Navy Serial Number Search Results

120475 ... 121414
Convair PBY-6A 
Cancelled contract.  These numbers also listed to a cancelled contract
for Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver.

19711 ... 21191 (EXACT MATCH)
Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver
Curtiss Model 84F
19732 (SB2C-4E, VB-84) in hard landing 4/28/1945, Bunker Hill
19737 in mid-air collision with SNJ near NAS Pasuilo, South Pacific 12/12/1945.  2 killed.
19739 hit barrier 3/19/1946 CVE-67 Solomons
19756 (VB-100) tail failed on dive pullout over 
Molokai, HI 6/27/1945.  2 bailed out.
19757 stalled on landing Branan Field, FL 4/5/1946
19761 (VB-17) hit barrier on landing Hornet 4/25/1945
19769 (VB-83) in mid-air during combat mission 4/26/1945, Okinawa
19774 (VB-9) crash-landed due to damage by own bomb blast Okinawa 4/22/1945.
19800 (VB-9) crashed on takeoff from Yorktown 5/11/1945.  One killed, one OK.
19804 (VB-9) crashed into water off Yorktown 5/11/1945
19806 (VB-9) taxied into island 5/4/1945, Yorktown
19832 suffered structural failure on dive pullout near NAS Cecil Field, FL 11/30/1945.  2 killed.
19838 (VB-98) lost on takeoff from Los Alamitos 4/28/1945.  2 crew missing.
19846 (VB-14) in hard landing on Ranger 4/20/1945
19866 (VB-14) ditched in Otay Lake, CA May 28, 1945 due to engine failure.  2
crew OK.  Accident report erroneously listed this plane as being 19886.  The plane was
raised from the lake Aug 20, 2010 and will be restored for display at Naval Aviation Museum
in Pensacola, FL.  The serial was confirmed to be 19866.
19878 suffered structural failure in dive near Deland NAS, FL 7/16/1945.  1 killed.
19886 SOC Jul 1946. A crash report was written saying that this plane ditched in Otay Lake, CA 5/28/1945, but
when the wreckage was recovered in 2010 it was found that the serial was actually 19866.
19924 (VMSB-474) midair near MCAS El Toro, CA 6/8/1945.
2 crew killed
19938 (VMSB-474) force landed after takeoff from MCAS El Toro, CA 5/17/1945.  Engine failure 9/26/1945
NAS Deland, FL and undershot landing.
19949 (VS-61) ditched near Peleliu Island 4/22/1945.
19955 wing folded during landing at NAS Puunene, HI
7/22/1945.  2 killed
19959 stalled on takeoff 8/29/1945 NAS Deland, FL.
19967 forced landed 8/13/1945 NAS Daytona Beach, FL
19975 spun in on landing at NAAS New Symrna, FL 11/9/1945.  One killed.
19977 (VB-94) taxi accident NAS Kahalui, HI 5/21/1945.
19979 collision with obstacle Saipan, South Pacific 6/6/1945.
19981 (VMSB-343) hit water and exploded near Midway
Island 5/3/1945.  2 killed.
20004 VMSB-244) crashed in dive bomb run on enemy 
position with no flaps 6/14/1945, Philippines.
1 killed
20009 (VB-92) spun in on landing Kobler Field, Saipan
7/25/1945.  
20033 (VB-83) spun in off bow during launch Essex 
7/25/1945.  2 killed
20036 (VB-88) ditched at sea off Leyte Island 6/27/1945.
20040 (VB-97) force landed after takeoff 6/8/1945
Grosse Island NAS, MI
20049 (CASU-5) emergency landing at Palo Alto 
Airfield, CA 7/13/1945.
20066 stalled on landing at NAS Deland, FL 1/10/1946.
20077 (VB-9) crashed after takeoff from Yorktown
6/7/1945.  1 killed.
20080 (VB-88) mechanical failure Yorktown 8/27/1945
20086 (VB-2) hard landing Manila Bay CVE-61 5/20/1945.
20088 (VBF) stalled on waveoff from NAS Deland, FL
20105 (VB-2) overside landing Ticonderoga 5/6/1945 and
broke in half.  Pilot OK, one killed
20108 (VB-98) force landed into trees near Los Alamitos,
CA 5/18/1945.
20111 (VMSB-333) in midair with 20113 near Barbers Pt,
HI 6/6/1945.  2 killed
20113 (VMSB-333) in midair with 20111 near Barbers Pt,
HI 6/6/1945.  1 killed.
20115 wheels sup landing at NAAS Herlong, FL 5/10/1946.
20128 flew into another aircraft's slipstream, crashed
and sank Solomons CVE-67 11/20/1945.
