USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List January 1944

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DATE TYPE BUNO SQUADRON FROM DOWN AREA PILOT FATE
1/1/1944 F6F-3 65908 VF-10 PUUNENE HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 F6F-3 66015 VF-18 USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17) KAVIENG SOPAC ENS J.W. HAYES D
1/1/1944 PB4Y-1 32065 VB-107 NATAL ASCENSION IS. SOLANT CAPT N.S. BLOUNT M
1/1/1944 SB2C-1 00018 VB-17 USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17) KAVIENG SOPAC LT G.H. FREED M
1/1/1944 SOC-1 9893 VCS-12 USS COLUMBIA (CL-56) PURVIS BAY CENPAC LT D.J. LUNDE S
1/1/1944 F6F-3 40502 VF-6 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) BARBERS POINT ECENPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 TBF-1 47570 VT-30 USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) KAVIENG SOPAC ENS G.B. YOUNG S
1/1/1944 PV-1 33417 VB-141 CURACAO
 		 CENLANT ENS J. MANKIN S
1/1/1944 TBF-1 47531 VT-30 USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) KAVIENG SOPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 F6F-3 66157 VF-30 USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) KAVIENG SOPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 F6F-3 26159 VF-25 USS COWPENS (CVL-25) KANEOHE ECENPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 F6F-3 08806 VF-30 USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) KAVIENG SOPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 PV-1 34801 VB-138 RUSSELLS RENARD SOPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 SBD-5 28411 VC-40 MUNDA RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 PB4Y-1 32136 VB-109 APAMAMA
 		 CENPAC
 
 
1/1/1944 PB2Y-3 7106 VP-15
 		 BERMUDA NORLANT
 
 
1/1/1944 F4U-1 02189 VMF-321 VELLA LAVELLA RABAUL SOPAC 1STLT R.W. BAKER S
1/1/1944 F6F-3 09005 VF-40 VELLA LAVELLA RABAUL SOPAC LTJG F.G. DUMPHY M
1/2/1944 SBD-5 28165 VB-6 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
1/2/1944 F4U-1 03828 VMF-321 TOROKINA RABAUL SOPAC CAPT N.S. BLOUNT M
1/2/1944 F6F-3 25835 VF-24 USS BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24) PUUNENE ECENPAC
 
 
1/2/1944 FM-2 56847 VC-80 USS MANILA BAY (CVE-61) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
1/2/1944 F6F-3 40141 VF-9 USS ESSEX (CV-9) PEARL ECENPAC LTJG K.C. MCGOWAN S
1/2/1944 SBD-5 35935 VB-98 TOROKINA RABAUL SOPAC ENS L.A. SHEPARD S
1/2/1944 F4U-1 17787 VMF-311 WALLIS ISLAND
 		 SOPAC
 
 
1/3/1944 PB4Y-1 32141 VB-109 APAMAMA TAROA CENPAC
 
 
1/3/1944 F4U-1 02662 VF(N)-101 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
1/3/1944 F4U-1 18059 VMF-113 KWAJALEIN
 		 CENPAC
 
 
1/3/1944 PV-1 49598 VPB-137
 		 MOROTAI PHIL
 
 
1/3/1944 F6F-3 40810 VF-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
1/3/1944 F4U-1 17915 VMF-214 VELLA LAVELLA RABAUL SOPAC MAJ G. BOYINGTON M
1/3/1944 F4U-1 02723 VMF-214 VELLA LAVELLA RABAUL SOPAC CAPT G.M. ASHMAN M
1/4/1944 F4U-1 17812 VMF-225 EWA BARBERS POINT ECENPAC MAJ D.W. BURKE D
1/4/1944 F6F-3 26100 VF-18 USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17) KAVIENG SOPAC ENS R.W. BOEDLE M
1/4/1944 F6F-3 66108 VF-25 USS COWPENS (CVL-25) KANEOHE ECENPAC
 
