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Description Criteria: sank
Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:34 2016
0102 ... 0161
Consolidated PBY-1 Catalina
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Model 28
0102 damaged in rough water landing at St John's River Nov 21, 1941..  stricken NAS Corpus Christi Jun 29, 1944
0103 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Jun 29, 1944
0104 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Jun 29, 1944
0105 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Jun 29, 1944
0106 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Oct 31, 1944
0107 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Jul 29, 1944
0108 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Jun 19, 1944
0109 entered flat spin and crashed into St. Johns
River Feb 14, 1942.  4 killed, 2 injured.  Stricken NAS Jacksonville May 30, 1942.
0110 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Aug 31, 1944
0111 (VP-6F) crashed in Pacific Mar 27, 1938
0112 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Aug 31, 1944
0113 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Aug 31, 1944
0114 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Aug 31, 1944
0115 stricken NAS Corpus Christi Jul 29, 1944
0116 stricken Dec 31, 1944
0117 stricken Sep 30, 1944
0118 stricken Oct 31, 1944
0119 capsized during night landing, Corpus Christi Bay,
TX Feb 25, 1942.  4 killed.  Stricken NAS Corpus Christi Apr 30, 1942
0120 stricken 30 September 1944
0121 (VP-6F) crashed 27 October 1937
0122 stricken 30 September 1944
0123 damaged by swell on takeoff Jul 23, 1941.  stricken 30 September 1944
0124 stricken 30 August 1944
0125 stricken 29 June 1944
0126 stricken 31 January 1944
0127 stricken 31 August 1944
0128 stricken 31 December 1944
0129 stricken 23 March 1944
0130 stricken 13 March 1944
0131 stricken NAS Alameda 3 August 1943
0132 (VJ-16) stricken 31 January 1944
0133 (VJ-4) destroyed on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
Stricken 7 October 1943
0134 (VJ-4) crashed 10 April 1941; stricken 31 May 1941
0135 stricken 30 September 1944
0136 (VJ-4) destroyed on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
Stricken 7 October 1943
0137 stricken NAS Corpus Christi 29 October 1944
0138 stricken NAS Corpus Christi 29 June 1944
0139 stricken 30 September 1944
0140 stricken NAS Corpus Christi 29 June 1944
0141 hit channel marker during night landing, Corpus
Christi Bay, and sank Jan 27, 1943.  SOC Feb 28, 1943.
0142 crashed and sank at Kaena Pt, Oahu Mar 30, 1938.  4 killed, 2 injured.
0143 stricken NAS Corpus Christi 31 December 1945
0144 stricken 29 July 1944
0145 stricken 31 December 1944
0146 stricken 31 October 1944
0147 stricken 29 June 1944
0148 stricken 29 June 1944
0149 stricken 29 June 1944
0150 skidded during landing and struck seawall, Corpus
Christi, TX 3/22/1944.  SOC.
0151 stricken 31 December 1944
0152 stricken 24 September 1943
0153 stricken 29 June 1944
0154 stricken 24 September 1943
0155 stricken 31 December 1944
0156 stricken 31 October 1944
0157 suffered hull damage at Jacksonville during beach approach Oct 3, 1941.  Stricken 31 October 1944
0158 (VP-2) crashed 23 August 1937
0159 (VP-7) crashed 6 January 1938
0160 stricken 31 January 1945
0161 stricken 30 September 1944
0386 ... 0425
Curtiss SOC-2 Seagull
MSN 12200/12239.  Model 71 Seagull
0392, 0415 converted to SOC-2A
0391 lost overboard from USS Portland during hurrican Aug 23, 1941
0394 (VCS-6, USS San Francisco) capsized and sank during recovery
accident Feb 26, 1942.  I also have a reference which has this plane
as being lost at sea off USS San Francisco Sep 2, 1941
0397 used in Operation Nanook 1946.
0400 (VCS-8) missing at sea off USS Nashville May 5, 1942.  2 MIA
0401 lost at sea of USS San Francisco Sep 2, 1941.
0406 (VCS-4) capsized at sea during recovery accident and sunk
by gunfire Jul 9, 1942.
0408 lost at sea off USS Savannah Jun 4, 1943
0417 (VDS-8, USS Philadelphia) capsized and sank in takeoff accident
in high wind Vazgerfijord, Iceland Mar 12, 1942.
0420 fell off USS Columbia catapult and sunk by gunfire Jan 3, 1943
0421 (VCS-4, USS Chicago) rough landing in high sea, float tore off
and sank Feb 20, 1942.
0454 ... 0503
Consolidated PBY-2 Catalina
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Model 28
0454 water-looped in landing in Pensacola Bay, FL Aug 15, 1944.
SOC Aug 28, 1944.
0455 crashed into Lake Ponchartrain, LA Jan 28, 1943 (Feb 10, 1943 ??).  3 killed,
13 injured.
0456 stricken NAS Pensacola 27 July 1944
0457 stricken 31 December 1944
0458 stricken NAS Pensacola 27 April 1943
0459 stricken NAS Pensacola 27 July 1944 
0460 stricken NAS Pensacola 31 May 1944
0461 stricken NAS Jacksonville 7 June 1944
0462 (VP-13) and 0463 (VP-11) collided in midair Feb 2, 1938 off San Clemente, CA.  11 of 14 onboard killed.
0464 stricken NAS Pensacola 10 December 1943
0465 skidded during landing USCG Pensacola, FL. Mar 24, 1944.
SOC NAS Pensacola 26 May 1944.
0466 water looped in hard landing Escambia Bay, FL. Jan 15, 1944.
SOC Mar 13, 1944
0467 (VP-53) crashed 5 March 1941; stricken 31 March 1941
0468 stricken 26 May 1944
0469 stricken 30 September 1944
0470 stricken 27 July 1944
0471 damaged in hard landing in Pensacola Bay, FL
Jul 7, 1944.  SOC 27 July 1944
0472 damaged in water landing at Jacksonville, Florida Sep 3, 1941.  Water-looped on landing Escambia Bay, FL Oct 24, 1943.  SOC Jan 7, 1944.
0473 damaged in hard landing Escambia Bay, FL Jun 14, 1944.
SOC 27 June 1944.
0474 stricken 28 February 1945
0475 stricken 31 December 1944
0476 stricken 1945
0477 stricken 27 April 1944
0478 stricken 31 December 1944
0479 crashed during water landing Pensacola Bay, FL Jan 19, 1944.
SOC 27 July 1944.
0480 stricken 1945
0481 damaged during landing Perdido Bay, FL Oct 4, 1943.  SOC 18 October 1943.
0482 (VP-10) crashed Pacific 18 November 1938; stricken 31 March 1939
0483 water looped during landing at Escambia Bay, FL
Dec 4, 1943.  SOC 27 July 1944.
0484 stricken NAS Pensacola 31 December 1944
0485 stricken NAS Pensacola 31 December 1944
0486 stricken NAS Pensacola 30 September 1944
0487 based at NAS Pensacola, assigned to NOB Bermuda Nov 15, 1943.  stricken 31 August 1944
0488 damaged in landing accident with VP-23 at Hilo Bay, Hawaii Aug 22, 1941.  Water looped during landing at NAS Pensacola, FL
and sank Sep 25, 1942.  Stricken NAS Pensacola 31 October 1942 (card gives 
date of crash as 26 October 1942)
0489 stricken Bronson Field 31 December 1944
0490 damaged during landing Peridido Bay, FL Jun 21, 1944.  SOC NAS Pensacola 27 July 1944
I have this plane also having force landed Sep 5, 1941 in Pensacola Bay, FL.
0491 stricken NAS Pensacola Jul 27, 1944
0492 stricken 30 November 1944
0493 stricken 31 December 1944
0494 skidded on landing Pensacola Bay, FL 5/29/1944.  SOC NAS Pensacola 27 July 1944.
0495 water-looped on landing Pensacola East Bay Nov 18, 1943.  Stricken NAS Pensacola 27 July 1944
I have this plane also as having force landed in
Pensacola Bay, FL Aug 29, 1941 and SOC.  Information anyone?
0496 force landed Aug 26, 1941 Pensacola Bay, FL.  Card shows still on charge in 1945
0497 did touch and go and taxi with hatch open and sank
NAS Jacksonville, FL 1/5/1943.  Stricken NAS Jacksonville 31 January 1943
0498 stricken NAS Pensacola 27 July 1944
0499 stricken NAS Pensacola 1945
0500 stricken NAS Pensacola 30 November 1944
0501 hit downdraft over Gulf of Mexico and two crew 
members not wearing safety belts were thrown out and
killed 5/12/1942.  Same plane (with VN-8) force-landed 
Escambria Bay, FL and ran aground 8/31/1943.  Stricken NAS Pensacola 13 October 1943.
0502 stricken NAS Pensacola 31 January 1945
0503 stricken NAS Pensacola 1945
0590 ... 0626
Northrop BT-1
MSN 293/329
0590 SOC Dec 23, 1943
0591 SOC Dec 23, 1943
0592 (VB-5) damaged beyond repair in landing accident on USS Yorktown
Aug 24, 1939.  One crewman slightly injured, other one unhurt
0593 (VB-5) went overboard during attempted landing on USS Yorktown
Jan 28, 1938.  One crewman injured, one missing
0594 (VB-5) stalled on takeof from USS Enterprise and spun into sea Feb 12, 1941.
Both crew slightly injured.
0595 (VB-5) went overboard during attempted landing on USS Yorktown Jan 7, 1939.
One crew slightly injured, one unhurt.
