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The North American AJ Savage (later A-2 Savage) was a carrier-based medium bomber built for the United States Navy by North American Aviation. The aircraft was designed shortly after World War II to carry atomic bombs and this meant that the bomber was the heaviest aircraft thus far designed to operate from an aircraft carrier. It was powered by two piston engines and a turbojet buried in the rear fuselage. The AJ-1 first became operational in 1950 and several were based in South Korea during 1953 as a deterrent against the Communists. Of the 140 built, plus three prototypes, 30 were reconnaissance aircraft. Inflight-refueling equipment was deployed on the Savage in the mid-1950s. The bomber was replaced by the Douglas A3D Skywarrior beginning in 1957.

• First prototype.
• First flight, March 7, 1948.
• Struck off charge, March 1957.
• Transferred to NATC.
• Loaned to Grumman Corp.
• Transferred to NAEC Patuxent River, circa 1967
• Used for static load catapult testing (outer wings removed, bomb bay loaded with 10,000 lbs of iron ballast)
• Set aside for intended Fourth Naval District museum, circa 1974
• Transferred to NAS Norfolk and offered for sale, circa 1980
• Sold to Peck Iron Metal of Portsmouth, VA and scrapped, May 1980

*9/1948: First flight. Date?
*2/1949: Crashed into the sea off Los Angeles, CA due to structural failure. 2 crewmen were killed. Date?

*1/1949: First flight. Date?
*Crashed at Edwards AFB, CA due to wing failure. Date?

*5/1949: First flight. Date?
*1949: NATC.
*6/22/1950: Crashed near Bedford, VA. 3 crewmen were killed.

*VC-5.
*1957: VAH-11.
*7/1957: Damaged beyond repair in an accident at Love Field, TX. Date?

*VC-5.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*11/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*8/27/1950: Crashed near Edwards AFB, CA due to structural failure. 2 crewmen were killed. Or on 8/7/1950?

*1950-53: NATC.
*2/4/1953: Crashed on take-off from NAS Patuxent River, MD. 2 crewmen were killed.

*VC-5.
*1950: VC-6.
*11/13/1950: Caught fire and crashed near NAS Patuxent River, MD.

*NATC.
*HATU.
*10/1962: Struck off charge.

*1949: NATC.
*1955-56: VAH-5 as NB-6.
*9/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an deck accident on USS Coral Sea. Date?

*VC-5.
*1952: VC-7.
*9/6/1952: Crashed. 1 crewman was killed.

*VC-5.
*1952-53: VC-6 as NF-8.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955: VC-5.
*1955-57: VAH-5.
*10/1957: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*NATC.
*1950: VC-5 as NB-8.
*8/11/1953: Crashed on the deck off USS Bennington.

*1950: VC-5.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955: VAH-9.
*1955-57: VAH-5.
*9/1957: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1950: Project Sandia aircraft.
*8/30/1950: Crashed while landing at Kirtland AFB, NM.

*1957: NATC.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N9142Z.
*Converted to a fire bomber.
*1969: Salvaged.

*1949: VC-5 as NB-4.
*1950: VC-5 as NB-1.
*1950-52: VC-6.
*9/1955: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*1950-53: VC-6.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*1957: VAH-11 as GN-607.
*7/1957: Struck off charge.

*1950: NATC.
*7/1957: Struck off charge.

*NATC.
*1953: VC-6 as NF-2.
*1955-56: VAH-5 as NB-12.
*10/1957: Struck off charge.

*1950: VC-5 as NB-3.
*10/27/1950: Crashed into the sea after launch from USS F.D. Roosevelt, off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2 crewmen were killed.

*1950-51: VC-5 as NB-4.
*1951: VC-6.
*1957: VAH-11 as GN-603.
*9/1957: Struck off charge.
*Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*VC-5.
*1954: VC-8.
*9/4/1954: Crashed into the sea while landing on USS Randolph off the US East Coast. Or on 9/7/1954? Or 9/3/1954?

*VC-5.
*1951-53: VC-6.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*1956-57: VAH-5.
*5/1958: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1955-57: VAH-5.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N9143Z.
*Converted to a fire bomber.
*9/17/1967: Crashed on take-off from Burbank APT, CA due to engine failure. Pilot was killed.

