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BuNo Criteria: 5155
Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:34 2016
5030 ... 5262 (EXACT MATCH)
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
Model G-36.  Manually-operated folding wings
5031 (VF-71, USS Wasp) lost Aug 1942.
5033 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5041 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5043 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5049 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 24, 1942
5050 (VF-5) used May 1942 to test the first F4F belly fuel
tank.  Destroyed on ground Oct 13, 1942, Guadalcanal
5056 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5068 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5070 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5071 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5073 (VF-5) destroyed on ground Oct 13, 1943, Guadalcanal
5075 (VF-6) to VF-6 Apr 1, 1942.  With USS Enterprise on Tokyo raid 
Apr 18, 1942.  Transferred to VF-5.  Bombed on Oct 15, 1942 
at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal and SOC Nov 9 1942.
5077 crashed south of Pe Ell, WA and not found until 1949.
5079 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5080 (VF-3) shot down by Zero during takeoff from Yorktown Jun 4, 1942.
Pilot KIA.
5082 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5084 (VF-5) lost Oct 2, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5089 (VF-8, USS Hornet) destroyed one Japanese dive bomber during
battle of Midway Jun 4, 1942 but was shot down.  Pilot KIA.
5093 (VF-23) flown by Medal of Honor winner Lt. Cdr James Thach
when he shot down 5 enemy aircraft Feb 20, 1942.  Plane
damaged during Battle of Midway Jun 4, 1942 and landed on
Yorktown.  Plane was pushed over the side after the ship was attacked
Jun 6, 1942.  Ship sank the next day.
5098 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5099 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5102 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5103 (VF-71, USS Wasp) lost Aug 7, 1942
5107 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5108 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5112 lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5114 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5125 (VF-5) lost Oct 11, 1042, Guadalcanal.
5130 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5131 ditched May 1, 1942, pilot rescued.
5133 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Aug 24, 1942.
5135 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5136 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5137 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5138 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 25, 1942
5141 (VF-5) lost Sep 29, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5149 (VF-6) lost on operations at sea Jul 15, 1942.
5150 (VF-3) shot down Jun 4, 1942 during Battle of Midway.  Pilot KIA.
5151 (VF-3) shot down by Zero Jun 4, 1942 during Battle of Midway.
Pilot rescued the next day.
5152 (VF-3, Yorktown) shot down (possibly by friendly fire) while
chasing Japanese torpedo bombers attacking the Yorktown.
Pilot rescued.
5153 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5154 (VF-5, USS Saragoga) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5156 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5168 (VMF-121) lost Guadalcanal Nov 13-14, 1942.
5170 (VF-3) shot down by Zero after downing a Japanese torpedo
bomber during attack on Yorktown Jun 4, 1942.  Pilot picked
up by destroyer recovering crewmen from the sunken Yorktown.
5176 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5177 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5179 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 24, 1942
5181 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5182 (VF-2) lost power after scrambling from Saratoga Jun 3, 1942
to check an unidentified Bogey which turned out to be a B-17.
Lost power and ditched, pilot picked up unharmed.
5183 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5185 (VF-5) lost Sep 13, 1942, Guadalcanal
5188 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5190 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Aug 24, 1942.
5191 (VF-5) lost Oct 3, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5192 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) shot down Aug 7, 1942 in Guadalcanal campaign. Pilot bailed out. 
Correlates with claim by Saburo Sakai.  Wreckage discovered in 1998.
5194 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5195 (VF-5) destroyed Oct 15, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5196 (VF-5) destroyed on ground Oct 13, 1942, Guadalcanal
5197 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5198 (VF-5) lost Oct 3, 1942, Guadalcanal
5199 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5201 (VF-5) destroyed on ground at Cactus Field, Guadalcanal Oct 14, 1942.
5202 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5204 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 25, 1942.
5207 (VF-5) destroyed on ground at Cactus Field, Guadalcanal Oct 14, 1942.
5208 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5209 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5210 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5215 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5224 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 3, 1942.
5226 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5227 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5228 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5234 (VF-5) lost Sep 12, 1942, Guadalcanal.
5235 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5236 (VF-6, USS Enterprise) lost Aug 7, 1942.
5240 (VF-5, USS Saratoga) lost Jul 20, 1942
5241 (VF-5) lost Sep 13, 1942, Guadalcanal
5242 (VF-5) lost Sep 18, 1942, Guadalcanal
5245 (VF-10, USS Enterprise) lost Oct 26, 1942
5246 (VF-72, USS Hornet) lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5248 lost in sinking of USS Hornet Oct 26, 1942.
5254 (VMF-121) lost Guadalcanal Nov 13-14, 1942.
5259 lost at sinking of USS Wasp Sep 3, 1942
5262 converted to G-53 with non-folding wings with full span flaps.  First flight May 5, 1942

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