20135 forced landing on approach to NAS Deland, FL 
12/7/1945.
20136 (VMSB-474) swerved off runway on landing at MCAS
El Toro, CA 5/28/1945.
20143 ditched in takeoff rom Solomons CVE-67 10/29/1946.
20148 (VB-100) overshot landing on Corregidor CVE-58 and
hit barrier 9/27/1945
20164 (VMSB-331) ditched Majuro, South Pacific 11/28/1945.
20167 undershot landing at Brandon Field, Fl 11/28/1945.
20170 stalled on waveoff landing at NAS Jacksonville, FL
and crashed into St Johns River 3/6/1945.  2 killed.
20182 (VB-151) swerved off deck in landing on Charger
5/21/1945 and sank with pilot 5/21/1945.
20183 (VB-18) went into inverted spin during bombing
practice off NAS Quonset Point, RI 2/19/1946.
2 crew killed.
20208 fire in midair near NAAS Cecil Field, FL and
crew bailed out 11/19/1945.
20250 (VB-2) in hard landing on Ticonderoga 5/7/1945.
20264 swerved off runway at Orote Field, Guam 7/4/1945.
20274 dove into water during practice bombing near
NAS Deland, FL 10/2/1945.  Pilot killed
20286 (VMSB-231) swerved off runway during landing
Majuro, South Pacific 6/20/1945.
20298 (VB-8) force landing in cane field near NAS at
Oahu, HI. 6/29/1945.
20309 (CASU-24) nosed over in landing at NAS Cape May,
NJ 6/5/1945.
20317 mechanical failure on non-combat mission in west
central Pacific 7/17/1945.
20322 VB-19   03.07.45 Takanis Bay   CQL;Hard landing & went over bow
20323 VS-66  Ens.Eugene M.Stegman 28.07.45 Sp,Mille Atoll   Alu
Isl,Mille Atoll,Marshall Isl's;stalled in tight turn during strafing
attack at 300';2/sank with acft
20329 VB-19   31.05.45 Ca,Cotati   FCLP;Cotati Fld;Landing
aacc,burned
20334 VBF,ATU#2   30.11.45 Fl,Deland NAS   force-landed;5mi.S,NAS
20337 CQTU   15.20.46 Fl,Jax   FCLP;Bronson Fld;spun-in landing
20386 VMSB-474  2nd.Lt.Darrel R.Ludwig 08.06.45 Ca,El Toro MCS
Mid-air;1.5mi.W,MCAS;nite sqd tactics;2/killed
20394 VJ-2<CIC>   13.10.45 Wa,Seattle NAS   FCLP;Spun-in landing
20404 VSB,OTU#1   20.02.46 Fl,Jax NAS   Eng
failure,1/bailed;262deg.15mi.NAS
20406 CQTU  Ens.Harry J.McReynolds 01.03.46 Fl,Pensacola
Bronson fld;FCLP;spun-in landing;1/killed
20436 VBF, OTU#2 10/26/1945 Fl,Deland NAS eng failed during
landing approach, force-landed; 1mi.W,NAS
20444 VSB,OTU#1  Lt.Pfaeffle Simson 09.05.46 Fl,Jacksonville
Tail tore off in dive on bomb target;10mi.NAS Chaffee target;1/killed
20453 VBF,OTU#1   18.09.45 Fl,St.Catherines Isl   Force-landed on
bch in shallow water
20454 VSB,OTU#1   29.01.46 Fl,Jax NAS   Ground-looped landing
20456 VRF-3 2nd.Lt. W.E. Ohlemacher missing 7/16/1945 Seven Oaks, CA.   
Plane found by US Forest Service while fighting a fire. 
Plane buried except for engine which was taken to 
NAS Terminal Isl;2mi.W,7 Oaks; hit mtn; 2/killed
20476 VB-58   30.04.45 Cv   NCQL;hit Isl landing
20489 VBF,OTU#2   19.11.45 Fl,Deland NAS force-landed;2.5mi.E,NAS
20500 VSB,OTU#1   21.11.45 Fl,Jax   Flew into ground on nite
take-off;108deg.6mi.NAAS Cecil Fld Control Tower
20501 VB-13   24.04.45 Ca,Vernalis NAAS   FCLP;spun-in landing
20502 VB-4   15.06.45 Ca,Morgan Hill   force-landed,fire
20514 CQTU   25.02.46 Fl,Pensacola   FCLP; Bronson
fld;ground-looped landing
20516 VBF,OTU#1   14.09.45 Fl,Daytona Bch NAS   stalled landing &
hit trees
20540 VB-12   21.04.45 Randolph   Okinawa;Hit barrier landing
20542 VB-82   18.05.45 Bennington   Okinawa;hit barrier landing
20543 (VB-85) demolished after it struck and somersaulted over the flight
deck barricade onboard USS Shangri-La Feb 3, 1945.
