Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105D-5-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:59-1731 USAF
    Construction Number:D043
    Compressed ID:Republic F-105D-5-RE sn 59-1731 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bissell Auto And Body, Saint Louis, Missouri

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-105D-5-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    Circa 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-1731.

    1966

    Transferred to 562nd TFS, 3rd TFW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    1968

    Transferred to 355th TFW, Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

    Circa 1969

    Transferred to 388th TFW, Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

    1970

    Transferred to 354th TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

    1970

    Transferred to 357th TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

    From 1971 to 1980

    Transferred to 149th TFS, 192D TFG, Virginia ANG, Richmond International Airport, VA.

    Circa October 1976


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: 149th TFS, 192d TFG, Virginia ANG.

    28 May 1981

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FK040.

    To Aircraft Restoration and Marketing, Davis-Monthan AFB (West Side), Tucson, AZ.
    Stored dismantled here.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Bissell Auto and Body, Saint Louis, MO.
    View the Location Dossier


    Photographer: James Bissell
    Notes: F-105D 59-1731, formerly known as Frito Bandito during its tenure in the Vietnam War is now stored at Bissell Auto and Body in Saint Louis, MO. Cockpit will undergo restoration with the rest of the fuselage and wings recycled for TransportTags and sold on transporttags.com as historical relics
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7634][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Republic F-105D-5-RE Thunderchief, s/n 59-1731 USAF, c/n D043[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7634
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.