0596 badly damaged in hard landing at NAS Miami, FL Jun 12, 1943.  Not repaired
0597 (VB-5) entered spin and crashed at Oahu, Hawaii Nov 14, 1940.  Both crew killed.
0598 (VB-5) went overboard during attempted landing on USS Yorktown Nov 8, 1940.
Both crew slightly injured.
0599 SOC Dec 23, 1943
0600 SOC Sep 6, 1943
0601 crashed 1 mi S of Beacon, FL Nov 3,1941 after entering spin as result of violent
maneuver to avoid another aircraft.  Both crew killed.
0602 in midair collision with 0637 near Hollywood Hotel, FL
5/13/1943.  2 crew bailed out safely.
0603 (VB-5) stalled and crashed into sea while turning into final for landing on
USS Yorktown Mar 3, 1941. Both crew slightly injured.
0604 SOC Dec 23, 1943
0605 SOC Oct 30, 1943
0606 with VB-5 on USS Yorktown in 1938. SOC Apr 29, 1943
0607 SOC Dec 23 ,1943
0608 (VB-6) missing on night flight from NAS San Diego Feb 24, 1941
0609 force landed near Miami, FL Jun 22, 1943 and DBR.  Crew unhurt
0610 SOC Oct 31, 1944
0611 SOC Dec 23, 1943
0612 SOC Dec 23, 1943.
0613 SOC Aug 31, 1944
0614 crashed Jan 7, 1942.
0615 with VB-6 on USS Enterprise in 1938.  SOC Sep 21, 1943
0616 SOC Dec 23, 1943
0617 SOC Apr 29, 1944.  
0618 force-landed 9/5/1943 near Miami, FL and DBR.
0619 (VB-6) went overboard during attempted landing on USS Enterprise Jan 23, 1939.
Both crew slightly injured
0620 ditched 6/28/1942 5 miles off Port Everglades, FL and
sank.  Both crew slightly injured
0621 SOC Oct 31, 1944
0622 spun into sea off Fort Lauderdale, FL Jun 30, 1941.  Both crew killed.
0623 crashed during forced landing 7/21/1943, Miami, FL following engine failure.
Crew of 1 slightly injured.
0624 SOC Oct 31, 1944
0625 SOC May 21, 1943
0626 (VB-6) crashed near La Jolla, CA Feb 24, 1941 during night training flight.
Both crew killed.
0842 ... 0907
Consolidated PBY-3 Catalina
0865 suffered engine firem and made forced landing Corpus Christi Bay Oct 21, 1941.
0879 hit swell on takeoff in Gulf of Mexico off Corpus 
Christi, TX and sank 6/13/1942.
0885 (MSN 44) VP-32 sank after running into uncharted submerged rock pier while taxiing for takeoff at Manzanillo
Bay, Canal Zone Aug 14, 1942
0891 flew into water during low altitude flying 5/5/1943
45 miles from NAS Corpus Christi, TX.  3 killed, one
injured.
0892 (VP-32) damaged in rough water landing at Gatos Lake, Canal Zone Nov 4, 1941.
0907 water looped while landing in Corpus Christi Bay, TX
10/20/1942.  2 killed, 4 injured.
1064 ... 1146
Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull
MSN 12329/12411.  Model 71 Seagull
1065 (VP-101) damaged beyond repair by salt water immersion May 1942.
1069 crashed into mooring mast at Scott Field, Illinois Jan 26, 1938.  Both crew killed.
1071 (VCS-9) fuel exhaustion at sea off USS Boise, tried to
taxi to beach, capsized and sank Sept 5, 1942.
1076 converted to SOC-3A (VGS-1) crashed on takeoff from NAS Norfolk, VA in landplane configuration 
May 5, 1942.  2 killed.
1077 converted to SOC-3A (CQTU/A) damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
To limited overhaul.
1078 used in Operations Nanook and Highjump 1946-47.  SOC Sep 30, 1947.
1083 converted to SOC-3A.  With VGS-1 crashed on landing on USS Long Island off NC coast Mar 22, 1942.  To
major overhaul.
1085 (VCS-7, USS Vincennes) spun in after catapult launch Mar 16, 1942.
1086 lost at sea, USS Arizona Jul 10, 1940.
1089 (VCS-9) off USS Phoenix spun in during gunnery practice
Sept 29, 1942.  1 killed.
1090 (VCS-7 USS Wichita) loss of power, force landed, hit swell,
capsized and sank Apr 16, 1942.
1092 attached to USS Idaho BB-42, crashed in San Francisco Bay Jul 21, 1938.  2 killed.
1103 sand during recovery by USS Houston, recovered and SOC at Cavite Oct 1941.
1106 (VCS-7) in recovery accident off USS Tucaloosa and sank
near Axar Fiord, Iceland May 5, 1942.
1107 (VCS-3) in fuel exhaustion off USS Richmond Aug 9, 1942
offshord from Peru.  1 crew missing.
1109 (VCS-9, USS Helena) landing accident, sank inverted with main
float broken off near Oakland APT, San Francisco Bay Feb 25, 1942.
1113 wrecked at see USS Maryland Nov 17, 1939
1114 (VCS-8) in recovery accident off USS Philadelphia and
sand Apr 24, 1942.
1115 (VCS-9) missing at sea off USS Honolulu Jun 11, 1942.  
Found floating inverted off Farrallon Isls, CA Nov 11, 1942.
2 crew missing.
1122 converted to SOC-3A.  With VGS-1 got lost, ran out of fuel and landed at Rosarito, Mexico Jul 2, 1942.
Flown out the same day.
1126 (VS-201, USS Long Island) ditched at sea due to fuel exhaustion
Aug 2, 1941.
1127 (VS-201, USS Long Island) ditched at sea due to fuel exhaustion
Aug 2, 1941.
1128 (VS-201, USS Long Island) ditched at sea due to fuel exhaustion
Aug 2, 1941.
1130 (VCS-8) shot down by Bf 109G-6 flown by Lt Wilhelm Esser of JG 53/Stab 5 km W of Gela, Italy Jul 10, 1943.
1132 converted to SOC-3A (CQTU/A) damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
To limited overhaul.
1133 converted to SOC-3A (Nassau Utility Unit) last noted with USS Nassau Jul 23, 1943.
1134 (VCS-9) missing at sea off USS Hololulu Jun 11, 1942.
1139 (VCS-9) spun in at sea off USS Boise Aug 30, 1943.
1141 (VCS-9, USS St Louis) spun in and crashed off Hawaii Oct 16, 1941.
1147 ... 1190
Naval Aircraft Factory SON-1 Seagull
Curtiss Model 71 Seagull built under license by Naval Aircraft Factory
Some converted for carrier operation as SON-1A
1166 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired, to overhaul.
1173 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired
1175 (VCS-8) lost off USS Savannah off Bermuda Apr 13, 1942.
1181 spun in and sank off USS Boise Oct 30, 1941
1183 damaged  on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired
1191 ... 1194
Sikorsky JRS-1 
Military version of S-43 
1191 (MSN 4347) lost at sea in forced landing off Hawaii Apr 25, 1942.  SOC Jun 30, 1942.
1192 (MSN 4348) SOC Mar 31, 1943
1193 (MSN 4349) SOC Jul 31, 1943.  Became NC53295 Aug 6, 1945.  Suffered taxying
accident Sep 1948.  Disposed of by being towed out to sea and sunk.
1194 (MSN 4350) sank at sea Apr 20, 1943 and SOC Apr 23, 1943.
1213 ... 1244
Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina
1214 (VP-101) destroyed in air raid on Darwin, Australia Feb 19, 1942
1215 to RAAF as A24-28 in Mar 1942.
1216 abandoned by US Nayy during invasion of Java, taken ove by NEIAF as Y-3.  Flow to Australia and
handed over to RAAF as A24-29.  Sold to Kingsford-Smith Flying Service in 1946.  Engines and wing removed,
and fuselage offered for sale.  Purchased in Jan 1947 and converted into a houseboat.  Sold to Wentworth
Services Club in 1971, who converted it into a paddleboat.  Top of fuselage
cut away and a platform built on top of the lower hull.  Named "Paddle Cat"
1217 hit a rock and sank in Lake Lanao.
1227 destroyed at Broome Mar 3, 1942
1233 (VP-101) destroyed in air raid on Darwin, Australia Feb 19, 1942
1234 water looped on landing May 3, 1939 at NAS North Island, CA.
1237 destroyed at Broome Mar 3, 1942
1244 water looped on landing during training NAS San Diego Dec 9, 1941.  One killed.
1246 ... 1246
Martin PBM-1 Mariner
sank in storm near Iceland, Jan 15, 1942. (VP-72)
1248 ... 1266
Martin PBM-1 Mariner
Glenn L. Martin Company Model 162
1248 (VP-74) crashed into mountain side and burned at about 800 feet near
Krisuvik, Iceland Nov 2, 1941.  12 killed.
1250 (VP-74) MIA off Bermuda Jun 3, 1942 after search for survivors from SS Westmoreland sunk by U-566.
12 crew MIA.
1251 (VP-84) sank at sea off Bermuda Sep 3, 1942 after engine failure and
forced landing at sea.
1255 (VP-74) sank in storm near Iceland, Jan 15,
1942.
1256 (TTS) fire in air and crashed 11/11/42 NAS Banana River, F.  11 killed.
1639 ... 1670
Grumman J2F-4 Duck
Model G-15.  Delivered between Sep 1939 and Jun 1940.  Utility version, could be used for target towing and smoke laying.
