Warplanes of the USA: Alaska, Anchorage to Wasilla

Warplanes preserved in Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum

The Alaska Aviation Museum, previously the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, is located on Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Its mission since 1988, is to preserve, display, and honor Alaska's aviation heritage, by preserving and displaying historic aircraft, artifacts, and memorabilia, and to foster public interest in aviation and its history. The museum has over thirty aircraft on display, a restoration hangar, flight simulators, two theaters, and a Hall of Fame. It provides an emphasis on historic aircraft, aviation artifacts, and memorabilia that contributed to the development and progress of aviation in Alaska, including Bush flying, and the Second World War Army base on Adak Island.

Aeronca 65C Chief, parts, Reg. No. NC22483.  (Alaska State Museum).

American Pilgrim 100B, Reg. No. NC709Y, 1931.

Arctic Sparrow.  (Alaska State Museum).

Bede BD-5

Avid Flyer, STOL, Reg. No. N621R, homebuilt.

Beechcraft UC-45F Expeditor, c/n 7728, Reg. No. N1047B, mounted on floats.

Beechcraft SNB-5 Expeditor, 265.

Beechcraft C50 Twin Bonanza, Reg. No. N22W.

Bell UH-1H Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 65-12849), c/n 5186.

Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, Reg. No. NC168N.

Bellanca 31-42 Senior Pacemaker, fuselage, Reg. No. NC16707.  (Alaska State Museum).

Boeing YL-15 Scout (Serial No. 47-432), Reg. No. N4770C, Keith Brunquist.  Airworthy.

Boeing 737-290C, c/n 22578/767, Reg. No. N740AS, 1981.

Centair L-13A, Reg. No. N3115G.

(Captain Lewis R. Devoe, USNR, NMNA Photo)

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (BuNo. 34016) during a storm on Amchitka Island, Alaska, 28 Dec 1943.

(San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives Photo)

Consolidated PBY-5 Catalinas from VP-42 42-P-3, over Alaska, Aug 1941.

(Sgt. Kevin L. Bishop, US Army Photo)

An Alaska Army National Guard Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe airlifts a USAF Canadian Vickers OA-10A Catalina flying boat (Serial No. 44-33954) while departing Lake Clark Pass during a recovery operation.  The aircraft was assigned to the 10th Rescue Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base and was abandoned by the USAF after engine trouble forced it down at Dago Lake on 30 Sep 1947.  Declared government surplus, it was purchased by a private owner and stripped of parts.  It was salvaged in 1984 and 1987 and transported to the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum at Anchorage, Alaska, where it remains in its wrecked state.

(Author Photos)

Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso, RCAF (Serial No. CV-465), built in 1943, USN (BuNo. 67918), USAF OA-10 (Serial No. 44-33954), Reg. No. N57875.  This aircraft made an emergency landing on Dago Lake, Alaska on 30 Sep 1947 and was abandoned.  It was salvaged on 30 Sep 1984 and is on display in its damaged condition.

Consolidated Canso A, Teg. No. C-FSAT.

Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, Reg. No. N92MK.

Cessna T-50 Bushmaster, Reg. No. NC30023, 1943, frame only.

Cessna UC-78B Bobcat.

Cessna UC-78B Bobcat, Reg. No. NC30023.

Circa Nieuport II, Reg. No. N124AK, 1992, homebuilt.

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny.  (Alaska State Museum).

Curtiss Robin C-1, Reg. No. N76H.

(Author Photo)

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (Serial No. 40-598), 241, forward fuselage and parts.  This aircraft served with the 343rd Fighter Group, which was composed of Curtiss P-40E Warhawk and Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters.  This unit was activated on 11 Sep 1942 and operated in Alaska until the fall of 1943.  P-40E (Serial No. 40-598) was assigned to the 11th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group, XI Fighter Command.  When the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor on 3 June 1942, a squadron of P-40s was launched to intercept the Japanese bombers, including this one piloted by Lt. Winfield E. McIntyre.  During combat, McIntyre's P-40 was damaged by an attacking Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, and he was forced to land on Umnak Island.  McIntyre survived the crash and was rescued, but the plane was damaged beyond repair and salvaged for useable parts.  The remaining wreckage was recovered by the Alaska Aviation Museum in 1998, when a team led by the U.S. Coast Guard rigged and transported the P-40 to Fort Glenn Air Field on Umnak Island.  The remains were later flown to the Alaska Aviation Museum, which is restoring this aircraft to airworthy status.

