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Originally Posted by Buckeye30
Clint. The JN-2 serial SC.48 was wrecked during the Mexican operations, 20 March 1916; it was fitted with JN-3 wings. They would normally have the very early insignia, a red star on the rudder.
( the caption says " on the Mexican border").
This batch was serials 41-48 but the "S.C." was omitted on the fuselage.
Nick
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Nick
None of the eight JN-2s were accepted or paid for by the US Army.
To make some progress Curtiss accepted 19 Sep 1915 to rebuild the remaining six aircraft 41-45 and 48 to JN-3s. Since the wings was the only thing that differed, these six should be classified as true JN-3 from that point on.
As per Robert Casari two aircraft were destroyed the same day they took off on 13 March 1916 (no s/n mentioned) to fly into Mexico.
By mid April two more had been lost (again no s/n) and the wings from No 42 fitted to No 45 to keep the latter flying, leaving only three JN-3s in service.
No 43 was wrecked 19 April 1916 making No 45 and 53 the only two aircraft making it back to USA. Their "luck" was short lived since they were burned later in April, thus leaving not a single JN-2/3 in existence.
Can you by any chance fill in the missing gap for the remaining three aircraft when each one was lost, ie date vs s/n?
Cheers
Stig