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The Grumman WF-2 Tracer (redesignated E-1B in 1962) was the first purpose-built airborne early warning aircraft used by the United States Navy. It was a derivative of the Grumman C-1 Trader and entered service in 1958. It was replaced by the more modern Grumman E-2 Hawkeye by the 1970s.

• 1/19/1955: First flight.
• 1/1955: Delivered to the US Navy.
• 1975-76: USS F.D. Roosevelt COD plane.
• 1985: USS Forrestal COD plane as 59.
• 4/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Salvaged.

• 8/14/1968: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

• 1962-66: USS Oriskany COD plane as 750.
• 1968: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 750.
• 1969: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 750.
• 1984: VRC-40.
• Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.

• 1958: USS Saratoga COD plane.
• VRC-40 as CD-751.
• 1976: NAS Oceana Base Flight.
• 7/26/1984: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

• 1957: VS-31 as SP-21? No?
• 1967: USS Intrepid COD plane as 752.
• 1975: USS Nimitz COD plane as 68.
• 1980: USS D.D. Eisenhower COD plane.
• 4/1980: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/19/1982: Struck off charge.
• Sold to the civilian market and registered as N71456.
• Currently preserved at the Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye, AZ.

• 1967: VR-24 as JM-44.
• 1975-78: NAF Mildenhall Base Flight.
• 1983: VR-24 as JM-44.
• 11/24/1983: Went missing over the Mediterranean Sea, along with C-1A 136772, on a flight from Palma to NAF Sigonella, Italy. Perhaps collided with each other? 7 crewmen were killed.

• FASRON-11 as 754.
• 1960-61: USS Lexington COD plane.
• 1972: USS Lexington COD plane.
• 7/12/1976: Struck off charge at NARF Pensacola, FL.
• Currently preserved at the Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola, FL.

• 1975: VR-30 as RW-755.
• 9/9/1977: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

• 1986: NAS Cecil Field Base Flight as 756.
• 10/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Salvaged.

• 1957-58: USS F.D. Roosevelt COD plane.
• 1973: NAF Mildenhall Base Flight.
• VRC-40 as 757.
• 1980: VR-24 as JM-45.
• 1984: VRC-40.
• 6/22/1984: Struck off charge at NAS Norfolk, VA.

• 1959: VR-21.
• 8/26/1959: Written off.

• 1966: VRC-40 as 759.
• 1972-73: USS Saratoga COD plane.
• 1977-78: USS Saratoga COD plane as 60.
• 3/20/1984: Struck off charge at NARF Norfolk, VA.

• 1961: USS Independence COD plane as 760.
• 1963: USS Constellation COD plane as 760.
• 1968: VRC-50 as RG-14.
• 1969: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
• 1984: USS D.D. Eisenhower COD plane.
• 5/1984: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/23/1984: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1960: VR-22 as RB-761.
• 1965: USS Randolph COD plane.
• 1971: VRC-40 as 761.
• 1972: USS Forrestal COD plane as 59.
• 6/23/1980: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

• 1962: USS Wasp COD plane as 00.
• 2/21/1962: Destroyed in a deck accident on USS Wasp in the North Atlantic when HSS-1 145663 caught fire.

• 1956-57: VR-24 as RD-763.
• 1974: USS America COD plane.
• 1979: USS Nimitz COD plane as 68.
• 5/1979: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?
• Salvaged?

• VRC-40 as CD-764.
• 1968: VRC-40 as 764.
• 8/12/1968: Crashed on the island of Crete. 3 crewmen were killed. Or on 11/15/1968?

• 5/18/1960: Written off at NAS Norfolk, VA.

• 1954: VR-24 as RD-766.
• 1968: VR-30 as RW-766.
• 1975-77: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 600.
• 1982-85: VRC-30.
• 1986: VRC-30 as RW-01.
• 4/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N6193Z.