20548 VB-11   19.05.45 Nv,Fallon NAF   Overshot on take-off
20551 VB-82  Lt(jg).H.A.McBride 20.04.45 Sp,Empire   Combat
mission; tail sheared off by another VB acft during rendezvous, 
following attack;1/killed
20556 VB-88   24.05.45 Makassar Strait CVE-91   hard landing
20564 CASU(F)12   14.08.45 Sp,   non-combat-mission;mech failure
20579 VB-82   29.05.45 Bennington   F4U-1D taxied into this plane
while parked
20591 VSB,OTU#1   04.02.46 Fl,Jax NAS   During dive bomb run, eng
failure, force-landed in wooded area;272deg.21mi.NAS
20610 VBF,OTU#2   10.10.45 Fl,Deland NAS   NAS Aux
Fld; ground-looped landing,gear failed
20615 CQTU   18.02.46 Solomons CVE-67   CQL';landing acc,hit Isl
20619 VMSB-331 4th.MAW 1st.Lt.Charles R.Jameson 11.05.45
Sp, Majuro   NAB#3234;take-off & crashed at sea;2/missing
20625 VB-14   24.07.45 Saratoga   hard landing,hit isl & was
jettisoned
20635 CQTU   23.04.46 Fl,Jax   FCLP;Brandon Fld;spun-in landing
20656 VB-12 4/21/1945 Randolph   Empire; take-off ditched
20661 VBF,OTU#2 10/3/1945 Fl,Deland NAS   take-off-eng
failure, force-landed in swamp; 360deg.3mi.NAS
20674 CATU 3/12/1946 Fl,Pensacola FCLP;Bronson Fld; swerved off
runway landing & nosed up
20682 VB-88   05.09.45 Yorktown   Mech failure
20694 VB-16   02.07.45 Randolph   Empire;mech failure-ditched
20708 VB-82   28.05.45 Bennington   Empire; combat
mission;spun-in on take-off
20720 VB-6   18.06.45 Hancock   WCP;non-combat-mission;pilot
failure
20721 VB-92  Lt.John H.Lohm 29.05.45 Hi,Oahu   Spun-in during
rocket run; Kaona Pt;2/killed
20727 VB-12   04.05.45 Randolph   Okinawa,Shima;Barrier
20729 VB-12   29.04.45 Randolph   Okinawa;Barrier landing
20731 VB-16   04.08.45 Randolph   Empire;non-combat-mission;mech
failure
20737 VB-6   18.07.45 Hancock   Empire;Combat mission;deck acc
20748 VB-83   15.07.45 Essex   Combat mission;barrier
20757 VB-87   02.07.45 Ticonderoga CV-14   stalled on take-off
20775 VB-16   10.07.45 Randolph   Empire;structural damage from
high "G" pull-out
20786 VB-17  Ens.John F.Kennedy 10.01.46 Nv,Fallon   barrel roll
at 1000',hit water in Carson Sink;1/killed
20787 VB-82   11.05.45 Bennington   Empire;combat mission;bridle
slipped during catapult,fell over bow
20794 VB-16   02.07.45 Randolph   Empire;mech failure-ditched
20797 CASU-31<VB-95>   04.08.45 Hi,Hilo NAS   Hit top of bldg
landing in x-wind
20804 VB-85   04.09.45 Thetis Bay CVE-90   transfer from
Shangri-La to Thetis Bay;hit barrier landing;250mi.SE,of Honshu,japan
20824 Ferry   18.02.46 Ms,Jackson   Overshot landing,South
Jackson airport
20837 VMSB-245   28.08.45 Sp,Ulithi Atoll   anti-sub
patrol; take-off,ditched
20842 VB-83   20.06.45 Essex   Phillippines;pilot failure
20845 VB-16  Ens.L.A.Whitaker 14.07.45 Randolph   combat
mission;take-off,crashed;2/killed
20853 (VB-85) shot down Jul 24, 1945 over Kure Naval Base.  Made hard landing in water and crew became POW.