1640 to USCG as V1640.  Crashed in Greenland during rescue of crew from downed B-17 Nov 29, 1942
1646 crashed in Iceland, Jul 31, 1943
1649 (MSN 536) delivered to US Navy Dec 1939.  SOC 1947.  To civil registry as N63850.  Crashed 1955 landing at Lake 
Killarney, Nassau, Bahamas; sank and abandoned.   Salvaged 1991 and restored at Wichita, KS. First flight May 27, 2005, current
2289 ... 2455
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
2289 (VP-14) in rough landing Hilo Bay, Hawaii Aug 20, 1941.
2290 to US Coast Guard as V-189.
2294 (VP-71) landed in heavy seas and sank 5/31/1942, South
Pacific.  Crew rescued.
2298 (VPB) water looped on landing and sank 8/25/1943 
Pensacola, FL.  3 killed.
2299 (VP-71) damaged when struck barge during taxi at Quonset Point, Rhode Island Nov 7, 1941.
2304 (VP-22) force landed and ran aground on coral 2/14/1942.
2305 NEIAF Y-72 was repaired using wings from 2305.  Flown to Australia and handed over to RAAF as A24-30.  
Sold to Kingsford-Smith in 1946.  In park at Lake Boga, Victoria
2306 (VP-22) attacked by enemy fighters 2/19/1942 near
Melville Island.  Crew rescued by SS Florence.
2309 (VP-22) lost in action 2/14/1942
2310 (VPB-2) missing off Brunswick, GA 1/16/1943.  5 MIA.
2314 (VP-44) water-looped on landing NAS Alameda, CA 
1/30/1942.  SOC.
2321 (VP-22) lost in action 2/14/1942.
2323 (VP-42) damaged in water landing Aug 28, 1941 at Woman's Bay, Kodiak, Alaska.  
(BPB-2) crashed landing in St. Johns River 5/8/1943.  SOC
2325 (VP-71) hit swell during emergency landing Dec 8, 1941 Halifax harbor, Nova Scotia, flipped over and sank.
8 killed.
2326 (VP-73) sank in storm, Iceland, Jan 15, 1942.
2327 ran out of fuel 5/16/1942, Tamalkipas, Mexico, crew
bailed out.
2329 (VP-81) in landing accident to rescue survivors of sunken
ship 6/8/1942.  Sank, crew rescued, plane sunk by
gunfire.
2330 (VPB) crashed during training 12/18/1943 Jacksonville,
FL 12/18/1943.  6 killed, 6 injured.
2331 (VP-73) sank in storm, Iceland, Jan 15, 1942.
2334 (VP-91) lost enroute to San Diego from Oahu, HI 3/5/1943.
8 MIA
2336 (MSN 98)
2337 (VP-73) sank in storm, Iceland, Jan 15, 1942.
2338 (VP-73) twisted hull during hard landing Aug 28, 1941,
Iceland. SOC.
2340 (VP-72) damaged by submerged rock during takeoff at Argentia, Newfoundland Sep 2, 1941.
2345 (VP-72) hit trees doing takeoff during storm Kaneohe
Bay, HI 2/17/1942.  8 killed.
2346 (VP-71) while moored at NAS Argentia, Newfoundland depth
charge accidentally dropped from wing Oct 23, 1941, sank and 
exploded.  Aircraft sank and recovered 12 hours later.
2347 (VP-72) lost during ferrying Jul 3, 1941, North Atlantic
2350 (VP-72) sank after landing accident off Santa Cruz 
Island 8/8/1942.
2351 (MSN 135)
2352 damaged during hard landing Escambia Bay, FL 10/7/1944.
SOC.
2354 (VP-23) flew into water 2/29/1943 near Johnson
Island NAS while looking for B-24 wreck.
2357 (VP-14) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2358 (VP-81) hit high wave on takeoff and made full stall
landing and sank 6/9/1942 NAS Key West, FL.  SOC.
2359 (VP-14) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2360 (VP-14) damaged at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. 
Repaired and returned to service.
2361 (VP-14) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2362 (VP-14) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.  I have
this plane also having been damaged and SOC after
a hard landing in Escambia Bay 8/17/1944.  Anyone know
which is correct?
2363 (VP-14) damaged at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. 
Repaired and returned to service.
2364 (VP-14) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2365 (VP-14) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2367 (VP-52) crashed during gunnery practice off Bermuda Jan 10, 1943.  8 killed.
2368 (VP-52) sank after hard landing Galopagoas Island, South Pacific 1/9/1942.
2369 (VP-14) destroyed at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
2371 (MSN 176)
2372 (VN-8) missing over Gulf of Mexico 7/17/1943.  8 MIA.
2373 damaged in landing accident at Pensacola Bay
8/15/1944. SOC.
2375 (MSN 184) damaged in water taxying at Norfolk, VA Aug 24, 1941.
2376 (VP-81) stalled on takeoff and crashed NAS Key West,
FL 9/7/1942.  SOC.
2378 crashed during hard landing Escambia Bay, FL 1/28/1945.
3 killed, 2 injured.
2380 (VP-72) crashed during landing on non-combat mission 
2/17/1944.  SOC
2385 (VP-81) bounced on takeoff and nose dug into water and
sank NAS Trinidad, BWI 4/2/1943.
2386 (VP-41) struck submerged object during takeoff from Sitka, Alaska Oct 20, 1941 and damaged.
2390 overshot landing at night Santa Rosa Island, FL 4/20/1945
and slid up on beach.  SOC.
2393 (VP-71) force landed off Mare Island, South Pacific 
5/31/1942 and sank.
2399 (VP-31) crashed during night landing 6/19/1942,
Trinidad, BWI.  All 12 aboard killed.
2400 (VP-31) water looped during landing and sank 4/30/1942
St. Lucia, BWI.
2402 (VP-31) experienced violent bump during mail flight between St. Evustatius
to Trinidad, BWI Sep 25, 1941.  Crew and passengers were ordered to bail out but three were lost.  
Aircraft landed with damage.  Damaged in takeoff from Port of Spain, Trinidad, BWI Dec 13, 1941.
2405 (VP-53) hit swell during takoff and sank 6/28/1943 NAS
Trinidad, BWI.  SOC.
2406 (VPB-2) hit channel marker during night landing 9/15/1944,
NAS Jacksonville, FL.  6 killed, 2 injured.
2407 (VP-101) lost 11/26/42 in forced landing after takeoff.
Sank in 18 feet of water.  Pilot killed, 8 OK.
2409 (VP-101) damaged in landing Gearldton, Australia
4/18/1942 and SOC.
2413 (VP-24) missing Jan 30, 1942 during extended flight from Canton Island
to Pearl Harbor.
2415 (VP-14) damaged at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
Repaired and returned to service.
2420 (VP-11) destroyed at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
2421 (VP-11) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2422 (VP-11) damaged beyond repair at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
2423 (VP-11) destroyed at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
2424 (VP-12) damaged at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.  Repaired
and returned to service.  Skidded during landing in
Queensland, Australia with VP-101 9/14/1943.  SOC.
2425 (VP-12) destroyed at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
2426 crashed and burned at sea off Daytona Beach, FL 5/14/1945
with six being killed.  Also listed as crashing at sea Dec 16, 1941.
2427 (VP-11) damaged at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.  Repaired
and returned to service.
2429 (VP-11) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2430 (VP-11) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2431 (VP-11) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2432 (VP-11) damaged at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.  Repaired
and returned to service.  Crashed Jan 12, 1942, Oahu, HI
during night landing.  2 killed.
2433 (VP-11) damaged at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.  Repaired
and returned to service.
2434 (VP-11) damaged beyond repair at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
2435 (VP-12) destroyed at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
2436 (VP-12) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2437 (VP-12) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2438 (VP-12) damaged at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.  Repaired
and returned to service.
2439 (VP-12) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2440 (VP-12) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2441 (VP-12) destroyed at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.
2442 (VP-12) damaged at NAS Kaheohe Bay Dec 7, 1941.  Repaired
and returned to service.
2443 (VP-12) damaged at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.  Repaired
and returned to service.
2444 (VP-12) destroyed at Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941.
2446 (VP-101) hit wave during landing New Guinea and sank
8/17/1943.  SOC>
2447 (VP-101) crashed after returning from Port Moresby 
10/26/1943. 6 killed.  
2452 (VP-23) lost in night landing accident 1/11/1942, Pearl
Harbor.
2453 (VP-11) water-looped on landing and sank Johnson Isl.
NAS May 26, 1942.  Plane was salvaged and dismantled.
2456 ... 2488
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
2458 (VP-73) beached in Iceland 6/20/1942 after being shot
at by friendly convoy.
2459 (MSN 300) credited with sinking of 3 U-boats. To RCAF as 11022.  Sold
on civil register in Sept 1946 as NC18446.
To Canada in 1953 as CF-HHR and later C-FHHR.  Later became N27311.
Now flying in Netherlands as PH-PBY.  Now painted in
Dutch Navy colors with false serial 16-218.  There is a problem with this
identifcation, since 11022 is a Consolidated Canso A with MSN CV-300.  Maybe the
MSN for 2459 is wrong or a wrong tieup is made with MSN CV-300.  
2460 damaged in towing accident on ground 9/14/1944. SOC.
2462 (VP-73) water-looped on landing off Iceland 3/28/1942 and
sank.  
2469 (VP-83) hit Elk Horn Mountain in VA during patrol in
fog 2/16/1942.  7 killed.
