Warplanes of the USA: Massachusetts, Becket to Worcester

‍Warplanes preserved in Massachusetts

Becket

North American AT-6 Texan (Serial No. 40-2112), C/N 59-1938, Reg. No. N6665Y, Charles F. Andrews, PO Box 145, Becket, MA 01223-0145.

Bedford, Hanscom AFB, located 17-miles northwest of Boston.

A non-flying base, Hanscom Air Force Base is named after Laurence G. Hanscom (1906–1941), a pilot, aviation enthusiast, and State House reporter who was killed in a plane crash at Saugus, Massachusetts. Hanscom was a reporter for the Boston Globe, Worcester Telegram & Gazette and the Wilmington (MA) News. Hanscom was active in early aviation, founding the Massachusetts Civil Air Reserve. At the time of his death, Hanscom had been lobbying for the establishment of an airfield in Bedford. The base was named in his honor on 26 June 1941.

(Jonathan Mooney Photo)

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk replica, XO-1, painted as (Serial No. 84534), "Stump", mounted on a concrete pylon.

(Jerry Saslav, USAF Photo)

North American F-86H-10H Sabre (Serial No. 53-1328), mounted on a pylon.

Beverly

(Colt9033 Photo)

Bell UH-1M Iroquois (Serial No. 65-9560), mounted on a pylon, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 595, Vietnam War Memorial to honor the nine young men from Beverly who died during the war.

North American SNJ-5 Texan (Serial No. 8819555), Reg. No. N6410D, Deschenes Construction Co Ltd, 163 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 01915.

(Colt9033 Photo)

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI trainer (Serial No. 0732), on informal display at Beverly Airport .

Boston

Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston, MA 02114-1099.  Phone: (617) 723-2500, (617) 723-2500.  The Museum of Science is a Boston, Massachusetts landmark, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River.  Along with over 500 interactive exhibits, the Museum features a number of live presentations throughout the building everyday, along with shows at the Charles Hayden Planetarium and the Mugar Omni IMAX theater, the only domed IMAX screen in New England.  Various space exhibits are on display.

The MIT Daedalus human-powered aircraft hangs in the entry lobby of the museum as does Decavitator, MIT's human-powered high-speed boat.  The MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department's Daedalus was a human-powered aircraft that, on 23 April 1988, flew a distance of 71.5 mi (115.11 km) in 3 hours, 54 minutes, from Iraklion on the island of Crete to the island of Santorini.  The flight holds official FAI world records for distance and duration for human-powered aircraft.  The craft was named after the mythological inventor of aviation, Daedalus.

Cape Cod

USCG Air Station, Race Point Beach, Cape Cod, MA.

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (ASCC), with its four helicopters and four jets, is the only Coast Guard Aviation facility in the northeast.  As such, ASCC is responsible for the waters from New Jersey to the Canadian border.  Centrally located at the Massachusetts Military Reservation on Cape Cod, ASCC maintains the ability to launch a helicopter and/or jet within 30 minutes of a call, 365 days-a-year, 24 hours-a-day, and in nearly any weather conditions.  U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is located at Otis Air Force Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Dassault HU-25A Guardian (Serial No.)

Grumman HU-16E Albatross (Serial No.)

(USCG Photo)

Sikorsky HH-60T Jayhawk Helicopter (Serial No.)

(USCG Photo)

HC-144 Ocean Sentry (Serial No.)

Headquarters Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR), Cape Cod, MA.

The MRR is a military training facility located on the upper western portion of Cape Cod, immediately south of the Cape Cod Canal in Barnstable County, MA.

Cape Cod, Otis Air Force Base.

(David Watkins Photo)

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 51-4335), mounted on a pylon.

(Jeff Nelson Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 76-0040), Otis ANG.