(Capt. Lewis R. Devoe, USNR, NMNA Photo)

Oil tanks burning at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, during the Japanese attack on 4 June 1942.

de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver.

Douglas World Cruiser, (DWC) (Serial No. 23-129), “Seattle”.  This aircraft was part of the US Army Air Corps 1924 round-the-world flight which crashed in Alaska.  The wreckage was retrieved in 1967.  (Alaska State Museum).

Douglas C-118A Liftmaster, c/n 44665/632, Reg. No. N43872.

Douglas DC-6A, Reg. No. N6174C.

Fairchild FC-2W2, frame, Reg. No. NC7034, 1928.

Fairchild 24G, Reg. No. N3212, 1937.

Fairchild 24W40.

Fairchild C-123J Provider (Serial No. 56-4390), c/n 20274, Reg. No. N4390E.  This aircraft was on display in the museum until 2004 when it was sold to All West Freight, dismantled and moved to All West Airport.

(Author Photo)

Ford 4-AT-E Trimotor, c/n 4-AT-65, Reg. No. NC8403.  This aircraft crashed in Alaska in 1934.  Wreckage.

Grumman G-44/J4F-2 Widgeon, c/n 1312, Reg. No. N13122, 1943.

Grumman G-44/J4F-2 Widgeon, Reg. No. N66645.

(Julie St. Louis Photo)

Grumman G-21A/JRF-5 Goose, c/n B-102, Reg. No. N789, 1943.

Grumman OA-12 Duck, (Serial No. 48-0563), Reg. No. N8563F, Rescue, 1943.  J2F-6.

Hamilton H-47 Metalplane, c/n 50, Reg. No. NC7791, 1928, fuselage only.

H-295 Helio Courier, Reg. No. N6319V, 1966.

(CANAV Books Blog Photo)

Keystone Loening K-84 Commuter, (Serial No. 313), Reg. No. NC374V, 1929.  (Alaska State Museum).

(Capt Lewis R. Devoe, USNR, NMNA Photo)

Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning (Serial No. 42-13545) assigned to the 54th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group, approaching Amchitka Army Airfield, Alaska, 1 Jan 1943.

Lockheed P-38L Lightning, wing.

Luscombe 8E Silvaire, Reg. No. N1347B.

(Rickmouser45 Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 74-0084), c/n 56/A045, AK.

Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero, Reg No. N553TT, 1942.

Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman Mk. VI, c/n 507, Reg. No. N725E, 1944.

North American AT-6D Texan, Reg. No. N39313, 1942.

(Dmitry Avdeev Photo)

Piasecki CH-21B Shawnee (Serial No. 54-4004), c/n B-157, 1957, Reg. No. N6869.

Piper PA-18A Super Cub, c/n 18-4469, Reg. No. N2869P.

Raven S-66A Hot Air Balloon, Reg. No. N57139’ 1980.

Rutan 61 Long-EZ, Reg. No. N60AK, 1985.

Ryan B-7 Brouham.

(Author Photo)

Sikorsky S-43 Seaplane, nose section, Reg. No. N15062.

Sikorsky H-5G Dragonfly.

Spartan 7W Executive, c/n 7, Reg. No. NC17602, 1937.  Crashed in Alaska in 1944.

Spencer S-12E Aircar, Reg. No. N10TS.

(Pi3.124 Photo)

(Author Photo)

Stearman C2M, Alaskan Airways Paystreak, c/n 121, Reg. No. N5415, 1928.

Stinson Junior SR, Reg. No. NC13831.  (Alaska State Museum).

Stinson SM-8A Junior.  (Alaska State Museum).

Stinson L-1F Vigilant (Serial No. 41-18915), Reg. No. N1ZS, 1941.

Stinson Vultee V-77/AT-19 Reliant, Reg. No. N79458, 1944.

Stinson Vultee V-77/AT-19 Reliant, Reg. No. N9795H.

