[Alex Smart]

Hello George,
What I have from the www and the books noted earlier is -
1 - 90020 - ?
2 - 90021 - JT973 - 45 Gp "Rockcliff Icewagon", SOC 20/9/48.
3 - 90022 - JT974 - Retained by Contractor.
4 - 90023 - JT975 - 45 Gp SOC 28/2/46.
5 - 90024 - JT976 - 45 Gp/280 Wg SOC 28/2/46.
6 - 90025 - JT977 - Not delivered - to USAAF/USN/US Marines ?
7 - 90026 - JT978 - AAEE/45 Gp Returned to USN 1946.
8 - 90027 - JT979 - 45 Gp/ 280 Wg Crashed New Zealand 4/7/45.
9 - 90028 - JT980 - Not delivered - to USAAF/USN/US Marines ?
10 - 90029 - JT981 - 45 Gp Returned to USN 1946.
11 - 90030 - JT982 - 231 Sqn Crashed Atlantic 4/7/45.
12 - 90031 - JT983 - 1332 CU/ 231 Sqn/ 45 Gp Returned to USN 1946.
13 - 90032 - JT984 - 45 Gp/ 280 Wg Returned to USN 1946.
14 - 90033 - JT985 - 45 Gp/ 232 Sqn Crashed Dorset UK 15/6/45.
15 - 90034 - JT986 - 45 Gp SOC 28/2/46.
16 - 90035 - JT987 - 45 Gp SOC 28/2/46.
17 - 90036 - JT988 - 45 Gp SOC 28/2/46.
18 - 90037 - JT989 - 45 Gp Returned to USN 1946.
19 - 90038 - JT990 - 45 Gp SOC 26/2/46.
20 - 90039 - JT991 - 45 Gp Returned to USN 1946.
21 - 90040 - JT992 - 45 Gp Returned to USN 1946.
22 - 90041 - JT993 - 45 Gp SOC 28/2/46.
23 - 90042 - JT994 - 1332 CU/ 231 Sqn/ 45 Gp SOC 28/2/46.
24 - 90043 - JT995 - Not delivered - to USAAF/USN/US Marines ?
25 - 90044 - JT996 - Not delivered - to USAAF/USN/US Marines ?
26 - 90045 - JT997 - 45 Gp Returned to USN 1946.
27 - 90046 - JT998 - Not delivered - to USAAF/USN/US Marines ?
28 - 90047 - JT999 - Not delivered - to USAAF/USN/US Marines ?
29 - 90048 - JV936 - 45 Gp Returned to USN 1946.
30 - 90049 - JV937 - Not delivered - to USAAF/USN/US Marines ?
31 - 90050 - JV938 - Not delivered - to USAAF/USN/US Marines ?
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32 - 90051 - JV939
33 - 90052 - JV940
34 - 90053 - JV941
35 - 90054 - JV942
36 - 90055 - JV943
37 - 90056 - JV944
ALL Six cancelled
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38 - 90057 - JV945
39 - 90058 - JV946
40 - 90059 - JV947
ALL three cancelled
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41 - 90060 - JV948
42 - 90061 - JV949
through to
92 - 90111 - JV999
ALL fiftytwo cancelled
BUT
90060 and 90061 numbers were reassigned to experimental Bell L-39 -1 and Bell L-39-2.
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93 - 90112 - KE266
Through to
112 - 90131 - KE285
All twenty cancelled.
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90132 through to 90384 were to be R2Y -1 Privateer's.
All 53 cancelled.
BUT
90132 through to 90271 were numbers transfered to B-24M's (PB4Y-1's) of the USN.
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RE your note on Hellcats.
The Air brit book KA100 to KZ999 does not mention the serials except in reference to Liberator IX's not delivered.
BUT
the AB book "Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945" does reference
42 - F6F-5 Hellcat F.II
KE118 to KE157
20 - F6F-5N Hellcat II(NF)
KE160 to KE179
35 - F6F-5 Hellcat F.II
KE180 to KE214
15 - F6F-5 Hellcat F.II
KE215 to KE229
36 - F6F-5 Hellcat F.II
KE230 to KE265

Well spotted.
Thanks
Alex