Navy Serial Number Search Results

04972 ... 05045 (EXACT MATCH)
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
04973 crashed in Brazil 11/27/1944 after midair fire.  22 killed
04980 (VP-41) missing 8/8/42 during search in Aleutians.
04981 full stall landing in open sea 7/16/1943, Hilo NAS Hawaii, sank.
04983 (MSN 82) to NC74693, then became PK-CPA of KLM (Netherlands Indies), later went to Garuda
04985 to RAF as Catalina III FP525.  Missing from antisubmarine
patrol Sep 22, 1942.
04986 to RAF as Catalina III FP526.  SOC Jan 24, 1945
04987 to RAF as Catalina III FP527.  SOC Aug 1, 1944
04988 to RAF as Catalina III FP528.  SOC Aug 3, 1944
04989 to RAF as Catalina III FP529.  SOC Aug 1, 1944
04990 (MSN 79) to RAF as Catalina III FP530.  Returned to USN
Dec 13, 1945, then to Icelandair as TF-ISJ.  Scrapped at 
Reykjavik, Iceland 1963
04996 to NC1217M then PK-CPE
05004 to RAF as Catalina III FP531. SOC Aug 3, 1944
05005 to RAF as Catalina III FP532.  Returned to USN Dec 13, 1945
05006 to RAF as Catalina III FP533. SOC Aug 3, 1944.
05007 to RAF as Catalina III FP534.  Returned to USN (date unknown)
(USCG) flipped over in landing accident Feb 23, 1945 near Elizabeth City CGAS.
2 crewmembers were killed.
05010 to RAF as Catalina III FP535. Missing from search mission
Nov 5, 1942
05012 to RAF as Catalina III FP536.  SOC Aug 3, 1944.
05013 went missing 10/2/1943, Gulf of Mexico.  9 MIA.
05015 (VP-53) sank after hard landing in rough seas 12/19/1943.
05018 (VP-24) spun in during training exercise 5/18/1942.  Pilot and 8 killed.
05021 (MSN 520, contract line number 110) to NV-18444, N18444, VP-BAR, VP-JAU, CF-HFL Nov 3, 1953, then in Atlantic 
Canada Air Museum, Halifax, NS, Canada.
05023 missing on navigation flight Jun 5, 1942, Gulf of Mexico.  7 MIA
05026 (VP-12) missing 6/13/1942 on patrol.
05027 (VP024) crashed 12/13/1942 off Mokapuu Pt, Oahu,Hawaii. 6 killed, 2 injured.
05028 at Naval Aviation Museum, hull only.  However, this is not really 05028, rather it is a Lend-Lease 
Catalina Mk.1B, FP216, MSN 116.
05029 to NC68713
05032 hit submerged reef landing at entrance to Salem USCGAS 10/22/1944.
05038 (VP-20) sank in deep water near Copalis Beach, WA after landing 4/3/1943.
05040 (VJ-2) hit submerged object in water on takeoff and exploded 8/19/1943.  2 killed
05041 (VJ-14) hit coral head and sank, NAS Pearl Harbor 5/18/1945.
05043 (VJ-2) crashed during non-combat mission 2/20/1944 due to unknown cause.  SOC.
05044 reserialled 02967.
05045 reserialled 02969

104576 ... 105175
Ryan FR-2 Fireball
contract cancelled