USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List November 1943

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DATE TYPE BUNO SQUADRON FROM DOWN AREA PILOT FATE
11/1/1943 TBF-1 23956 VC-22 USS INDEPENDENCE (CVL-22) OAHU ECENPAC
 
 
11/1/1943 OS2U-3 5646 BB-58 USS INDIANA (BB-58) PEARL ECENPAC ENS R.M. BATTEN S
11/1/1943 F4U-1 17492 VMF-212 BARAKOMA
 		 SOPAC 1STLT G.W. GRILL D
11/1/1943 TBF-1 05892 VT-9 USS ESSEX (CV-9) ENR RABAUL SOPAC LTJG R.B. BENTMEYER S
11/1/1943 TBF-1C 24422 VT-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) BUKA SOPAC LT T.B. BASH S
11/1/1943 SBD-5 28424 VB-16 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
11/1/1943 F6F-3 26014 VF-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) BUKA SOPAC FERRIS S
11/1/1943 F4U-1 02680 VMF-114 EWA HAWAII ECENPAC 2NDLT J.W. WALLACE S
11/1/1943 F4U-1 17661 VF-17 ONDONGA POPORANG IS. SOPAC LTJG J.H. KEITH M
11/1/1943 F4U-1 02224 VMF-215 RUSSELLS BARAKOMA SOPAC 1STLT E.H. MCCALEB S
11/1/1943 F4U-1 17523 VMF-215 RUSSELLS BARAKOMA SOPAC 2NDLT R.L. KEISTER M
11/1/1943 F6F-3 65914 VF-30 USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) PEARL ECENPAC LT A.E. DIETRICH S
11/1/1943 SBD-5 10923 VB-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) BUKA SOPAC LTJG R.D. HIGHTOWER S
11/1/1943 F6F-3 25814 VF-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) BOUGAINVILLE SOPAC
 
 
11/1/1943 TBF-1P 06127 VT-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) BUKA SOPAC LTJG J.T. EATON U
11/1/1943 F6F-3 08884 VF-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) BUKA SOPAC ENS W.T. WELLES M
11/1/1943 SBD-5 28649 VB-9 USS ESSEX (CV-9) ENR RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
11/1/1943 F6F-3 25930 VF-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) BOUGINAVILLE SOPAC LTJG D.N. OLIN S
11/1/1943 PBY-5 08130 VP-34 HERON HAVEN AUSTRALIA SW PAC
 
 
11/1/1943 SBD-5 28637 VB-6 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) PUUNENE ECENPAC
 
 
11/1/1943 F4U-1 17472 VMF-215 VELLA LAVELLA AUGUSTA BAY SOPAC LT R.M. HANSON S
11/2/1943 F6F-3 25884 VF-38 SEGI NEW GEORGIA SOPAC LTJG P. BEAUMONT S
11/2/1943 TBF-1 06117 VT-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) RABAUL SOPAC LTJG S.A. NYARADY S
11/2/1943 TBF-1 24176 VC-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC LTJG G.W. SPEAR S
11/2/1943 TBF-1 24071 VC-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC LTJG C.C. DYER M
11/2/1943 F6F-3 66021 VF-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC ENS L.C. KEENER M
11/3/1943 F4U-1 17550 VMF-215 BARAKOMA
 		 SOPAC CAPT J.R. JORDAN D
11/3/1943 TBF-1C 47815 VC-33 USS CORAL SEA (CVE-57) ENR PEARL ECENPAC ENS C.W. MARION S
11/3/1943 F4U-1 56398 VF-38 SEGI WALANDE SOPAC LTJG L.H. ENGLADE S
11/3/1943 F4U-1 17559 VMF-211 MUNDA AUGUSTA BAY SOPAC MAJ G. MOFFAT M
11/3/1943 F6F-3 09000 VF-38 SEGI BOUGAINVILLE SOPAC
 
 
11/3/1943 TBF-1 06403 VC-35 USS CHENANGO (CVE-28) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
11/3/1943 TBF-1 24033 VC-35 USS CHENANGO (CVE-28) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
11/3/1943 F4U-1 17643 VMF-211 MUNDA AUGUSTA BAY SOPAC 1STLT R.L. HATFIELD M
11/4/1943 F4F-4 12181 VF-29 USS SANTEE (CVE-29) ENR CASABLANCA NORLANT LTJG JOHN F. THOMPSON S
11/4/1943 TBF-1 24122 VC-32 USS LANGLEY (CVL-27) TRINIDAD CENLANT ENS K.J. VALGARES D
11/4/1943 TBF-1 06237 VC-33 USS CORAL SEA (CVE-57) ENR PEARL ECENPAC ENS G.P. POWERS S
11/4/1943 F6F-3 66158 VF-6 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
11/4/1943 SBD-3 06684
 
