Navy Serial Number Search Results

122877 ... 122907
Douglas AD-3W Skyraider
MSN 6999/7029.  Three-seat AEW version.
122884 (VC-50) ditched at sea Nov 20, 1950.
122889 (VC-12) hit barrier on landing on Wright CVL-49 Dec 11, 1951.  Pilot OK.
122906 and 122907 converted to AD-3E search aircraft version to be used with AD-3S attack version in anti-sub warfare.		

22857 ... 23656 (EXACT MATCH)
General Motors TBM-3 Avenger
MSN 1/800.  Grumman Model G-40 built under license by Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corporation.
22857 assigned to NAES Philadelphia, PA.  Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, 
Langley Field, VA Aug 10, 1944 to Aug 17, 1944.  Assigned to NAES Philadelphia, PA 
22915 (VT-80) surveyed Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippines Nov 11, 1944
22926 (VT-80) lost Hainan Jan 16, 1945.
22932 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
22940 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
22965 (VTMB-132) failed a landing attempt on escort carrier Takanis Bay off California Jan 12, 1945 and 
crashed into water.  Pilot (sole occupant) rescued
23010 (VT-80) lost Manila Nov 5, 1944.
23053 lost off deck od USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23059 (VT-80 surveyed Ormoc Bay, Leyte Nov 11, 1944.
23085 (VT-85) made first arrested landing aboard USS Shangri-La in Chesapeake Pay Oct 15, 1944.
23098 lost off deck of USS Altamaha (CVE-18) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23100 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23112 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23121 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23132 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944.
23168 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944.
23172 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23184 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23231 lost off deck of USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23237 lost off deck of USS Altahama (CVE-18) during typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944.
23246 reconditioned and transferred to Royal Navy Jul 31, 1945 as
VL436.  No record of fate
23250 lost off deck of USS Monterey (CVL-26) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23253 (VT-80) lost Jan 16, 1945, Hainan
23257 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ635
23258 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ636
23259 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ637.  Returned to US Navy at
NAS Norfolk Aug 1945.
23260 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ638
23261 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ639
23262 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ640
23263 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ641
23264 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ642
23266 lost off deck of USS Altamaha (CVE-18) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23275 lost off deck of USS Altahama (CVE-18) during typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944.
23284 lost off deck of USS Altahama (CVE-18) during typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944.
23286 reconditioned and transferred to Royal Navy Jul 31, 1945 as
VL501.  No record of fate
23283 lost off deck of USS Altamaha (CVE-18) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23293 lost off deck of USS Altahama (CVE-18) during typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944.
23307 was a member of the famous Flight 19 which was lost out of NAS Ft Lauderdale, FL Dec 5, 1945.
It was flown by the flight leader, Lt. Charles Carroll Taylor.
23321 lost off deck of USS Altahama (CVE-18) during typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944.
23433 (VT-45) lost off deck of USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23457 lost off deck of USS Monterey (CVL-26) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
23500	(MSN 644) Bought by Uruguayan Naval Aviation / Aviación Naval Uruguaya as A-553
23539 (VT-124) exploded after landing on USS Hancock Jan 21, 1945.  The aircraft made a normal landing and
taxied forward, but the landing on the flight deck must have dislodged two of
its 500-lb bombs.  The two bombs exploded on the flight deck, killing 62 sailors and injuring numerous others.
23549 with VT-83 on USS Essex (CV-9) in 1945
23602 (MSN 746) reported 1979 at Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT.
Destroyed by tornado Oct 3, 1980.  Front fuselage noted May 2006 on display at
Connecticut Historical Aviation Collection (New England Air
Museum), Windsor Locks, CT
23615/23622 to Royal Navy as Avenger III JZ643/JZ650.