*VC-5.
*HATU.
*1951-52: VC-5.
*1955-56: VAH-5.
*4/1958: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1951: Project Sandia aircraft.
*6/8/1951: Caught fire and crashed in New Mexico. 2 crewmen were killed.

*VC-5.
*1950-53: VC-6.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*1956-57: VAH-5 as NB-7.
*1/1958: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*3/6/1951: Caught fire and crashed. 3 crewmen were killed.

*VC-5.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*1957: VAH-5.
*8/1957: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1950-51: VC-6.
*11/29/1951: Written off.

*NATC.
*1955: VC-5 as NB-3.
*4/1956: Struck off charge.

*1950-52: VC-5 as NB-8.
*1955: VC-5.
*1955-56: VAH-5.
*8/1957: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1952-53: VC-6.
*1955: VC-5.
*1955-56: VAH-5.
*9/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*1950-53: VC-6.
*11/1955: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1955: VC-5.
*1955-57: VAH-5.
*10/1957: Struck off charge.

*NATC.
*2/27/1956: Written off.

*VC-5.
*1951-52: VC-6.
*8/1952: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1950-51: NATC.
*2/1957: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1951-52: VC-6.
*6/1955: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*11/1954: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*1954-55: VC-9.
*12/25/1955: Crashed into a mountain near Lajes Airfield, Azores. 2 crewmen were killed.

*1950: Converted to AJ-1P prototype.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955: VAH-9.
*8/1955: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date? Or not until after 1956?

*VC-5.
*1951: VC-6.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*11/1957: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1952-53: VC-8 as NC-3.
*1955-56: VAH-5.
*10/27/1956: Written off.

*VC-5.
*1952-53: VC-6.
*1956: VAH-11 as NC-3.
*5/1957: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*1955: VC-8.
*7/20/1955: Crashed near Naples, Italy. 3 crewmen were killed.

*VC-5.
*1952-53: VC-6.
*1955: VC-5 as NB-10.
*1955-56: VAH-5 as NB-10.
*1956: VAH-11.
*10/27/1956: Crashed into the sea while attempting to land on USS Randolph north of Crete. 4 crewmen were killed.

*VC-5.
*HATU.
*1952-53: VC-6.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*1956: VC-9 as FG-7.
*7/1957: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*HATU.
*1955: VC-5.
*1955-56: VAH-5.
*10/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*1/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*6/1958: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*10/1957: Struck off charge.

*1950: NATC.
*1955: VC-9.
*1955-56: VAH-9.
*2/1957: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VC-5.
*1954: HATU as AN-862.
*1955: VC-5.
*1955-57: VAH-5.
*10/1957: Struck off charge.

*VC-5.
*1/1953: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1955: VC-5.
*1955-56: VAH-5.
*9/8/1956: Crashed on the deck while landing on USS Coral Sea and slid into aircraft parking area, damaging 13 planes.

*6/1957: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*2/1960: Struck off charge.

*NATC.
*1956: VAP-62 as TP-8.
*1960: VAP-62.
*2/1960: Struck off charge.
*Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953: VJ-62 as TP-2.
*1/1956: Struck off charge.

*VJ-61.
*1953: VJ-62 as TP-1.
*VAP-61.
*7/21/1956: Written off.

*VJ-61.
*VAP-61.
*2/1960: Struck off charge.

*6/1957: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1953-54: VJ-61 as PB-1.
*12/1959: Struck off charge.

*VAP-61.
*2/1960: Struck off charge.

*VJ-62 as TP-4.
*2/1953: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1954: VJ-61.
*2/1960: Struck off charge.

*1953-54: VJ-61 as PB-2.
*11/1959: Struck off charge.

*1953-54: VJ-61 as PB-6.
*1959: VAP-61 as SS-21.
*2/1960: Struck off charge.

*NATC.
*11/1959: Struck off charge.

*1954-55: VJ-61.
*VAP-61.
*11/1959: Struck off charge.

*1954-55: VJ-61 as PB-3.
*10/1959: Struck off charge.

*5/1958: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*NATC.
*10/1956: Struck off charge.

*12/1959: Struck off charge.

*1955: VJ-61.
*5/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*NATC.
*VJ-61.
*1956: VAP-61 as PB-10.
*5/1959: Damaged beyond repair in an accident at Oppama AB, Japan. Date?

*VAP-61.
*10/18/1958: Written off.

*VAP-61.
*2/1960: Struck off charge.

