142236 through 142673

A-3 Production Listing
A-3 BUNO's 142236 through 142673 74 Total
#	BuNo	Model	FSN	A date	D date	Status	Remarks	Latest updates in red
128	142236	A3D-2	11562	10-57	11-62	Lost	Lost in flight while operated from USS Bon Homme Richard by VAH-4.
129	142237	A3D-2	11563	10-57	5-75	Scrapped	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in May '69. Scrapped at MASDC.
130	142238	A3D-2	11564	10-57	5-78		Converted to KA-3B by NARF ' Alameda in June '67. Still in SARDIP.
131	142239	A3D-2	11565	10-57	1-73	Salvaged	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Jan. '69. Found beyond economical repair while undergoing rework and salvaged.
132	142240	A3D-2	11566	11-57	4-63	Display	Damaged in flight and stored. Now on display aboard USS Yorktown in Charleston, SC.
133	142241	A3D-2	11567	10-57	10-70	Salvaged	Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in Jan. '68. Salvaged at NARF Alameda.
134	142242	A3D-2	11568	12-57	4-76	Crash landing	Destroyed at Lakehurst, NJ, when forward and aft fuel cells exploded during off center arresting gear test.
135	142243	A3D-2	11569	11-57	1-62	Lost in flight	Lost in flight accident while operated from NAS Sanford by VAH-1.
136	142244	A3D-2	11570	12-57	8-71	Salvaged	Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in June'67. Service life expired while serving with VAQ-130 at NAS Alameda and salvaged.
137	142245	A3D-2	11571	12-57	5-61	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated from USS F. D. Roosevelt by VAH-11.
138	142246	A3D-2	11572	11-57	2-76	Display	Last served at NATC Patuxent River. Donated to Bradley Air Museum, CT. http://www.neam.org/
139	142247	A3D-2	11573	12-57	5-78		Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in June '67. Still in SARDIP.
140	142248	A3D-2	11574	1-58	3-75	Salvaged	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67, to EKA-3B in Oct. '68 and back to KA-3B in March '69. Salvaged after inflight accident while used for flight training at NARF Alameda.
141	142249	A3D-2	11575	1-58	7-73	Stored	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in May'67 and to EKA-3B in July '68. Stored at MASDC since April '82.
142	142250	A3D-2	11576	1-58	12-64	Lost in flight	Lost during training flight (due to control system failure) on Dec. 27, '64 while operated by VAH-2 from USS Hancock in Gulf of Tonkin.
143	142251	A3D-2	11577	2-58	9-73	Stored	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in Aug. '67 and to EKA-3B in June '69. Stored at MASDC since April '82.
144	142252	A3D-2	11578	2-58	8-70	Crashed	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in July '67 and to EKA-3B in June'69. Crashed in Colorado following loss of control at high altitude while operated from NAS Alameda by VAQ-131.
145	142253	A3D-2	11579	1-58	5-78		Converted to Ka-3B by NARF Alameda in June '67. Still in SARDIP.
146	142254	A3D-2	11580	3-58	3-59	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated by VAH-3 from USS Ranger.
147	142255	A3D-2	11581	2-58	11-73	Stored	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in July'67 and to EKA-3B in Sept. '68. Stored at MASDC since May '75.
148	142256	YA3D-2P	11582	4-58		Active	After completion of contract by Westinghouse, bailed to Thunderbird Aviation, then to Hughes Aircraft. Currently preserved and stored at Mojave Airport. Civil registration as N256HA.
149	142257	YA3D-2Q	11583	8-58	3-74	Lost	Lost while operated by VQ-2.
150	142400	A3D-2	11584	3-58	7-70	Crashed	Converted by NARF Alameda as KA-3B in May '67 and to EKA-3B in June'69. Crashed on July 4, 1970 after drag chute deployed during bolter when landing aboard the USS America in the Gulf of Tonkin at the end of a tanker sortie with VAQ-132.
151	142401	A3D-2	11585	2-58	5-78		Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in June '67. Still in SARDIP.
152	142402	A3D-2	11586	3-58	9-62	Crash landing	Lost on Sept. 24, '62 in landing accident aboard USS Midway while operated by VAH-8.
153	142403	A3D-2	11587	4-58	Stored		Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June'67 and to EKA-3B in April '68. To NAVPRO Dallas for wing and catapult tests in Aug. '85.
