 BS, w/o in landing accident at Kahuku Point, HI Sep 2, 1926
31366 Atlantic DH-4M-2. With 5 OS, forcelanded on beach 5 mi E of High Hill, Long Island, NY Nov 17, 1927.
31368 Boeing DH-4M-1. W/o in forced landing at Waimanalo Gunner Range, HI Mar 14, 1929
31377 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2P
31382 Boeing DH-4M-1
31386 Boeing DH-4M-1. To McCook Field as P393
31391 Boeing DH-4M-1
31412 Boeing DH-4M-1
31425 Boeing DH-4M-1. Crashed 1 mi E of Mitchell Lake, TX May 1, 1929
31450 Boeing DH-4M-1
31452 Dayton-Wright DH-4
MSN A13395
31483 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 23 BS w/o in forced landing between Wahiawa and Haleiwa, HI Aug 20, 1930
31497/31498 Boeing DH-4M-1
31497 w/o in landing accident at Yturri Field, TX Jan 14, 1928
31498 crashed 10 mi SE of March Field, CA Aug 13, 1928
31533 assigned to NACA langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
31556 Atlantic DH-4M-2 converted to DH-4M-2A
31561 Boeing DH-4M-1T. Noted at mather Field on 31 Aug31, in early 55th PS markings (with a swastika) and
coded 51. Aircraft destroyed on that date by strafing from two aircraft during an open house!
According to a newspaper article "The plane destroyed by gunfire was anchored to the ground with its
motor running. It was set [on] fire by the first round of shots from 50-caliber machine guns in a
plane piloted by Lieutenant Philo O. Rasmussen. The destruction was completed by other rounds from
Lieutenant Rasmussen's machine gun and from 30-caliber machine guns in a plane piloted by Lieutenant
Will G. Carter."
31568 Boeing DH-4M-1
31575 Atlantic DH-4M-2. WSith TN NG, crashed at Langley Field, VA Jun 25, 1927.
31624/31690 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31624, 31627, 31638, 31639 converted to DH-4M-2P
31629, 31656, 31666 converted to DH-4M-2A
31624 converted to DH-4M-2P. With 64 Sch Sqn, crashed 2 mi NW of Cementville, TX Aug 7, 1929
31632 (42 Sch Sqn) w/o at Crystal City, TX Apr 1, 1929
31638 converted to DH-4M-2P. With 7 OS, crashed at Fort Randolph, CZ Jun 7, 1930
31639 converted to DH-4M-2P. With 117 OS, damaged in landing accident at Kelly Field, TX Apr 12, 1929.
31656 forcelanded 5 1/2 mi SW of Odessa, MO Sep 22, 1926
31666 converted to DH-4M-2K. Damaged at Abgbeville, AL Apr 30, 1929
31690 damaged in forced landing at Marbury, AL Nov 13, 1925.
31715 Boeing DH-4M-1
31756/31807 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31756 crashed at Nixon, TX Mar 6, 1926
31792 ditched into Mississippi River, 3 mi N of Jefferson Barracks, MO Jan 7, 1926
31803 (42 Sch Sqn) damaged in takeoff accident at Camp Stanley, TX Aug 23, 1928
31807 (46 Sch Sqn) crashed 5 mi S of Brooks Field, TX Apr 16, 1930
31818 and 68165 rebuilt as Witteman DH-4B 25-89
31820 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31827 Atlantic DH-4M-2. Crashed 5 mi S of Brooks Field, TX May 7, 1930
31829 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31835 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 47 Sch Sqn damaged in landing accident at March Field, CA Feb 19, 1930
31839 to McCook Field as P428. Used by NACA at Langley Field to test new pressurized cabin in 1923.
Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Laboratory Sep 1, 1922 to Dec 1927. Registered as NACA 9.
Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Laboratory Dec 1, 1927 to Jan 1930. Registered as NACA 25.
31844 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31850 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31856 Atlantic DH-4M-2. W/o in takeoff accident at Edsons, AL Feb 14, 1927
31858 Atlantic DH-4M-2. To McCook Field as P426. With 68 Svc Sqn, crashed 15 mi S of Aguilares,
TX Dec 2, 1928
31871/31886 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31871 to McCook Field as P427
31886 (43 Sch Sqn) damaged in landing accident at El Dorado, AR Jul 7, 1927
31912 forcelanded 2 mi E of Grandville, MD Sep 18, 1926
31919 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. W/o in forced landing at Torbert, TX Jul 23, 1927
31929/31936 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31929 converted to DH-4M-2A
31935 crashed on takeoff at Ashburn Field, Chicago, IL Apr 28, 1927
31936 (52 Sch Sqn) w/o in forced landing at Tulia, TX Dec 27 1930
31940/31949 Atlantic DH-4M-2
31955 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2P. To McCook Field as P436. With 90 AS, crashed at Galveston Country
Club golf Course, TX shortly after takeoff Feb 18, 1929.
31956 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T
31958 Atlantic DH-4M-2
32033 to McCook Field as P31
32071 to McCook Field as P21. Wrecked at Erie, PA Jan 20, 1919
32084 crashed on takeoff at Dayton Airport, Ohio May 2, 1918. Both onboard killed.
32087 Boeing DH-4M-1
32093 Boeing DH-4M-1
32104 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 13 HQ Sqn, damaged in landing accident at March Field, CA Jun 7, 1928
32172 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 23rd BS, ditched at Pearl Harbor, HI Dec 24, 1929
32188 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. Crashed at Douglas, AZ May 30, 1928
32205 Boeing DH-4M-1
32247 Boeing DH-4M-1. Damaged in forced landing at Kahuka Ranch, Hawaii Jan 5, 1929
32319 Boeing DH-4M-1. To McCook Field as P363. W/o Nov 12, 1926, at unknown location.
32321 to McCook Field as P35. Salvaged Oct 21, 1920
32341 to McCook Field as P34. Salvaged Apr 1, 1921
32344 to McCook Field as P15, P49. Surveyed Apr 25, 1919
32377 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. Crashed 2 mi SE of Kelly Field, TX Dec 12, 1925
32404 (9 Aero Sqn) damaged in landing accident at Venice, CA Mar 5, 1920
32461 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. Damaged in taxiing accident at Kelly Field, TX Jan 24, 1928
32466 (9 Aero Sqn) damaged in landing accident at Calexico, CA Feb 27, 1920
32476 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. To McCook Field as P392
32481 involved in midair collision with P-1F 28-47 and crash landed at March Field, CA Dec 3, 1929 and w/o
32488 rebuilt as Dayton Wright DH-4B1 25-46
32512 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. Crashed on takeoff at March Field, CA Jul 19, 1929
32530 Boeing DH-4M-1. Force landed 1 mi NW of Marble Falls, TX Aug 18, 1925
32538 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. With 13 HQ Sqn damaged in landing accident at March Field, CA Jun 7, 1928
32562 forcelanded at Bolling Field, DC Apr 22, 1920
32578 Boeing DH-4M-1
32703 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T
32729 Dayton Wright DH-4M-1
32733/32734 Boeing DH-4M-1
32733 converted to DH-4M-1T
32739 Boeing DH-4M-1. Involved in midair collision and crashe at Wahiawa, HI Sep 2, 1927
32752 Boeing DH-4M-1
32772 Boeing DH-4M-1
32807 Boeing DH-4M-1
32814/32815 Boeing DH-4M-1
32814 forcelanded 1 mi W of Niles, OH Jun 12, 1927.
32815 converted to DH-4M-1T. Crashed on takeoff at Hensley Field, TX Jun 21, 1930.
32833 Boeing DH-4M-1
32835 damaged in landing accident at Camp Stanley, TX Feb 9, 1927
32847 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 6 PS/18 PG, crashed on takeoff at Wheeler Field, Hawaii Jeb 1, 1929.
32855 Boeing DH-4M-1
32856 crashed on takeoff at Luke Field, Hawaii Jul 9, 1929
32857 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 47 Sch Sqn, w/o in forced landing 2 mi N of El Cajon, CA Feb 6, 1930.
32862 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T
32879 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T. Crashed 2 1/2 mi W of Brooks Field, TX Feb 10, 1928
32888 Boeing DH-4M-1
32890 Boeing DH-4M-1
32894 Boeing DH-4M-1
32901 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T
32903 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T
32920 Boeing DH-4M-1. With 16th Sch Sqn damaged in taxiing accident at Kelly Field, TX Feb 18, 1926
32932 Boeing DH-4M-1. Involved in midair collision and crashed 25 mi N of Victorville, CA Feb 21, 1929
32951 Boeing DH-4M-1
32956/32957 Boeing DH-4M-1
32957 crashed at Oceanside, CA Jun 18, 1928
32975 Boeing DH-4M-1. Involived in midair collision and crashed 8 m W of San Antonio, TX Jan 7, 1927
32984 Boeing DH-4M-1. Crashelanded at Waimanalo Gunnery Range, HI May 2, 1927
32994 Boeing DH-4M-1
32996 Boeing DH-4M-1. W/o in forced landing at Bennett's Creek, VA Oct 28, 1925
32998 Boeing DH-4M-1. Crashed 15 mi E of March Field, CA Aug 24, 1928
33006 Boeing DH-4M-1
converted to DH-4M-1T
33027 Boeing DH-4M-1. Crashed 2 mi N of Kelly Field, TX Nov 15, 1926
33049 Boeing DH-4M-1
33059/33458 Standard SJ-1
contract cancelled
33459/33461 Loening Steel Fighter
contract cancelled
33462/33761 Breese Penguin
33762 Curtiss JNS
Started life as JN-4D before conversion to JNS
33763/33768 Orenco B/C
33763 to McCook Field as P48. Surveyed May 16, 1924
33765 to McCook Field as P41
33769/33774 Standard E-1
33771/33774 cancelled.
