Navy Serial Number Search Results

04425 ... 04514 (EXACT MATCH)
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
04426 (VP-101) collided with obstacle Green Island,
South Pacific 7/1/1944.  SOC.
04431 (VP-HDN-10) engine caught fire, force landed off
Australia, plane drifted onto beach 1/13/1943.
SOC.  Crew OK.
04438 (VP-HDN-6) water-looped on landing and sank
2/8/1943, NAS Whidbey Island.  2 killed.
04439 (VP-43) hit mountains east of Half Moon Bay,
CA 6/1/1942.  Pilot and 7 killed.
04441 participated with VP-43 in rescue of crewmen from submarine USS S27 that ran aground at Amchita Island 
in Aleutians Jun 26, 1942.  Went to A&R Seattle Nov 9, 1942.  It then went through various other units 
including VP-101, VP-24, VPB-52, FAW-10. It was struck off charge at  Seattle as obsolete Apr 30, 1945 
and did not see any post-war service, military or commercial. 
04445 crashed 5/12/1943 during ferry from Oahu to NAS Alameda near Makapuu Point.  Pilot killed.
04447 hit swell during landing Pensacola Bay, FL Jul 1, 1943, nosed over.  1 missing , 8 injured.
04454 (VP-33) water looped Manzanillo Bay, Panama 11/6/1942.  SOC
04459 (VP-41) missing SW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska 6/28/1942.
04461 (VP-101) missing on patrol 3/28/1943.
04462 damaged during landing 12/21/1943 Escambria Bay, FL.  SOC.
04463 missing on patrol 7/14/1942 out of NAS Sand Pt, AK.  9 MIA.
04468 (VP-34) flew into water during gunnery practice Manzanillo Bay, Canal Zone 8/20/1942.  Pilot and
4 killed, 4 injured.
04470 (VP-FAW-6) crashed during landing 5/1/1943 Mukilteo, WA and sank.  One missing, 4 injured.
04473 flew into water circling merchant ship in Gulf of Mexico and exploded 11/17/1943.  8 killed.
04474 (VP-33) hit Panama Canal tug on takeoff 8/19/1942 Coco Solo, Manzanillo Bay, Canal
Zone.  Pilot and 7 killed, 6 killed on tug.
04475 (VP-HDN-6) water-looped on landing NAS Whidbey Island, WA and sank 3/6/1943.  4 killed.
04476 (VP-61) stalled on takeoff and water-looped Amlia Island, AK 9/5/1942.  Sunk by gunfire.
04477 (VP-61) sank after bad landing Atka Island, Alaska 9/28/1942.  Never recovered.
04482 (VP-53) force landed due to engine fire and sank 1/2/1943, Aleutians, Alaska.
04490 (VP-61) crashed on takeoff at Kodiak, Alaska Jun 13, 1942.  1 killed.  Underwing torpedo dropped and
ran but missed a ship and exploded between the docks.
04492 (VPB-29) in landing accident St. Genges Channel, South Pacific 9/6/1944.  Sank
04497 (VP-HDN-6) water-looped on landing at NAS Whidbey Island, WA 3/11/1943.  SOC.
04501 (VP-101 FAW-17) sank on hard landing Admiralty Islands, South Pacific 8/10/1944.  Pilot killed,
5 injured.
04502 (VP-72) crashed to avoid hitting small boat 1/1/1943, South Pacific.  3 killed, 2 injured.

102576 ... 104575
General Motors TBM-4 Avenger
contract cancelled