154	142404	A3D-2	11588	3-58	12-73	Stored	At NATC during 1966 for Approach Power Compensator evaluation. Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in July '69 and to EKA-3B in ??. Stored at MASDC since Dec. '73.
155	142405	A3D-2	11589	4-58	8-64	Salvaged	Damaged in flight while operated from NAS Whidbey Island by VAH 8 and salvaged.
156	142406	A3D-2	11590	4-58	1-72	Salvaged	Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in June '67. Salvaged at MASDC.
157	142407	A3D-2	11591	4-58	3-61		Damaged beyond economical repair while operated aboard USS Coral Sea by VAH-2.
158	142630	A3D-2	11693	5-58	9-91	Display	Operated by NWC China Lake as NA-3B until stricken at AMARC. On display at AMARC (Davis Monthan AFB, AZ.) http://www.dm.af.mil/amarc/default.htm
159	142631	A3D-2	11694	5-58	7-64	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated from USS F. D. Roosevelt by VAH-11
160	142632	A3D-2	11695	5-58	Stored	Salvaged ?	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in July '67 and to EKA-3B in June '68. Stored at MASDC since Apr. '82.
161	142633	A3D-2	11696	6-58	10-66	Launch lose	Lost on Oct. 2, '66 after shedding bridle when catapulted off USS Coral Sea in Gulf of Tonkin at start of ferry flight by VAH-2.
162	142634	A3D-2	11697	5-58	1-73	Launch lose	Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in June '67 and later to EKA-3B. Lost on Jan. 21, '73 when catapulted from the USS Ranger in the Gulf of Tonkin while operated by VAQ-130 on tanker sortie.
163	142635	A3D-2	11698	6-58	1-72	Salvaged	Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in June '67. Salvaged at MASDC.
164	142636	A3D-2	11699	6-58	12-58	Lost in flight	Lost over Caribbean while operated by VAH-11.
165	142637	A3D-2	11700	7-58	10-61	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated from NAS Sanford by VAH-11.
166	142638	A3D-2	11701	7-58	1-74	Stored	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Jan. '69. Stored at MASDC since April '82.
167	142639	A3D-2	11702	8-58	7-59	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated from USS Ranger by VAH-6.
168	142640	A3D-2	11703	6-58	10-59	Crashed	Crashed near Napa, CA, on Sept. 18, '59 while operated from NAS Whidbey Island by VAH-2.
169	142641	A3D-2	11704	7-58	7-59	Lost in flight	Lost over Caribbean while operated by VAH-11.
170	142642	A3D-2	11705	7-58	3-60	Crashed	Crashed 10 miles south of Harrington, WA, while operated from NAS Whidbey Island by VAH-2.
171	142643	A3D-2	11706	8-58	4-59	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated from NAS Sanford by VAH-7.
172	142644	A3D-2	11707	9-58	5-78		Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in June '67. Still in SARDIP.
173	142645	A3D-2	11708	8-58	10-58	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated from NAS Jacksonville by VAH-1.
174	142646	A3D-2	11709	9-58	Stored	Salvaged ?	Converted to EKA-3B by NARF Alameda in Sept. '68. Stored at MASDC since April 82
175	142647	A3D-2	11710	9-58	12-73	Stored	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in May '67 and to EKA-3B in Nov. '68. Stored at MASDC since Nov. '73.
176	142648	A3D-2	11711	10-58	10-61	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated from NAS Sanford by VAH-11.
177	142649	A3D-2	11712	12-58	10-72	Crashed	Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in July '67. Crashed at Buckley ANGB, CO, while operated from NAS Alameda by VAQ-308.
178	142650	A3D-2	11713	12-58	8-90	Stored	Beginning with this aircraft all A3D-2s were delivered by Douglas with the tanker package. Stricken at AMARC.
179	142651	A3D-2	11714	3-59	7-73	Stored	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Nov. '67. Stored at MASDC since March '78.
180	142652	A3D-2	11715	3-59	7-73	Stored	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Nov. '67. Stored at MASDC since Aug. '73.
