Jerry Yagen's collection

[lmritger]

Adding to the list:


FG-1D
FM-2 Wildcat
P-40E
P-51D
Spitfire IX MJ730
Hurricane XII (RCAF 5667)
Hurricane IIa (Z2768 remains in storage)
Sea Fury
FW-190
Fw 190D-9 (WNr 211028, "black 8 + ~" of Werner Zech, 14./JG 26 - remnants)
P-26 (replica)
Fury Mk.1 Biplane (replica)
Ha 1112 (converted into Bf 109G with a DB 605A by Meier Motors)
Bf 109G-6
Bf 109E (WNr 2023)
Mig 3
Yak 3 (postwar replica)
I-16 (x2)
I-15bis
I-153
La-9 (in storage)
Fiat G.55 (being converted from a G.59 by Meier Motors)
P-63
P-39 (under restoration from 7 wrecks)
P-38 (x2, both PNG wreck recoveries)
Ki 61 (under restoration)
BT-13 "Val" conversion


A-26
PBY-5A
TBM-3E
AD-4
B-25J
Mosquito
Ju 52/3m
B-17G


Stearman
SNJ-2
SNJ-4
Fi 156C Storch (ex-French)
Chimpmunk
Bu 133 Jungmeister
Fw 44
T-34
T-28
PO-2
Tiger Moth
N3N
PT-22
Dragon Rapide
L-5
Avro 504


That's all the ones I can remember for now...

Lynn

[wgrosz]

Adding to the list:

Hurricane IIa (Z2768 remains in storage)
Bf 109G-6
Bf 109E (WNr 2023)
I-16 With skis
P-63
P-39 (under restoration from 7 wrecks)
P-38 (x2, both PNG wreck recoveries)
Ki 61 (under restoration)
BT-13 "Val" conversion
Mosquito
T-34

Unfortunately Lynn the BT-13 "Val" conversion does not belong to the museum contrary to listed info. The FAA still has it registered to a owner in Pennsylvania.

Updating with some other information:

