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BuNo Criteria: 03294
Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:36:28 2016
03185 ... 03384 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless
MSN 1007/1206 (El Segundo MSNs)
03187 (VS-8) w/o 6/5/42 in ditching off Hornet.
03194 ditched 5/21/42 off Hornet.  Crew survived
23 days on a rubber raft before landing
on Nui Island.  Pilot survived, but
gunner was buried on Nui Island 6/15/1942. 
03195 (VS-8) stalled on landing at Otay Mesa Field,
Ca 3/28/1942.
03202 (MSN 1024) Loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ215. Transferred to NZ 
ownership late 1943 with permanent serial NZ5011. Brought on charge Nov 3, 1943. Stored by Mar 1944, 
SOC Mar 1048.  Sold as scrap Mar 1, 1948.
03206 (VS-6) lost Jun 4, 1942, Battle of Midway
03207 (VS-6) lost Jun 4, 1942, Battle of Midway
03208 (VS-6) lost Jun 4, 1942, Battle of Midway
03219 (MSN 1041) loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ211. Transferred to NZ 
ownership late 1943 and allocated permanent serial NZ5007 but crashed before change.  (25 Sqdn) stalled 
during gunnery practice and crashed at Waiuku, New Zealand Sep 13, 1943.  Both crew killed. 
03224 (VS-6) lost Jun 4, 1942, Battle of Midway
03225 (VS-6) lost Jun 4, 1942, Battle of Midway
03230 (VS-8) w/o 8/5/42 off Hornet.  Crew OK
03252 (ACTG-Pac) dove in during dive bombing
near Jamul, CA 5/6/1942.  Pilot killed.
0325? (VS-6) w/o 5/15/42 in takeoff accident from USS Enterprise
03254 (VMSB-141) MIA on search mission from Henderson Field,
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Oct 16, 1942.  2 crew MIA.
03258 w/o 5/15/42 in takeoff accident San Diego, CA.  Pilot killed.
03262 crashed near Otay Mesa field, CA during low altitude spin 5/20/1942.  Pilot killed.
03267 (VMSB-142) w/o 7/15/42 San Diego, CA in midair fire.  Crew killed.
03269 (VMSB-142) w/o 8/13/42, Rancho Santa Fe, CA in low-altitude spin.  Crew killed.
03272 w/o in training accident 6/12/42, San Diego, CA.  No pullout from dive.  Pilot killed.
03283 (VB-3) crashed on takeoffat Luke Field, Ford Island with 500 lb bomb 6/16/1942.
Two crew killed.
03290 (VB-6) w/o 7/23/42 when stalled on takeoff from Enterprise, one crew killed, other OK.
03299 (VT-3) w/o 6/14/42 off Diamond Head,HI during flight test.  Both crewmembers killed.
03308 (VMSB-241) w/o 1/24/42 on Midway Island in ground accident after being struck by landing 03240.
03320 (VB-72) missing at sea from dive bombing practice flight on target towed by carrier Jul 9, 1942.   Pilot missing 
03336 (VS-71) lost in action 8/7/42 off USS Wasp.
03351 (VS-71) w/o 8/24/42 off USS Wasp
03358 w/o 8/25/42 off San Diego, CA. in mid-air with SBD-2 BuNo 2147
03364 (MSN 1186) Loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ218. Transferred to NZ 
ownership late 1943 with permanent serial NZ5014. Brought on charge Nov 3, 1943. Stored by Mar 1944, 
SOC Mar 1948.  Sold as scrap Mar 1, 1948.
03369 (MSN 1191) loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ221. Transferred to NZ 
ownership late 1943 with permanent serial NZ5017. Brought on charge Nov 3, 1943. Stored by Mar 1944, 
SOC Mar 1948.  Sold as scrap Mar 1, 1948
03371 (MSN 1193) loaned to RNZAF from Marine Air Group 14 with temporary serial NZ210. Transferred to NZ 
ownership late 1943 with permanent serial NZ5006. Brought on charge Oct 26, 1943. Stored by Mar 1944, 
SOC Mar 1948.  Sold as scrap Mar 1, 1948
03376 w/o 8/20/42 off Enterprise during dive bombing practice.  Crew killed.
102576 ... 104575
General Motors TBM-4 Avenger
contract cancelled

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