Warplanes of the USA: South Carolina, Bamberg to Walterboro

‍Warplanes preserved in South Carolina

Bamberg

(Valder137 Photos)

Vought F4U-4 Corsair (BuNo. 97143), airworthy, James Tobul.

Beaufort, Marine Corps Air Station, Merritt Field.

(Adrian Brooks Photo)

Boeing Vertol HH-46D Sea Knight (BuNo. 152530), C/N 2152, mounted on concrete pedestals.

(Adrian Brooks Photo)

Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (BuNo. 147772), 01, C/N 12536.

(Jim Hoagland Photo)

(Nobuhiko Moriya Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F-4N Phantom II (BuNo. 152270), DW-201, C/N 1006.

(Jim Hoagland Photo)

(Adrian Brooks Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet (BuNo. 163157), VE-200, C/N 0586/A-493, USMC.

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet (BuNo. 163486), EA-01, C/N 0719/D016.

(Jim Hoagland Photos)

(Adrian Brooks Photo)

North American FJ-3 Fury (BuNo. 141376), DR-3, painted as (BuNo. 135841), mounted on a concrete pylon, on loan from the MCMM.

(Jim Hoagland Photo)

(Adrian Brooks Photo)

Vought F-8U-2 (F-8C) Crusader (BuNo. 146963), DC-2.

Camden

Goodyear FG-1D Corsair (BuNo.), c/n BA45FG-1, Reg. No. N43FG, Barry Avent, New York.

(Mike Sanchez Photo)

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 63-7622), (MSN 708) nicknamed "Born Again".  This aircraftt flew with the 114th TFTS, Oregon ANG in Sep 1988.  It was initially preserved at Shaw AFB, South Carolina.  It is currently preserved at Woodward Field, painted as (Serial No. 67 622)..

Charleston AFB, Air Park, 29404-5000.

Convair F-106A Delta Dart (Serial No.).

Douglas C-47B Skytrain (Serial No. 43-49355), painted as VC-47D (Serial No. 42-100972), T2-U, C/N 15171/26616, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II (Serial No. 52-1072), C/N 43981.

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

Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation (Serial No. 54-0180), painted as (Serial No. 54-0153), C/N 4199.

( Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo0

Lockheed C-141B Starlifter (Serial No. 64-0624), "City of Charleston" of the 437th Air Wing based at Charleston AFB, 14 April 1984.

Lockheed C-141B Starlifter (Serial No. 63-8079), C/N 300-6010.

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

Charleston, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, 171 Moultrie Street, 29409.

Bell AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (Serial No. 0-22699).

(carolina1 Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0816), XT, “Annette”.

Redstone Missile.

Cheraw

North American P-51D Mustang (Serial No. 45-11367), "Angels Playmate", P-51 Mustang LLC.

Chesnee

Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter (Serial No. 70-16034), VFW Post 48.

Chesterfield

(Armchair Aviator's Photo)

Vultee BT-13A Valiant (Serial No.), c/n AAF-41-22410A. Wendell W. Hall.

Columbia, South Carolina Military Museum, 1 National Guard Road.  Johnson B. Freeman, Curator of Weapons.

(Johnson B. Freeman Photo)

Bell UH-1M Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 66-06643).

(Johnson B. Freeman Photo)

Bell H-13B Sioux Helicopter (Serial No. 1).

(Johnson B. Freeman Photo)

Bell OH-58A Kiowa Helicopter (Serial No. 72-21330).

Columbia, Fort Jackson Museum, Jackson Boulevard, 29207.

Bell UH-1B Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 64-13972), C/N 1096.

Columbia, South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, 29212/

Clemson AM A-100 (Serial No. X-372).

North American B-25C Mitchell (Serial No.).

Columbia, McEntire Joint Reserve Base

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 75-0746).

Florence, Air and Missile Museum, 2204 East Palmetto Street, 29506.  This museum closed in August 1997.  A number of aircraft that had been on display here as well as a V-2 rocket, were dispersed to other museums.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, disassembled parts, moved to a new location.

Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter (Serial No. 52-2624), C/N 16655, moved to a new location.

Convair YF-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 53-1788), FC-788, moved to the Carolinas Aviation Museum in North Carolina.

(USAF Photo)

Douglas/On Mark B-26K Invader of the 609th Special Operations Squadron in flight over South-East Asia, sometime between 1967 and 1969.  The B-26K (Serial No. 64-17671), ex-A-26C (Serial No. 44-35820) was rebuilt by On Mark as a B-26K and arrived in South-East Asia in June 1966.  It was retired to the MASDC on 10 November 1969. The aircraft was later displayed in the Florence Air & Missile Museum, South Carolina.  When the museum closed in 1997, 64-17671 was scrapped for spare parts.

Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer (Serial No. 04959).  Now with the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, 17 Aviation Drive, Horseheads, New York, on loan from the NMNA.

Douglas RB-66 Destroyer (Serial No. 53-0431), C/N 44312, moved to a new location.

Grumman C-1A trader (BuNo. 136790), 90, C/N 43, moved to Grissom AFB.

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 53-6089), TR-089, C/N 580-9710, moved to the Florenceville Regional Airport.

Lockheed NC-121K Warning Star (BuNo. 141292), C/N 4416.  Broken up for spare parts.

McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (Serial No.), moved to the Carolinas Aviation Museum in North Carolina.

North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 52-5737), C/N 187-159.  Now in Burlington, New Jersey.

Northrop F-89J Scorpion (Serial No. 53-2646), C/N N4777, moved to Shaw AFB.

Sikorsky HO4S-1 Horse (BuNo. 125506), moved to the Texas Air Museum, Slaton, Texas.

Gaffney

Cessna T-34B Tweet (Serial No. 54-2733), Cherokee County Veterans Museum.

Greenville

(hummerstation Photo)

North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 52-1976), FU-976, mounted on three iron posts in Cleveland Park.

This memorial is dedicated to Major Rudolf Anderson Jr., a pilot and commissioned officer in the USAF and the first recipient of the Air Force Cross, the USAF's second-highest award for heroism.  He was the only person killed by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  On 27 Oct 1962, while serving with the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Major Anderson took off in a U-2F (Serial Number 56-6676, former CIA Article 343) from a forward operating location at McCoy AFB in Orland, Florida.  A few hours into his mission, he was shot down by a Soviet-supplied S-75 Dvina (NATO designation SA-2 Guidline) surface-to-air missile, near Banes, Cuba.

Greer

(papermanone and catlover Photo)

Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter (Serial No. 67-15768).

Hilton Head

(RuthAS Photo)

Waco CTO c/n A95, built in 1929, Reg. No. NC744H.

Hopkins

(Jim Hoagland Photo)

Beechcraft C18S (C-45F) Expeditor (Serial No. 8104), paintd as (Serial No. 44-47696), Reg. No. N7381C, Harold Ewing.

McEntire ANGB, South Carolina Air National Guard, 169th FG, Memorial Park, 29044-9690.

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-0985).

Lockheed F-80H Shooting Star (Serial No.).

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 51-6915).

Lockheed F-104C Starfighter (Serial No. 57-0920).

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 70-1035).

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

North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 53-1386).

North American F-86L Sabre Dog (Serial No. 53-1064).

Warplanes preserved in the Mount Pleasant, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, are presented on a separate page on this website.

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Myrtle Beach AFB, Warbird Park, 1181 Shine Ave.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No.).

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 79-0079).

Lockheed PV-2 (BuNo.).

(papermanone and catlover Photo)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 70-1019), MB, C/N D-165.

(Anthony Rice Photo)

North American F-100D Super Sabre (Serial No. 56-2967), FW967, C/N 235-65, mounted on a pylon.

North Myrtle Beach

(Theshipsgunner Photo)

Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon (BuNo. 37492), painted as "Air Tropic Island Charters" on display at Mayday Golf.

Shaw AFB, 29152-5000.

Cessna O-2A Skymaster (Serial No. 68-10962), SR, C/N 337M-0238, mounted on a pylon.

Douglas RB-66C Destroyer (Serial No. 54-0465), JN, C/N 44765.

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 75-0309).

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (Serial No.).

(C. Mark Sublette Photos)

General Dynamics F-111E (SerialNo. 68-0039).

McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (Serial No. 58-0273).

(USAF Photo)

McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo (Serial No. 56-0172) of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.  This aircraft was assigned to the 45th TRS, 460th TRW, and shot down by gunfire on 2 April 1966 over North Vietnam.  The pilot, Captain Daniel James Doughty, USAF, became a prisoner of war.

(C. Mark Sublette Photo)

McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo (Serial No. 56-0099), C/N 333, mounted on concrete stands.

McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 63-7748), SW, C/N 532, mounted on a concrete stand.

(Jim Hoagland Photos)

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (Serial No. 42-26470), mounted on a pylon in front of Headquarters 9th Air Force.

Republic F-105 Thunderchief (Serial No.).

Walterboro

(Clay Jansson Photo)

Douglas R5D-4R Skymaster (BuNo. 90414), coded QF, USMC, MARS-37.

Douglas C-54E Skymaster, USAAC (Serial No. 27370), USN R5D-4R (BuNo. 90414), "Spirit of Freedom", The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation (BAHF), Lowcountry Regional Airport.

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