N-Number______Serial #______Manufacture______Model______Location
N108ZZ________258_________NORD____________1002_______VA Beach
N208K_________162_________NORD____________1101_______Suffolk
N7947C________44-30129____NORTH AMERICAN__B-25J______VA Beach
N51EA_________44-72483____NORTH AMERICAN__F-51D______VA Beach
N55729________2011________NORTH AMERICAN__SNJ-2______VA Beach
N61563________2025________NORTH AMERICAN__SNJ-2______?
N43NA_________8811798_____NORTH AMERICAN__SNJ-4______VABeach
N99160________49-1634______NORTH AMERICAN__T-28D_____VABeach
N3453G________4486844_____NORTH AMERICAN__TB-25N____?
N7030C________53454_______GRUMMAN________TBM-3E____VABeach
N315E_________47030_______GRUMMAN________FM-2______VABeach
N40116________F5-024_______CLASSIC AIRCRAFT CORP_WACO YMF_VABeach
N42YK_________0470103_____YAKOVLEV_________YAK-3M____VABeach
N90RY_________901204______YAKOVLEV_________YAK-55_____?
N9521C________48294_______CONSOLIDATED-VULTEE__28-5ACF__VABeach
N26RP_________6874________DOUGLAS__________A-26B_____Suffolk
N23827________123827______DOUGLAS__________AD-4______VABeach
N3701G________44-8543A____BOEING____________B-17G_____VABeach
N41EE_________75-2743_____BOEING_____________B75N1____VABeach
N38BU_________38_________AG FUR DORNIER-FLUGZEUGE__BUCKER BU 133C__VABeach
N5686__________A94-922____COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT CORP__CA-27SABRE31___AvSpecsNewZealand
N352JU_________T2B-176____CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICAS SA__CASA-352-L___VABeach
N6463__________83230______DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH___DH82A____VABeach
N559WK________C1/0576_____DEHAVILLAND CHIPMUNK____DHC-1T10___VABeach
N89DH_________HG-724_____DEHAVILLAND______DH-89A______VABeach
N730MJ________CBAF 7243______VICKERS______SPITFIRE___MARK__IX_____VABeach
N46RL__________92508______GOODYEAR______FG1D______VABeach
N5955F_________185_____FIAT-SEZIONE AERITALIA______FIAT G59_____MeierMotorsGermany
N90FW_________32183______TEXAS AIR MUSEUM______FOCKE WULF FW-190A8_____?
N447FW________739447______FOCKE WULF______FW190-A8______VABeach
N4247L_________350177______FOCKE WULF______FW190-A8______?Suffolk?
N623TB_________210111_____FOCKE WULF FLUGZEUGBAU______FW190D-9_____?
N183FW________183______FOCKE WULF______FW44J______VABeach
N109FF_________C.4K-64______HISPANO-AVIACION S A LA______HA-1112M-1-L______MeierMotorsGermany
N943HH________56022______HAWKER SIDDELEY______HURRICANE MKIIB_______VABeach
N60SF__________41H656816______HAWKER______MK11 SEAFURY_______Suffolk
N3602__________717______POLIKARPOV_______PO-2______Suffolk
N3815R_________3994______POLIKARPOV_______I-15BIS______VABeach
N153RP_________6316______POLIKARPOV_______I-153_______VABeach
N1639P_________2421028______POLIKARPOV______I-16 TYPE 24_______VABeach
N57WT_________3786______STINSON______L-5E_______VABeach
N415ML________828_______LAVOCHKIN______LA-9______?VABeach?
N51462________126_______LAISTER-KAUFFMAN______LK-10A______VABeach
N262MF_______501243_______LEGEND FLYERS LLC_______ME262-B1-A_______Suffolk
N107FB________SEAV.02.0154_______MIKOYAN-GUREVICH_______MIG-3______Suffolk
N42FM________751_________MORANE-SAULNIER_______MS500_______VABeach
N120BH_______2892________NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY______N3N-3_______VABeach
N26PX________32-06________MAYOCRAFT INC_______P-26D_______VABeach
N1941P_______1025_________CURTISS WRIGHT______P-40E_______VABeach
N63J_________229__________FLEET_______________1____________?
N6175J_______CL-1V________EBERLE JOHN_________HALBERSTADT____VABeach
N757FK_______1972_________PERIKLES JOHN J______FOK-DR1________VABeach
N417RB_______42118________BELL BILL D__________BELL FOKKER DR-1_____VABeach
N900TP_______001TP________PRESLEY TERRY L_____DR-1____________VABeach
N817BP_______17268________PETERSON BYRON C____FOKKER C.I______VABeach
N29WR_______2620_________REDFERN WALTER W____FOKKER DVI______VABeach
N1918P_______6880_________PETERSON____________FOKKER D-VII_____VABeach
N425VT_______33___________WILLIAMS FLUGZEUGE____REPLICA FOKKER DVII____VABeach
N1918F_______1____________FOKKER______________D-7_____________VABeach
N44VY________01BC_________COOLBAUGH ROBERT J_____ELY-CURTISS_____VABeach
N6073R_______1911_________WRIGHT RE-CREATIONS INC____EX_______VABeach
N6898C_______34135________CURTISS________________JN4D__________?
N504K________PSA-001______AVRO___________________504K__________VABeach
N892_________680__________BEACH ALBERT___________NIEUPORT X1____VABeach
N1918C_______1____________GARCIA ROBERT A________NIEUPORT 17_____VABeach
N27XZ________100603_______BRUCKEN WILLIAM L______NIEUPORT 27_____VABeach
N4088H_______RA003________ARGANBRIGHT R/ARGANBRIGHT V_____SOPWITH 1-1/2 STRTTR_____VABeach
N2346________6234_________REDFERN WALTER W______SOPWITH CAMEL______VABeach
N98LM________10201________FUNKHOUSER____________SOPWITH PUP________VABeach
N17DV________JP1991DV_____PETROELJE JASON________ALBATROS DAV_______VABeach
N422RC_______13___________COCHRAN CRAIG_________SPAD 13 BIPLANE______VABeach
N31FY________WA6_________WESTWARD AIRWAYS(LANDS END)LTD________REPLICA HAWKER FURY MK1_____VABeach
N56081_______1926_________RYAN AERONAUTICAL______ST3KR______________VABeach
N56NT________G-778________BEECH__________________A45________________VABeach

Last edited by wgrosz on Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:31 pm, edited 3 times in total.

[k5083]

There is indeed a MiG-3, but it will be a while before she's ready to get back out to Va Beach; apparently, there was some sort of issue with the landing gear that's taking a while to get sorted out. August, you did indeed see a second I-16; it's equipped with skis (which apparently are very rare in and of themselves), and has been out there at least since the summer of 2002, and it was for sale even at that point. Did you happen to see Lazarev's Hurricane while you were out there? Talk about an eye-opener...

Lynn

No! Where should I have looked for the Hurri? I saw the La-9 behind the white Rata in the resto shed, but couldn't see anything else in the clutter. All I could do was peer in a door though.

August

[k5083]

Wgrosz's list is very complete and correct. I would only add that there is a second Avro 504K repro also at Va Beach and the Wildcat is not there, at least not yesterday.

It would be good to note on the list which of the WWI repros are full scale and what scales the others are. They run the whole gamut from really faithful 1:1 replicas to some that are so scaled down and simplified as to not even be interesting (e.g. Spad).

August

[JimH]

The Wildcat is in Jamestown waiting on an engine...

[Mike]

It is indeed a great collection, and I hope that one day they can see their way to flying some of the more exotic types such as the Polikarpovs and La-9.

[VaBeachEd]

I may have missed it on the list, but if not, don't forget to add the ME-262 replica (White 3)

[Ken]

For as often as paint shades are critiqued, it looks as if the 3-tone & insignia on the Wildcat is spot on. Looking good!