2472 (VP-94) crashed off the Para River, near 
Belem, Brazil Nov 28, 1943 during convoy patrol.  10 KIA.
Some wreckage recovered Dec 3, 1943.  Believed crashed during forced landing.
2473 assigned to NAS Anacostia, DC.  Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, 
Langley Field, VA Aug 4, 1945 to Sep 19, 1945.  Assigned to NAS Johnsville, PA. 
2475 (MSN 341, line number 187) to N74692, Nov 1951 to Caribbean International Airways as VP-JAW.  Ditched
on take off from Grand Cayman Jan 2, 1952 (or Jan 3) and salvage abandoned.
2476 (VP-91) water looped at Pearl Harbor and sank 4/5/1942.
2483 (VP-81) flew into water during low-altitude turn
2/23/1942, Oregon Inlet.  Crew killed.
2487 (VP-11) lost 4/5/42 Oahu, Hawaii.  Hit hillside during
letdown south of Makapuu.  Crew killed.
2512 ... 2538
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat
Model G-36
2512, 2517, 2524, 2526, 2530, 2537 modified as F4F-3P photo recon version.
2519 w/o Jun 11, 1941
2520 modified to F4F-3P.  With VD-2 destroyed on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton 
Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
2521 w/o Mar 24, 1941
2523 loaned to 892 Sqdn Royal Navy while working up at Norfolk, VA
Jul 18,1942.  Returned to USN Sep 12, 1942
2527 (VF-42) lost May 4-8, 1942, Battle of Coral Sea
2528 (VF-42) lost May 4-8, 1942, Battle of Coral Sea
2529 (VF-42) lost at sea Jan 8, 1942.
2531 (VF-42) lost May 4-8, 1942, Battle of Coral Sea.  From carrier
Yorktown downed Zero May 8, 1942 and low on fuel landed on
damaged carrier Lexington and sank with her.
2535 w/o Feb 26, 1941
2536 loaned to 890 Sqdn Royal Navy while working up at Norfolk, VA
Jul 3, 1942.  Returned to USN Aug 25, 1942.
2538 assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA.  Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley 
Field, VA Apr 15, 1941 to Aug 22, 1941.  Assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA.
3875 ... 3969
Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat
Model G-36.  MSN 757/851
3875/3904 ordered for the US Navy, diverted for sale to Greece and delivered, with their BuAer serials 
applied, to Suez by which time Greece had been invaded.   This batch was diverted to the Royal Navy 
as Martlett III, initially using the BuAer serials until allocated UK serials by the RAF in Egypt.
The UK serial allocations were: AX724/AX747, AX753/AX754, AX761 & HK840/HK842.
3875 to Royal Navy as Martlet AX733.  Damaged Aug 1941 when ground
looped in Western Desert (Sidi Haneish South) near Mersa Matruh
Rebuilt.
3876 taken on Royal Navy charge at Port Suez Apr 30, 1941.  Believed
to have been serialed AX746.  Caught fire while low-flying
at night, struck ground and exploded Jan 15, 1943, killing pilot.
3890 taken on Royal Navy charge at Port Suez Apr 30, 1941.  Ran out
of fuel while trying to intercept enemy aircraft Jul 23, 1941
and ditched 1 mi N of Ma'aten Bugush, killing pilot.
3895 taken on Royal Navy charge at Port Suez Apr 30, 1941.  Shot down
one S.79 and forced two more to jettison bombloads Dec 28, 1941.
Hit by return fire from a fourth and crashed into sea N of
Nra el Milh, killing pilot.
3906 (VF-6) hit by friendly fire near Ford Island night of Dec 7, 1941 while
trying to land after a combat air patrol.  Attempted a forced landing
in a canefield, plane cartwheeled and broke in two.  Pilot died the
next day in hospital.
3907 (VF-6) from Enterprise lost at sea Dec 31, 1941.
3909 (VF-6) hit by friendly fire near Ford Island night of Dec 7, 1941 while
trying to land after a combat air patrol.  Tried to land at Ewa
USMC airfield, engine quit 4 miles away and pilot parachuted to safety.
3910 (VMF-214) crashlanded Sep 4, 1942 and was surveyed
3914 (VF-6) scored first Pacific War aerial victory by USN or Marine
pilot Feb 1, 1942 over Taroa Island in the Marshalls, downing a
Mitsubishi A5M4.
3919 w/o Jun 14, 1941
3921 (VF-6) w/o Jul 8, 1941
3932 (VF-6) from Enterprise was lost as sea Feb 21, 1942.
3934 (VF-6) w/o Aug 16, 1941
3935 (VF-6) hit by friendly fire near Ford Island night of Dec 7, 1941 while
trying to land after a combat air patrol.    Crashed into a house at
Pearl City.  Pilot killed.
3937 (VF-6) crashed Feb 1, 1942 during night launch during raids on
Marshals and Gilbert Islands.  
3938 (VF-6) hit by friendly fire near Ford Island night of Dec 7, 1941 while
trying to land after a combat air patrol.  Exploded and crashed
into water off Ford Island.  Pilot bailed out and was picked up by a
minesweeper, but he died the next day.  
3953 (VMF-11) w/o Aug 30, 1941
3956 ditched in Lake Michigan Nov 30, 1943 and salvaged early 1990s.  Now on display 
on USS Yorktown, Patriots Point, Charlestown, SC.  In 1997 was under restoration 
for San Diego Aerospace Museum, CA.
3964 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
3969 ditched in Lake Michigan Nov 1943.  Recovered and restored by San Diego Aerospace Museum
and put on display at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.  In 1997 was displayed at 
San Diego Aerospace Museum, CA.
3970 ... 4057
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat
Model G-36
3972 (VF-42) abandoned after forced landing on Guadalcanal May 4, 1942.  His wingman followed him
in and landed on same beach.  Both pilots were rescued.
3974 w/o during ferry flight at Sacaton, AZ Jul 24, 1941
3976 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
3978 w/o during ferry flight at Manhatten, KS Jul 26, 1941.
3979 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
3980 (VMF-211) lost Dec 14, 1941, Wake Island.  Shot down two Type 96s Dec 11, 1941.
3981 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
3982 with VF-3 in 1940-41.  (VF-6) hit by friendly fire near Ford Island night of Dec 7, 1941 while
trying to land after a combat air patrol.   Badly damaged but pilot
deadsticked on Ford Island and walked away uninjured. 
3984 (VF-3) w/o ad NAS Pearl Harbor, HI Sep 30, 1941
3985 (VF-3) from Saratoga lost at sea Dec 22, 1941.
3986 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
3987 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
3988 (VMF-211) shot down Dec 21, 1941, Wake Island, by Japanese fighter
3989 (VMF-221) lost at Battle of Midway, Jun 4, 1942.
3990 assigned to NAS Anacostia, DC.  Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, 
Langley Field, VA Feb 23, 1942 to May 28, 1942.  Assigned to NAS Anacostia, DC. 
3993 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
3995 (VF-3, Lexington) lost in combat Feb 20, 1942.
3999 (VF-42) lost May 4-8, 1942, Battle of Coral Sea
4003 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
4005 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
4006 (VMF-221) lost at Battle of Midway, Jun 4, 1942.
4009 (VF-42) lost power and ditched Mar 14, 1942 after takeoff from
Lexington.  Pilot rescued.
4010 (VMF-231) crashlanded Sep 9, 1942 and was surveyed
4011 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
4012 (VF-42, Yorktown) lost at sea Apr 1, 1942.
4016 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
4017 (VF-6, Lexington) lost at sea Feb 24, 1942.
4019 (VMF-211) sunk Japanese destroyer Dec 11, 1941.  Later used as decoy.
4020 (VMF-211) ground-looped on takeoff Dec 14, 1941, Wake Island.  Later used as decoy.
4021 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
4022 (VMF-211) shot down two Japanese aircraft Wake Island.  Captured by Japanese Dec 22, 1941.
4024 (VMF-211) damaged by bombing raid, Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941.
4026 (VF-3, Lexington) lost in combat Feb 20, 1942.
4027 (VMF-211) damaged by bombing raid, Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941.
4028 (VMF-211) damaged by bombing raid, Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941.
4030 (VMF-211) damaged by bombing raid, Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941.
4031 (VFM-214) was Butch O'Hare's plane when he shot down six Japanese
bombers off Rabaul Feb 20, 1942 and earned the Medal of Honor.
SOC Jul 29, 1944
4032 (VMF-211) damaged by bombing raid, Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941.
4035 (VF-2) sank with carrier Lexington May 8, 1942.
4037 (VMF-211) damaged by bombing raid, Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941. 
4038 modified as F4F-3S floatplane.  First flight with floats Feb 28, 1943.  Referred to informally as the "Wildcatfish".
4039 ditched in Lake Michigan Jul 21, 1943 after deck launch from USS Wolverine and salvaged early 1990s.  On display 
at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
4041 (VMF-211) damaged by bombing raid, Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941.
4518 ... 4691
Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless
MSN 751/800, MSN 801/955 (odd numbers only), 957/1002.  All are El Segundo MSNs
4519 (VS-6, Enterprise CV-6) crashed May 21, 1941 at Loko Honaloa, Hawaii.
4521 (VB-6) deck crash on Enterprise 4/30/1942
4522 (VB-6) shot down by enemy fighter over Roi Island, Kwajelein Atoll.
4527 (VS-8) w/o 5/18/42 in ditching off Hornet.
4529 (VB-5) w/o 10/30/41 in overside landing aboard Yorktown.  Crew OK.
