Assignment History of SNJ-5C Buno 90656
This aircraft was built at the North American Aviation Corp. Dallas Texas plant as an AT-6D, U.S. Army Air Forces serial number 42-85873 and immediately offset to the U.S. NAVY allocation block priority number 61-2D and became U.S. NAVY Bureau of Aeronautics (BuA) number 90656.
09-Sept 1944 U.S. NAVY SNJ-5 Buno 90656 is accepted by the U.S. NAVY at the North American Aviation Corp, Dallas TX.
12-Sept 1944 U.S. NAVY takes delivery of the airplane and assigns it to N.A.A.S Whiting Field, 8ND Pensacola, FL.
28-Nov. 1944 Assigned to N.A.A.S. Ellyson, 8ND, Pensacola, FL.
1-Jan. 1945 Assigned VN3D8, N.A.A.S Whiting Field, 8ND Pensacola, FL.
1-Dec. 1945 Assigned to N.A.A.S. Ellyson, 8ND, Pensacola, FL.
05-April 1946 Assigned to N.A.S. Pensacola, FL.
17-July 1946 Reconditioned, N.A.S. Pensacola, FL.
02-Aug, 1946 Assigned to N.A.S. Houma, LA. Stored in blimp hangars
29-Oct. 1947 Assigned to N.A.S. Litchfield Park, AZ. Storage
22-July 1952 Reinstated to active duty, assigned to N.A.S. Pensacola, FL.
06-Sept. 1952 Assigned to FASRON 691 N.A.S. San Diego, 11ND, CA.
24-Sept. 1952 Assigned to carrier duty aboard the U.S.S. Shangri-la, CV 38.
12-Nov. 1952 Assigned to FASRON 895, then FASRON 113, N.A.S. Seattle 13ND, Seattle WA.
13-Oct. 1953 Assigned to VF-54 N.A.S. Miramar, 11ND, San Diego, CA.
11-March 1954 Assigned to FASRON 4, N.A.S. San Diego, 11ND, San Diego, CA.
12-Oct. 1954 Assigned to N.A.S. Pensacola, FL.
27-Dec. 1954 Assigned to NABTC, N.A.A.S. Barin, 8ND, Foley, AL.
22-Jan 1958 Assigned to N.A.S. Pensacola, FL.
23-June 1958 Stricken from U.S. NAVY records at N.A.S. Pensacola, FL.
This airplane had flown a total of 2,291 hours since first being commissioned until it was stricken from U.S. NAVY records.