August 1953-Initial equipment with F-86D     by Duncan Curtis

 

F-86D-20:

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

 

51-2982        10Nov53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         05Nov54

51-2991        01Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         06Nov54

51-2999        date?                    Sacramento Air Materiel Area         24Mar55

51-3004        02Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         07Nov54

51-3026        02Dec53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         02Apr55

51-3029        12Sep53                w/o                                               22Oct53, Major Yancy  Williams killed after
                                                                                                               rashing after takeoff from Runway 14

51-3099        09Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         03Jan55

51-3111        01Sep53                479th Fighter Day Wg George          04Jan55

 

F-86D-30: (new from NAA)

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

 

51-6123        30Nov53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         06Jul54

 

F-86D-35: (all new from NAA)

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

 

51-6225        01Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         03Sep54

51-6226        01Sep53                NAA Fresno                                  12Jan55

51-6228        01Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         09Sep54

51-6232        27Nov53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         23Jan55

51-6235        17Aug53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         27Sep54

51-6236        31Aug53                w/o                                               15Mar54, aircraft exploded on ground after
 maintenance test flight at Grandview AFB,
1/Lt Richard Gruber OK

51-6242        08Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         11Oct54

51-6244        08Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         08Oct54

51-6253        07Dec53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         11Oct54

51-8280        09Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         04Sep54

51-8281        31Aug53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         11Oct54

51-8283        30Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         08Sep54

51-8291        09Sep53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         11Oct54

51-8299        31Aug53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         08Aug54

51-8306        04Sep53                NAA Fresno                                  14Sep54

51-8409        28Nov53                4750th Air Defense Wg Yuma          24Nov54

51-8479        04Dec53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         28Nov54

51-8496        30Nov53                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         28Nov54

 

 

 

September 1954-Re-equipment with post-Pullout F-86Ds

 

F-86D-31 – all from conversion at Sacramento AMA, McClellan AFB

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

 

51-5995        14Oct54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         14May55

51-5998        08Dec54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         14May55

51-6001        14Oct54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         12May55

51-6003        20Oct54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         29Jun55

51-6006        16Oct54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         24May55

51-6026        01Dec54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         23Jun55

51-6034        18Oct54                NAA Fresno                                  31Jul55

51-6050        30Nov54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         15Jun55

51-6052        01Dec54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         08Jun55

51-6056        16Sep54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         29Jun55

51-6080        16Oct54                NAA Fresno                                  31Jul55

51-6084        20Oct54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         12May55

51-6088        20Oct54                NAA Fresno                                  08Aug55

51-6091        19Oct54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         29Jun55

51-6092        17Sep54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         24May55

51-6094        20Oct54                NAA Fresno                                  18Aug55

51-6101        30Nov54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         29Jun55

51-6105        08Dec54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         24May55

51-6125        30Nov54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         14Jun55

51-6127        15Sep54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         12May55

51-6132        01Dec54                NAA Fresno                                  08Aug55

51-6139        03Dec54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         23Jun55

51-6140        21Sep54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         14May55

51-6141        28Oct54                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         08Jun55

 

 

 

May 1955-Second Re-equipment with post-Pullout F-86Ds

 

F-86D-41, all from conversion at NAA Fresno unless stated

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

 

52-3725        30Oct56                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         06Aug57

52-3751        20Jul55                 Sacramento Air Materiel Area         06Aug57

52-3752        21Jun55                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         06May57

52-3770        05Jun55                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         24Jul57

52-3771        05Jun55                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         12Aug57

52-3779        26Jul55                 Sacramento Air Materiel Area         19Aug57

52-3786        02May55               Sacramento Air Materiel Area         19Aug57

52-3788        02Jun55                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         13Aug57

52-3795        02May55               Sacramento Air Materiel Area         22Mar57

52-3797        29Jul55                 4750th Air Defense Wg Vincent       15Jul57 

52-3801        85th FIS                NAA Fresno                                  16Jul57

52-3805        15Jun55                NAA Fresno                                  16Jul57

52-3806        21Jul55                 Sacramento Air Materiel Area         12Aug57

52-3810        09May55               w/o                                               01Oct55, flamed out in traffic pattern
                                                                                                                     1/Lt Ronald
Ferguson ejected but killed

52-3840        15Jun55                NAA Inglewood                              19Jul57

52-3848        03May55               Sacramento Air Materiel Area         24Jul57

52-3850        02Jun55                NAA Fresno                                  18Jul57

52-3854        26Jul55                 Sacramento Air Materiel Area         24Jul57

52-3861        16Jun55                NAA Fresno                                  22Jul57

52-3864        05May55               173rd FIS NE ANG                         29May57