4532 (VB-6) lost Battle of Midway, 6/4/1942.
4536 (VB-3) w/o 5/15/42 near NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii.  Two crewmembers killed.
4539 (VS-5, USS Yorktown (CV-5)) lost May 8, 1942 during Battle of Coral Sea when shot down by Zeros.  Both crew MIA.
4542 (VB-6) lost at Battle of Midway
4543 (MSN 776) Loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ217. Transferred to NZ ownership late 1943 with permanent 
serial NZ5013. Brought on charge Nov 3, 1943. Stored by Mar 1944, SOC Mar 1948.  Sold as scrap Mar 1, 1948.
4544 (VB-10) w/o 9/30/42 in mid-air collision off NAS
Barbers Point, HI.  Two crew killed.
4546 (VB-5) w/o 10/8/41 in ditching on takeoff from USS Yorktown (CV-5).
4547 with VS-2 on USS Lexington in 1942.
4548 (VS-8) spun in and sank off USS Hornet 8/8/42.  Crew OK.
4549 (MSN 782) loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ208. Transferred to NZ ownership late 
1943 with permanent serial NZ5004. Brought on charge Nov 3, 1943. Crashed and written off at Ardmore on training flight on Jan 19, 1944 
when controls locked.
4556 (VS-5) crashed during familiarization flight landing attempt at Norfolk NAS Jun 21, 1941.
Pilot (sole occupant) killed.
4567 (VS-5) crashed in heavy squall Feb 1, 1942 during raid on
Marshall-Gilbert Islands.  Both crew rescued.
4570 shot down Dec 7, 1941 during Pearl Harbor attack.
4571 (VB-8) w/o 7/19/42 near NAS Barbers PT during dive 
bombing practice.  Crew killed.
4573 (VB-5) w/o 2/21/42 in ditching due to fuel exaustion
during landing approach to Yorktown.
4574 (VS-5) ditched off Yorktown (CV-5) Apr 27, 1942 due to broken
oil line.  Crew rescued by the Walke.
4577 and 4578 (both of VB-3) w/o in mid-air collision with
each other 1/23/42 off Diamond Head, Hawaii.  4 killed.
4581 (VB-6) lost 6/4/1942, Battle of Midway
4582 (VS-3) w/o 3/19/42 in engine run-in test at NAS San
Diego.
4583 (VS-6 q/o 2/24/42 in landing accident aboard Enterprise
after return from mission.  One missing.
4584 (VB-5) w/o on takeoff from Saratoga
4585 (MSN 835) loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ209. Transferred to NZ ownership late 1943 with permanent 
serial NZ5005. Brought on charge Oct 26, 1943. Stored by Mar 1944, SOC Mar 1948.  Sold as scrap Mar 1, 1948
4590 (VB-6) hit by enemy fire 4/142, ditched at sea.
4591 (VS-3) w/o 12/23/41 in takeoff accident from Saratoga.
Both crewmen killed.
4598 (VB-6) ditched during bomb practice off Enterprise 3/31/1942
4600 (VS-6) lost in Battle of Midway Jun 4, 1942.
4601 (VB-3) w/o 11/6/41 when spun in during dive bomb training at 
Border Field, CA, two crewmen killed.
4603 (VB-3) overside landing on Enterpirse 4/20/1942.
4604 (VS-6) destroyed on deck of Enterprise 6/4/42 due to
enemy action.
4606 w/o 9/5/42 at San Diego in landing accident.  Crew killed.
4612 (VS-6)lost Battle of Midway Jun 4, 1942.
4613 (VB-3) w/o 12/11/41 in take-off accident from Saratoga.
4614 (VB-3) w/o 9/19/41 on landing on Saratoga.
4615 (VS-6) shot down 6/4/42, Battle of Midway.
4620 (VB-6) lost Jun 4, 1942, Battle of Midway
4621 w/o 10/4/41 in crash into San Diego Bay.  Both crewmen
killed
4636 force landed at sea Jun 4, 1942 during Battle of Midway.  Crew rescued.
4644 (VS-2) w/o 10/26/41 in ditching from Lexington
4645 (MSN 955) loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ216. Transferred to NZ ownership late 1943 with 
permanent serial NZ5012. Brought on charge Nov  14, 1943. Stored by Mar 19 44, SOC Mar 1048.  Sold as scrap Mar 1, 1948.
4646 (VS-6) w/o 5/20/42 stalled on takeoff from Enterprise.  One killed.
4647 (VB-6) w/o 7/9/42 in takeoff accident off Enterprise.
Two cremembers survived.
4649 w/o 6/17/42 Sydney, Australia, one killed.
4651 (VB-6) w/o 8/24/42 off Enterprise
4652 (MSN 963) loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ213. Transferred to NZ ownership late 1943 with permanent 
serial NZ5009. Brought on charge Nov 3, 1943. Stored by Mar 1944, SOC Mar 1948.  Sold as scrap Mar 1, 1948.
4653 in late pullout from dive bomb run Border Fld, CA 
11/10/1941.  Pilot killed.
4654 (VS-6) w/o 3/2/42 in ditching from Enterprise.
4657 missing after takeoff from North Island 3/13/1942.
4658 w/o 11/10/41, San Diego when failed to pull out from
dive bombing run.  Two crewmen killed.
4664 (VS-8) missing on patrol off Hornet 5/29/1942.
4666 lost at Battle of Coral Sea.  Flown by Jo Jo Powers, who won Medal of Honor posthumously.
4668 (VS-5) crashed after takeof from Enterprise 2/24/1942.
4670 (VB-5) crashed after takeoff from Yorktown 4/9/1942.
4672 (MSN 983) loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ207. Transferred to NZ ownership late 1943 with permanent 
serial NZ5003. Brought on charge Oct 21, 1943. No record of disposal.
4675 (MSN 986) Loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ212. Transferred to NZ ownership late 1943 with permanent 
serial NZ5008. May never have been flown by RNZAF due to deteriorated condition when received. To instructional airframe INST91 with the 
TTS at Nelson in early 1944. It would appear that the aircraft never reached Nelson but was probably stored at Hobsonville before being sold 
for scrap on Aug 1, 1948.
4676 (VB-6) shot down 2/1/42 by enemy aircraft over Roi Island
4677 (VS-8) destroyed in action 6/6/42 in attack on enemy
ship Mikuma, no pullout from dive.  Ens. Donald Griswold and
Arm 1c. K.C. Bunch killed.
4682 (VB-6) lost at Battle of Midway, 6/4/1942.
4686 (VS-5) ditched May 8, 1942 near task force due to landing gear damage suffered during strike mission
during Battle of Coral Sea.  Both crew rescued by destroyer USS Aylwin.
4689 (VS-5) crashed on deck of USS Yorktown (CV-5) during landing Apr 9, 1942, in Coral Sea.  Both crew unhurt.
4690 (VB-5) lost at battle of Midway, went down with USS Yorktown (CV-5)		
4793 ... 4879
Curtiss SO3C-1 Seagull
Curtiss Model 82A
4803 lost off power near Fall City.  2 crewmembers bailed out.
4804 (VCS-12, USS Denver) crashed at sea during recovery, plane
sunk by gunfire Jan 24, 1943.  Pilot sank with plane.
4807 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired
4808 to US Coast Guard Jun 10, 1943 as 4808, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944.
4809 to US Coast Guard Jun 10, 1943 as 4809, returned to US Navy Mar 1, 1944.  
4812 missing near Farallon Islands, CA Oct 29, 1943. 2 crew missing.
4813 to US Coast Guard Sep 3, 1943
4815 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired
4818 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  To limited overhaul.
4822 loss of power near Tucson, AZ Sept 12, 1943.  Pilot bailed out.
4823 force landed on ferry flight Lewes, DE Dec 19, 1942.
4825 (VS-57, USS Noumea) lost power, force-landed, and capsized Jan 29, 1943.
4826 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone KE302
4828 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX667
4834 (VCS-12, USS Montpelier) stalled after catapult shot Jan 1, 1943.
Pilot killed.
4835 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone KE291
4837 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone KE293
4839 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JZ772
4842 forced landed in field near Palisades Field, California Aug 1, 1944.
4845 forced landed and sank NAS San Pedro, CA Mar 18, 1944.
4846 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX663
4847 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX669
4854 overshot landing at NAB St Louis, MO Oct 1, 1942.
4856 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX668
4861 (VCS-12, USS Denver) sunk at sea after recovery accident Jan 24, 1943.
4868 in takeoff accident NAS Seattle Jan 28, 1943.
4870 to US Coast Guard Sep 3, 1943 as 4870, returned to US Navy Nov 15, 1943. 
4876 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone JX666
4877 to Royal Navy as Queen Seamew target drone KE303
4879 to US Coast Guard May 27, 1943 as 4879, returned to US Navy Dec 23, 1943
4880 ... 5029
Curtiss SO3C-2 Seagull
Curtiss Model 82B.  Ordered as SO3C-1, delivered as SO3C-2
4887 (VS-35) engine overheated and crew of two bailed near Cape
Henry, VA.  One killed.
4888 force landed at Atlanta, GA May 14, 1943.
4896 stalled on takeoff at Kingman, AL Apr 28, 1943.
4902 stalled on takeoff at NAS North Island, CA Jan 14, 1943.
4899 (VC-31) crashed during low-altitude snap roll near NAAS Santa
Rosa, CA Jul 23, 1942.  2 killed.
4903 (VS-71) nosed over on landing Fresno, CA Jul 29, 1943.
4905 in landing accident at Suffolk Municipal APT, VA May 14, 1944.