[lmritger]

Craig Quattlebaum was the project lead on redoing the FM-2, and as a serious modeler and historian as well as a skilled A & P guy, he went to a lot of trouble to get things RIGHT on that bird. And I'd say he and the team were wildly successful by any definition.

Lynn

[Mike]

I have to say that looking at the Wildcat photos, I can now see where Taigh is coming from on his PV-2 thread where he talks about the 'custom' polished Dzus fastener look on many restorations nowadays.

[Chappie]

There is indeed a MiG-3, but it will be a while before she's ready to get back out to Va Beach; apparently, there was some sort of issue with the landing gear that's taking a while to get sorted out. August, you did indeed see a second I-16; it's equipped with skis (which apparently are very rare in and of themselves), and has been out there at least since the summer of 2002, and it was for sale even at that point. Did you happen to see Lazarev's Hurricane while you were out there? Talk about an eye-opener...

Lynn

Is the Hurricane still there in the storage hangar? I saw it there in 2008 along with the pilot's furlined oxygen mask and a grainy photo of his body after being removed from the cockpit. He was laid to rest with full military honors if I'm not mistaken. The ski-equipped I-16 was there then as well, along with a P-400, and the wreckage of the Mossie Yagen had recovered from Canada. Funny thing is I took pictures of the wreckage but had no idea what it was until a year later!

The FM-2 is a beautiful restoration. For a full story on the aircraft and the restoration check Warbird Digest #37 July/August 2011.

Chappie

[JDK]

A bit of background here:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=ca ... 1X7A&pli=1

[JohnB]

Impressive...there are air forces with fewer aircraft.
Okay, he and Kermit get mad at each other...who will win the war?

[hang the expense]

I love the fact that you can leave out all of the other aircraft entirely, and just be impressed by the shear number of WWI replica aircraft alone - multiple Fokker Dr.I's, multiple Fokker D.VII's, two Nieuport's, a Spad, an Albatross, Halberstadt, Sopwith Strutter, two Avro 504K's, etc...and it continues to grow. I also love the WWI-themed hangars that were built at the museum/airfield site.

The collection's P-40 remains to this day my favorite of all of those out there, simply for the paint/markings it carries. Some tend to go off on any P-40 that carries a shark mouth, but in the case of Yagen's P-40E, it sports an authentic "Flying Tigers" paint scheme carried by a P-40E in 1942. The benefit is that the chosen paint scheme had a shark mouth that was the epitome (in my view) of the iconic P-40/Flying Tigers shark mouth of that period. As Jack Cook used to mention, others could take lessons from the shark mouth application on Yagen's P-40. It is not over the top and is simply a perfectly executed recreation (much like the P-40 that was painted in the markings of Robert Scott's). It, along with the FHC's recently refinished P-40C, are both superb examples of authentic "Flying Tigers" P-40 paint schemes. (Another good example, though not related to "Flying Tigers" markings, but sporting a shark mouth in the pure sense of authenticity, is Ron Fagen's "Desert Shark" P-40E) I totally agree with your opinion on the Kittyhawk.That was his first "warbird" and I sold the wreck to him around 1995.Look how far he has come since then.The man is driven there is no doubt about it.

In the same realm, with all of the criticism of warbird paint schemes within recent years, Jerry Yagen/MAM should be praised for the decisions that they have controlled regarding the paint schemes on their aircraft. And even some paint scheme decisions that were out their grasp - they have what I consider to be the most gorgeous airworthy B-17 (there's just something about all of that yellow paint on bare aluminum skin).

With the original WWII-era Luftwaffe hangar now erected at the site of the MAM, I can't help but imagine the amazing sight it will be, in the future, to see a Bf 109E, two Bf 109G's, the FW 190 (and perhaps an Fw 190 or two), all on display within/around that hangar (not to forget the other German aircraft in the collection, such as the Ju 52, Fw 44, Storch, Jungmeister, and Me 262). (There is also the original WWII-era RAF control tower (from RAF Goxhill) that they have awaiting reconstruction, which was carefully dismantled - what a perfect backdrop that will be for the Museum's Mosquito, Spitfire, Hurricane, Dragon Rapide and Fury replica).)

A pretty good list of the Museum's collection (on display, in maintenance, or in restoration) can be found here (though with a few errors): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_Fa ... er_Factory

[Fearless Tower]

It would be good to note on the list which of the WWI repros are full scale and what scales the others are. They run the whole gamut from really faithful 1:1 replicas to some that are so scaled down and simplified as to not even be interesting (e.g. Spad).

The Nieuport 11, Albatros and Spad are all 7/8 scale replicas.

FWIW, Jerry is actually looking to sell them now that he has acquired a sufficiently large full scale fleet of WWI airplanes.

The N11 and Albatros are actually pretty nice for scaled down planes. I looked at the N11 and was going to buy it, but had some work related issues that came up and made it not very feasible to be caring for a second airplane right now. The Spad on the other hand is junk IMO. It was not built to any plans, just kind of slapped together and painted to look like a Spad. Plus, the guy who built it, made it with spoilers, not ailerons. From the guys at FF I talked to, it doesn't even fly right.