• 1956: VR-24 as RD-767.
• 1962-63: USS Yorktown COD plane as 767.
• 1966: USS Yorktown COD plane as 767.
• 1968-69: USS Yorktown COD plane as 767.
• 1971: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 000.
• 1972: USS Oriskany COD plane as 000.
• VRC-50 as RG-xx.
• 12/1/1983: Struck off charge at NAF Misawa, Japan.

• 1962: USS Keasarge COD plane.
• 8/22/1962: Written off.

• 1955: VR-24 as RD-769.
• 1962-66: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 769.
• 1969: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 000.
• 1971: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
• 1975: NAS Miramar Base Flight.
• 1979: NAS Miramar Base Flight.
• 1981: VRC-40.
• 1984-86: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 769.

• 1958: FASRON-10.
• 8/13/1958: Written off.

• 1961: USS Bon Homme Richard COD plane.
• 2/20/1961: Written off.

• VR-21 as RZ-2.
• 1968: USS Intrepid COD plane as 772.
• 1971-72: VRC-40.
• 1982: USAF J.F. Kennedy COD plane.
• 1983: VR-24 as JM-47.
• 1983: USS J.F. Kennedy COD plane.
• 11/24/1983: Went missing over the Mediterranean Sea, along with C-1A 136753, on a flight from Palma to NAF Sigonella, Italy. Perhaps collided with each other? 7 crewmen were killed.

• 1962-63: VR-21 as RZ-3.
• 1964-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• 1981: VRC-30 as RW-773.
• 10/1981: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N6193N.

• VX-4 as XF-222.
• 1963: VR-21 as RZ-4.
• 1964-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• 1966: VRC-50 as RG-4.
• 1967: VRC-50 as RG-14.
• 1975: USS Oriskany COD plane as 000.
• 1983: USS Constellation COD plane.
• 3/21/1983: Flew into the side of Mount Rainier, WA. 5 crewmen were killed.

• 1970: NAS Oceana Base Flight.
• 1971-72: VR-24 as JM-775.
• 3/9/1984: Struck off charge at NARF Jacksonville, FL.

• 1961-62: VR-21 as RZ-2.
• 1963-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• 1966: VR-21 as RZ-2.
• 1966-67: USS Hornet COD plane as 776.
• 1969-70: USS Hornet COD plane as 000.
• 1977: VRC-50 as RG-324.
• 1984-86: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 776.

• 1966-67: VRC-50 as Rx-xx.
• 1970: USS B.H. Richard COD plane as 777.
• 1975: USS Hancock COD plane as 000.
• 1/23/1984: Struck off charge at NARF Norfolk, VA.

• 1963-64: USS Essex COD plane.
• 1969: VRC-40.
• 1976-77: USS F.D. Roosevelt COD plane.
• VR-24 as JM-778.
• 2/1987: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N61920 and N778SR.

• 1958: FASRON-6.
• 2/20/1958: Written off.

• 1969: USS J.F. Kennedy COD plane.
• 1976-78: USS Lexington COD plane as 780.
• 4/1978: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/19/1982: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.
• Cockpit currently preserved in Santa Clara, CA.

• VRC-40 as 781.
• 1982-84: VRC-30.
• 1985: VRC-30 as RW-01.
• 9/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N475AM.
• Currently preserved at the Pacific Coast Air Museum, CA.

• 1962: USS B.H. Richard COD plane as 782.
• 1965: USS B.H. Richard COD plane.
• 1966: VRC-50 as RG-12.
• 1972: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 000.
• 1976: VX-5 as XE-xx.
• 1983: USS Constellation COD plane.
• 8/18/1983: Struck off charge.

• 1956: VR-24 as JM-8.
• VAAW-35 as VV-xx.
• VAW-11 as RR-xx.
• 1960: VAW-13 as VR-xx.
• 1970: USS Shangri-La COD plane as 000.
• 1978: USS Nimitz COD plane as 68.
• 1980: NAS Brunswick Base Flight.
• 7/1980: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/19/1982: Struck off charge.