*2/18/1952: First flight.
*1953-56: NASWF.
*1956-57: VAH-6.
*1957-59: VAH-16.
*1/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953: VC-9.
*1953-54: VJ-62.
*1954-55: VC-6.
*1955-56: VAH-11.
*1956-57: VAH-9.
*1957-58: VAH-7 as GL-406.
*1958-59: VAH-15.
*4/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: NATC.
*1955-56: VAH-11.
*1956: VAH-9. Maybe as GN-604?
*7/3/1956: Written off at NAS Sanford, FL.

*1953-54: NATC.
*1954-55: NOTS Inyokern.
*1955-56: NOTS China Lake.
*1956: VC-6.
*1956-57: VAH-6.
*1957-58: VAH-6 as ZC-25.
*1958: VAH-16.
*1958: VAP-61.
*1958-59: NATFSI Lakehurst.
*3/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-56: VC-6.
*1956-58: VAH-6.
*1958: VAH-16 as ZH-6.
*8/1958: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: VC-6 as NF-5.
*8/23/1955: Written off at NAS North Island, CA.

*1953-56: VC-6.
*1956-58: VAH-6 as ZC-8.
*1958: VAH-16.
*9/1958: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: VC-7.
*1956: VC-6.
*1957-58: VAH-6 as ZC-11.
*1958: VAH-16.
*5/1958: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: VC-7.
*1956: VC-6.
*1956-58: VAH-6 as NF-17.
*1958-59: VAH-16.
*1/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953: VC-7.
*1953-54: VC-5.
*1954: VC-9.
*1954-55: VC-7.
*1955-58: VAH-7.
*1958-59: VAH-16.
*1/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: VC-7.
*1955-56: VC-6.
*1956-58: VAH-6.
*1958-59: VAH-16. As GP-3?
*1/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: VC-6.
*1955: VAH-6 as NF-xx.
*1955-56: VC-6 as NF-7.
*1957-58: VAH-7.
*1958: VAH-15.
*12/9/1958: Crashed in the Ocean View neighborhood of Norfolk, VA. 4 crewmen and 2 civilians on the ground were killed.

*1953-54: VC-6.
*1957-58: VAH-6.
*1958: VAH-16.
*7/1958: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: VC-7.
*1956: VC-6.
*1956-58: VAH-6.
*1958: VAH-16.
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N68667.
*Sold to Avro-Lycoming Corp as an engine testbed as N101Z.
*Currently preserved at the NMNA at NAS Pensacola, FL.

*1953: VC-7.
*1954-55: HATU.
*1956: VAH-7.
*8/27/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident at NAS Sanford, FL.
*Was this one ever preserved at the Sanford Museum, FL?

*1953-54: VC-7 as xx-9.
*1956-57: VC-6.
*1957-59: VAH-16.
*1/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: VC-7.
*1955-56: VAH-11.
*1956-58: VAH-7.
*1958-59: VAH-15.
*1/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1954-56: VJ-61.
*1956: VAP-61.
*1957-58: VAP-61 as SS-4.
*1958: VAP-62 as GB-6.
*1959: VAP-62.
*1960: VAP-62 as GB-6.
*2/1960: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1954-56: VJ-61 as PB-7.
*1956: VAP-61.
*6/15/1959: Struck off charge at NAS Norfolk, VA.

*1954-56: VJ-61.
*1957-58: VAP-61.
*2/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1954-56: VJ-61.
*1956-58: VAP-61.
*9/23/1958: Damaged beyond repair in an accident at NAS Agana, Guam.

*1953-55: VC-9 as FG-1.
*1955: VC-5.
*1955: VC-6.
*1957: VAH-16.
*1958-59: VAH-15.
*1/1959: Struck off charge.
*Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-55: VC-7.
*HATU.
*1958: VAH-16 as ZH-22.
*6/1958: Struck off charge.
*Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1953-54: VC-9 as FG-2.
*1954: VC-5 as NB-xx.
*1957: VAH-7 as NH-2.
*1958-59: VAH-15 as GP-11.
*1/1959: Struck off charge.

*1953: VC-9.
*2/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date? Or not until at least 1958?
*1958: VAH-16 as ZH-22? No?

*1953-54: VC-9.
*1958: VAH-15.
*2/1959: Struck off charge.