4906 overshot runway in landing at NAS Astoria, OR Oct 20, 1943.
4929 force landed at sea and sank off Yaquina Head, Oregon Dec 6, 1943.
4932 engine failure near Modesto, CA Dec 14, 1942.  Pilot bailed out.
4938 force-landed in a stand of trees near Kirtland, NM Jan 15, 1944.
4939 crashed after takeoff from NAS Alameda, CA.  2 killed.
4946 force landed near W. Pecos, TX Apr 19, 1943.
4950 stalled on takeoff from San Pedro Harbor, CA Apr 18, 1943.
4972 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  To limited overhaul.
4973 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.  Repaired.
4985 stalled on landing NAS Jacksonville, FL Dec 23, 1942.
4999 in landing accident at NAS Norman, OK Apr 14, 1944.
5030 ... 5262
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
Model G-36.  Manually-operated folding wings
5031 (VF-71, USS Wasp) lost Aug 1942.
5033 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5041 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5043 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5049 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 24, 1942
5050 (VF-5) used May 1942 to test the first F4F belly fuel
tank.  Destroyed on ground Oct 13, 1942, Guadalcanal
5056 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5068 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5070 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5071 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5073 (VF-5) destroyed on ground Oct 13, 1943, Guadalcanal
5075 (VF-6) to VF-6 Apr 1, 1942.  With USS Enterprise on Tokyo raid 
Apr 18, 1942.  Transferred to VF-5.  Bombed on Oct 15, 1942 
at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal and SOC Nov 9 1942.
5077 crashed south of Pe Ell, WA and not found until 1949.
5079 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5080 (VF-3) shot down by Zero during takeoff from Yorktown Jun 4, 1942.
Pilot KIA.
5082 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5084 (VF-5) lost Oct 2, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5089 (VF-8, USS Hornet) destroyed one Japanese dive bomber during
battle of Midway Jun 4, 1942 but was shot down.  Pilot KIA.
5093 (VF-23) flown by Medal of Honor winner Lt. Cdr James Thach
when he shot down 5 enemy aircraft Feb 20, 1942.  Plane
damaged during Battle of Midway Jun 4, 1942 and landed on
Yorktown.  Plane was pushed over the side after the ship was attacked
Jun 6, 1942.  Ship sank the next day.
5098 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5099 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5102 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5103 (VF-71, USS Wasp) lost Aug 7, 1942
5107 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5108 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5112 lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5114 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5125 (VF-5) lost Oct 11, 1042, Guadalcanal.
5130 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5131 ditched May 1, 1942, pilot rescued.
5133 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Aug 24, 1942.
5135 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5136 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5137 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5138 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 25, 1942
5141 (VF-5) lost Sep 29, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5149 (VF-6) lost on operations at sea Jul 15, 1942.
5150 (VF-3) shot down Jun 4, 1942 during Battle of Midway.  Pilot KIA.
5151 (VF-3) shot down by Zero Jun 4, 1942 during Battle of Midway.
Pilot rescued the next day.
5152 (VF-3, Yorktown) shot down (possibly by friendly fire) while
chasing Japanese torpedo bombers attacking the Yorktown.
Pilot rescued.
5153 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5154 (VF-5, USS Saragoga) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5156 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5168 (VMF-121) lost Guadalcanal Nov 13-14, 1942.
5170 (VF-3) shot down by Zero after downing a Japanese torpedo
bomber during attack on Yorktown Jun 4, 1942.  Pilot picked
up by destroyer recovering crewmen from the sunken Yorktown.
5176 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5177 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5179 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 24, 1942
5181 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5182 (VF-2) lost power after scrambling from Saratoga Jun 3, 1942
to check an unidentified Bogey which turned out to be a B-17.
Lost power and ditched, pilot picked up unharmed.
5183 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5185 (VF-5) lost Sep 13, 1942, Guadalcanal
5188 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5190 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Aug 24, 1942.
5191 (VF-5) lost Oct 3, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5192 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) shot down Aug 7, 1942 in Guadalcanal campaign. Pilot bailed out. 
Correlates with claim by Saburo Sakai.  Wreckage discovered in 1998.
5194 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5195 (VF-5) destroyed Oct 15, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5196 (VF-5) destroyed on ground Oct 13, 1942, Guadalcanal
5197 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5198 (VF-5) lost Oct 3, 1942, Guadalcanal
5199 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5201 (VF-5) destroyed on ground at Cactus Field, Guadalcanal Oct 14, 1942.
5202 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5204 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 25, 1942.
5207 (VF-5) destroyed on ground at Cactus Field, Guadalcanal Oct 14, 1942.
5208 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5209 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5210 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5215 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5224 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 3, 1942.
5226 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5227 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5228 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5234 (VF-5) lost Sep 12, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5235 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5236 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5240 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Jul 20, 1942
5241 (VF-5) lost Sep 13, 1942, Guadalcanal
5242 (VF-5) lost Sep 18, 1942, Guadalcanal
5245 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5246 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5248 lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5254 (VMF-121) lost Guadalcanal Nov 13-14, 1942.
5259 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5262 converted to G-53 with non-folding wings with full span flaps.  First flight May 5, 1942
5284 ... 6289
Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher 
5291 SOC at NAS Clinton Sep 30, 1946.
5320 (VCS-2) flying from USS Cincinnatti lost Jun 4, 1943
5369 allocated to US Coast Guard
5375 allocated to US Coast Guard
5393 (VN17D8) w/o in midair collision Jan 24, 1942 with BuNo
5624 near Demits Island
5422 in midair collision May 8, 1944 with OS2U-2 3092 1/2 mi S of NAS Pensacola, FL
5496 (VS-67) lost over Nandi during night operation Jul 2, 1943.  Both crew
killed.
5524 (VN17D8) w/o in midair collision Jan 24, 1942 with BuNo 5393
near Demits Island.
5582 (VN2DB) w/o in midair collision Feb 16, 1942 with SNV-1
BuNo 111246) 8 mi N of Pace Field, FL
5584 allocated to US Coast Guard
5596 made hard landing and sank Oct 1945, USS Savannah.
5599 to civil registry as YV-183CP (ATRAMAR)
5623 (VN17D8) w/o in midair collison Oct 20,1943 with BuNo 2191
near NAS Corpus Christi, TX.
5633 (VN4D8) in landing accident Apr 8, 1943.  Royal Navy pilot killed.
5720/5725 Lend-Lease to Mexican Navy
I have 5725 with USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, but it is marked as 0951.  However, some sources say 
that this plane may actually be 01368
5731 damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943. To limited overhaul.
5733 crashed into San Francisco Bay Jan 11, 1945.  Pilot injured.
5758 (VO-6) hit by a salvo while the main battery firing over her stern, caught fire and the next salvo blew 
overboard into sea from USS South Dakota off Savo Island, Solomons Nov 15, 1942.
5759 (VO-6) hit by a salvo while the main battery firing over her stern, caught fire and the next salvo blew 
overboard into sea from USS South Dakota off Savo Island, Solomons Nov 15, 1942.
5777 MIA during anti-submarine patrol off Salem, MA Apr 3, 1942.
2 crew MIA.
5811/5840 to Royal Navy as Kingfisher I FN650/FN679.
5811 to Royal Navy as Kingfisher I FN650.  Fuselage only noted at
RNAS Lee-on-Solent Aug 1945
5812/5818 to Royal Navy as Kingfisher I FN651/FN657
5819 to Royal Navy as Kingfisher I FN658.  Capsized during
night slipway recovery Aug 18, 1942.  Reported as total
loss, to be SOC.
5820/5840 to Royal Navy as Kingfisher I FN659/FN679.
5902 (VCS-2) while being catapulted, the cable parted inside the toe fitting, lost pressure, and the plane dropped
over the side into the water 150 mi SE of Recife, Brazil Jul 16, 1943.  Both crew rescued by a whaleboat
of USS Marblehead.  Aircraft sank by gunfire.
5909: An article in a 1987 issue of 'FlyPast' magazine states 
that this aircraft had been on display on the battleship USS Massachusetts 
at Marine Museum, Fall River, MA but had been returned to NASM as was 
suffering effects of exposure.  A photograph in a 1988 magazine shows 
this aircraft at the Smithsonian's Garber facility.  Now on display at
Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport.
5910 attached to USS Erie (PG-50) lost in CELNANT Nov 12, 1942 when ship sank after being torpedoed by U-163
5911 to Chile as FACH-300 in 1942
5912 to Chile as FACH-301 in 1942.
5913 to Chile as FACH-302 in 1942 
5914 to Chile as FACH-303 in 1942
5915 to Chile as FACH-304 in 1942
5916 to Chile as FACH-305 in 1942 
5917 to Chile as FACH-306 in 1942
5918 to Chile as FACH-307 in 1942
5919 to Chile as FACH-308 in 1942, First aircraft to operate in the Antarctic February 1947
5920 to Chile as FACH-309 in 1942
5921 to Chile as FACH-310 in 1942
5922 to Chile as FACH-311 in 1942, Second aircraft to 
operate in the Antarctic
5923 to Chile as FACH-312 in 1942
5924 to Chile as FACH-313 in 1942
5925 to Chile as FACH-314 in 1942, Displayed  at Chile's National Aeronautics Museum 
in Santiago
5926/5931 Lend-Lease to Uruguay
5926 at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL, painted as 07534
5932	Lend-Lease to Cuban Navy as 30.  Originally intended for Dominican Republic
5933	Lend-Lease to Cuban Navy as 31.  Originally intended for Dominican Republic
5934	Lend-Lease to Cuban Navy as 32. Originally intended for Dominican Republic
5966/5989 were to become V-1/V-24 of Royal Netherlands Navy, but never entered
Dutch service because of the war in Netherlands East Indies. In the confusion, the aircraft
were taken on charge by the USAAF and many were diverted to Royal Australian AF.   Aircraft which
were to become V-7/V-24 (BuNo 5972/5989) entered service with RAAF as 
A48-1/A48-18.  Final destination of V-1/V-6 is unknown.