33775/34224 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by St. Louis
33779 to civil registry as NC4236
33788 to civil registry as NC1966
33793 to civil registry as NC3564
33847 to civil registry as NC2980
33855 to civil registry as NC2562
33932 to civil registry as NC322
33935 to civil registry as NC1975
33967 to civil registry as NC352
33970 to civil registry as NC1028
33972 to civil registry as NC1153
33986 to civil registry as NC1500
34004 to civil registry as NC1942
34018 to civil registry as NC2089
34044 to civil registry as NC2926
34047 to civil registry as NC3645
34048 to civil registry as NC985
34050 to civil registry as NC724
34091 believed to be at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA
34094 to civil registry as NC2086
34096 to civil registry as NC895
34117 to civil registry as NC4159
34133 to civil registry as NC2147
34135 reconstructed from 75 percent real Jenny parts, registred as N6898C and is at the Military Aviation
Museum, Pungo, Virginia
34147 to civil registry as NC3551
34151 to civil registry as NC2225
34153 to civil registry as NC374
34154 to civil registry as NC1518
34157 to civil registry as NC1642
34180 to civil registry as NC5377
34189 to civil registry as NC5051
34191 to civil registry as NC302
34198 to civil registry as NC1364
34206 to civil registry as NC5251 and later NC190
34225/34229 Standard JR-1
34230 Breese Penguin
34231 Martin TT
34232/34631 Bristol Fighter (USAO-1)
34258/34631 cancelled
34632/34635 Curtiss Liberty Battler
34633/34635 cancelled.
34636/36231 Bristol Fighter (USAO-1)
contract cancelled.
36232/37231 de Havilland DH-9
contract cancelled
36232/37231 de Havilland DH-4
contract cancelled. Not sure if these were DH-9s as well.
37232/37931 Curtiss JN-4H
Some conversions to JN-6H, perhaps built originally as JN-6H.
I have a reference which has this batch as being cancelled.
37395 Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, McCook Field, Dayton, OH as P6, wrecked May 9, 1921 and salvaged
37932 Curtiss R-4
37933/38332 Curtiss JN-4HT
Was a Re-engined Jn-4D dual control
37936 to McCook Field as P029. Wrecked Apr 6, 1922
37944 converted to JN-4HM
38011 to McCook Field as P7. Crashed at McCook, OH Jan 22, 1919, surveyed
38041 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Aug 19, 1918
38042 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident 1 mi NE of Ellington Field, TX Jun 28, 1918
38059 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident May 10, 1918
38063 rebuilt as JNSI
38065 converted to JN-6H. Crashed in San Antonio, TX Feb 29, 1924
38067 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Laboratory
38073 converted to JN-6H
38074 converted to JN-6H. Crashed 6 mi SE of Carlstrom Field, FL Dec 28, 1921
38075/38079 converted to JN-6H from JN-4H
38083 converted to JN-6H. Force landed 2 mi N of Brooks Field, TX Feb 19, 1924
38089 rebuilt as JNSI
38090 crashed Nov 14, 1918 at Langley Field, Virginia
38094 crashed Oct 14, 1918 at Langley Field, Virginia
38096 to McCook Field as P199
38105 converted to JN-6H. Crashed at Ellington Field, TX Dec 9, 1925
38111/38417 converted to JNH from JN-4H
38124 originally built as JN-5H 41358, but inadvertently delivered with JN-4H serial 38124. Later converted
back to JN-4H and subsequently to McCook as P24
38131 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Laboratory 1919 to 1923-4. Registered as NACA 3
38171 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Ellington Field May 6, 1919
38173 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Ellington Field Dec 9, 1918
38214 crashed Jun 18, 1925 at Phoebus, VA
38253 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Laboratory
38262 to JN-4HM
38274 to JN-4HM
38725 to JN-4HM
38276 to JN-4HM
38278 to JN-4HM
38333/38432 Curtiss JN-4HG
38433/38532 Curtiss JN-4HB
38436 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Laboratory 191 to Sep 9, 1923. Registered as NACA 1
38504 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Ellington Field Oct 4, 1918
38511 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Texas City, TX Sep 26, 1918
38526 to civil registry as NC336
38533/38632 Curtiss JN-4CAN
38535 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Apr 16, 1918
38556 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Jan 30, 1918
38559 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Jan 30, 1918
38572 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Feb 27, 1918
38585 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident Apr 16, 1918
38633/39032 Thomas Morse S-4C
38635 to civil registry as NC3363
38663 on display in Military Aviation Museum. Has plate number 481.
38669 to civil registry as NC5659
38687 to civil registry as NC4103
38802 to civil registry as NC4925
38882 to civil registry as NC3932
38898 to civil registry as NX502. To Skeeter Carlson, Spokane, Washington State. Semi-airworthy as N3307T
38899 to civil registry as NC3991
38910 to civil registry as NC1358
38923 at Pioneer Flight Museum, Kingsbury, TX
38928 to civil registry as NC2843
38932 to civil registry as NC3512
38944 (MSN 160) noted Jul 2005 at USAF Museum, Dayton, OH.
Possibly 38953 with wings of 38944.
1918: TOS Aviation Section, Signal Corps, US Army.
5/20/18: TOS Division of Military Aeronautics.
5/24/18: TOS USAAS.
By 1963: Capt. R.W. Duff, Miami, FL. Donated to USAFM.
3/65: United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Unknown date: Restored by students at the Aero Mechanics High School, Detroit, MI.
2019-2021: Restored by the Museum's restoration team.
10/28/21: Returned to display.
38983/39032 cancelled
39033/39042 Curtiss R-9
From US Navy. The following aircraft were transferred from US Navy: A883/A887, A901/A905
39043/39054 Empire Art Exp Steel
contract cancelled.
39055/39061 Martin GMB
39056 from Jul 24, 1919 to Nov 9, 1949 flown by Ernest Harmon on the first ever flight around the
continental USA. To McCook Field as P88. Retrofitted to accommodate a dozen passengers.
Used to fly Army Air Service baseball teams to games
39057 to McCook Field as P72
39059 to McCook Field as P104. Third engine added in nose position.
39060 w/o in forced landing at Bayshore, MD Aug 5, 1921
39062/39361 Curtiss JN-4CAN
Serials 39062 to about 39125 were not used. The first 45 aircraft used serials 39962/40006; the next 19
aircraft used random serials up to about 40069; the balance of the order used serials from about 39126.
39158 quoted as N111, MSN 444. On display at Canadian Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe, Ottawa as RFC C227
39159 to civil registry as NC3434
39231 to civil registry as NC699W
39301 to civil registry as NC1701
38314 converted to ambulance version, operating from Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas.
39349 to McCook Field as P57
39362/39367 Curtiss R-4L
39368/39867 de Havilland DH-9
cancelled contract
38368/39507 de Havilland DH-4B
39408 (8th Aero Squadron) w/o in landing accident at Brownsville, TX Feb 22, 1920
39508/38867 de Havilland DH-9
Contract cancelled
39868/39917 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by US Aircraft Corporation
39890 to civil registry as NC1669
39896 to civil registry as NC4492
39899 to civil registry as NC963
39900 to civil registry as NC2252
39902 to civil registry as NC4436
39904 to civil registry as NC92
39882 Thomas Morse S-4C (conflict here)
39918/39953 LWF Model V
Aerofiles and Bowers have these as being 39920/39950
39954/39959 Curtiss R-4L
39954 to McCook Field as P15. To Langley, VA May 15, 1918
39957 to McCook Field as P20
39958 to McCook Field as P27
39960/39961 Metal Steel Plane
contract cancelled
39962/40006 Crutiss JN-4CAN
39989 to civil registry as NC2556
40007 Victor Advanced Trainer
40008/40009 Heinrich Advanced Trainer
40010/40011 Heinrich Pursuit
40012/40017 Curtiss R-4L
contract cancelled
40012/40014 Packard-LePere LUSAO-11
40012 Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, McCook Field, Dayton, OH as P65. Surveyed Mar 1920
40013 Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, McCook Field, Dayton, OH
40014 cancelled. Serials reassigned from cancelled R-4L batch
40015/40017 Packard-LePere LUSAC-11
serial reassigned from cancelled R-4L batch
40015 light Test Branch, Engineering Division, McCook Field, Dayton, OH as P53. Major W. Schroeder set
33,114 feet altitude record at McCook Field, February 27, 1920.
