Navy Serial Number Search Results

69992 ... 70187 (EXACT MATCH)
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat
Model G-50
69992/70014 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JV302/JV324
69992 (JV302) swung to port on takeoff from HMS Ruler Aug 3, 1945.  Wheels
struck gun position and aircraft ditched in sea.
69995 (JV305) missed wires while landing on HMS Ameer Jan 12, 1945 and struck
Hellcat JV307 (BuNo 69997).  DBR and offloaded at Trincomalee Feb 3, 1945.
69996 (JV306) SOC at Trincomalee during 1945
69997 (JV307) in collision with Hellcat 70261 (JW746) off Robben Island Nov 10, 1944.  Landed
safely but 70261 crashed.
70000 (JV310 ditched near HMS Indomitab le May 3, 1945.  Pilot rescued.
70004 (JV314) hook broke and went into barrier while landing on HMS Ameer
Dec 12, 1944.  DBR.  Wreck unloaded Dec 20, 1944 and presumably scrapped.
70010 (JV320) crashed at Subramgamuwa, Ceylon during navigation exercise
Apr 2, 1945.  Pilot killed.
70015/70037 to Royal Navy as Hellcat II JW700/JW722
70017 (JW702) ditched following engine fire during takeoff from HMS Ruler
Mar 18, 1945.  Pilot rescued.
70024 (JW709) crashed near Wingfield following engine fire Jan 5, 1945.
Pilot survived.
70028 (JW713) SOC at Trincomalee during 1945
70029 (JW714) SOC at Trincomalee during 1945.
70034 (JW719) while parked on HMS Khedive Apr 10, 1945, knocked off flight deck
onto forecastle by Hellcat JV144 (40775), DBR. 
70070 (VF-28) lost off deck of USS Monterey (CVL-26) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
70071 (VF-7, USS Hancock) "demolished, military necessity" in SW Pacific Oct 29, 1944.
70075 (VF-28) lost off deck of USS Monterey (CVL-26) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
70087 (VF-22) lost off deck of USS Cowpens (CVL-25) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
70090 with VF-18/CVG18 on USS Intrepid Nov 1944
70102 (VF-28) lost off deck of USS Monterey (CVL-26) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
70131 (VF-22) lost off deck of USS Cowpens (CVL-25) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
70149 (VF-28) lost off deck of USS Monterey (CVL-26) in typhoon in Philippine Sea Dec 18, 1944
70167 (VF-80) damaged over Formosa Jan 21, 1945.  Lost in Kamikaze attack on ship
later the same day.
70185 at Quonset Air Museum, Kingston, RI.  The aircraft was lost
April 3, 1945 on flight from Rhode Island.  Pilot escaped
plane but was lost.