Navy Serial Number Search Results

08030 ... 08123 (EXACT MATCH)
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
12 to USAAF as OA-10
12 to RAF as Catalina III (FP525/536)
08030 sank Japanese troop transport near Tassafaronga Point, Guadalcanal Oct 15, 1942.  Sunk 5/19/1945 
offshore of Chesapeake Bay 4 mi NE of Oceanview Amusement Park
08032 (MSN 851) to NC49692, then F-BDRN of TRAPAS (Transports Aeriens 
du Pacifique Sud) to CAT (Air Asia) as B-819. In December 1957 the Chinese 
Civil Aviation Administration requested to use the aircraft for search and 
rescue purposes. In April 1958, it flew for the PERMESTA rebels against 
Sukarno on Sulawesi, Indonesia, as part of the AUREV (Revolutionary Air 
Force). It was destroyed at Mapanget Airfield, Manada, Sulawesi, Indonesia by 
AURI B-25s and P-51s on May 13, 1958
08033 (VP-71) engine caught fire on takeoff Canton Island, South Pacific 2/12/1943 and sank.  SOC.
08034 crashed 11/18/1943, South Pacific, non-combat mission.
08038 crashed 11/18/1943, South Pacific, non-combat mission.
08043 (VP-31) crashed 1/17/1943 on takeoff Elizabeth City, NC.  4 killed, 4 injured.
08044 (VP-FAW-11) crash landed on flight from San Juan Puerto Rico to Guantanamo Bay 4/6/1944 due to 
Fuel exhaustion.  15 missing, one dead, 14 rescued.
08047 (VP-73) suffered engine fire on takeoff, spun in and burned 10/1/1943 Agadir, French Morocco.
8 killed.
08048 (MSN 864) became PK-CPB of KLM (Netherlands Indies), later went to Garuda
08051 (VP-54) engine fell off during mid-air fire and pilot landed OK 7/17/1943 Solomons, South
Pacific.  SOC.				
08054 (VP-31) hit iceberg off Narsarssuak, Greenland during taxiing 3/9/1943.  SOC.
08055 crashed into Mount Moffett near Adak, Alaska Jul 18, 1943.  7 killed.
This plane did not go to USCG as V-189--this was PBY-5 BuNo 2290
08060 (MSN 879) to CF-HTO of Maritime Central Airlines, Acquired by 
CAT in November 1958, delivered from California as B-831. Now Air Asia as of 
March 1959. Major overhaul May 1964, put into long term storage at Tainan in 
April 1966. August 22, 1967 authorized for sale. April 25, 1968 scrapped and 
de-registered of its nationality markings
08063 (MSN 882) to NC41364, then to KLM (Netherlands Indies) as PK-CPC, later went to Garuda.
08064 (MSN 883) to Defense Supplies Corp and assigned to subsidiary Rubber Development Corp as 
NC33300 Sep 7, 1944, cancelled Nov 23, 1948.  Chartered to Pan American Airways and leased to 
Panair do Brasil for carriage of rubber latex.  Subsequently PP-AGU, PT-ANU, PP-BTD and PT-BGB.  W/o Feb 21, 1961
08068 to civil registry as N6470C
08069 (MSN 888) to civil registry as N1562M.  It is possible that this plane was originally intended to be
ZP-CBC/T-33 but because of the crash of BuNo 34054 which was originally intended to go to Paraguay
as ZP-CBB/T-31 the FAP took delivery of only two Catalinas rather than three and the registration
ZP-CBC was allocated to a Taylorcraft 20.  It is also possible that the replacemdent was BuNo 08069.
08070 (VP-54) crashed at sea due to bad weather 11/7/1943.  8 MIA.
08078 (VP-54) force landed at sea and sank 6/5/1943.
08087 (MSN 906) to Defense Supplies Corp as NC33301 and assigned to subsidiary Rubber Development Corp.  
Modified as cargo carrier.  Leased to Faucett to support the work of RDC in Peruvian Amazonia.  Registered OB-FAA-344 to
Faucett Mar 16, 1943 and reregistred OB-OAA-134 Nov 22, 1944.  Returned to RDC in Jul 1946.  Aircraft remained in
Peru and in Aug 1946 were sold to the government and incorporated into the CAP as 422.
08088 (MSN 907) to Defense Supplies Corp as NC33302.  Modified as cargo carrier.  Transferred to Rubber Development
Corp and leased to Faucett to support the work of RDC in Peruvian Amazonia.  Registered OB-FAA-345 to
Faucett Mar 16, 1943 and reregistred OB-OAA-135 Nov 22, 1944.  Returned to RDC in Jul 1946.  Aircraft remained in
Peru and in Aug 1946 were sold to the governnnent and incorporated into the CAP as 423.
08092 exploded in midair 8 mi off Pt Loma 12/3/1942. 9 MIA.
08093 crashed 1/28/1945 on flight over Greece.  During low-level following of railroad tracks, hit
telegraph wires and crashed.  2 killed.
08097 (VP-31) missing on patrol 1/3/1943 from NAS Quonset Pt. RI.  Air-Britain
chat site has this plane going to Societe Francaise de Transportes
Aeriens du Pacific Sud as F-BCJG and was destroyed Mar 1948 when
hangar collapsed during cyclone.
08100 (VP-63) in landing accident 12/31/1942 Hecata Head, OR.  8 killed.
08101 (MSN 920) in 1966 to civil registry as N5588V.  W/o Feb 6, 1975 enroute
from Las Vegas to El Paso when crashed in desert near Wickieup, AZ
and burned after both engines malfunctioned.  3 crew killed.
08104 (Hedron 9.2 (Headquarters Squatron)) SOC after landing accident at sea Mar 9, 1944 in North Atlantic.  Port
engine failed and landed rough at sea, hull breached and sank in 30 minutes.  Crew rescued after 24 hours
at sea.   
08109 (MSN 928) to Royal Danish AF Sep 19, 1951 as 82-857, code changed in 1960 to L-857.  Ws in RDAF Museum
Collection at Vaerlose AB 1979-1989.  Now in Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola, Norway
08113 force landed Amlia Island, AK and hit reef 10/18/1943.  SOC.
08114 (MSN 933) to F-BCJH with Societe Francaise de Transportes Aeriens du
Pacific Sud.  Then B-1043 of Foshing Air Transport. 
Acquired by CAT July 1952 for $39,000, May 1955 to Air Asia as B-825. In 
December 1957 the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration requested to use the 
aircraft for search and rescue purposes. May 1958 it was used as a 
replacement aircraft for the destroyed B-819 (BUNO 08032) to support 
the PERMESTA rebels against Sukarno on Sulawesi, Indonesia, as part of the 
AUREV (Revolutionary Air Force).  Returned from Menado, Sulawesi to 
the Philippines on June 21, 1958. Overhauled Tainan April 1, 1964 through 
July 7, 1964. February 28, 1965 struck a sunken unmarked object off 
Taiwan, repaired then based at Taipei. May 15, 1966 the nose wheel collapsed 
on takeoff from Taipei. Repaired eventually in storage at Tainan May 1968 
through March 31, 1972. No longer on the records November 30, 1972
08117 to RAF as JX570
08118 crashed on landing Summer Bay, Alaska 11/26/1943. 3 killed 8 injured.
08120 (MSN 941) to USAAF as 42-109020

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Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
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