5968 remained in USA.  Damaged on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943.
Repaired.
5972 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-7 and diverted to RAAF as A48-8.  W/o Jan 14, 1943 off Sydney
while on anti-submarine patrol.
5973 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-8 and diverted to RAAF as A48-9.  Taken on strength Aug 4, 1942. 
Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-D. Flown to Lake 
Boga, VIC, Aug 22, 1945, WFU and stored. Returned to service Jun 26, 1947 and prepared for use by 
the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE); found not suitable and returned 
to Lake Boga, VIC, Jan 21, 1953, WFU and stored.
5974 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-9 and diverted to RAAF as A48-10.  . Taken on strength 
Jan 14, 1943. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-L. 
Crashed Oct 4, 1944 off Jervis Bay, NSW and sank in 40 fathoms of water
5975 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-10 and diverted to RAAF as A48-11.  Taken on strength 
Aug 4, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-M. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Sep 6, 1945, WFU and stored. Sold Mar 25, 1948, fate unknown.
5976 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-11 and diverted to RAAF as A48-12.  Taken on strength 
Oct 12, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-N. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 21, 1945, WFU and stored. Sold Apr 2, 1951, fate unknown.
5977 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-12 and diverted to RAAF as A48-13.  Taken on strength 
Jan 14, 1943. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-O. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 18, 1945, WFU and stored. Returned to service Oct 21, 1947 and prepared 
for use by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). WFU Mar 31, 1948 and stored. 
Sold Jan 21, 1953, fate unknown.
5978 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-13 and diverted to RAAF as A48-14. Taken on strength 
Aug 4, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-P. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 21, 1945, WFU and stored. Sold Mar 25, 1948, fate unknown.
5979 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-14 and diverted to RAAF as A48-15.  Taken on strength 
Aug 4, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-Q. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 18, 1945, WFU and stored. Returned to service Sep 3, 1947 and 
prepared for use by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). 
Sold Apr 2, 1951, fate unknown.
5980 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-15 and diverted to RAAF as A48-16.  Taken on strength 
Nov 13, 42. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-R.
While carrying out gunnery practice off Broken Bay, NSW on Sep 26, 1943 a round exploded in the 
breech, the aircraft caught fire and sank.
5981 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-16 and diverted to RAAF as A48-17.  Taken on strength 
Nov 14, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-S.
WFU Sep 3, 1945 and scrapped Mar 26, 1946.
5982 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-17 and diverted to RAAF as A48-7.  Taken on strength 
Sep 7, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-H. 
On Dec 7, 1943 the controls became jammed and the aircraft flipped on takeoff near Wangi Point, 
Lake Macquarie. The aircraft was towed to shore and righted but as the aircraft had been submerged 
it was not flown again and reduced to spares Dec 21, 1943.
5983 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-18 and diverted to RAAF A48-18.  Taken on strength 
Jan 14, 1943. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-T.
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 29, 1945, WFU and stored. Sold Mar 25, 1948, fate unknown
5984 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-19 and diverted to RAAF as A48-1.  Taken on strength 
Apr 22, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-A. 
Capsized while mooring, believed due to leaking float at St George Basin May 1, 1945 and WFU May 22, 1945
5985 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-20 and diverted to RAAF as A48-2.  Taken on strength 
Jun 22, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-B. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 22, 1945, WFU and stored. Sold Apr 1947 but not delivered; retained 
by the RAAF for use by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). 
Sold Mar 25, 1948. The fuselage, tailplane and main float of A48-2 were found on a farm at 
Merbein, VIC. Taken to the Mildura Museum, VIC and restored using other Kingfisher parts. Was on 
display, partially restored, at the Malcolm Green Aircraft Museum, Whaleworld, Albany, WA in 2004. 
In 2006 located at Precision Aerospace at the old Air World hangar in Wangaratta, VIC.
5986 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-21 and diverted to RAAF as A48-3.  Taken on strength 
Jul 2, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-D. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 22, 1945, WFU and stored. Sold Mar 1948 for scrap
5987 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-22 and diverted to RAAF as A48-4.  Taken on strength 
May 11, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-E. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 22, 1945, WFU and stored.
5988 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-23 and diverted to RAAF as A48-5.  Taken on strength 
Oct 26, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-F. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 22, 1945, WFU and stored. Sold Jun 2, 1947, fate unknown.
5989 delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy as V-24 and diverted to RAAF A48-6.  Taken on strength 
Apr 27, 1942. Served with the Seaplane Training Flight, later 3 OTU and 107 Squadron, coded JE-G. 
Flown to Lake Boga, VIC, Aug 22, 1945, WFU and stored. Sold Apr 2, 1951, fate unknown.
5990/6289 cancelled
6455 ... 6504
Martin PBM-3R Mariner
Glenn L. Martin Company Model 162B. Unarmed cargo and passenger transports
6456 converted to XPBM-3E, radar development
6459 on Nov 11, 1943 in open sea rescue of 48 men from SS San Juan which had been torpedoed by a Japanese submarine
6468 (VR-10) in takeoff accident at NAS Pearl Harbor,
HI, beached and sank.
6482 (VP-209) crashed on takeoff 2/17/43, NAS Norfolk.
7 killed.
6497 exploded in midair over San Francisco Bay, CA
6/16/1944.  9 killed.
6505 ... 6754
Martin PBM-3C Mariner
6506 (MSN 2959) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-7.
6512 (MSN 2965) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-1
6513 (MSN 2966) to US Coast Guard Mar 1945 as 6513
6515 (MSN 2968) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6515
6518 (MSN 2971) to US Coast Guard Feb 1944 as 6518
6519 (MSN 2972) to US Coast Guard Feb 1945 as 6519
6520 (VP-207) sank after engine fire and forced landing
5/13/43, NW of San Juan, PR.
6522 (VP-208) water looped on takeoff 5/5/43 NAS Key West.  Have this also going to
RAAF as A70-10.
6524 (MSN 2977) to US Coast Guard Feb 1945 as 6524
6526 (MSN 2979) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A7006.
6527 (VP-203) crashed on takeoff from San Juan Harbor,
PR, 12/31/42.  3 killed.
6528 (MSN 2981) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-2
6533 (VP-207) sank at anchor 2/6/43, Corpus Christi Bay, TX.
6534 (VP-205) missing during sub search 6/10/43 from
NAS Trinidad, BWI.  10 MIA.
6535 (MSN 2988) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6535
6538 (MSN 2991) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-12
6539	VP-207, transferred to HEDRON-9 at NAS Bermuda. Scrapped or scuttled at Bermuda Jun 1945
6542 (MSN 2995) to US Coast Guard May 1944 as 6542
6545 (MSN 2998) assigned to VPB-2 at NAS Banana River, FL went missing
Jul 10, 1945 on radar patrol flight to Great Exuma Island,
Bahamas.  12 crew missing.  There was an extensive search
for 21 days but it was called off.  This incident sometimes
appears in books and stories about the "Bermuda triangle"
6546 (MSN 2999) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-3.
6549 (MSN 3004) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-4
6559 to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 3012
6565 (MSN 3018) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-8
6566 (MSN 3019) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-5
6571 (VP-74) lost in action with enemy submarine
off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7/3-4/1944. 10 KIA.
6573 (MSN 3026) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6573
6574 (MSN 3027) to US Coast Guard Feb 1944 as 6574
6575 (MSN 3028) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-9
6576 (MSN 3029) to US Coast Guard Aug 1944 as 6576
6581 (MSN 3034) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6581
6582 (MSN 3035) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6582
6583 at Quantico Air Museum
6586 (TTS) fire in air 5/4/43, engine fell off after
landing.  6586 (MSN 3039) to US Coast Guard Aug 1944 as 6586  
6589 (MSN 3042) to US Coast Guard Jan 1944 as 6589
6590 (MSN 3043) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6590
6593 (MSN 3046) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6593
6596 (MSN 3049) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6596
6600 (VP-209) spun in while circling US tanker
7/16/1944.  13 killed.
6601 (MSN 3054) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6601
6602 (MSN 3055) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6602
6613 (MSN 3066) to US Coast Guard Jan 1944 as 6613
6615 (MSN 3068) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6615
6620 (MSN 3109) to US Coast Guard Mar 1944 as 6620
6624	(VP-207) transferred to HEDRON-9 at NAS Bermuda.  Scrapped or scuttled at Bermuda Jun 1945
6629	(VP-207) transferred to HEDRON-9 at NAS Bermuda.  Scrapped or scuttled at Bermuda Jun 1945. 
6632 (VP-203) in emergency landing offshore from
Ipitanga Field, SP and sank 6/27/1944.
6639	(VP-207) transferred to HEDRON-9 at NAS Bermuda.  Scrapped or scuttled at Bermuda Jun 1945
6644 (VP-211) hit by own bomb during bombing practice
off Brazil, crashed and exploded 1/8/1944.
5 killed.