• 1965: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• 9/12/1965: Crashed into the South China Sea after a bad launch off USS Independence. 1 crewman was killed.

• VAW-33.
• VAAW-33.
• VAQ-33.
• 1976: VR-30.
• 1982-85: VRC-30.
• 6/24/1985: Struck off charge at NAS North Island, CA.

• 1963-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• 1973: USS Ranger COD plane as 000.
• VR-30 as RW-786.
• 1982-85: VRC-30.
• 1986: VRC-30 as RW-06.
• 6/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32619.

• VAAW-35 as VV-xx.
• 1959: VAW-11 as RR-799.
• 1962: VAW-11 as RR-799.
• VAW-13 as VR-xx.
• 1968: VA-122 as NJ-200.
• Converted to C-1A.
• 1982: USS D.D. Eisenhower COD plane as 69.
• 4/2/1982: Crashed into Souda Bay, Crete. 11 crewmen were killed. Hit a mountain?

• VAW-33.
• VAAW-33.
• VAQ-33 as GD-788.
• Converted to C-1A.
• 1982-83: VRC-30 as RW-05.
• 5/1983: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 6/30/1983: Struck off charge.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N788RR and N6788.

• 1967: USS Saratoga COD plane.
• 7/12/1967: Written off at NAS Sigonella, Italy.
• Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard?

• 1967: COMSEVENTHFL as 790.
• 1968-70: USS Hancock COD plane as 000.
• Was preserved at the Florence Air and Missile, Museum, SC.
• Currently preserved at the Grisson ARB Museum, IN.

• 7/9/1956: First flight.
• VR-5.
• 1960: VR-21 as RZ-7.
• VR-21 as RZ-5.
• 1963-64: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• 1965-66: VR-21 as RZ-00.
• 1971: USS Oriskany COD plane as 000.
• VRC-50 as RG-323.
• 1982: VRC-50.
• 5/1982: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/7/1983: Struck off charge.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N26GH and N27PH.
• 10/15/2012: Crashed near Skwentna, AK. Pilot was killed.

• Converted to WF-2 (E-1B) prototype.
• 12/17/1956: First flight as such.
• 1983: NATTC Lakehurst, NJ.
• 2/23/1983: Struck off charge.
• Currently preserved at the Quonset Air Museum, RI.

• 1964: USS Hornet COD plane as 016.
• 1967: USS Intrepid COD plane.
• 8/8/1967: Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin after engine failed on launch from USS Intrepid.

• 1963: USS Bennington COD plane.
• 5/15/1963: Written off. Or on 5/16/1963?

• 1969: VRC-40.
• 1972-73: VRC-40.
• 1984: NAS Cecil Field Base Flight.
• 5/1984: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/23/1984: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1966: VR-24 as JM-019.
• 1969: VR-24 as JM-xx.
• 7/10/1969: Written off.

• 1968: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
• 1979: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 020.
• 1983-86: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 020.
• 1986: Salvaged at NAF Misawa, Japan.

• 1964: USS Enterprise COD plane.
• 11/21/1975: Struck off charge at NARF Alameda, CA.

• 1966: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 022.
• 1969: USS B.H. Richard COD plane as 022.
• 1969: USS B.H. Richard COD plane as 000.
• 1971-74: NAS Atsugi Base Flight.
• 1978: NAS Atsugi Base Flight as 022.
• VRC-50 as RG-xx.
• 1980-83: USS Ranger COD plane as 000.
• 1983: NAS Whiting Field Base Flight.
• 10/1983: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 10/26/1983: Struck off charge.
• 3/1986: Sent to be a target on the Fort Bragg Range, NJ? No?

• 1960: USS Hornet COD plane as 023.
• 1967-68: USS Keasarge COD plane as 023.
• 1969: USS Keasarge COD plane as 000.
• 1969-70: USS Hornet COD plane as 000.
• 1974-76: NAS Atsugi Base Flight as 023.
• 11/1/1976: Crashed on a golf course near NAS Atsugi, Japan.