20856 VB-83   28.07.45 Essex   Empire;combat mission;prop
failure,ditched
20857 Ferry  Lt.Joseph E.Kane 10.07.45 Ca,San Diego   lower side
of cockpit came off hit pilot in head,he slumped over ,plane went into
spiral;this was viewed by another Pilot;1/a
20867 VB-9   10.06.45 Yorktown   Spun-in landing,sank
20893 VB-82   28.05.45 Bennington   Empire;combat
mission;spun-in on take-off
20893 VB-82   28.05.45 Bennington   Empire;Combat
mission; spun-in on take-off
20905 VB-8  Lt(jg).Thomas H.Kelly 11.07.45 Hi,Molokai   mid-air
during glide bomb run,off NE, point of Molokai isl;2/killed
20928 VB-8  Wns.Walter C.Gudjohnsen 11.07.45 Hi,Molokai
Mid-air during glide bomb run off NE,point of Molokai Isl;2/killed
20929 VB-1   18.07.45 Sp,   Strike on Tokyo;spun-in on take-off
20934 VB-94   25.07.45 Lexington   Empire; Combat mission; unk
cause
20939 VB-97   30.08.45    taxi acc at fld
20946 CASU(F)12   14.08.45 Sp,   non-combat-mission;mech failure
20953 VB-87   13.08.45 Sp,   Empire;combat mission;Unk cause
20969 VB-87   24.07.45 Sp,CV   Fuel,ditched
20976 VB-6   09.08.45 Hancock   Empire; combat
mission; take-off,ditched
20987 VRF-3<ferry>   19.05.45 Ca,Red Bluff   NAS Alameda to NAS
Pasco,Wa; take-off from Bidwell Fld,eng,1/bailed at 1500'
20990 VB-7   31.07.45 Or,Astoria NAS   Spun-in landing
20993 VB-84   30.04.45 Bunker Hill   barrier
20995 CASU-5   09.01.46 Shangri-La CV-38   CQL;barrier
20996 SOSU-3   01.08.45 Ca,King City NAS   Fire in
air,2/bailed;12mi.NW,NAS
21017 VB-19   03.07.45 Takanis Bay   CQL;hard landing
21027 VB-5  Ens.Richard F.Issler 01.11.45 Wa,Pasco NAS   late
pull-out during dive bomb run;2/killed
21036 VB-6  Ens.Robert C.Wikstrand 14.07.45 Hancock 40-10-00N
143-27-00E Strike against Hokkaido,Japan;spun-in on take-off; 
Pilot killed
21037 VMSB-245   27.08.45 Sp, Ulithi   Recon;hit 30' tree during
low alt flt
21040 VMSB-231 MAG-13 2nd.Lt.Harvey K.Snellbacker 16.07.45
Sp, Majuro NAB #3234   Instruments-two aileron rolls starting at 
2800' & hit water;2/killed
21050 VB-87  Lt.A.L.Matterson,Jr. 24.07.45 Ticonderoga   Spun-in
on take-off with full combat load;Pilot got out and drowned due to
faulty life preserver
21069 VB-13   12.07.45 Ca,Livermore NAS   taxi acc
21074 VB-17   08.01.46 Nv,Fallon NAAS   spun-in landing
21076 VRF-3   28.03.46 Tx,Dallas NAS   NAS Memphis,Tn to NAS
Dallas;wheels up landing,Hensley fld
21077 VB-81   17.07.45 Wa,Pasco   FCLP;OLF Pasco<Vista>;Stalled
on take-off
21078 VB-7  Ens.Winston W.Wilson 31.08.45 Or,Tillamook   Missing
on routine flt off Tillamook;2/missing
21079 VB-94   10.07.45 Lexington   Empire;combat
mission; take-off, ditched
21102 VRF-3<ferry>   23.05.45 Astoria NAS, OR  Overshot runway
on take-off
21105 CASU(F)12   18.12.45 Sp,   non-combat-mission;mech failure
21115 VB-94   20.06.45 Ticonderoga   combat mission;wave-off
landing, spun-in
21117 VB-14   12.04.46 Ca,Alameda NAS   ditched in San Leandro
Estuary
21126 VB-85   24.07.45 Shangri-La   Empire;Combat mission; deck
crash
21151 VF(N),OTU#1  Ens.W.J.Weeks 15.04.46 Americus, GA
X-ctry;fuel-lost-crashed unk cause;4mi.N.Americus;2/killed
21164 VB-85  Lt(jg).Howard E.Eagleston 14.07.45 Shangri-La
Empire; combat mission; attack on enemy installation;2/MIA
21168 VT-74   27.11.45 Atl,   Ditched
21182 VB-6   08.07.45 Hancock   Empire combat mission; spun-in on
take-off
21186 VB-6   18.07.45 Hancock   Empire;take-off,ditched
21189 VB-87   01.05.45 Hi,Maui   NAS Kahalui; test flt; Ditched
200yrds.off bch/recovered