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JohnB
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The list of surviving F-94s on wiki seems to be pretty complete...it lists 11 airframes.

But I was thumbing through my book "Lockheed F-94 Starfire" by Isham and McLaren, published by Schiffer in 1993 and it lists three more:

F-94C 51-13555 was said to have gone to Mechanicsberg, PA as a memorial
F-94C 51-5576 went to Fayetteville, NC for display
F-94C51-3562 went to Hempsted AFB, NY as a display aircraft in 1959. (I've never heard of Hempstead AFB...)

We all know what happened to the F-94 atop Pike's Peak...and that being preserved does not always mean their long term survival.
But does anyone know if any of these three aircraft are still with us?

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JohnB wrote:
F-94C 51-13555 was said to have gone to Mechanicsberg, PA as a memorial
F-94C 51-5576 went to Fayetteville, NC for display
F-94C 51-13562 went to Hempsted AFB, NY as a display aircraft in 1959. (I've never heard of Hempstead AFB...)

Millionmonkeytheater.com lists 5576 as "Currently preserved at Bessemer City, NC since 8/1988"; no new info on the other two.
It's located at American Legion Post 243. Here's a 1988 photo:
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1122979/
And current photos here:
http://www.bessemercitypost243.org/photos.html
Note it says one of their members is buried beside it...

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It's been a few years, but the one in PA was still there. In a cemetery.

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Thanks!

Wiki does not list the NC aircraft as a survivor. I'll add it.
I called the legion post to confirm it's still there...and it is.

Wiki lists the one at a PA cemetery as "51-5671 - Erie County Memorial Gardens cemetery at Erie, Pennsylvania."
Could it be 51-13555 with a bogus serial? Is the cemetery you mention in Erie?
Or are there two 94s in PA?

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It is close to Erie. I have a few pics I took of it.


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Is Mechanicsberg close to Erie?

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JohnB wrote:
Is Mechanicsberg close to Erie?


No not at all. Mechanicsburg is near Harrisburg, more central PA. Unless there is another Mechanicsburg PA I'm unaware of.

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