Stinson L-5G Sentinel, Reg. No. N2251.

Stinson SR-6 Reliant, Reg. No. N15135.  (Alaska State Museum).

Stinson SR-9C Reliant Gullwing, Reg. No. NC18419, 1937.

Stinson 108-1 Voyager, Reg. No. N97095, 1946.

Stinson 108-1 Voyager, Reg. No. N97713.

Taylorcraft BC12-D, Reg. No. N43606, 1946.

Taylorcraft DCO-65/L-2MK Grasshopper, c/n 5416, Reg. No. N47648, 1943.

Travel Air S-6000B, c/n 967, Reg. No. NC8159, 1929.

Volmer Jensen VJ-23.

Waco UIC, Reg. No. N13409.  (Alaska State Museum).

Waco YKC-S, c/n 3991), Reg. No. NC14066, 1934.  Mounted on floats.

Anchorage, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Heritage Park

Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson (IATA: EDF, ICAO: PAED, FAA LID: EDF) is a United States military facility in Anchorage, Alaska. It is a joint base formed from the United States Air Force's Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army's Fort Richardson, which were merged in 2010. The adjacent facilities were officially combined by the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission. Its mission is to support and defend U.S. interests in the Asia Pacific region and around the world by providing units who are ready for worldwide air power projection and a base that is capable of meeting USINDOPACOM's theater staging and throughput requirements. It is the home of the Headquarters, Alaskan Command (ALCOM), Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR), Joint Task Force-Alaska (JTF-AK), Eleventh Air Force (11 AF), the 673d Air Base Wing, the 3rd Wing, the 176th Wing and other Tenant Units.

(USAF Photo)

Convair F-102A-75-LO Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-1279) of the 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, lands with its drag chute deployed, May 1969.

(Author Photos)

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-1274).

(Author Photos)

(Mike Kaehler Photo)

Lockheed P-38G Lightning (Serial No. 42-13400).  This aircraft crash landed on Attu Island in 1945.  It was recovered and restored in 1999.

Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning (Serial No. 42-13400), c/n 222-7834,crash-landed on Attu Island in the Aleutians, 2,000 miles (3,200 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska, on a training mission; the pilot, 2nd Lt. Robert Nesmith, was uninjured. The plane's propellers were torn off, its horizontal stabilizer was broken, and its left nacelle was buckled. After a salvage for parts, it was abandoned in place. Recovered in June 1999, it was transported by helicopter to the U.S. Coast Guard station at Attu and flown to Anchorage in an Alaska Air National Guard Lockheed C-130 Hercules. The plane was registered as N55929. Restored at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, it was placed on display in McCloud Memorial Park at Elmendorf in April 2000.

(Author Photos)

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 53-6021), c/n 580-9553.

Lockheed C-130E Hercules (Serial No.).

(Author Photos)

(Mike Kaehler Photo)

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 66-0723).

 (Author Photos)

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0890), outside of Government Hill Gate.

(Author Photos)

McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 94081).

 (Author Photos)

Northrop F-89D Scorpion (Serial No. 52-1862), painted as (53-2453).

Piasecki H-21B Shawnee Helicopter (Serial No. 52-8696).

Anchorage, Kulis Air National Guard Base Museum

(Harley D. Nygren Photo)

Douglas DC-3, Alaska Airlines, Reg. No. NC91008, offshore at Tigvariak Island. Spring 1949.

(Author Photo)

Douglas C-47A Skytrain (Serial No. 0315497).

(Author Photos)

Fairchild C-123J Provider (Serial No. 56-4395), c/n 20279.

(Author Photos)

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (Serial No. 91849).

(Author Photo)

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 53-5403), (Serial No. 53-5096).

(US GOV/PD Photo)

North American AT-6D-NT Texan (Serial No. 41-34555), 44th Fighter-Bomber Squadron.  This was the first aircraft supplied to the Alaska Air National Guard.

(Author Photos)

North American AT-6D Texan (Serial No. 453015A), painted as (Serial No. 34555).

(Author Photos)

North American F-86A Sabre (Serial No. 49-1195), c/n 161-189, painted as (Serial No. 12807).  This aircraft is mounted on pylons.  12807.