52-3865        15Jun55                NAA Fresno                                  18Jul57

52-3867       05May55               w/o                                               09Oct56, Mascoutah, IL, engine seized on target
                                                   mission, 1/Lt Roger Alan Pile ejected safely

52-3868        16Jun55                w/o                                               03Aug56, lost on cross-country mission, ran out of fuel.
                                                     forced-landed near Turner AFB GA, 1/Lt Tony Skur injured

52-3879        07Jun55                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         07Aug57

52-3887        16Jun55                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         11Apr57

52-3889        17May57               Sacramento Air Materiel Area         12Aug57

52-3890        29Apr55                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         19Aug57

52-3891        15Jun55                NAA Fresno                                  22Jul57

52-3897        05May55               Sacramento Air Materiel Area         12Aug57

 

Note: 52-3725 assigned from 14th FIS, 52-3889 from 326th FIS

 

 

 

June 1957-Re-equipment with F-86L

 

F-86L-45:

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

 

52-4136        13Aug57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 08Jun59

52-4172        13Aug57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 02Jun59

 

F-86L-50:

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

 

52-4212        02Mar59                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 08Jun59

52-4298        13Aug57                w/o                                               09Apr59, fuel system failure, crashed near Houston IL
                                                                   ,
2/Lt Charles Rasnic OK

52-9984        08Aug57                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         01Jun59

52-10088      16Aug57                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         01Jun59

52-10129      07Oct57                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         16Mar59

52-10134      16Aug57                w/o                                               21Jul58, fire in flight on test hop, 1/Lt Charles Rogers OK

 

F-86L-55:

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

 

53-562         13Aug57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 02Jun59

53-572         10Oct57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 03Jun59

53-576         06Aug55                w/o                                               19Nov57, mid-air near Sparta, IL, 1/Lt James Metz OK

53-582         06Aug57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 02Jun59

53-594         08Aug57                w/o                                               19Nov57, mid-air near Sparta, IL, 1/Lt William McDaniel
                                                                      blown clear with major injuries

53-643         26Jun57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 02Jun59

53-664         27Jun57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 02Jun59

53-693         30Sep57                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         11Jun59

53-696         01Jul57                 147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 08Jun59

53-701         06Aug57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 08Jun59

53-721         13Aug57                147th CLMaint Sqn Ellington            03Jun59

53-722         01Jul57                 Sacramento Air Materiel Area         11Jun59

53-737         06Aug57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 02Jun59

 

F-86L-60:

 

S/n              date to 85th FIS      to                                                 loss date/fate

53-803         19Aug57                Sacramento Air Materiel Area         21May59

53-883         19Aug57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 02Jun59

53-900         26Jun57                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 03Jun59

53-963         01Jul57                 125th CLM Sqn Imeson                   19Jun59

53-976         24Jan58                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 03Jun59

53-977         11Jan58                147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 02Jun59

53-1052        01Jul57                 147th CLM Sqn Ellington                 03Jun59


Surviving ex-85th FIS F-86D:

51-2991        Heart of Texas Coliseum, fairgrounds Waco TX for display by .70

51-6003        Fukushima, Japan for display

51-6026        Vandel AB, Denmark as decoy

51-6034        Oksbol ranges, Denmark

51-6056        Beale AFB CA for display

51-6080        Takasuki, Japan for display

51-6084        New Mexico Institute of Mining Technology, Socorro NM

51-6091        Southwest Aerospace Museum, Carswell AFB, TX

51-6123        Karup AB, Denmark as decoy

51-6132        Chitose AB, Japan  for display

51-6140        New Mexico Institute of Mining Technology, Socorro NM

51-8283        donated Ellington TX Oct59

51-8409        Tulsa OK ANG Base

52-3770        Austin ANG HQ TX

52-3840        donated museum 26Aug60, to Lookout Mountain TN for display

52-3864        donated American Legion 08Dec59, to Lanham MD for display, scrapped?

52-3887        donated VFW Post 06Jan60, Washington MO

 

Surviving ex-85th FIS F-86L:

 

53-693         New Mexico Institute of Mining Technology, Socorro NM

53-900         donated museum/school 31Oct60, to Houston Airport TX for display

53-977         China Lake ranges CA

 

Notes:                           

 

1.       w/o = aircraft written off in accident

2.       Sacramento Air Materiel Area = McClellan AFB (overhaul/modification)           

3.       NAA Fresno = North American Aviation, Fresno CA (overhaul/modification)

4.       NAA Inglewood = North American Aviation, Inglewood CA (overhaul/modification)

5.       147th CLM Sqn Ellington = 147th Consolidated Logistics Maint Sqn, TX Air National Guard