Flown by Lieutenant John A. Macready to set altitude record of 40,800 feet (12,192 meters), 28 September 1921.
First Lieutenant Theodore Joseph Koenig won the Liberty Engine Builders' Trophy Race, a race for observation-type
aircraft powered by the Liberty 12 engine at the National Air Races, held at Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens,
Michigan 13 October, 1922.
40018/40019 Packard-LePere LUSAC-31
contract cancelled
40020/40021 Packard-LePere LUSAGH-11
40021 to McCook Field as P89
40022 Packard-LePere LUSAGH-21
40023/40025 Packard-LePere LUSAC-25
40026/40033 Engineering Division USD-9
40026 had McCook Field Project number P36
40027/40033 cancelled.
40034/40037 Lanzius L-II
40035/40037 cancelled
40038/40040 Loening Liberty
40039,40040 cancelled
40041 JV Martin biplane
40042/40044 Engineering Division USD-9
Built at McCook Field, with Project Numbers P40, P45, and P64 respectively.
40043 (P45) w/o in forced landing 2 mi E of Rochester, Ohio Dec 30, 1920.
40045 Engineering Division USAC-1
To McCook Field as P28
40046/40049 Engineering Division USB-1
contract cancelled
40050/40053 Engineering Division USB-2
contract cancelled
40054/40056 Berckman B-2
contract cancelled
40054 Curtiss 18-T
serial reassigned from cancelled B-2 batch
40057 Metal SX-6
40058 Curtiss 18-B Hornet
To McCook Field as P86
40059 Curtiss 18-T
40060/40068 Engineering Division USD-9
40060, 40061, 40062, 40067, 40068 had McCook Field Project Numbers P43, P47, P50, P51, P71, and P74 respectively.
40062 shipped overseas 1/4/1919
40063 shipped overseas 11/7/1918.
40064/40066 cancelled.
40064 Curtiss 18-B
serial reassigned from cancelled USD-9 batch
40065 Curtiss 18-T-1
serial reassigned from cancelled USD-9 batch
40066/40068 Engineering Division USD-9A
serial 40066 reassigned from cancelled USD-9 batch
40069/40071 Caproni CA-5
Caproni Ca-5 license-built by Fisher Body Aeroplane Division in the USA.
40070 to McCook Field as P62
40071 to McCook Field as P84. Accident Jun 28, 1921 Langley Field, VA
40072/40079 Vought VE-7
40074/40079 cancelled
40072 to McCook Field as P98. W/o in forced landing at Dayton, OH May 4, 1931
40073 to McCook Field as P113
40080/40085 Engineering Division-Pomilio FVL-8
40081 to McCook Field as P69
40086/40091 Engineering Division-Pomilio BVL-12
40087 to McCook Field as P68
40092/40095 Thomas Morse MB-3
40093 was P66 at McCook Field
40094 was P124 at McCook Field
40095 was P121 at McCook Field
40096/40098 Engineering Division USB-1
contract cancelled
40099/40102 Vought VE-8
40100/40102 cancelled.
40103/40106 Victor D-8
contract cancelled.
40107/40110 Orenco Model D
40108 to McCook Field as P67.
40110 to McCook Field as P120. Surveyed Mar 25, 1921
40111/40114 Berckman B-3
contract cancelled.
40115/40117 Packard-LePere LUSAC-11
40115 to McCook Field as P70. Was used by 94th PS when w/o in forced landing 4 mi W of St. Clair, Minnesota
Jun 18, 1924.
40118/40119 Dayton-Wright USD-9A
40118 had McCook Field Project Number P80.
Fitted in 1921 with pressure cabin, believed to be the worlds first aircraft to fly as such.
40119 had McCook Field Project number P60. Crashed at Toledo Jul 3, 1919.
40121/40124 Loening M-8
40123/40124 cancelled.
40121 to McCook Field as P59
40125 Engineering Division USXB-1A
40125 McCook Field project number P90
40126/40127 Engineering Division VCP-1
40126 to McCook Field as P97
40127 never flown
40128 de Havilland DH-4
40128 to McCook Field as P85. Wrecked Jan 19, 1923
41008/41207 Curtiss JN-4D
Licence built by Wright-Martin. Contract cancelled.
41208/41357 Standard J-1
41236 to NC823H
41273 to NC5776
41324 to G-CASS
41358 Curtiss JN-4H
Converted to JN-5H but retained serial. To McCook Field as P24. Wrecked at Mt Shelby, OH Aug 18, 1920
41359/41408 Thomas-Morse S-4C
41409 Caproni CA-5
contract cancelled
41410 Standard SJ-1
41411/41735 Curtiss JN-4HG
41597/41619 converted to JNH.
41500 converted to JN-6H. Damaged in landing accident at Kelly Field, TX Dec 27, 1923
41553 converted to JNSI, to JN-6H. Crashed 2 mi SSE of Brooks Field, TX Aug 21, 1925
41451 to civil registry as NC3683
41462 to civil registry as NC264
41465 to civil registry as NC3484
41495 to civil registry as NC3737
41598 rebuilt as Curtiss JNS 25-90
41618 to Wright Field as P209
41630 home based at Ellington Field, Texas. Accident San Leon, TX Nov 6, 1918
41648 to civil registry as NC217
41656 crashed 5 mi S of Brooks Field, TX Jan 20, 1924
41668 to civil registry as NC3768
41717 (MD NG) crashed at Logan Field, Dundalk Junction, MD Jun 25, 1921
41736/41985 Curtiss JN-6HO
41736/41885 delivered as JN-6HB (single control bomber trainer). 41740, 41825/41883 rebuilt as JNS.
41770 w/o at Godman Field, Fort Knox, KY Aug 20, 1920
41795 to McCook Field as P103. Surveyed May 2, 1923
41859 to civil registry as NC3576
41883 crashed at Kelly Field, TX Jul 2, 1926 (destroyed as JN-6HB)
41884 built as JN-6HO. Converted to JNSI
41885 built as JN-6HP. Converted to JNSI
41886/41985 delivered as JN-6HO (single control observation trainer
41890/41984,41906 converted to JNH.
41886/41888, 41895, 41925 converted to JNSI
41894 to civil registry as NC1839
41912 forcelanded 1/2 mi N of Perris, CA Apr 23, 1920
41924 ditched in San Francisco, CA Jun 7, 1925
41925 crashed 10 mi fro Brooks Field, TX Dec 7, 1923
41947 crashed Oct 1, 1918 at Pimlico Field, Maryland. Pilot badly injured.
41970 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Laboratory
41986/42110 Curtiss JN-6HP
42004 crashed near San Antonio, TX Feb 14, 1923
42054 crashed 3 mi from Brooks Field, TX Nov 7, 1923
42060 w/o at Aviation Repair Depot, Montgomery, AL Jul 23, 1920
42094 crashed 1 1/2 mi N of Travis Field, TX Jul 31, 1924
42111/42116 Standard JR-1B
42118 Caproni CA-5
Caproni Ca-5 license-built by Standard in the USA. First flight 4Jul18.
42119 Caproni CA-5
Caproni Ca-5 license-built by Standard in the USA. Completed by Fisher Body Aeroplane Division.
To McCook Field as P96
42120/42121 Caproni CA-5
Contract cancelled. I have a reference to these numbers being assigned
to Curtiss JN-4H.
42122/42123 Curtiss JN-4HT
42124/42125 Curtiss JN-4HG
42126/42127 Dayton-Wright DH-4P1
42128/42152 Packard LePere LUSAC-11
42129 to McCook Field as P44
42133 Exhibited at USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH. Renamed as the National Museum of the
United States Air Force. The aircraft on display, the only LUSAC 11 in existence, originally went to France
just before the end of the war. In 1989 the museum acquired it from the Musee de l'Air in Paris, France.
After extensive restoration by museum personnel, it went on display in 1992. It is marked as it
appeared while at the Allied test facility in Orly, France, in late 1918.
42138 to McCook Field as P54. Wrecked Oct 23, 192?
42149 transferred to US Navy as A6977.
42153/43152 Caproni CA-5
contract cancelled
43153/44152 Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5A
British built airframes sent to Curtiss for assembly.
43154/44152 cancelled. There is a reference to 43771 being allocated
to a Curtiss JN-4D. Also, 44118 given as JN-6H of 94 PS crashed
on takeoff at Sagina, MI Sep 9, 1922
44153/44242 Curtiss JN-6HG-2
44201,44240 converted to JNSI
45164/45197 to Navy as A4187/4217
44192 to civil registry as NC4726
44218 rebuilt as JNS/A2 and assigned new Air Service number of 24-148
44219 to McCook Field as P63. Wrecked May 15, 1919
44223 to civil registry as NC4652
44243/44246 Curtiss JN-6HB
44246 to McCook Field as P186. Salvaged
44247/44256 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by Sturtevant. Some references list these as being cancelled, other
references list them as having been built. There is a photo of 44256, so at least that one must
have been built.