Anchorage

Curtiss P-40K Warhawk (Serial No. 42-45946), being restored, Dwight Jones.

(Frank Kovalchek Photo)

North American (Canadian Car & Foundry) Harvard Mk. IV (Serial No. 20421), c/n CCF4-212, Reg. No. N421QB, Carol Hunt.

Atka Island

Consolidated B-24D Liberator (Serial No.).  This is an aircraft crash site, with the remaining wreckage on the National Register.

Fairbanks

Douglas C-54 Skymaster (Serial No. 10438), Reg. No. N67017, 1944 model.  Brooks Fuel Inc.

Fairbanks, Alaskaland Pioneer Air Museum, 2300 Airport Way.

Baking Deuce II (F.M.1) homebuilt, 1987, Reg. No. N75FD.

(BruceS Photo)

Beechcraft UC-45H Expeditor, c/n AF-620, Reg. No. N701FY, mounted on pylons.

Bell UH-1H Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 66-00934).

Dominator 1, Reg. No. N94LK.

Eipper MX Quicksilver.

Fairchild 24J, Reg. No. N20617.

Fokker Super Universal, airframe, Reg. No. NC9792.

Hamilton H-45, Reg. No. NC10002.

Martin B-10.

MX Quicksilver.

Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman Mk. IV, Reg. No. N55555.

Pereira GP. 3 Osprey II, Reg. No. N345JD.

Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub, Reg. No. N2586P.

Raven S-50 Hot Air Balloon.

Rotorway Scorpion 133.

Rutan 33 Vari-eze, Reg. No. N37840.

Ryan PT-22 Recruit, Reg. No. NC50880.

Stinson Junior SR, Reg. No. N13482, 1935.

Stinson Vultee V-77/AT-19 Gullwing, Reg.No. NC60924, “Peter Pan”.

War Aircraft P-47D Thunderbolt.

Fairbanks, Eielson Air Force Base

Cessna O-2 Skymaster (Serial No. 68-11003).

Boeing KB-29P Superfortress (Serial No. 44-62214), "Lady of the Lake".  Submerged remains of a former tanker aircraft.

Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 75-0289), c/n A10-0038.

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 78-0052), AK, c/n 61-48.

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 53-6064).

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0905), c/n 1346.

Fort Richardson, Camp Denali

Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe helicopter (Serial No.).

Healy, Denali Wings

Ford Tri-Motor.

Kenai

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 52-9772).

Wasilla, Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry

Beechcraft C18S.

Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Serial No. 66-17044), c/n 9238, 1960.

Bowers 1-A Flybaby, Reg. No. N5586.

Cessna C-34 Airmaster.

Cessna UC-78B Bobcat (Serial No. 43-7544), c/n 5064, Reg. No. N44793.

(Piergiuliano Ches Photos)

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-1282).

Cunningham Hall PT-6, Reg. No. NC692W.

Douglas C-47A Skytrain, c/n 4574, Reg. No. N5.

Douglas C-47A Skytrain, (Serial No. 43-15200), c/n 19666.

Fairchild 42, Reg. No. NC106M.

Fairchild 71, Reg. No. N119H.

Fairchild C-123J Provider (Serial No.), c/n 20219, Reg. No. N98, ex-FAA.

Fike F.

Ford JB-2, similar to the V-1 cruise missile.

Grumman US-2A Tracker, (BuNo. 144725), c/n 686, Reg. No. N8115V.  Damaged nose gear.

Kaman SH-2F Seasprite (BuNo. 150185), TF-22, c/n 135.

Keller KR-1 Seagull, Reg. No. N5552.

Mitchell B-10 Flying Wing, ultra-light.

(Piergiuliano Chesi Photo)

Piasecki CH-21B Shawnee Helicopter (Serial No. 53-4362), c/n B.112.

Rand Robinson KR-1 Seagull, Reg. No. N5552, homebuilt, 1972.

Republic JB-2 Loon Missile

Rotec Panther 2, ultra-light.

Sikorsky H-5H Dragonfly (Serial No. 49-2001).

Stinson SR-8B Reliant.

Stinson SR-9 Reliant.

Travel Air S-6000B, Reg. N4942V.

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