SOUTH EAST ASIA T-28's - Thai Aviation History

Type
(& Mod Sequence #
where applicable)
US Serial c/n USN ‘eligible
for strike’
(McClellan, Ca.)
T-28D (#12) 52-1233 189-48 N/A 17-May-62
10/09/12 34
USAF soc Disposition Air Force Serial Notes
MAP RThaiAF B.JF13-15/05 Serial assigned 26-Jul-62
T-28D (#9) 52-1239 189-54 N/A
(McClellan, Ca.)
17-May-62
(McClellan, Ca.)
MAP RThaiAF B.JF13-16/05 Serial assigned 26-Jul-62
T-28D (#11) 52-3498 189-59 N/A 17-May-62 MAP
RThaiAF
B.JF13-17/05 Serial assigned 26-Jul-62
(McClellan, Ca.)
RLaoAF
23498
Current Aug-71 thro’ Jun-73; declared excess from 01-Jul-74
MAP
Philippines AF
dd c1974; disposal approved 27-May-76; listed as ‘AIP’
T-28D-10 (#425) Bu137639 200-2 10-Feb-71 14-Sep-71
TL MAP RLaoAF Current Apr-72 thro’ Jun-73
(Whiting, Fl.) (Jacksonville, Fl.)
T-28B Bu137644 200-7 30-Jan-62 N/A VNAF
dd early 1962, believed on ‘USNS Breton’, docked Saigon Feb-62
(Columbus, Oh.)
Noted with Water Pump Jun-67; current Aug-71 thro’ May-73; w/o
RLaoAF / Water Pump O-37644
28-May-73
T-28D-10 (#406) Bu137646 200-9 14-Jan-71 20-Jul-71
TL RLaoAF/Raven
(Whiting, Fl.) (Jacksonville, Fl.)
Khmer AF
137646
dd Mar-72
T-28D-10 (#439) Bu137661 200-24 09-Mar-71 18-Oct-71
TL RThaiAF B.JF13-106/14 Believed 1 of 10 transferred FY72 from Lao allocation ‘Peace Prop’
(Whiting, Fl.) (Jacksonville, Fl.)
in repayment for previously-loaned RTAF T-28; noted Jan-81; soc
14-Aug-84; RTAF Museum
T-28B Bu137664 200-27 15-Nov-72 N/A Khmer AF
Repaired Jun-73; at Thai-Am, Don Muang 24-Apr-75; believed
(Pensacola, Fl.)
declared uneconomical to repair
Philippines AF
dd c1976; spares use only
T-28D-10 (#433) Bu137666 200-29 04-Mar-71 18-Oct-71
TL RLaoAF/Raven
w/o 12-Jan-73
(Whiting, Fl.) (Jacksonville, Fl.)
T-28D-10 Bu137671 200-34 07-Dec-70 11-Dec-71
TL RThaiAF B.JF13-109/15 Noted Nov-72; soc 14-Aug-84; displayed at Radio Station 015,
(Whiting, Fl.) (Pensacola, Fl.)
Chiang Rai; to ‘Tango’ 1991Mai
T-28D-10 (#428) Bu137673 200-36 17-Feb-71 10-Oct-71
TL RLaoAF/Raven
Trf back to RLaoAF Feb-73; current Jun-73
(Whiting, Fl.) (Jacksonville, Fl.)
Khmer AF
673
Battle damage received Mar-74
T-28D-10 (#430) Bu137674 200-37 19-Feb-71 10-Oct-71
TL RLaoAF/Raven
w/o 09-Mar-73, believed shot down while attacking enemy troops
(Whiting, Fl.) (Jacksonville, Fl.)
approx. 75 km northeast of Paksane
T-28D-10 (#432) Bu137675 200-38 25-Feb-71 18-Oct-71
TL RLaoAF/Raven
w/o 26-Aug-72 or 31-Aug-72
(Whiting, Fl.) (Jacksonville, Fl.)
Bu137676 Reported as Philippines AF & listed as ‘unknown’. The 13-May-80 soc date makes this unlikely. Could be 51-7676 soc to MAP 01-Feb-61
from Kisarazu, Japan
T-28D-10 (#438) Bu137677 200-40 08-Mar-71 18-Oct-71
TL RLaoAF/Raven
w/o 03-Apr-72 or 06-Apr-72
(Whiting, Fl.) (Jacksonville, Fl.)
T-28B Bu137679 Reported as RLaoAF / Water Pump, possibly dd May-64, noted mid-1960’s & current Dec-72 thro’ Jun-73; modified to be weapons-capable
& declared excess from 01-Jul-74; to Philippines AF 1974; noted May-98 broken up on dump at Danilo Atienza AB). But in service with
USN (with TRARON 2 at Whiting from 14-Jun-62 until 11-Jan-65, then to O&R Pensacola, where it was stored; rework required 20-Jul-65,
awaiting overhaul 29-Jul-65, overhaul commenced 26-Aug-65; to TRARON 3 at Whiting 25-Oct-65, before going to NARF Pensacola 10-
Aug-72 for overhaul; awaiting rework same day) until soc 15-Nov-72 (Pensacola). Not 51-7679, which was w/o with 3502MS 29-May-53
whilst based at Reese AFB, Tx.
T-28D-10 Bu137680 200-43 07-Dec-70 11-Dec-71
TL RThaiAF B.JF13-110/15 Crashed into Gulf of Pak Phanong, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
(Whiting, Fl.) (Pensacola, Fl.)
16-Oct-72; 1 baled out
T-28D-10 Bu137684 200-47 07-Dec-70 11-Dec-71 TL RLaoAF/Raven Trf back to RLaoAF Feb-73; current May-73; w/o 25-May-73; not