44257/44531 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by Springfield. 44443/44541 cancelled. 185 are quoted as being delivered (44257/44442)
44264 to NC1274
44266 to NC2478
44267 to NC2388
44289 to NC4547
44305 to NC2188
44311 to NC1436
44326 to NC1042
44329 to NC1044
44338 to NC2559
44340 to NC4082
44348 to NC1043
44350 to NC1883
44364 to NC2889
44387 to NC5094
44388 to NC3590
44395 to NC265
44407 to NC2416
44410 to NC4018
44411 to NC1040
44416 to NC954
44424 to NC1372
44532/44541 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by Engel. Contract cancelled
44542/44574 Standard E-1
44556 to McCook Field as P55. Surveyed Jan 14, 1926
44575/44577 Standard M-Defense
44578/44727 Thomas-Morse S-4C
44613 to civil registry as NC4482
44664 to civil registry as NX320
44671 to civil registry as NX379
44675/44727 cancelled
44728/45287 Curtiss JN-6HG-1
44732, 44735, 44777, 44803, 44821, 44881, 44882, 44890, 44953, 45042/45069, 45091/45134,
45214, 45235, 45252 converted to JNSI
45021, 45081/45087 converted to JNH
44774, 44839, 44859, 44924, 44929, 44945, 45009, 45077, 54234 converted to JN-4H.
34 delivered to US Navy.
44730 crashed at Santa Cruz, CA Sep 6, 1924.
44733 forcelanded 1/2 mi N of railroad tunnel, San Francisco, CA May 5, 1925
44742 rebuilt as Curtiss JNS 25-84
44750 crashed 400 yd E of Clover Field, CA Sep 26, 1923
44758 forcelanded 200 yd N of Brooks Field, TX Pct 25, 1923.
44762 (65 Svc Sqn) ditched at Kalaeloa Pond, Honolulu, HI Feb 20, 1925
44768 w/o at Farley Field, Kokomo, IN Mar 25, 1923
44784 crashed on takeoff at Wheeler Field, HI Mar 27, 1925
44788 crashed 4 mi W of Brooks Field, TX Aug 7, 1925
44789 crashed at Dorr Field, Arcadia, FL May 11, 1920
44790 crsshed near water. date?
44791 forcelanded at Brooks Field, TX Feb 10, 1925
44796 seen wrecked at Carlstrom AAF, FL Dec 28, 1921. 2nd Lt Samuel Davis killed.
Davis-Monthan AFB is named in part for him.
44806 crashed 2 1/2 mi N of Brooks Field, TX Feb 10, 1925.
44807 w/o in landing accident at Brooks Field, TX Nov 21, 1924.
44812 forcelanded 2 mi N of Brooks Field, TX Nov 13, 1923
44819 crashed 2 mi E of March Field, CA Dec 8, 1920
44843 w/o at Brooks Field, TX Mar 8, 1923
44844 crashed near Carlstrom Field, FL Jan 6, 1921
44846 crashed at Carlstrom Field, FL Jun 10, 1921
44851 crashed 4 mi E of Brooks Field, TX May 20, 1924
44869 crashed at Woodward Field, Salt Lake City, UT Mar 1, 1923
44872 w/o at San Jose, CA Aug 19, 1923
44874 to civil registry as NC2683
44880 crashed at Stinson Field, TX Oct 24, 1923
44882 converted to JNSI. W/o in landing accident at Marshall Field, Fort Riley, SI Jul 14, 1927.
44883 damaged in landing accident at Van Nuys, CA Jun 25, 1925
44884 (4 OS) forcelanded at Kualoa Point, HI Jul 27, 1923
44887 (316 OS) w/o in takeoff accident at Del Monte, CA Jul 12, 1924
44913 to McCook Field as P116
44925 (135 OS) w/o in takeoff accident at Linden, AL Nov 30, 1922
44936 to McCook Field as P117
44941 to McCook Field as P112
44944 to McCook Field as P114. Rebuilt as Curtiss JNS 25-127
44946 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Sep 1, 1923. Crashed offshore near Langley
Field, VA Aug 24, 1924
44949 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
44954 to McCook Field as P115. Salvaged
44955 rebuilt as Curtiss JNS 25-77
44957 crashed on takeoff at March Field, CA Mar 5, 1920
44963 forcelanded 1 1/2 mi W of Langley Field, VA Apr 8, 1925
44967 and 44968 to US Navy as A5470 and A5471.
44978 (316 OS) forcelanded near Richmond airdrome, CA Jun 28, 1925
44987 crashe at Ytumi Field, TX Feb 2, 1926
44993 crashed 400 yd from Clover Field, CA Dec 16, 1923
44995 crashed at Maxwell Field, AL Jun 24, 1925.
45010 to McCook Field as P111
45037 (147th AS/1st PG) crashed on takeoff at Kelly Field, TX Oct 12, 1920
45056 converted to JNSI. Crashed at Camp Know, NY Mar 7, 1921
45067 converted to JNSI. With 4 OS, w/o in landing accident at Luke Field, HI Feb 14, 1922
45080 ditched off Luke Field, HI Oct 30, 1922
45087 converted to JNH. W/o at Fort Tilden, NY Jun 24, 1925
45095 converted to JNSI. Crashed near Middletown, PA Aug 1, 1920
45097 converted to JNSI. Forcelanded at Denton, MSD Jun 12, 1920
45099 converted to JNSI. Crashed 3 1/2 mi S of Brooks Field, TX May 19, 1923
45106 rebuilt as Curtiss JNS 25-53
45120 rebuilt as Curtiss JNS 25-129
45125 rebuilt as Curtiss JN6H 25-51
45127 to civil registry as NC6787
45133 converted to JNSI. Forcelanded on Langley Field Road, VA Aug 14, 1924
45140 damaged in takeoff accident at Gilroy, CA Sep 16, 1923
45199 crashed at Montgomery, AL Mar 1, 1921
45215 crashed at Fort Bliss, TX Jul 12, 1924
45217 forcelanded 3 mi NE of Brooks Field, TX Jan 15, 1925
45222 w/o in landing accident at San Francisco Bay, CA Aug 19, 1923
45232 crashed at Carlstrom Field, FL May 19, 1922
45252 converted to JNSI. W/o in landing accident at Marshall Field, Fort Riley, KS Jul 16, 1927.
45254 to civil registry as NC2867
45256 to civil registry as NC2694
45268 to civil registry as NC3290
45272 crashed near March Field, CA Feb 2, 1921
45285 w/o in landing accident at Brooks Field, TX Mar 2, 1923.
47290/47339 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by USAC. Contract cancelled.
47340/47414 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by Howell and Lesser. All 75 were delivered. A further 100 ordered were cancelled.
47343 to civil registry as NC3677
47347 to civil registry as NC732K
47356 to civil registry as NC2582
47360 to civil registry as NC2623
47369 to civil registry as NC2633
47376 to civil registry as NC4371
47377 to civil registry as NC2360
47379 to civil registry as NC2613
47383 to civil registry as NC6878
47384 to civil registry as NC5160
47391 to civil registry as NC2666
47408 to civil registry as NC863
47415/47514 Curtiss JN-4D
Built by Liberty Iron Works.
47434 to civil registry as NC5599
47436 to civil registry as NC3292
47454 to civil registry as NC2222
47461 to civil registry as NC1977
47497 to civil registry as NC2518
47502 to civil registry as NC6899
47508 to civil registry as NC1714
47511 to civil registry as NC1593
47515 Standard E-1
47516/47815 Curtiss JN-4D-2
Built under license at Springfield. Contract cancelled.
47816 Curtiss JN-4D-2
to McCook Field as P100. Surveyed May 16, 1924
47817/48215 Curtiss JN-4D-2
Contract cancelled
48216/49116 Cancelled contracts
49117/49122 Curtiss JN-6HO
49119 w/o at Arcadia, FL May 18, 1922
49123/49544 Standard E-1
49128 Standard M-Defense
Reported in USAF Museum, Ohio. Conflict here with Standard E1
Current 2020 in US civil register as N49128
49156/49544 Standard M-Defense
49213/49544 cancelled. Conflict here with Standard E-1
49545/62444 Cancelled contracts
62445/62944 Standard/Handley Page O/400
Parts were fabricated by other firms. Order #20906 called for Standard Aircraft Corporation
of Elizabeth, NJ to assemble 50 0/400's and ship 450 sets of parts to England for
assembly. 100 sets of parts were shipped overseas but none were completed; sent back to USA.
With the arrival of the Armistice only two O/400 had been built by Standard, 62445/62446.
Five more were delivered by Jan19, 62447/62451.
62452/62944 cancelled.
62446 may have been wrecked in freak gale at Hazelhurst Field
Jul 28, 1919.