 		 SOLOMONS SOPAC
 
 
11/4/1943 TBF-1 06316 VMTB-143
 		 BARAKOMA SOPAC
 
 
11/4/1943 TBF-1C 24354 VT-1 HILO HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
11/4/1943 TBF-1 24195 VMTB-143
 		 MUNDA KAHILI SOPAC 1STLT J.W. TUNNELL M
11/4/1943 F6F-3 26004 VF-33 USS BRETON (CVE-23) BOUGAINVILLE SOPAC
 
 
11/5/1943 TBF-1P 24219 VC-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC LTJG G.F. SCOTT M
11/5/1943 SBD-5 10970 VC-38
 		 SEGI FIELD SOPAC
 
 
11/5/1943 SBD-5 28404 VB-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) RABAUL SOPAC LTJG A.L. TEALL M
11/5/1943 F6F-3 26117 VF-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) RABAUL SOPAC LTJG T.G. ATWILL M
11/5/1943 TBF-1C 24401 VT-12 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) RABAUL SOPAC LCDR R.F. FARRINGTON S
11/5/1943 TBF-1 05920 VC-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
11/5/1943 TBF-1 24177 VC-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC LTJG W.W. FRATUS M
11/5/1943 F6F-3 25840 VF-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC LT R.E. O'CONNELL M
11/5/1943 F6F-3 25946 VF-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC LTJG J.D. MADISON M
11/5/1943 F6F-3 66011 VF-23 USS PRINCETON (CVL-23) RABAUL SOPAC LT J.A. SMITH M
11/5/1943 TBF-1 06418 VC-37 USS SANGAMON (CVE-26) ESPIRITU SANTO SOPAC
 
 
11/5/1943 F6F-3 26122 VF-37 USS SANGAMON (CVE-26) ESPIRITU SANTO SOPAC
 
 
11/5/1943 FM-1 15160 VMF-111 FUNAFUTI
 		 SOPAC
 
 
11/5/1943 F4F-4 02115 VMF-441 NANOMEA
 		 SOPAC
 
 
11/5/1943 F4U-1 02543 VMF-222 VELLA LAVELLA
 		 SOPAC
 
 
11/6/1943 FM-1 15395 VMF-441 NANOMEA
 		 SOPAC
 
 
11/6/1943 PBY-5A 34035 VP-53 SAN DIEGO OFF KANEOHE ECENPAC LTJG S.P. EDWARDSON M
11/6/1943 PBY-5A 08070 VP-54 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT M.T. SCHALL M
11/7/1943 OS2N-1 01456 VS-44 CURACAO
 		 CENLANT ENS H.P. DECKER S
11/7/1943 F4U-1 17730 VMF-211 RUSSELLS
 		 SOPAC
 
 
11/7/1943 PB2Y-3 7108 VP-15
 		 BERMUDA NORLANT LTJG EMERICK S
11/8/1943 F4F-4 11849 VC-13 USS CORE (CVE-13)
 		 NORLANT
 
 
11/8/1943 PB4Y-1 63919 VB-110 DUNKESWELL BAY OF BISCAY ENGLAND LT W.E. GRUMBLES M
11/8/1943 F6F-3 25991 VF-33 SEGI AUGUSTA BAY SOPAC ENS M.E. PATTERSON M
11/8/1943 F6F-3 66098 VF-24 USS BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24) KAHULUI ECENPAC
 
 
11/8/1943 F6F-3 09025 VF-9 USS ESSEX (CV-9) RABAUL SOPAC
 
 
11/8/1943 PBY-5 08458 VP-23 TULAGI
 		 SOPAC
 
 
11/8/1943 F4U-1 17546 VMF-224 FUNAFUTI
 		 SOPAC 1STLT W. GAY D
11/8/1943 F6F-3 25857 VF-33 SEGI AUGUSTA BAY SOPAC LTJG KINSELLA S
11/8/1943 F4U-1 02656 VMF-224 BARAKOMA AUGUSTA BAY SOPAC 1STLT E.R. BROWN S
11/8/1943 TBF-1 06359 VMTB-232