• FASRON-8 as 024.
• VRC-40 as xx-024.
• 1969-70: VRC-40 as RG-300.
• 1971: NAS Cubi Point Base Flight as 024.
• 1975: USS Enterprise COD plane as 000.
• 1982-85: VRC-30.
• 1986: VRC-30 as RW-02.
• 6/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32628.
• 2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

• 1963: VR-24 as JM-025.
• 1974: VR-24 as JM-025.
• 1986: VRC-40.
• 10/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32636.
• 2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

• 1967: VRC-40 as 026.
• USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 000.
• 1979: VRC-40 as RG-026.
• 2/1979: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32637.

• NTPS.
• 1984-85: VCR-40 as 027.
• 12/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32654.
• 2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

• 1965: NAF Naples Base Flight.
• 1971: VF-24 as JM-028.
• 1983: VR-24 as JM-42.
• 1985: VRC-40.
• 11/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32658.
• 2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

• VRC-40 as xx-029.
• Was preserved onboard the USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, TX.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N6192F and N7171M.
• Was preserved at the Flying Tigers Warbird Museum in Kissimmee, FL.
• Currently stored in Kissimmee, FL.

• 1986: VRC-40.
• 2/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32689.
• Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

• 1968: USS Enterprise COD plane as 031.
• 1969: USS Enterprise COD plane as 000.
• 1974: NAS Jacksonville Base Flight as 031.
• 1985-86: VRC-40 as 031.
• 11/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32695.
• 2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

• USS Shangri-La COD plane as 032.
• 1968: USS Hancock COD plane.
• 11/26/1968: Written off.

• 1967: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 033.
• 10/23/1967: Written off.

• 5/1958: Delivered to the US Navy.
• VRC-40 as xx-034.
• 1969: USS Independence COD plane as 62.
• 1972: VR-24 as JM-034.
• 1987: USS Independence COD plane.
• Currently preserved at the Wings of Freedom Museum at NAS Willow Grove, PA.

• 1962-65: VR-21 as RZ-8.
• 1967: VRC-50 as RG-8.
• 1968-69: NAF Cam Ranh Bay Base Flight.
• 1971: VRC-50 as RG-302.
• 1971-74: USS Midway COD plane as 000.
• 1974: USS Midway COD plane as 600.
• 1975: USS Midway COD plane as 032.
• 1975-76: USS Midway COD plane as 600.
• 1977: USS Midway COD plane as 800.
• 8/25/1977: Crashed into the sea after take-off from USS Midway.

• 1961: VR-23 as RK-6.
• 1963: USS Ticonderoga COD plane.
• 1963-64: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• 1965: VR-21 as RZ-1.
• 1967: VRC-50 as RG-5.
• 1968: USS Ranger COD plane as 036.
• 1970: VRC-50 as RG-303.
• 1978-79: USS Midway COD plane as 600.
• 1981: USS Midway COD plane as 600.
• 1982-85: USS Midway COD plane as 700.
• 8/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32705.
• Currently preserved onboard the USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.

• VR-24 as JM-037.
• 1972: VR-24 as JM-xx.
• 1/17/1972: Crashed into the sea off Catania AB, Italy. 6 crewmen were killed.

• 1986: USS Lexington COD plane as 16.
• 5/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32709.
• Currently preserved on Celebrity Row at the AMARC bone yard.

• 1966: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 000.
• 1967: USS Bennington COD plane as 039.
• 1968: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 039.
• 1968-70: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 000.
• 1973: USS Coral Sea COD plane as 000.
• 1978: VRC-50 as RG-325.
• 1981-83: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 039.
• 12/28/1983: Struck off charge at NAF Misawa, Japan.

• 1972-73: VRC-40 as 040.
• 1977: VRC-40 as 040.
• 1983: VRC-40.
• 8/23/1983: Crashed while doing touch-and-goes at Elizabeth City APT, NC. 4 crewmen were killed.

• VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• 1978: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
• 1982-83: VRC-30.
• 1984-86: VRC-30 as RW-03.
• 6/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32720.
• Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

• 1962: VR-24 as JM-042.
• 1965: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 042.
• 1965-69: USS Bennington COD plane.
• 1974: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane.
• 1977-78: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane as 000.
• 1981: VRC-30 as RW-xx.
• 11/17/1981: Damaged beyond repair in an accident.
• 1985: Wreck salvaged at NAS North Island, CA.

• 1966: VRC-40 as 043.
• 1974: VRC-40.
• 1977-81: USS America COD plane.
• 1981-83: VRC-40.
• 1986: VRC-40 as 043.
• 1986: VRC-40 as 025.
• 10/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N5054X.
• Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

• 1964: VRC-40.
• 1969: VRC-40.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N71459 and N189G.

• VRC-40 as xx-045.
• NAS Norfolk Base Flight.
• 1987: Burnt up in fire training at MCAS Beaufort, SC.

• 1963-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• VR-21 as RZ-7.
• 1975: VR-30 as RW-046.
• 1976: VR-30.
• 1979: USS Ranger COD plane as 000.
• 8/14/1980: Crashed into the sea off San Clemente Island, CA. 4 crewmen were killed.

• 1965: USS Independence COD plane.
• 8/30/1965: Crashed while landing at Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.

• 1961: USS F.D. Roosevelt COD plane.
• 1974: VR-24 as JM-048.
• 1975: USS Independence COD plane.
• 9/30/1988: Withdrawn from use.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N7171M.
• Was preserved in Chino, CA.
• Currently preserved at the Palm Springs Air Museum, CA.

• 1971: VR-24 as JM-049.
• 1974: VR-24 as JM-049.
• 1984: NAS Meridian Base Flight.
• 9/1984: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 10/2/1984: Struck off charge.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N81389.
• Currently preserved in Aurora, IL.

• VR-24 as xx-050.
• 1972: VRC-40 as 050.
• 1973-78: VR-30.
• 1978: VRC-30.
• NAF Lakehurst, NJ as JK-050.
• 4/1987: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N52705.
• Was this one ever a ground trainer at NAF Lakehurst, NJ?
• Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

• 1968: USS America COD plane.
• 1970: USS America COD plane as 000.
• 1984: VRC-40.
• 1986: VRC-40.
• 7/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N5271B and N32636.
• Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

• VR-24 as JM-052.
• 1976: VRC-40.
• 1981: NAS Sigonella Base Flight.
• 4/1981: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 8/19/1982: Struck off charge.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N81193.
• Currently preserved at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, TX.

• 1963-65: VR-21 as RZ-xx.
• VR-21 as RZ-1.
• 1977: USS Constellation COD plane as 000.
• VRC-40.
• VRC-30 as RW-11.
• 1982-83: VRC-30.
• 5/1983: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• 5/31/1983: Struck off charge.
• Salvaged.

• 1968: USS Kitty Hawk COD plane.
• 1/16/1968: Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin after a bad launch off USS Kitty Hawk. 3 crewmen were killed.

• NAS Alameda, CA as 055.
• 1969: USS Ticonderoga COD plane as 000.
• 1977: NAF Misawa Base Flight as 055.
• 1982: VRC-30 as RW-355.
• 1983-85: VRC-30.
• 1986: VRC-30 as RW-04.
• 6/1986: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N5271K.
• Currently stored at the AMARC bone yard.

• 1966: VR-21 as RZ-056.
• 1986: Salvaged at NAF Misawa, Japan.

• 1971: NAS Cubi Point Base Flight as 057.
• 1976: NAS Lemoore Base Flight.
• USS Enterprise COD plane as 000.
• 1982-84: VRC-30.
• 1985: VRC-30 as RW-00.
• 12/1985: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
• Sold on the civilian market and registered as N32579.
• 2010: Sold to the Brazilian Navy. Never delivered?

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