62447 wrecked when lost power and forcelanded in mudflats
on Elizabeth River Mar 10, 1919
62448 used for experiments in 1921 with experimental 2000-lb armor-piercing
bombs. Also used to drop an experimental 4000-lb bomb at Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, MD. Lost power on takeoff and crashed
Jun 5, 1923.
62449 spent some time at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas. Aircraft was used to perform
an aerial wedding, when Lt. R.W. Meade and Miss Marjorie Dumont were married
in the aircraft on May 31, 1919 at 2,000 feet over Ellington Field. But the world's first
aerial wedding took place over Cincinnati, Ohio on October 19, 1874 in a hot-air balloon.
Hot-air balloon pilot Washington Harrison Donaldson took the bride, Elizabeth Walsh,
the groom, Charles Colton, the minister, Howard B. Jeffries, and two witnesses airborne.
The party lifted off from Cincinnati's Lincoln Park. The bride and groom were both employees
of P.T. Barnum's Roman Hippodrome. They toured the United States of America, performing
entertaining feats. This flight was not part of Barnum's show.
62450 may have been wrecked in freak gale at Hazelhurst Field, Long Island Jul 28, 1919.
62451 wrecked Jul 4, 1919. Also listed as in accident May 21, 1921 Morgantown, MD
62945/62947 DH-4M-2S
62945 to McCook Field as P77, P435
62946 to McCook Field as P79. Wrecked Jul 4, 1920
62947 to McCook Field as P107. Wrecked Jun 25, 1920
62948/62951 Martin GMB
62948 based at Mitchell Field, NY, Forcelanded at Omaha, NE Mar 15, 1920.
62949 modified to Martin GMT. To McCook Field as P87
62950 modified to Martin GMP. To McCook Field as P106
62951 modified to Martin GMC with 37-mm cannon in nose. To McCook Field as P110. Suffered broken control
rod in flight from Mitchell Field to Chanute field and made forced landing on Miller Street and Heigeman
Avenue in Brooklyn, NY Mar 4, 1923. 2 killed, four injured
62952/62959 Avro 504K
62960/63265 de Havilland DH-4
62969 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2T 62969 Dec 20, 1921 Accident Kelly Field, TX
62973 stalled on approach and w/o at Kelly Field, Texas Jun 8, 1920
62980 w/o in forced landing 1 mi from Fort Sheridan, Ilinois May 10, 1921
62984 to McCook Field as P123. In accident at Keyser, WV Oct 3, 1921
62988 based at Kelly Field, Texas, crashlanded 200 yd N of Kelly Field, Texas Aug 20, 1923.
62989 (11th Aero Squadron) w/o in takeoff accident at Kelly Field, texas Dec 20, 1921.
62990 w/o Apr 22, 1922 in forced landing accident Lufkin, Texas
62995/63000 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Aeromarine Atlantic
63005/63053 Atlantic DH-4M-2
63005, 63053 converted to DH-4M-2T
63016 May 26, 1922 Accident Fort Collins, CO
63039 Jul 29, 1921 Accident Fort Sill, OK
63049 Jul 4, 1921 Accident Corning, CA (May be 63409)
63058 Mar 8, 1922 Accident Waller, TX
63068/63209 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Aeromarine Atlantic
63080 to DH-4B-1
63082 Aug 11, 1921 Accident Langley Field, VA
63123 w/o in forced landing at Mather Field, CA May 21, 1920
63129 Aug 10, 1921 Accident Fort Sill, OK
63131 Jul 29, 1921 Accident Buckroe Beach
63136 (9th Aero Squadron) damaged in landing accident at Alturas, CA Jul 8, 1920
63146 Jun 17, 1921 accident Sandy Point, VA
63168 Jul 18, 1922 Accident Roseburg, OR
63169 (9th Aero Squadron) damaged in landing accident at Red Bluff, California Jun 9, 1920.
63173 (9th Aero Squadron) w/o in takeoff accident at Knos_Mundorff Field, Fresno, California Jun 12, 1920
63176 (9th Aero Squadron) crashed due to structural failure Jul 16, 1920
63181 had McCook Field Project Number P190. Used as testbed for
turbo-supercharged Liberty engine.
63220/63065 Atlantic DH-4M-2
63220 converted to DH-4M-2T
63229 Mar 15, 1922 Accident Vista, TX
63240 Jun 23, 1922 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
63249 Dec 21, 1921 Accident Stockdale, TX
63279 Aug 31, 1921 Accident Moundsville, WV P135
63266 Vought VE-8
McCook Field Project Number P134
63267/63271 Cancelled contracts
63272 Engineering Division GAX
McCook Field Project Number P129
63273/63274 Orenco IL-1
63273 had McCook Field Project Number P147
63274 had McCook Field Project Number P168. Surveyed Jan 14, 1926
63275 Atlantic DH-4M-2
63276/63277 Curtiss PN-1
Curtiss build of an Engineering Division design.
63276 had McCook Field project number P198 on tail. Never flew.
63277 cancelled
63278 de Havilland DH-4Amb
63278 had McCook Field Project Number P130
63279/63280 de Havilland DH-4C
63279 had McCook Field Project Number P135. Crashed Aug 31, 1921
63280 had McCook Field Project Number P136. Surveyed Jan 5, 1925
63281/63330 Curtiss Orenco D
63281 had McCook Field Project Number P163. In accident at McCook Field, OH Sep 28, 1921
63282 had McCook Field Project Number P161. Surveyed May 3, 1922
63327 had McCook Field Project Number P202
63328 had McCook Field Project Number P206
63329 had McCook Field Project Number P207
63331/63365 Thomas-Morse MB-3A
63332 had McCook Field Project Number P164
63335 assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Jan 1, 1923 to Nov 1, 1923.
Registered as NACA 8. Returned to USAAS
63336 had McCook Field Project Number P197. Salvaged Aug 17, 1923
63337 had McCook Field Project Number P208. Surveyed Dec 12, 1921. After McCook service, crashed on takeoff
at Langley Field, VA Apr 14, 1925.
63338 had McCook Field Project Number P201. Surveyed May 16, 1924
63343 damaged in landing accident at Langley Field on 12 August 1921
63346 crashed 7 mi N of Kelly Field, TX Jul 16, 1924
63349 w/o in landing accident at Ellington Field, TX May 13, 1922
63353 crashed 1 mi S of Kelly Field, TX Nov 4, 1924
63354 crashlanded at Kelly Field, TX Jun 23, 1925
63355 w/o in landing accident at Fort Leavenworth, KS Sep 25, 1925.
63357 w/o in landing accident at Ellington Field, TX May 13, 1922.
63366/63995 Atlantic DH-4M-2
63366 Feb 14, 1922 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill.
63376 Jan 17, 1922 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill (1st): May 4, 1922 Accident Chicasha, OK (2nd)
63383 Nov 28, 1921 Accident Fort Worth, TX
63385 crashed on takeoff at Post Field, Fort Sill, OK May 22, 1920
63387 Dec 13, 1921 Accident Fort Clark, TX
63390 May 24, 1922 Accident Denver, Colorado
63395 May 8, 1922 Accident Dallas, TX
63398/63475 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Boeing
63403 May 22, 1922 Accident Fort Sill, OK
63413 had McCook Field Project Number P131. Surveyed in 1922
63415 Jul 14, 1921 Accident Langley Field, VA
63416 Jul 27, 1921 Accident Langley Field, VA
63417 Feb 4, 1921 accident Langley Field, VA
63458 Nov 17, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
63461/63507 Boeing DH-4M-1
63501 (9th Aero Squadron) crashed 3/4 mi W of Landing Field, Alturas, California Jul 10, 1920
63506 Sep 16, 1921 Accident Luke Field, NY
63525 Jul 13, 1921 Accident unknown crashsite
63529 Jul 12, 1921 Accident off Oahu, HI
63541 had McCook Field Project Number P140
63545 Atlantic DH-4M-2 converted to DH-4M-2P
63565 Aug 1, 1921 Accident Fort Sill, OK
63567 Sep 22, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
63570 May 1, 1922 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
63582 Aug 10, 1921 Accident Post Field Collision
63594 Aug 1, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
63596 Aug 1, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
63600 had McCook Field Project Number P137
63601 May 7, 1922 Accident Cement, OK
63603 Oct 22, 1921 Accident Duncan, OK
63613 Dec 2, 1921 Accident Beeville, TX Collision
63616 Oct 28, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
63626 (5th Observation Squadron) hit tree while attempting to land at brainard Municipal Field, CT during
airplane relay at Hartford aviation meet Nov 12, 1922. Pilot killed.
63627 Nov 16, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
63630 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Aeromarine Atlantic Had
McCook Field Project Number P139 when modified for high-
altitude operations, fitted with lengthened undercarriage, geared
and supercharged Liberty engine driving large-diameter 4-bladed prop.
