Where is TV-1 BuNo 33824 of Willow Grove

[billtate]

Post subject: Re: Me-262 arrivesPosted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:14 pm

From: The Inspector

"And the MoF @ KPAE has, and has had one of the twelve P-80's bailed to the NAVY as TV-1's back in the 40's. It's been in about half of half restored for two or more decades @ the Resto facility piled up in the middle of other piles of 'things' they will 'get to' one o these daze-Anyone seen a TV-1/P-80 anywhere @ Pepsicola?"

I too would also like to know what happened to the TV-1 that was at NAS Willow Grove.
TV-1 (TO-1) BuNo 33824 at NAS Willow Grove Jan 1974.



TV-1 ? in building 649 NAS Pensacola, Oct 2009



Are these the same planes??

[jcmranger]

No these are not the same planes. The DVHAA's TV-1 has been restored and inside our museum at Willow Grove

[billtate]

IF TV-1, BuNo 33824, is at DVHAA's and has been restored and inside the museum at Willow Grove, why is BuNo 33824 not listed in the Warbirds Directory 2008? And what is the BuNo/serial number of the TV-1 at NAS Pensacola? Confused…

[John Kerr]

Here you go Bill and any other interested people.

1258 • P-80A 44-85235 (to USN as Bu29689)
F-80A Aberdeen Proving Grounds MD
Walter Soplata Collection, Newbury OH 85
Rick Ropkey, Longview TX: rest. project 91/93
NMNA, NAS Pensacola FL 95/08
(static rest. Herlong FL 95, displ. NMNA by 96)
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[jcmranger]

A little more info for you Bill. Not sure why it was not in the directory.


The TV-1 in the DVHAA Collection is USN Bureau #33824 (former USAF F-80C, s/n: 47-221). This aircraft was accepted by the US Navy on July 19th, 1948. Squadron assignments included: VF-52, NAS North Island, CA 1948-49, ATU-6, NAS Corpus Christi, TX 1949, JTU-1 NAS Whiting Field, FL, 1949-1951, ATU-3 NAS Kingsville, TX, 1951-52, ATU-200 NAS Kingsville, TX, 1952-54, NART St. Louis 1954, NART Oakland, CA 1954-56, Delivered to NAS Willow Grove, March 1956 (stricken off and not flown again). Total flight time on this airframe came to 1731 hours.

[billtate]

Thanks John and jcmranger I think I understand now thanks for the info. I guess the TV-1 at DVHAA was list as a P-80/ TV-1 and marked as a P-80 and I overlooked the fact that the plane was in the USAF before the USN. Sorry for the stupid question: Thanks for the help.

[jcmranger]

I was always told that there are no stupid questions. I think that's wrong but yours wasn't stupid. I meant to put this web page on my last reply. It's a picture of the TV-1 and in the back you can see our now gone ME-262.
http://www.dvhaa.org/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=69

[billtate]

Thanks for the picture. The P-80 was not at Willow Grove during my last visit, Aug 2003. Sorry, I missed it.