USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List October 1942

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DATE TYPE BUNO SQUADRON FROM DOWN AREA PILOT FATE
10/1/1942 TBF-1 00417 VT-8
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
10/1/1942 TBF-1 00424 VT-8
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
10/1/1942 TBF-1 00388 VT-8
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
10/1/1942 TBF-1 00388 VT-8
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
10/1/1942 J2F-3 1587
 
 
 		 ECENPAC
 
 
10/1/1942 TBF-1 00424 VT-8
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
10/1/1942 SBD-3 4544 VB-10 HILO HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
10/1/1942 TBF-1 00417 VT-8
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
10/2/1942 F4F-4 02118 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC MAJ R.E. GALER S
10/2/1942 F4F-4 4073 VF-71 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/2/1942 F4F-4 02112 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT GEORGE A. TREPTOW M
10/2/1942 F4F-4 4074 VF-71 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/2/1942 F4F-4 02110 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT KENDRICK D
10/2/1942 J2F-5 00746 VMS-3 ST. THOMAS V.I.
 		 CENLANT 2NDLT H.J. VALENTINE D
10/2/1942 F4F-4 02098 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT LEES M
10/2/1942 F4F-4 5195 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC ENS GEORGE MORGAN M
10/2/1942 F4F-4 03486 VGF-29 USS SANTEE (ACV-29) OFF BERMUDA NORLANT ENS J.M. GALLAND S
10/2/1942 F4F-4 4067 VF-71 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/2/1942 F4F-4 5168 VF-10 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC ENS R.L. VON LEHE D
10/2/1942 F4F-4 03502 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC SMITH U
10/2/1942 SBD-2
 		 VS-71
 		 SANTA ISABEL SOPAC LTJG PERRITTE M
10/2/1942 F4F-4 4063 VF-71 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/2/1942 PBY-5 04466 VP-43 KOROVIN BAY ALASKA NORPAC
 
 
10/2/1942 SBD-2 2167 VS-71
 		 SAN CRISTOBAL SOPAC ENS GARRETT D
10/2/1942 SBD-3 03311 VMSB-141
 		 ROSES SOPAC LT AYRES M
10/3/1942 F4F-4 5141 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/3/1942 F4F-4 02063 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT FRAZIER S
10/3/1942 SBD-3 06507 VMSB-141
 		 NOUMEA SOPAC LT H.O. HULL S
10/4/1942 SOC-1 9918 CL-49 USS ST. LOUIS (CL-49) HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
10/4/1942 SOC-1 9862 CA-31 USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) ENR EUROPE NORLANT ENS JAMES ALOYSIUS U
10/5/1942 SBD-3 03319 VS-71
 		 NEKATA BAY SOPAC LCDR ELDRIDGE S
10/5/1942 F4F-4 11704 VF-9 USS RANGER (CV-4) BERMUDA NORLANT
 
 
10/5/1942 F4F-3 1893 VMF-111
 
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/5/1942 F4F-3 1881 VMF-111
 
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/5/1942 PBY-5 04476 VP-43
 		 ALASKA NORPAC
 
 
10/5/1942 F4F-4 11747 VF-41 USS RANGER (CV-4) BERMUDA NORLANT
 
 
10/5/1942 TBF-1 00382 VT-8
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC ENS DOGGETT D
10/6/1942 TBF-1 00401 VT-8
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC ENS J. TAURNAN S
10/8/1942 F4F-4 5050 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/8/1942 SBD-3 03255 VMSB-141
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC LT L.R. NORMAN M
10/8/1942 F4F-3 1889 MAG-13 TUTUILA
 		 SOPAC S/SGT KOPAS S
10/8/1942 F4F-4 5234 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LTJG ROACH S
10/8/1942 F4F-4 5073 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LTJG C.W. TUCKER M
10/8/1942 OS2N-1 01326 VMS-3 ST. THOMAS V.I.
 		 CENLANT
 
 
10/9/1942 SBD-3 03263 VMSB-141
 		 NOUMEA SOPAC FROMHOLD D
10/9/1942 R4D-1 01981 VMJ-253 NEW CALEDONIA
 		 SOPAC MAJ KIMBALL D
10/9/1942 SBD-3 03257 VMSB-141
 		 NOUMEA SOPAC S/SGT J.D. COOK M
10/9/1942 F4F-4 5032 VMF-121 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT NARR S
10/10/1942 SBD-3 06511 VMSB-141
 		 NOUMEA SOPAC LT L.C. SMITH S
10/10/1942 F4F-4 11702 VF-9 USS RANGER (CV-4) BERMUDA NORLANT
 
 
10/11/1942 SOC-1 9990 CA-38 USS SAN FRANCISCO (CA-38) CAPE ESPERANCE SOPAC
 
 
10/11/1942 SOC-1 9967 CA-25 USS SALT LAKE CITY (CA-25) CAPE ESPERANCE SOPAC
 
 
10/11/1942 SON-1 1182 CL-50 USS HELENA (CL-50) CAPE ESPERANCE SOPAC
 
 
10/11/1942 F4F-4 5125 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LTJG MCDONALD S
10/11/1942 F4F-4 5047 VMF-121 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT ARTHUR N. NEFF S
10/11/1942 SOC
 		 CL-47 USS BOISE (CL-47) CAPE ESPERANCE SOPAC
 
 
10/11/1942 OS2N-1 01238 BB-40 USS NEW MEXICO (BB-40) PEARL ECENPAC
 
 
10/12/1942 SBD-2 2141 VMSB-233 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC LT PAUL PETRUCKA D
10/12/1942 TBF-1 00509 VT-3 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
10/12/1942 TBF-1 00514 VT-3 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC LT ANDREW J. GARDNER U
10/12/1942 TBF-1 00509 VT-3 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
10/12/1942 TBF-1 00590 VT-3 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
10/12/1942 TBF-1 00590 VT-3 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
10/13/1942 F4F-3 3996 VMF-221 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT JOSEPH L. NARR S
10/13/1942 F4F-4 5127 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/13/1942 F4F-4 5196 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/13/1942 F4F-4 5201 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/13/1942 F4F-4 5207 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/13/1942 SBD-3 06552 VGS-26 USS SANGAMON (ACV-26) OFF BERMUDA NORLANT
 
 
10/14/1942 F4F-4 5088 VMF-121 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC T/SGT THOMPSON M
10/14/1942 TBF-1 00429 VT-7
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
10/14/1942 F4F-4 03424 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
10/14/1942 TBF-1 00429 VT-7
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC
 
 
10/14/1942 F4F-4 02126 V