63639/63672 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Boeing
63651 Apr 27, 1921 accident Langley Field, VA
63653 Jul 21, 1921 Accident Monden, VA
63656 Jun 24, 1912 accident Virginia Beach, VA
63657 May 4, 1922 Accident Pearl Harbor, HI
63659 May 18, 1921 accident Langley Field, VA
63666 Aug 15, 1921 Accident Langley Field, VA
63669 converted to DH-4M-2T
63670 crashed Jan 20, 1921 at Macon, GA
63672 Sep 30, 1921 Accident Altura, CA
63676 Jun 7, 1921 accident Langley Field, VA
63680 Atlantic DH-4M-2
converted to DH-4M-2P
63690 Jul 11, 1921 Accident New Point Comfort, VA
63696 Boeing DH-4M-1
63698 had McCook Field Project Number P218. Salvaged Oct 16, 1922
63719 had McCook Field Project Number P158
63737 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Aeromarine Atlantic. Had McCook
Field Project Number of P188 when used as testbed for
Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar I engine. Surveyed Aug 18, 1926
63747 had McCook Field Project Number P157
63761/63823 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Boeing
63786 in Omaka Aviation Heritate Center in New Zealand
63791 Jul 9, 1921 accident Medford Field, OR (1st); Dec 13, 1921 accident Placerville, CA (2nd)
63801 Feb 8/1922 accident Criss Field
63827 DH-4B-1
63832 Feb 10, 1922 Accident Medicine Park, OK
63860 Aug 20, 1921 Accident Detroit River
63868 Jul 23, 1921 accident Munden, VA
63887 Jun 13, 1912 accident Oceanview, VA
63891 Jul 25, 1921 Accident Poquosen, VA
63896 had McCook Field Project Number P194. Salvaged Dec Dec 7, 1922
63897 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Aeromarine Atlantic.
converted to DH-4BW. Had McCook Field Project Number P133. Fitted
with Wright H engine.
63910 Aug 29, 1921 Accident York River, VA
63915 Aug 31, 1921 Accident Langley Field, VA
63916 Jun 17, 1921 accident Virginia Beach, VA
63936 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Aeromarine Atlantic
63983 Jun 13, 1921 accident Langley Field, VA
63987 Aug 18, 1921 Accident Richmond, VA
64007/64009 de Havilland DH-4B
64007 had McCook Field Project Number P175. Jun 10, 1922 accident unknown crashsite.
64008 had McCook Field Project Number P174. Surveyed Oct 22, 1924
64009 had McCook Field Project Number P173
64012 LWF H Owl
Evaluated at Langley Field in 1921-1922. scrapped in late 1923 after failing to garner
orders from either the Post Office Department or the Army Air Service
64013/64118 de Havilland DH-4B
64115 Dayton-Wright XB-1A (conflict here)
64115 had McCook Field Project Number P171. Surveyed Jun 30, 1921
64119 AMC Multiplane
64121/64123 Junkers Larsen JL-6
64122 had McCook Field Project Number P145. Salvaged Nov 5, 1923
64124/64138 Thomas Morse MB-3
64125 crashed at Stinson Field, TX Oct 27, 1924
64127 w/o in landing accident at Kelly Field, TX Aug 28, 1925.
64135 w/o in landing accident at Duncan Field, TX Jan 25, 1926
64139/64141 Loening PW-2
64140 had McCook Field Project Number P183. Surveyed Jan 14, 1926
64141 had McCook Field Project Number P221
64142/64144 Orenco PW-3
64144 had McCook Field Project Number P229. Accident at McCook Field, OH Feb 14, 1922.
Surveyed Oct 24, 1926
64145/64154 Engineering Division/Boeing GA-1
MSN 200/209
64146 had McCook Field Project Number P187. Surveyed Jan 14, 1926
64155/64194 Dayton-Wright USXB-1A
64158 McCook Field P179. Wrecked Jun 23, 1922
64160 McCook Field P181
64161 McCook Field P182
64177 McCook Field P205
64195/64214 Martin MB-2
64195 had McCook Field Project Number P162
64196 had McCook Field Project Number P227
64201 had McCook Field Project Number P222
64202 forcelanded near Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD Jun 13, 1925.
64203 96th Bomb Squadron; crash-landed in bad weather on 27 April 1927
64205 (2nd BG, 20th BS) crashed into river in high winds after takeoff from
McCook Field Apr 21, 1923. All 5 crew killed.
64206 96th Bomb Squadron; w/o in forced landing at Messick, VA on 8 September 1924
64207 14th Bomb Squadron ditchedJul 13, 1921 due to engine failure 10 mi offshore of Langley Field, VA
64211 20th Bomb Squadron; w/o in forced landing at Cumberland, MD on 26 February 1927
64212 crashed in Nicholas County, WV Sep 3, 1921.
64213 Fairfield Air Depot; w/o in forced landing rast of Innwood, WV on 26 January 1926
64214 crashed at Perry, PA on 23 March 1923
64215/64216 Engineering Division/Witteman Lewis XNBL-1
64215 had McCook Field Project Number P303. Designed by Walter H. Barling. Largest aircraft of its day. Had 3 wings, and
was powered by six Liberty 12-A engines of 420 hp each. Max speed 96 mph at sea level, cruising speed 61 mph.
Service ceiling 7725 feet, 170 miles range with full bomb load. Crew of 6. Armed with seven 0.30-in machine
guns and could carry up to 5000 pounds of bombs.
First flight Aug 22, 1923, dismantled in 1925 and parts stored in warehouse at Fairfield Depot.
Parts ordered burned by Maj. Henry H. Arnold. USAF Museum has two wheels of the landing gear.
64216 listed as cancelled, but I Have seen a photo of AS64216
64217/64219 Huff Daland TA-2
Trainer based on HD-4 Bridget sports biplane.
64217 used for static texts
64218 had McCook Field Project Number P166. surveyed Oct 20, 1926 Also had project number P238
64219 had McCook Field Project Number P142. Surveyed Jan 14, 1926
64220/64222 Elias TA-1
64221 had McCook Field Project Number P178. Surveyed Jan 14, 1926
64222 had McCook Field Project Number P185. Salvaged Nov 5, 1923
64223/64227 Sperry M.1
64224 had McCook Field Project Number P152. Surveyed Oct 20, 1926
64225 in accident at McCook Field Jul 14, 1922
64226 had McCook Field Project Number P339. assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Jan 1, 1925.
64227 rebuilt as 22-6
64228/64230 Standard MAT
Three E-1s converted to radio-controlled aerial torpedoes
64231/64232 Fokker V.40
64231 had McCook Field Project Number P231. Crashed at Dayton, OH Mar 13, 192?, pilot killed.
64232 had McCook Field Project Number P232. Surveyed Jun 12, 1923
64233/64234 Fokker T-2
64233 had McCook Field Project Number P253. Surveyed Feb 26, 1924.
AS.64233 was the first aircraft to successfully complete a flight across the United States from New York to San Diego 2-3May23.
Now in NASM, Washington, DC.
64234 had McCook Field Project Number P243. Converted to A-2 ambulance aircraft.
Surveyed Feb 21, 1924
64235/64237 Boeing GA-2
64235 (MSN 410) had McCook Field Project Number P248. Surveyed Feb 21, 1924
64236 (MSN 411) had McCook Field Project Number P310.
64237 cancelled
64238/64239 Gallaudet DB-1
64238 DB-1A. This plane never actually flew.
64239 completed as DB-1B. Had McCook Field Project Number P304. Surveyed Dec 7, 1926
64242/64244 Curtiss Eagle
64243 equipped as an ambulance
64245/64247 Aeromarine PG-1
64245 had McCook Field Project Number P240
64248/64249 Loening PA-1
64248 had McCook Field Project Number P244
64249 cancelled
64256 DH-4B
Sep 2, 1922 Accident Langley Field, VA
64279 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Dayton-Wright/Fisher
64281 DH-4B
64281 had McCook Field Project Number P261. Surveyed Jan 2, 1923
64300 Dayton-Wright USXB-1A
64300 had McCook Field Project Number P180. surveyed Sep 17, 1923
64301/64302 Morane Saulnier
64301 had McCook Field Project Number P170
64302 had McCook Field Project Number P196
64303 Fokker D-VII
64306 Thomas Morse MB-4
64306 had McCook Field Project Number P172
64308 Martin MB-1
64310/64311 Vought VE-9
64310 had McCook Field Project Number P203. Surveyed Apr 22, 1924
64311 had McCook Field Project Number P204
64312/64314 Vought VE-7
built by Springfield
64313 had McCook Field Project Number P217. Surveyed Mar 16, 1927
64314 had McCook Field Project Number P214.