 
1/4/1944 PB4Y-1P 32019 VD-3 APAMAMA KWAJALEIN CENPAC LT L.M. ALLEN M
1/4/1944 SBD-5 35994 VB-10 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
1/4/1944 SBD-5 36271 VB-10 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
1/4/1944 F4U-1 17938 VMF-321 TOROKINA RABAUL SOPAC CAPT H.F. CARTER M
1/4/1944 SBD-3 06526 VS-70 ADAK SHEMYAD NORPAC LTJG R.E. HYMULLA M
1/5/1944 PV-1 48738 VB-131 SURINAM ZANDERY FIELD NORLANT LTJG B.C. KERN D
1/5/1944 PBY-5 08377 VP-14 BOUGAINVILLE SHORTLANDS SOPAC LTJG K.L. MARLIN S
1/5/1944 SNJ-4 27554 MAG-31
 		 ROI WCENPAC
 
 
1/5/1944 SBD-5 36568 VB-10 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
1/5/1944 SBD-4 06990
 
 		 HAWAII ECENPAC MAJ L.A. CHRISTOFFERSON S
1/5/1944 SBD-4 10690 VMSB-236 MUNDA RABAUL SOPAC GODBEY S
1/5/1944 SBD-5 36220 VMSB-341 TOROKINA RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
1/6/1944 F4U-1 18001 VMF-111 TUTUILA
 		 SOPAC 1STLT HOWARD T. BURNS S
1/6/1944 F6F-3 25834 VF-32 USS LANGLEY (CVL-27) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
1/6/1944 F6F-3 40440 VF-39 BARBERS POINT HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
1/6/1944 SBD-5 36007 VB-10 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) OAHU ECENPAC LT W. CLARK M
1/7/1944 F6F-3 66079 VF-2 USS INTREPID (CV-11) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
1/7/1944 F4U-1 02544 VMF-212 ARU SOLS
 		 SOPAC
 
 
1/7/1944 F6F-3 09027 VF-33 ONDONGA CAPE ST. GEORGE SOPAC LTJG G.W. KITCHEN M
1/7/1944 F6F-3 25920 VF-33 ONDONGA CAPE ST. GEORGE SOPAC ENS M. WOLD M
1/7/1944 SBD-5 28359 VMSB-235 MUNDA RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
1/7/1944 F4F-7 5268 CASU-8
 		 HENDERSON SOPAC
 
 
1/7/1944 SB2C-1C 00222 VB-15 USS HORNET (CV-12) BERMUDA NORLANT
 
 
1/7/1944 SBD-5 10842 VMSB-341 PIVA RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
1/7/1944 SBD-4 06770 VMSB-236 MUNDA RABAUL SOPAC 2NDLT J.T. SOWLE S
1/7/1944 SBD-5 28295 VMSB-236 MUNDA RABAUL SOPAC CAPT E.D. HILL S
1/7/1944 SB2C-1C 00273 VB-15 USS HORNET (CV-12) BERMUDA NORLANT ENS A.M. DECESSARO S
1/7/1944 SBD-5 36227 VB-98 MUNDA RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
1/7/1944 F6F-3 41336 VF-5 USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) PEARL ECENPAC LTJG WORLING M
1/7/1944 F6F-3 26042 VF-40 VELLA LAVELLA CAPE ST. GEORGE SOPAC LTJG C.P. LEARNED M
1/8/1944 SBD-5 35947 VMSB-235 MUNDA RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
1/8/1944 PBY-5A 33963 FAW-2 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
1/8/1944 SBD-5 36100 VMSB-331
 
 		 CENPAC
 
 
1/8/1944 F4U-1 17825 VMF-211 TOROKINA BUKA SOPAC MAJ W.T. CAMPBELL M
1/8/1944 PB4Y-1 32077 VB-104 GUADALCANAL GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
1/8/1944 F4F-4 11668 CASU-1 FORD ISLAND HAWAII ECENPAC CDR W.B. TOWNSEND M
1/9/1944 PBY-5 08172 VP-63 PORT LYAUTEY MOROCCO NW AFR LT W.E. SHOLES D
1/9/1944 F6F-3 25853 VF-33 ONDONGA TOBERA SOPAC ENS F.E. SCHNEIDER M
1/9/1944 SBD-5 35938 VB-98