Surviving F-86 Sabres

 

Sabres Worldwide-S

This listing details all known extant F-86 Sabres and derivatives across the globe. However, the relatively mobile state of airworthy F-86/CL-13 aircraft in the United States precludes me from listing those machines here; unless of course, they have ceased flying for any meaningful period. Suffice to say, any additions or corrections would be welcome.

 

 Saudi Arabia
Serial Type Location/Details
701/52-5136 F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area 
702/ F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area, possibly 53-1098 
703/53-1089 F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area 
704/ F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area
705/53-1122 F-86F Dharan AB, Technical Training Institute

F-86F
F-86F 705 at Dharan.

706/ F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area
709/52-4537 F-86F Dharan AB, gate guard, on pole, previously marked as '0-004457', reported as ex-52-5230

F-86F
F-86F on a pole at Dharan, 52-4537.

713/52-5278 F-86F Dharan AB, Technical Training Institute, noted dumped .90

F-86F
F-86F 713 at Dharan.

715/52-5161 F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area
716/52-5278 F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area
720/52-4497 F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area
7 /53-1072 F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area
7 / F-86F Dharan AB, scrap area, as '1512'

IF-86D
two unidentified F-86Fs at Dharan in the scrap area.

 


Serbia

Serial Type Location/Details
52-10023/14102 F-86D Belgrade, National Aviation Museum
c/n ? /11025 CL-13-4 Belgrade, National Aviation Museum, sectioned, possibly c/n 553

F-86E(M)
F-86E(M) 11025 at National Aviation Museum , Belgrade. Ex-RAF aircraft (Mitja Marusko)

Serial Type Location/Details
c/n ? /11054 CL-13-4 Belgrade, National Aviation Museum
c/n 548/11072 CL-13-4 Kucure, Vojvodina, village school
c/n 638/11088 CL-13-4 Belgrade, National Aviation Museum

F-86E
F-86E 11088 at Belgrade (Mitja Marusko).

c/n 642/11090 CL-13-4 Bosnjaci military base
c/n 659/11093 CL-13-4 Subotica, poor condition, Akro Grupa colours

F-86E
F-86E 11093 at Subotica, 2006 (Pedrag Stamenkovic).

c/n 750/11112 CL-13-4 Bosnjaci military base


Slovenia

Serial Type Location/Details
/14307 F-86D Brnik Airport, Ljubljana, camouflaged, as '147', wfu by Jan97, for proposed Museum

IF-86D
IF-86D 14307 at Brnik Airport.

Serial Type Location/Details
/14311 F-86D Celje Aero Club, natural metal, derelict noted Jan97 - supposedly scrapped Sep99, but main parts still extant

IF-86D
IF-86D 14311 at Celje, still in its main parts, 14Oct07.

Serial Type Location/Details
/14325 F-86D Brnik Airport, Ljubljana, camouflaged, as '146', wfu by Jan97, for proposed museum

IF-86D
IF-86D 14325 at Brnik Airport.


South Africa

Serial Type Location/Details
358/ c/n 1467 CL-13B-6 Pietersburg, preserved by Town Hall, ex-Pietersburg AB
361/ c/n 1470 CL-13B-6 Swartkop, fuselage & tail in container, noted 18Aug00 
'361' CL-13B-6 Swartkop AB SAAF Museum, displayed in Korean War colours, composite with 361, wings and fuselage of 367, ex-Lanseria, to Snake Valley on 27 Apr76
369/ c/n 1478 CL-13B-6 Waterkloof AB, noted Jun98 'H'

Sabre 6
Sabre 6 369 at Waterkloof.

372/ c/n 1481 CL-13B-6 Ysterplaat AB, arrived 13Feb87, stored by Jun98, ex-Lyttleton 1 School of Technical Training and Snake Valley
383/ c/n 1492 CL-13B-6 Lanseria, noted 08Sep00, ex-Kempton Park Technical College, derelict by .04 - for rebuild for US owner?

Sabre 6
Sabre 6 383 at Lanseria, thought to be for sale.


Spain

Serial Type Location/Details
C.5-1/51-13194 F-86F Leon AB, Virgen del Camino Technical Training School
C.5-2/51-13239 F-86F Talavera la Real AB, gate guard as 'C.5-199/732-1'

F-86F
F-86F C.5-2 masquerading as C.5-199, Talavera.(Tono Fernandez Leonarte)

C.5-5/51-13125 F-86F Valencia, in public gardens as '1-005'-also quoted as C.5-101/55-4000

F-86F
F-86F impressively posed at Valencia.(Tono Fernandez Leonarte)

C.5-58/52-4594 F-86F Museo del Aire, Cuatro Vientos as '102-4', on show by 2005

F-86F
F-86F C.5-58/52-4594 at Cuatro Vientos (Roberto Yanez)

C.5-70/52-4683 F-86F Zaragoza AB, on pole as '2-41', ex-Valenzuela AB

F-86F
F-86F C.5-70 at Zaragosa (Philip Chinnery)

C.5-71/52-4718 F-86F Villanova I La Geltru (south of Barcelona), Centre Aeri museum by Feb89 as '102-8', ex-Museo del Aire

F-86F
F-86F C.5-71/52-4718, pictured at Museo del Aire, now at Villa Nova

Serial Type Location/Details
C.5-82/55-3966 F-86F Torrejon AB, Ala 12 area, as '6-082' - also reported as C.5-98/55-3982

F-86F
F-86F C.5-82/55-3966 at Torrejon (Roberto Yanez)

C.5-100/55-3984 F-86F Las Bardenas ranges
C.5-107/55-3981 F-86F Leon AB, Virgen del Camino Technical Training School, as '131-8'
C.5-143/55-3971 F-86F Zaragoza AB, on pole, USAF 51st FIW colours as '25406'

F-86F
F-86F 55-3971 masquerading as 51-12940, on pole Zaragosa AB, circa 1989.

Serial Type Location/Details
C.5-172/55-4011 F-86F Las Bardenas ranges
C.5-223/51-13450 F-86F Museo del Aire, Cuatro Vientos, Ascua colours as 'C.5-104'

F-86F
F-86F C.5-223 at Cuatro Vientos in Ascua colours (Roberto Yanez)

C.5-231/52-5307 F-86F Moron AB, gate guard as '151-21'

F-86F
F-86F C.5-231/52-5307 at Moron AB

Serial Type Location/Details
C.5-239/51-13454 F-86F Las Bardenas ranges 
C.5-251/51-13399 F-86F Las Bardenas ranges, camouflaged

Around 30 F-86Fs are reported at Las Bardenas


Sweden

Serial Type Location/Details
F-977/51-5977 F-86D Svedino, Automobile and Aviation Museum, arrived 22Sep06. Ex-Kjevik, Norway (battle damage repair) ex-Danish AF, for restoration in RDAF Phantom Blue colours

F-86D
F-86D F-977 at Svedino, Sep06 (Bjorn Svedfelt)

F-984/51-5984 F-86D Svedino, Automobile and Aviation Museum, arrived 22Sep06. Ex-Kjevik, Norway (battle damage repair) ex-Danish AF, spares

F-86D
F-86D F-984 at Svedino, Sep06 (Bjorn Svedfelt)

Thanks to

Howard Curtis
Jure Miljeviae


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