180	142653	A3D-2	11716	3-59	4-66	Shot down	Shot down by MiG over China Sea on Apr. 12, '66 while ferried from Cubi Point to USS Kitty Hawk by VAH-4 crew
182	142654	A3D-2	11717	4-59	7-73	Stored	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Nov. '67. Stored at MASDC since May '75.	Photo from Kent Kaiser
183	142655	A3D-2	11718	3-59	10-67	Lost	Lost on Oct. 21, '67 due to accidental ignition of JATO bottles during launch from USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin while operated by VAH-4 on logistics flight.
184	142656	A3D-2	11719	3-59	Stored	Salvaged ?	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Jan. '68. Stored at MASDC since May '75.
185	142657	A3D-2	11720	3-59	5-70	Lost in flight	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in July '67 and to EKA-3B in Dec. '67. Assigned to VAQ-135, this EKA-3B bingoed to Da Nang but was lost before reaching its destination during flight from Cubi Point to USS Coral Sea on May 16,'70.
186	142658	A3D-2	11721	3-59	7-67	Lost in flight	Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda in June '67. Lost on July 28, '67 following double engine failure during tanker sortie while operated by VAH-4 from USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin.	Photo by Joel McEachen
187	142659	A3D-2	11722	4-59	7-77	Crashed	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Sept. '67. Destroyed on July 10, '77 due to mishandled aborted take-off while operated by VAQ-308 from NAS Alameda.
188	142660	A3D-2	11723	4-59	Stored	Salvaged ?	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Feb. '68. Stored at MASDC since May'78.
189	142661	A3D-2	11724	4-59	Stored	Salvaged ?	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in June '67 and to EKA-3B in Dec. '67. Stored at MASDC since May'78.
190	142662	A3D-2	11725	4-59	1989 ??		Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in ??, to EKA-3B in ?? and back to KA-3B in ??. Assigned to VAK-308. SARDIP at Alameda, wings cut off and towed to DRMO.
191	142663	A3D-2	11726	5-59	10-61	Lost in flight	Lost in flight while operated from NAS Sanford by VAH-5.	Photo by Joel McEachen
2	142664	A3D-2	11727	5-59		Salvaged	Converted by NARF Alameda to KA-3B in July '67, to EKA-3B in Feb. '68 and back to KA-3B in Oct. '74. Assigned to VAK-308. SARDIP at Alameda, wings cut off and towed to DRMO.
193	142665	A3D-2	11728	5-59	4-66	Launch lose	Lost on Apr. 1, '66 after nosewheel collapsed when catapulted from USS Enterprise in Gulf of Tonkin while operated by VAH-2 on tanker sortie.
194	142666	A3D-2P	11729	8-58	10-6-69	Stored	Stricken at AMARC, only full up RA-3B w/camera gear still installed.
195	142667	A3D-2P	11730	9-58		Active	Converted to NRA-3B and assigned to PMTC. Operated at Pt. Mugu until 10/90, then bailed to Hughes Aircraft. Currently operated at Van Nuys Airport. Civil reg. # is N576HA
196	142668	A3D-2P	11731	10-58		Active	Stored at MASDC for several years and retrieved from storage in 1981 for conversion by NARF Alameda to ERA-3B and assignment to VAQ-33 then VAQ-34. Bailed to Thunderbird. Bailed to Hughes. Currently stored at Mojave Airport. Civil reg. # N163TB
197	142669	A3D-2P	11732	11-58	6-1-71	Stored	Stored at MASDC but never reactivated.
198	142670	A3D-2Q	11733	9-58	6-68	Lost in flight	Lost in flight accident while operated by VQ-2.
199	142671	A3D-2Q	11734	10-58	4-89	Stored	At NATC in Nov.-Dec. '59 for combined Stability and Control, and Aircraft and Engine Performance Trials. Assigned to VQ-1. Ran off runway at NAS Barbers Pt. Jan. 85. Repaired by Alameda field team. Stored at AMARC.
200	142672	A3D-2Q	11735	10-59	1-85	Lost in flight	Converted by Douglas as VA-3B for use by CNO. In storage at MASDC from 1974 until retrieved by VAQ-33 team in Sept. '80. Overhauled by NARF Alameda and assigned to VQ-1. Lost at sea 125 miles NNW of Guam on Jan. 23, '85 while operated by VQ-1.
201	142673	A3D-2Q	11736	1-59	Salvgd.	Spare parts	Used as a source of spare parts by NARF Alameda.