*1953-54: VC-9 as FG-5.
*1954: VC-5.
*11/8/1954: Crashed into the sea after a bad launch off USS Coral Sea. 3 crewmen were killed.

*VJ-61.
*1953-54: VC-6.
*1957: VC-6.
*9/1957: Struck off charge.

*1953-54: VC-9.
*1955: VC-5.
*1956-57: VC-6.
*1958-59: VAH-16 as ZH-4.
*8/1959: Struck off charge.

*1953: VC-9 as xx-9.
*1954-56: VC-6.
*1957-58: VAH-7 as AP-501.
*3/1959: Struck off charge.

*1953-55: VC-6.
*1957: VAH-6 as xx-9.
*1957: VAH-6 as ZC-12.
*1959: VAH-16 as ZH-xx.
*8/1959: Struck off charge.
*Put into storage at NAS Alameda, CA?

*1953-55: VC-9.
*2/10/1955: Ran out of fuel and ditched into the sea off the northeast coast of Florida.

*1953-54: VC-9.
*1954-55: VC-5.
*1956: VC-6.
*1957: VAH-6 as ZC-9.
*11/1958: Struck off charge.

*1954: VC-6.
*1958: VAH-16 as ZH-28.
*1959: VAH-16 as ZH-9.
*8/1959: Struck off charge.
*Put into storage at NAS Alameda, CA?

*1954-57: VC-6.
*1957-58: VAH-6 as ZC-xx.
*4/1959: Struck off charge.

*1954: NATC.
*1955-57: VC-6.
*1957: VAH-6 as ZC-21.
*1958: VC-6.
*1/1959: Struck off charge.

*HATU.
*1956: VAH-7 as NH-8.
*1/1959: Struck off charge.

*1954: VC-9.
*1957-58: VAH-7.
*1958: VAH-15.
*4/1958: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1954-55: VC-5.
*1956: VAH-7 as NH-5.
*1957-58: VAH-7 as GL-5.
*1958: VAH-7 as GL-405.
*1958: VAH-15 as GP-5.
*2/1959: Struck off charge.

*1956: VAH-7 as NH-5.
*1958-59: VAH-15 as GP-4.
*1/1959: Struck off charge.

*1955: VC-5.
*1955: VC-6.
*1/1959: Struck off charge.

*1954: VC-9.
*11/1957: Struck off charge.

*1953-55: VC-6.
*1956: VC-6 as NF-10.
*1957: VC-6.
*7/1958: Struck off charge.

*1953-54: VC-6.
*8/6/1954: Written off.

*1954-55: VC-6 as NF-12.
*1957-58: VAH-7 as xx-41x.
*3/1959: Struck off charge.

*1953-55: VC-6.
*1957: VAH-6 as ZC-3.
*12/1957: Struck off charge.

*1954-55: VC-6 as NF-5.
*1956-57: VAH-6 as NF-5.
*1/10/1957: Crashed into the sea off the Los Frailes Islands, Luzon, Philippines due to engine failure.

*1954-56: VC-6 as NF-16.
*10/1957: Struck off charge.

*1954-57: VC-6.
*8/1957: Struck off charge.

*1954: VC-9.
*1958: VAH-15.
*1/1959: Struck off charge.

*1954-55: VC-5.
*3/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1954: VC-9.
*1957-58: VAH-7 as GL-12.
*1958-59: VAH-15 as GP-2.
*1/1959: Struck off charge.

*3/1957: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1958: VAH-15.
*2/1959: Struck off charge.

*1954-56: VC-6.
*1/1956: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*1954: VC-6 as xx-13.
*1956: VAH-6 as NF-13.
*1958-59: VAH-15.
*2/1959: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
*1960-64: Bailed to NASA as 230.
*Burnt up in firefighter training in Columbus, OH.

*1954-55: VC-6 as NF-14.
*3/1/1955: Crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan due to engine failure.

*1954-56: VC-6.
*1956-57: VAH-6 as NF-19.
*1958: VAH-16.
*7/1958: Struck off charge.
*Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

*1955-56: VC-6.
*1956-57: VAH-6 as NF-20.
*4/1958: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

*VAP-61.
*2/1960: Struck off charge.

*1957-58: VAP-62 as GB-4.
*2/1960: Struck off charge.

*1954-55: VJ-61.
*VAP-61.
*3/1957: Damaged beyond repair in an accident. Date?

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