64315/64316 Vought VE-9
64315 had McCook Field Project Number P215
64316 had McCook Field Project Number P216
64317/64318 Engineering Division TW-1
64317 had McCook Field Project Number P200. Surveyed Jan 14, 1926
64321 Engineering Division CO-1
At McCook Field as P234. Surveyed Jan 11, 1926
64343 Fokker D-VII
64345/64346 Fokker D-VII
64345 had McCook Field Project Number P165. Surveyed Mar 18, 1927
64346 had McCook Field Project Number P195. Salvaged Nov 5, 1923
64347 Siemens-Schukert D-III
64348 RAE SE-5A
64348 had McCook Field Project Number P177
64349/64351 Engineering Division VCP-2/PW-1
64349 had McCook Field Project Number P176
64350 had McCook Field Project Number P189. surveyed Oct 20, 1926
64353/64356 de Havilland DH-4B
64354 had McCook Field Project Number P252
64356 had McCook Field Project Number P226. Featured revised cockpit position
and outsize wheels
64373/64374 Thomas Morse MB-4
64375/64384 Thomas Morse MB-5
64385/64387 Gallaudet PW-4
64386,64387 cancelled
64388/64389 Loening PW-2B
64388 Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, McCook Field, Dayton, OH as P233.
Crasjed after the pilot bailed out at Dayton, OH 20Oct22. 1st Lieutenant Harold Ross Harris
was test flying the PW-2A which had experimental balance-type ailerons. During this flight,
Lieutenant Harris engaged in simulated air combat with Lieutenant Muir Fairchild (future Vice
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force) who was flying a Thomas-Morse MB-3. While banking the
PW-2A into a right turn, Harris' control stick began to vibrate violently from side to side and the
airplane's wings were torn apart. With the Loening diving uncontrollably, Harris jumped from the
cockpit at approximately 2,500 feet (762 meters). After free-falling about 2,000 feet (610 meters),
he pulled the lanyard on his parachute which immediately deployed. Harris then descended
with his parachute providing aerodynamic deceleration, coming safely to earth in the back yard
of a home at 335 Troy Street. He suffered minor bruises when he landed on a trellis in the garden.
The PW-2A crashed into a yard at 403 Valley Street, three blocks away; it was completely destroyed.
This was the very first time a free-fall parachute had been used in an actual in-flight emergency.
Lieutenant Harris became the first member of the Irvin Air Chute Company's "Caterpillar Club".
yed Oct 20, 1922
64389 had McCook Field Project Number P236. Salvaged Nov 5, 1923
64390/64392 Dayton-Wright TA-3
Side-by-side two-seat biplane, developed from commercial Chummy.
64390 had McCook Field Project Number P230
64391 had McCook Field Project Number P239
64392 had McCook Field Project Number P262
64464 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by Dayton-Wright/Fisher
64496/64559 DH-4A converted to DH-4B by LWF
64536 Feb 20, 1922 accident Langley Field, VA
64544 Jul 8, 1921 Accident unknown crashsite
64547 w/o in forced landing at Stamford, Connecticut Nov 23, 1923
64562 DH-4M-2S
64586 DH-4B
64587 DH-4B-1
Had McCook Field Project Number P277 when used as testbed for Curtiss D-12 engine.
64593 XDH-4L
64593 had McCook Field Project Number P193. A large container
was built into the rear fuselage. Fitted with 185-gallon main
fuel tank faired into rear cockpit for long-range racing.
64607 DH-4B
w/o in forced landing 2 mi W of Hilo, Hawaii Feb 21, 1924
64611 DH-4M-2S
64627 DH-4M-2S
64632 DH-4B
3/13/1922 Accident Langley Field, VA
65348 DH-4B
Sep 2, 1922 Accident Veazie, ME
65584 Huff Daland TA-6
68002/68003 DH-4B
68002 w/o in forced landing at Prince Frederick, MD May 14, 1921
68003 in accident Feb 21, 1921 Langley Field, VA
68015 DH-4B
22 OS; forcelanded 3 mi W of Jackson, MS apr 24, 1923
68024 DH-4B
w/o in landing accident at Enid, OK Nov 13, 1920
68025/68074 de Havilland DH-4B
68036 w/o in landing accident at Carlstrom Field, FL Jan 22, 1922.
68042 crashed on takeoff at Roberts Field, Birminghan, AL Nov 20, 1923
68052 w/o in landing accident at Fort Benning, GA May 17, 1923
68057 Feb 14, 1922 Accident Calstrom Field, FL
68112/68116 DH-4B
68112 w/o in landing accident at Ellington Field, TX Jul 29, 1925
68113 crashed 2 mi N of Kelly Field, TX Jun 5, 1924
68114 w/o at Leon, OK Apr 12, 1924
68116 w/o at Denton, TX Dec 28, 1920
68134 DH-4B
Apr 30, 1922 Accident Sweeney, TX
68140/68220 DH-4A converted DH-4B by Boeing
68148 Oct 27, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
68150 w/o at Post Field, Fort Sill, OK Dec 4, 1920
68154 damaged in landing accident at Post Field, Fort Sill, OK Nov 22, 1920
68160 Dec 2, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
68161 Aug 7, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
68165 and 31818 rebuilt as Witteman DH-4B 25-89
68166 w/o in forced landing at Gracemont, OK May 21, 1922
68171 Dec 22, 1921 Accident Kelly Field, TX
68176 w/o in takeoff accident at Post Field, Fort Sill, OK Jan 18, 1921.
68178 crashed 2 mi N of Kelly Field, TX Sep 2, 1924
68180 w/o in landing accident May 26, 1922 Colorado Springs, CO
68188 converted to D.H.4Amb-2
68194 crashed on takeoff at Clark Field, Philippines Jul 15, 1925
68203 forcelanded 4 mi E of Fort Sill, OK Apr 18, 1923
68204 Dec 11, 1921 w/o in landing accident Post Field, Ft. Sill, OK
68209 had McCook Field Project Number P211. Surveyed Jan 2, 1923
68214 had McCook Field Project Number P220
68219 converted to DH.4BP-1
68226 DH-4B
damaged in landing accident at Philips Field, Aberdeen, MD Sep 14, 1924.
68233 DH-4BP-1
68236 DH-4B
Dec 11, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
68237/68436 Thomas-Morse MB-3A
MSN 210/409
68237 had McCook Field Project Number P259. Accident at Camp Lewis, WA Jun 7, 1922.
Salvaged May 19, 1924
68238 had McCook Field Project Number P260. Surveyed Jun 16, 1923
68238 had McCook Field Project Number P147. Surveyed Jun 16, 1923
68281 had McCook Field Project Number P353. Surveyed Dec 19, 1924
68423 43rd School Squadron, w/o in forced lading 4 miles north of Kelly Field, TX on 1 June 1923
68437/68471 Martin NBS-1
Built by LWF to a design owned by the Army
68437 (25 BS) crashed on takeoff at Manzanillo Bay, CZ Feb 20, 1924.
68442 (23 BS) forcelanded at Pearl Harbor, HI Apr 14, 1925.
68445 (23 BS) w/o in landing accident at Kahului, HI Jan 31, 1925.
68447 forcelanded nar Moundsville, WV Nov 20, 1924
68448 (23 BS) crashed on takeoff at Luke Field, HI Mar 27, 1924.
68454 (23 BS) ditched off Ford Island, HI Mar 11, 1927
68455 (23 BS) force landed SE of Luke Field, HI Jun 23, 1927.
68447 forcelanded near Moundsville, WV Nov 20, 1924.
68448 (23 BS) crashed on takeoff at Luke Field, HI Mar 27, 1924
68454 (23 BS) ditched off Ford Island, HI Mar 11, 1927
68455 (23 BS) forcelanded SE of Luke Field, HI Jun 23, 1927.
68459 crashed at France Field, CZ Feb 8, 1926
68461 (23 BS) ditched in Waimea Bay, HI Nov 23, 1925
68464 (25 BS) w/o in takeoff accident at Albrook Field, CZ Feb 19, 1929
68466 (25 BS) w/o in takeoff accident at San Jose, Costa Rica Jan 4, 1925.
68472/68477 Sperry M.1
68473 had McCook Field Project Number P249. assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
Jan 1, 1925 to 1927. Registered as NACA 16
68475 had McCook Field Project Number P223. Surveyed Oct 18, 1922
68476 had McCook Field Project Number P224
68477 had McCook Field Project Number P225
68478/68527 Martin NBS-1
Built by Curtiss to a design owned by the Army
68482 had McCook Field Project Number P254
68491 rammed by Fokker D.VII A.S. 7795 (ex German FF7795/18) over Langley
Field, VA Dec 6, 1922. All 5 on bomber killed, plus the D.VII pilot.
68496 crashed on takeoff at Langley Field, VA Sep 26, 1925
68497 w/o in landing accident at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Sep 25, 1929
68499 (49 BS) forcelanded at Staten Island, NY Nov 3, 1923.
68501 forcelanded 5 mi W of Zanesville, OH
68502 crashed 7 mi N of Kelly Field, TX Dec 19, 1925.
68505 crashed 8 mi NW of Kelly Field, TX Apr 4, 1928
68508 had McCook Field Project Number P293
68509 w/o in takeoff accident at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD May 2, 1924
68516 forcelanded 6 mi NE of Bonner Springs, KS Aug 7, 1925.