Fall River

Battleship Cove, located in Fall River, Massachusetts, is a nonprofit maritime museum and war memorial that traces its origins to the wartime crew of the World War II battleship USS Massachusetts.  This dedicated veterans group was responsible for the donation of the decommissioned vessel from the Navy and its subsequent public display in Fall River, Massachusetts.  The site is located at the confluence of the Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay, an arm of Narragansett Bay.  Battleship Cove lies partially beneath the Braga Bridge and adjacent to Fall River Heritage State Park, at the heart of Fall River’s waterfront.  The battleship forms a small cove which serves as a protected harbor for pleasure craft during the summer months.  The Fall River Yacht Club maintains a dock nearby.  Wikipedia.

An Aircraft Model Collection is on display as well as the following aircraft:

Bell UH-1M Iroquois helicopter (Serial No. 66-60609), mounted on a pylon.

(Danny Chapman Photo)

Bell AH-1S Cobra helicopter (Serial No. 70-16038).

(Danny Chapman Photo)

North American T-28C Trojan (Serial No. 140454), 765.

Vought OS2U-2 Kingfisher (Serial No. 5909), was on loan from the NASM and placed on display on the USS Massachusetts for many years (1960s to 1980s) until it was returned to the NASM.  It is now on display in the Udvar-Hazy Museum, Dulles Airport, Virginia.

Falmouth

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 53-5960)

McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 76-0040)

North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 53-1377)

(Jim Hoagland Photo)

North American F-100C Super Sabre (Serial No. 54-1851), c/n 217-112.  This aircraft came from the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia, in exchange for North American F-100D Super Sabre (Serial No. 56-2995), which was previously mounted here on a pylon.

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (Serial No. 52-6382)

Fitchburg

Douglas C-47B Skytrain (Serial No. 45-972), New England Escadrille, Fitchburg Municipal Airport.

Freetown

(RIclimber Photo)

Bell AH-1 Cobra (Serial No. 79-23240), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 6643.

Nantucket

North American SNJ-5 Texan (Serial No. 88-16388), Reg. No. N6436D, William F. McGrath Jr, 10 Sheep Commons Lane, Nantucket, MA 02554-2908.

North Attleboro

(Author Photo)

Bell 47 (Serial No. 4077), on static display on a trailer in front of G I Joe's Army & Navy Surplus Store.

Plymouth

Curtiss Wright Jr CW1 (Serial No. 1146), Reg. No. N10968, KEF Enterprises, PO Box 929, Plymouth MA 02362-0929.

Somerville

Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Serial No. 75-8438), Reg. No. N727A, Stearman Associates Inc., 13 Kingston Street, Somerville, MA 02144.

South Weymouth

(Ktr101 Photo)

Douglas A-4B Skyhawk (BuNo 142940), mounted on a pylon.  This aircraft is a memorial at the former Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Weymouth, Rockland, and Abington.

North American SNJ-5 Texan (Serial No. 8814025), Reg. No. N64260D, Thomas F. Twomey, 1106 Main Street, South Weymouth, MA 02190.

Springfield

Miller Zeta (Serial No. 1), Reg. No. NX1331, 1937 Racing aircraft.

Stow

Warplanes preserved at Stow with The Collings Foundation, are presented on a separate page on this website.

Westfield

Massachusetts Air National Guard, Barnes Air National Guard Base, 175 Falcon Drive, Westfield, MA 01085-1482.  Phone: (508) 968-4667, (508) 968-4667.  104th Fighter Wing.

(Jeff Nelson Photo)

Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 79-0100), painted as 78-648, mounted on a pylon.

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

(Nobuhiko Moriya Photo)

North American F-100D Super Sabre (Serial No. 56-3008), mounted on a pylon in a Memorial Park.

(Daniel L. Berek Photo)

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (Serial No. 51-9480)

Westover

The first transatlantic helicopter flight was carried out by Captain Vincent H. McGovern and 1st Lieutenant Harold W. Moore when they piloted two Sikorsky H-19s from Westover to Prestwick, Scotland (3,410 mi).  The trip was made in five stops, with a flying time of 42 hr., 25 min, from 15-31 July 1952.

Worcester

Bell AH-1 Cobra (Serial No. 70-16096), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Chapter No. 554.

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