Cool Story about SNJ-4 BuNo 27775

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

51fixer wrote:

This pic looks like Chino and POF aircraft from way back when. Corsair behind the SNJ and the Bearcat behind that.

Bingo! That's the museum's SNJ-5.

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7822

One of Dad's old SNJ's I just noticed has the same tie of modex to its BuNo. Very interesting.

snj-5 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:18 pm

Great pics, thanks for sharing. I had been wondering what the "buzz" number of my SNJ-5
was. Although BuNo 91077 was assigned to multiple Navy bases with hundreds of SNJs on
hand, I still don't know if the buzz number was 77 or some other number. I did find evidence
of one numeral 7 on one of the fuselage side panels (under *many* layers of paint).

Bela P. Havasreti

N3Njeff · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:54 pm

For the N3N's in the 50's, the plane number has no relation to the Bureau.

Stoney · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:18 am

SNJ-4 bu 27775 was the 4379th built out of a total of 9331 with an NAA change # 88. it is 88-13391

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7822

Sam got your PM, this could very well be your dad as well.

An SNJ-4 Texan with tail hook down readies for a landing aboard the USS Monterey CVL-26 in August 1953

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