I wish to thank Scott Wilson for his picture of 63-7431.
USAF S/N REMARKS 63-7410 This aircraft was not assigned to the 4453rd. The records indicate this aircraft was assigned to Eglin AFB. It crashed in Tulsa, Ok on Jan 24,1981. 63-7411 This F4C flew longer than any other. Its last flight was on May 15, 1988. At that time, it had 6,530 flight hours. It was then being flown by the 188th TFG of the Arkansas ANG. It is on static display at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Ray Ritchott aka Ricochet Rabbit crewed this bird for the 4453rd.
Photo by Monroe Smith
63-7412 Last flown by MI-ANG till 1986. 63-7413 Was at Sheppard TTC by May 1986. 63-7414 On display Midland Air Museum (UK) 63-7415 Last flown by HI-ANG till April 1984. 63-7416 Crashed at Avon Park, Florida on May 22, 1964 63-7417 On display at Casselton ND 63-7418 This aircraft flew an accelerated schedule called 'lead the force'. It was the first F4C to fly 1,000 hours. In December 1967, it reached 2,000 hours. On this flight, it was crewed by LCol John C. Holley the 4455th CCTS Commander and Sgt Herbert Bencosky. It was last flown by the Indiana ANG andretired in 1986. 63-7419 On display Lakenheath (UK) 63-7420 Last flown by 111FIS till Jan 1986. 63-7421 On display Hermeskeil Museum (D) 63-7423 "Jail Bait" on display Speyer Museum. Modified to EF-4C Wild Weasel 63-7426 On display Sheppard AFB 63-7430 Last flown by 58TFTW, crashed Aug 19, 1976. 63-7431 On display Kelly AFB 63-7434 Last flown by 401TFW Torrejon, Spain. 63-7435 Crashed Aug 24, 1968. 63-7436 Last flown by MI-ANG in 1984. 63-7437 Last flown by 113TFS Hill AFB 1986. Modified to EF-4C Wild Weasel 63-7439 Last flown by 182 TFS TX-ANG. 1984. 63-7440 On display Enid, OK. Modified to EF4-C Wild Weasel 63-7453 63-7457 Battle Damage Repair Vehicle...Soesterberg 63-7458 Crashed Jun 24,1966 after a spin. Crew ejected safely. 63-7480 63-7505 Being used as a battle repair vehicle. Now sitting in a field at Mountain Home AFB 63-7507 On display Marshalltown (IO) 63-7519 On display George AFB 63-7520 63-7530 63-7534 This aircraft was delivered to the 15thTFW at MacDill in Aug 1964, she was transferred to the 4453rd at DM in April 1968. She was at Da Nang with the 366th, then at Cam Rahn Bay with the 12TFW. She then joined the 347th at Yakota and then returned to DM and the 4453rd in Feb 1971. She was transferred to the 58th TFTW at Luke in July of 71 and in 1973 she was sent to Keflavik, Iceland and the 57th FIS. In June 78 she joined the Michigan ANG and the 191th FIG where she was known as "Defiance II". She now rests at the Selfridge Museum.
63-7536 63-7617 63-7627 Crashed near Gila Bend,AZ probably on 9/16/66 63-7632 Scrapped Sept 1, 1987 63-7635 63-7646 Last seen in pieces at Yanks Air Museum after going to AMARC Jul 21,1988 63-7655 63-7662 To AMARC Aug 16,1989. Then to Fritz Entr. Taylor MI. Jun 1, 1999 63-7665 63-7702 Converted to GF4-C at Pratt County Historical Museum, KS in 2003 63-7707 63-7708 63-7711 To AMARC Apr 27,1987 63-7737 64-0655 64-0659 64-0747 64-0753 64-0766 64-0792 On display Hickam AFB 64-0793 Last seen on trailer at Hickam AFB for transfer to Korea for display 64-0794 64-0799 On display Peterson AFB Museum (CO) 64-0801 64-0805 64-0809 RECORDS SHOW THIS AIRCRAFT ALSO ASSIGNED TO THE 4080TH SRW AT DM ??? Crashed on or near DMAFB on 5/21/66 I have been told that this was a transient aircraft. Policy was to assign a crashed aircraft to the primary unit of the base where the crash occurred. Originally it was assigned as a 4080th aircraft. The next day it was changed to a 4453rd. 64-0814 64-0825 Stored at NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX as of 2004 64-0834 64-0836 64-0839 Crashed in Northeast Laos Mar 10,1967 64-0883 Crashed near Gila Bend, Az on July 14, 1977 while assigned to the 426th TFTS of the 58th TFW at Luke AFB. see Smoke Trails vol 6 no.2 F4D 66-7744 Crashed in Tucson 12/19/67 on takeoff