6656 (MSN 3109) to US Coast Guard Mar 1944 as 6656
6663 (MSN 3116) to US Coast Guard Feb 1944 as 6663
6664 (MSN 3117) to PBM-3S.  To RAAF as A70-11.
6665 (MSN 3118) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6665
6666 (MSN 3119) to US Coast Guard Feb 1944 as 6666
6667 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX100.  Returned to USN Jan 11, 1945.
6672 (VR-8) water-looped on takeoff Choptank River, MD
1/2/1944 and sank.
6674	(VP-207)  transferred to HEDRON-9 at NAS Bermuda. Scrapped or scuttled at Bermuda Jun45
6678 (MSN 3131) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6678
6686 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX101.  Sank while taxying at Bermuda
Jul 19, 1943, presumed hatch not properly secured.
6687 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX102.  Returned to USN Jun 19, 1944
6688 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX103.  Sold as scrap Aug 6, 1947
6689 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX104.  Returned to USN Jul 26, 1944
6690 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX105.  Returned to USN Jan 11, 1945
6693 converted to XPBM-3S
6694 (MSN 3147) to US Coast Guard Jan 1944 as 6694
6707 (MSN 3160) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6707
6710 (MSN 3163) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6710
6713 (VP-205) missing near Trinidad, BWI after 
engagement with enemy submarine 8/6/1943.  12 MIA.
6715 (VP-207) full stall landing at sea off Canal Zone 4/17/1944
capsized and sank. Crew OK.
6716 (VP-210) crashed off Montauk Point, LI on training
flight 8/18/1943.  12 killed.
6717	(VP-215) coded P-52. Crashed at sea off Bermuda Aug 20, 1944
6722 (VP-205) missing after contact with enemy sumbarine
8/3/1943, 12 MIA.
6731  (VP-215)  coded P-25. Force landed at sea off Bermuda Apr 25, 1944. Ran low on fuel; taken in tow 3 days later 
but capsized in bad weather
6732 (VP-207)  transferred to HEDRON-9 at NAS Bermuda. Scrapped or scuttled at Bermuda Jun 1945
6734 (VP-209) sank after emergency landing 7/14/1944.
6737 (VP-204) engine fire, force landed, tail sheared off
and sank 3/6/1944.  12 injuries.
6738 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX106.  Returned to USN Apr 3, 1944
6739 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX107.  Returned to USN Jul 7, 1944
6740 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX108.  Returned to USN Jun 23, 1944
6741 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX109.  Returned to USN May 24, 1944
6742 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX110.  Returned to USN Nov 26, 1944
6743 to RAF as Mariner GR.1 JX111.  SOC Nov 23, 1944.
6746 (MSN 3199) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6746
6747 (MSN 3200) to US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6747
6749 (VP-207) transferred to HEDRON-9 at NAS Bermuda. Scrapped or scuttled at Bermuda Jun 1945
7043 ... 7242
Consolidated PB2Y-3 Coronado
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Model 29
7052 configured as hospital aircraft.  Declared surplus and used as test aircraft for both Bikini nuclear tests.
7085 configured as hospital aircraft.  Declared surplus and used as test aircraft for both Binini nuclear tests.
7099 (MSN 57) to Hughes Tool Co as NR69003.  Now at National Museum of Naval
Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
7102 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX470. To MAEE Helensburgh for operational trials. Converted to transport and used by 
231 Squadron. SOC Aug 30, 1945
7104	(VP-15, coded 15-P-15) Force landed at sea off Bermuda May 23, 1943 after running out of fuel. Port 
wing tip float torn off and plane sank
7106 (VP-15) crashed into water 100 feet SW of Alpha Island, Great Sound, Bermuda Jan 1, 1944.  Nine of 14 
aboard killed.
7108 (VP-15) DBF Nov 7, 1943 during practice landings at NOB Bermuda when APU caught fire
7113 (VP-15) crashed 26May43 during approach to land at NOB Bermuda
7128 force landed on ground and broke in two at San Mieuel Rea, Mexico May 24, 1943.
7129 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX471.  Converted to transport and used by 231 Squadron.  SOC Oct 18, 1945
7131 in hard landing and beached to prevent sinking at Managua, Nicaragua Nov 24, 1944.
7133 (PB2Y-5R) sand due to hull leak Feb 22 1945.
7141 supposedly used by Admiral Halsey.
7143 nosed over on landing July 17, 1944 NAAF Galapagos, Ecuador.  5 killed, 8 injured.
7146 lost engine on takeoff Salinas, Ecuador and force landed and drifted
ashore Oct 13, 1943.  Never recovered.
7147 force landed at sea near Puerta Castilla, Honduras, broke in two
and sank Oct 19, 1943.  10 killed and one rescued.
7165 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX472.  Converted to transport and used by 231 Squadron.  DBR when struck while moored
by Mariner JX111 (ex 6743) at Wig Bay Sep 26, 1944
7166 supposedly to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX473 but there is no
record of receipt by RAF.  Was returned to US Navy
7181/7192 supposedly to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX474/JX485, but theres
is no record of receipt by RAF, all returned to US Navy
7193 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX486.  Converted to transport and used by 45 Group Transport Command at Dorval.   
Scuttled off Bermuda Mar 28, 1946
7194/7196 supposedly to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX487/JX489, but there
is no record of receipt by RAF, all returned to US Navy
7197 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX490.  Converted to transport and used by 45 Group Transport Command at Dorval.  
SOC Aug 30, 1945
7198/7200 supposedly to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX491/JX493, but there
is no record of receipt by RAF, all returned to US Navy
7201 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX494.  .Converted to transport and used by 45 Group Transport Command at Dorval.
Scuttled off Bermuda Mar 28, 1946
7202 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX495. Converted to transport and used by 231 Squadron. SOC Aug 7, 1945
7203 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX496. Converted to transport and used by 231 Squadron.  SOC Jan 11, 1945
7204 supposedly to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX497, but there
is no record of receipt by RAF, returned to US Navy
7205 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX498.  Converted to transport and used by 45 Group Transport Command at Dorval. 
Scuttled off Bermuda Mar 28, 1946
7206/7207 supposedly to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX499/JX500, but there
is no record of receipt by RAF, returned to US Navy
7208 to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX501.  Converted to transport and used by 45 Group Transport Command at Dorval.
Scuttled off Bermuda Mar 28, 1946
7209/7211 supposedly to RAF as Coronado GR.1 JX502/JX504, but there
is no record of receipt by RAF, all returned to US Navy
7243 ... 7302
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
7243 (MSN 394)
7245 (VP-83) crash-landed 130 mi off Natal, Brazil
12/14/1942.  Crew rescued by British ship.
7247 (VP-92) crashed during landing approach and sank
9/21/1942, Great Exuma NAS, BWI.
7249 (VP-92) force landed after engine failure and 
drifted onto reef and sank 5/14/1942 St. Lucia,
BWI.  SOC.
7251 (VP-92) crashed on takeoff and burned 4/11/1943
NAS Port Lyautey, French Morocco.  6 killed.
7252 (VP-83) crashed in heavy rain squall 6/13/1942,
Brazil.  10 MIA.
7255 (VP-94) crashed and burned in bad weather near
Dahlgren, VA 8/23/1942.  9 killed.
7258 (MSN 423) to F-BCJG and w/o May 14, 1948
7261 (VP-84) crashed on takeoff from NAS Beaufort, SC
11/28/1943.  5 killed, 4 injured.
7265 (VP-92) crashed at sea during low-altitude turn
11/23/1943.  9 killed.
7266 (VP-84) hit side of mountain in bad weather during
flight from NAS Alameda to NAS Norva 4/12/1942.
6 killed, one injured.
7269 (VP-84) hit side of mountain in bad weather during
flight from NAS Alameda to NAS Norva 4/12/1942
7 miles east of Livermore.  8 killed.
7271 (VP-62) missing on patrol flight out of Adak, AK
5/18/1943.  10 MIA.
7272 (VP-FAW-6) crashed during instrument landing on
Lake Washington, WA 11/13/1942.  Pilot killed,
7 injured.
7273 (VP-84) crashed at sea SE of Iceland, Jun 11, 1943 while attempting to rescue crew of RAF
Fortress FA704 (42-5073).  Crew located 5 days later, but all but one had died of exposure.
7274 (VP-92) crash landed in open field 11/13/1942 
Casablanca, French Morocco.  SOC.
7278 (VP-126) lost over Greenland ice cap during anti-
sub sweep 1/27/1943.  Crew rescued after 15 days.
7285 (VP-42) sank after forced landing at sea 12/21/1942
off alaska.
7286 (VP-42) crashed and burned on takeooff Dutch
Harbor, Alaska 4/23/1942.
7288 (MSN 456) to N67648
7289 (VP-45) crashed after takeoff 5/18/1943 NAS
Sitka, AK and sank.  SOC.
7290 (VP-4) crased NAS Dutch Harbor Jun 16, 1942.  2 killed, 4 survived.
7291 (VP-42) flew into water Dutch Harbor, Alaska
7/30/1942.
7297 crashed Mar 10, 1943 into mountain slope on northeast Shore of Lake Becharof, AK.  8
crew killed.   Wreckage located Jun 25, 1945.
7298 (VP-41) hit mountain in Aleutians 6/16/1942.
7299 (VP-41) water looped on takeoff Tongue Pt, OR 
3/8/1942.  Crew all killed.
7301 (VJ-2) spun in on open sea landing 100 mi west of
San Diego 5/12/1944.
7302 (VP-84) crashed on takeoff, Iceland Jan 13, 1943.
Stripped for parts.

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