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Info from Joe Baugher's webiste and forgottenjets.warbirdresourcegroup.org 50-805 Lockheed F-94B-1-LO Starfire MSN 780-7111 *Retained by Lockheed for testing. *1950: Sent to China Lakes Ranges for weapons tests. *1952: Pennsylvania ANG 148th FIS. *1952: USAF 46th FIS. *1953-54: USAF 64th FIS (57th FIG).

F-94C-1-LO, s/n 50-1059. Assigned to 46th FIS. Disappeared without a trace 16 March 1957. The crew was pilot 1Lt. Henry Charles Nicolay and radar intercept officer 1Lt. Harold A. Lewis. They were part of a four ship flight en route from Bunker Hill AFB, IN to Wurtsmith AFB, MI. As the flight approached their destination 1st. Lt. Nicolay’s F-94C dropped out of formation and did not respond to radio calls from the flight leader. Heavy weather and darkness are thought to be factors in the loss of the F-94C and its crew, who are presumed to have crashed into Lake Huron.

This is Lockheed P-80C / TF-80C-1-LO 48-356 (Model 580), becoming the first of ~6500 two-seat Shooting Stars. Designation was changed to T-33A-1-LO in 1949. First flight as a TF-80C was on March 22, 1948, flown by Tony LeVier. It was then converted to be the YF-94A prototype (Model 780) w/ a first flight on April 16, 1949. Later modified into the prototype for the F-94B. Flying in this picture with an afterburning Allison J-33 jet engine, original one-piece bubble canopy and under-wing tip tanks. Eventually retired and displayed at Lackland AFB, TX. Preserved today @ the Edwards AFFTC Museum ("Awaiting Restoration").