68517 (96 BS) forcelanded E of Langley Field, VA Jan 26, 1925
68519 had McCook Field Project Number P316. Forcelanded Grand View beach, VA Nov 13, 1925.
68520 w/o at Langley Field, VA Oct 5, 1925
68523 had McCook Field Project Number P399
68524 crashed at Cape May, NJ Oct 19, 1925
68525 crashed at Augusta, GA May 29, 1927
68526 had McCook Field Project Number P322
68527 w/o in landing accident at USN Yard, Philadelphia, PA Nov 17, 1925.
68528/68533 Sperry M.1
68533 had McCook Field Project Number P306
68534/68536 Dayton Wright XPS-1
68535 had McCook Field Project Number P308
68536 had McCook Field Project Number P311
68537/68539 Thomas-Morse MB-6
68537 in accident at McCook Field, OH Oct 25, 1921
68539 had McCook Field Project Number P370
68540/68542 Cox-Klemin TW-2
68541 had McCook Field Project Number P264
68542 had McCook Field Project Number P286. Salvaged Jun 13, 1923
68543 Fokker D-VII
68543 had McCook Field Project Number P228
68545 RAE SE-5A
68545 had McCook Field Project Number P235
68546 Dornier D-1
68546 had McCook Field Project Number P241
68547/68556 Fokker PW-5
68548 to civil registry as NC4896. Registration cancelled May 5, 1928
68554 had McCook Field Project Number P266
68557 Fokker XCO-4
68557 had McCook Field Project Number P250
68558 Avro 504K
68559/68560 Loening R-4
68559 had McCook Field Project Number P267
68561/68562 Thomas Morse R-5
68562 had McCook Field Project Number P268. Surveyed Feb 21, 1925
68563/68564 Curtiss R-6
Built for 1922 Pulitzer Trophy race, part of the Army's 9-aircraft order for racers.
68563 had McCook Field Project Number P279. Came in second in 1922 Pulitzer Trophy Race. Flown in 1923 and 1924
Pulitzer races. Came in 5th in 1924 race. tested to destruction in 1925, surveyed Apr 6, 1925
68564 had McCook Field Project Number P278. Won 1922 Pulitzer Trophy Race. Later raised the world's
speed record a couple of times. Flown in 1923 and 1924
Pulitzer races. Shed its wings in the 1924 raceSurveyed Nov 10, 1924
68565/68566 Fokker CO-4
68565 was prototype for AO-1. Had McCook Field Project Number P284
68566 had McCook Field Project Number P285, later P365
68567/68568 Elias XNBS-3
68567 had McCook Field Project Number P335
68568 cancelled
68569/68570 LWF XNBS-2
68571/68572 Curtiss NBS-4
68571 had McCook Field Project Number P352
68572 had McCook Field Project Number P434
68573/68574 Gallaudet XNBS-5
contract cancelled
68575 Fokker PW-6
Fokker D.IX. Dutch single seat, single engine fighter aircraft. The sole example was
purchased by the US Army Air Service but not developed further.
Sold to USAAS 1922; designated PW-6. Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division,
McCook Field, Dayton, OH as P246. Surveyed Jan 14, 1926
68576 Fokker TW-4
68576 had McCook Field Project Number P245. Salvaged Nov 5, 1923
68577 Engineering Division CO-2
68577 had McCook Field Project Number P255. Surveyed Aug 22, 1922
68578/68579 Engineering Division XCO-5
68578 at McCook Field as P263
68580/68582 Fokker PW-7
68580 had McCook Field Project Number P326. Was used by 94h PS when it was w/o in landing accident
2 mi N of Mt Clemens, Minnesota Jun 30, 1924. Surveyed Oct 22, 1924
68581 had McCook Field Project Number P327. Surveyed Feb 21, 1925
68582 had McCook Field Project Number P378
68583 Dayton-Wright TA-5
68583 had McCook Field Project Number P283. Surveyed Jan 20, 1927
68584 Huff Daland TA-6
68584 had McCook Field Project Number P280
68586 Thomas Morse MB-3A
68586 had McCook Field Project Number P274
68587/68589 Engineering Division CO-1
68587 had McCook Field Project Number P281. Surveyed Mar 7, 1926
68590/68592 XDH-4M-1
MSN 516/518
68592 had McCook Field Project Number P337
68639/68936 DH-4B
68639 forcelanded at Oceanside, CA Apr 26, 1923
68641 (91 OS) forcelande at beach near Newport Beach, CA Jun 17, 1925
68643 (91 OS) damaged in landing accident at Air Mail Field, Reno, NV Jun 5, 1924
68647 w/o in landing accident Aug 17, 1922 at Blairsden, CA
68648 (91 OS) w/o in landing accident at Eugene, OR Sep 15, 1922
68653 w/o at Post Field, Fort Sill, OK Jun 28, 1922
68654 rebuilt as Dayton Wright DH-4BM 25-54
68655 w/o in landing accident at Crissy Field, CA Nov 15, 1923
68656 converted to DH-4B-1. With 22nd OS, damaged in landing accident at Pope Field, NC Apr 16, 1926
68661 forcelanded at Jourdanton, TX Jan 5, 1923
68663 (91 OS) forcelanded 20 mi S of Roseburg, OR Mar 19, 1924
68669 (91 OS) forcelanded 20 mi SE of Eureka Aug 4, 1922. It was based at Chrissy Field, CA
68673 (91 OS) forcelanded on beach near Carpinteria, CA Oct 26, 1922
68676 forcelanded near Kelly Field, TX Aug 19, 1924
68677 destroyed by fire Mar 19, 1923
68678 forcelanded at Augusta, GA Jun 11, 1922.
68853 Dec 14, 1921 Accident Post Field, Ft. Sill
68936 damaged in landing accident at Post Field, Fort Sill, OK Dec 11, 1921.
The following list is of experimental aircraft acquired in the range 94014/94112:
94014 Albatros D-III
94015 Albatros D-V
94016 Sopwith 7F1 Snipe
94016 had McCook Field Project Number P149. surveyed Jan 14, 1926. to civil registry as NC6636
94020 Albatros D-V
94022/94023 Avro 504K
94022 was ex-RAF C4312 and had McCook Field Project Number P118. Wrecked Aug 11, 1920
94023 had McCook Field Project Number P141. Surveyed Oct 25, 1920
94025 Bristol Scout
94029 Curtiss R-4
94030 de Havilland DH-9A
94031 DFW C-V
94033 Fokker D-VI
94034 Fokker D-VII
94034 had McCook Field Project Number P290. Surveyed Oct 27, 1923
94039/94040 Fokker D-VII
94039 had McCook Field Project Number P138. Surveyed Sep 25, 1922
94040 (German AF as D.8323) US Signal Corps, McCook Field, Dayton, OH. Project Number P127
94042 Halberstadt C-V
94057 Roland D-Vb
94061 Roland D-V
94062 Avro 504J
Used at McCook Field with Project Number P142.
94063/94064 Roland D-V
94063 had McCook Field Project Number P132. Burned on ground Sep 8, 1920.
94063 Sopwith Camel
94063 had McCook Field Project Number P99. Conflict here
94072 Sopwith T.F.2 Salamander
Former RAF T.F.2 F6533. McCook Field project number P75. Withdrawn fron use after 10/1926.
94074 Spad 13
to McCook Field as P12.
94077 Wright Martin V
to McCook Field as P14. Stored Apr 30, 1921
94078 Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5A
94078 had McCook Field Project Number P52. Wrecked Aug 12, 1920 Was originally built for the
Royal Flying Corps as C8740. C8740 was built by the Austin Motor Co. and shipped to the USA
in components. Assembled by Curtiss, it was flown in British markings by the USAAS.
Subsequently the number P52 was added When the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was renamed Royal Air Force
on April 1, 1918, and used the abbreviation RAF as well. Hence the Royal Aircraft Factory was
renamed Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) to avoid confusion, and because it had relinquished
its manufacturing role to concentrate on research
94094 Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5A
94094 had McCook Field Project Number P146
94097 Breguet 14B2
To McCook Field P148
94098 Nieuport 27
To McCook Field P153
94099 Spad 7C1
To McCook Field P156
94100 Nieuport 28
To McCook Field P155 Surveyed Jan 14, 1924
94101 Spad 13
To McCook Field P154. Surveyed Jan 14, 1924
94102 Fokker D-VII
To McCook Field P144. Surveyed Sep 2, 1922
94103 Fokker D-VII
94104 Fokker D-VII
To McCook Field P143 and P291
94106 Sopwith Dragon
former RAF Dragon J3628. McCook Field project number P149.
Withdrawn from use after 1/1926.
94107/94108 Dayton-Wright XB-1A
McCook Field P150 and P151
94110 Salmson
McCook Field P159
94111 British Aerial Transport (B.A.T) FK-23
MSN 21. Former RAF serial F1660. Designed by Frits Koolhoven. McCook Field P167
94112 Fokker D-VIII
McCook Field P169