{"id":1071,"date":"2019-12-07T23:55:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T06:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=1071"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:18:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:18:53","slug":"mcdonnell-f2h-2p","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/mcdonnell-f2h-2p\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonnell F2H-2P"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/McDonnell-F2H-2P.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Banshee was developed as an enlarged version of the McDonnell FH-1 Phantom.\u00a0 The aircraft featured more powerful engines and greater armament than the earlier aircraft.\u00a0 The F2H-1 prototype first flew on January 11, 1947 and operational aircraft reached service in March 1949.\u00a0 By the end of 1949 the F2H-2 version of the aircraft was in service.\u00a0 It featured a longer fuselage and wings which allowed more fuel to be carried, increasing the plane\u2019s range.\u00a0 The F2H-3 and F2H-4 featured an even longer fuselage and more fuel as well as a search radar making them all-weather and night capable.\u00a0 The F2H-2 was also modified into a photo reconnaissance version with a lengthened nose housing several cameras.\u00a0 The Banshee was used extensively during the Korean War as both a fighter and a reconnaissance plane.\u00a0 Banshees were also sold to Canada and served in the Canadian Navy from 1955 until 1962.\u00a0 The last Banshees left the U.S. Navy\u2019s inventory in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>44 ft 10 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>40 ft 2 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>14 ft 6 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>22,312 pounds (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. Speed<\/td>\n<td>532 MPH<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Maximum Speed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Service Ceiling<\/td>\n<td>44,800 feet<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Service Ceiling<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Range<\/td>\n<td>1,475 miles<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Range<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Engines<\/td>\n<td>Two Westinghouse J34-WE-34 turbojets with 3,250 pounds of thrust each<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Engines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crew<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Crew<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Manufacturer<\/strong><\/span><br \/>McDonnell<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Markings<\/strong><\/span><br \/>Marine Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 2 (VMJ-2), Marine Corps Air Station Atsugi, Japan, 1958<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Designation<\/strong><\/span><br \/>F2H-2P<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Serial Number<\/strong><\/span><br \/>125690<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Built by McDonnell Aircraft at St. Louis, Missouri and delivered to the U.S. Navy on October 12, 1951.<\/p>\n<p>October 1951\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Bureau of Aeronautics Representative, Research &amp; Development, St. Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>June 1952\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Naval Air Test Center, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>March 1953\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Composite Squadron 61 (VC-61), Naval Air Station Miramar, California.<\/p>\n<p>March 1954\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Overhaul &amp; Repair, San Diego, California.<\/p>\n<p>April 1954\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Overhaul &amp; Repair, Jacksonville, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>October 1954\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Composite Squadron 62 (VC-62) Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.\u00a0 Deployed on <em>USS Bennington, USS Intrepid<\/em>, and <em>USS Forrestal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>September 1956\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Overhaul &amp; Repair, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>April 1957\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Reconnaissance Squadron 61 (VFP-61), Naval Air Station Alameda, California.<\/p>\n<p>December 1957\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 3 (FASRON-3) Naval Air Station Alameda, California.<\/p>\n<p>February 1958\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Marine Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VMJ-1), Marione Corps Air Station Atsugi, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>June 1958\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Naval Air Facility Advanced Base at Oppama, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>October 1958\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 4 (FASRON 4), Naval Air Station North Island, California.<\/p>\n<p>October 1958\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Storage at Litchfield Park, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>1958-2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Displayed at St. Louis, Missouri; Cherry Point, North Carolina; and Wings of Eagles Museum, New York.\u00a0 At some point the aircraft\u2019s original photoreconnaissance nose was replaced with the gun equipped nose of a standard Banshee fighter.<\/p>\n<p>2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Loaned to the Pima Air and Space Museum by the National Museum of the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- {\"name\":\"Aircraft Layout - 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