USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List September 1942

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DATE TYPE BUNO SQUADRON FROM DOWN AREA PILOT FATE
9/1/1942 SOC-3 1139 CL-47 USS BOISE (CL-47)
 		 ECENPAC
 
 
9/1/1942 SBD-1 1622
 
 		 MEXICO CEN AMER ENS RAY W. GRIMES D
9/2/1942 SBD-3 4584 VS-3 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) ESPIRITU SANTO SOPAC ENS DAVIDSON S
9/2/1942 OS2U-3 5358 VO-4
 
 		 ECENPAC ENS L.A. BEARD U
9/3/1942 OS2U-2 2194 VS-5 BERMUDA (DET 4) BERMUDA NORLANT ENS LAWRENCE A. UTTER U
9/4/1942 SOC-3 1071 CL-47 USS BOISE (CL-47)
 		 ECENPAC
 
 
9/4/1942 OS2N-1 01342 VO-3 USS IDAHO (BB-42) SITKA NORPAC
 
 
9/5/1942 F4F-4 5074 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT JEFFRIES D
9/5/1942 SO3C-1 4748 CL-56 USS COLUMBIA (CL-56)
 		 CENLANT ENS G.F. RUSH U
9/5/1942 F4F-4 02076 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/5/1942 F4F-4 5096 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC S/SGT GARRABRANT M
9/5/1942 F4F-4 03399 VF-9 USS RANGER (CV-4) BERMUDA NORLANT
 
 
9/6/1942 SBD-3 03342 VMSB-232
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC LT MCALLISTER U
9/6/1942 SBD-3 03356 VMSB-232
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC MAJ F.L. BROWN U
9/7/1942 PBY-5A 04980 VP-61
 
 		 NORPAC
 
 
9/7/1942 SBD-3 4658 VMSB-241
 
 		 SOPAC CAPT ACERS S
9/7/1942 PBY-5 2376 VP-81
 
 		 CENLANT LT ROBERT W. CUMMINGS D
9/8/1942 F4F-4 02082 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT HUGHES S
9/8/1942 F4F-4 01993 VGS-9 USS BOGUE (ACV-9)
 		 CENLANT ENS W.F. CHAMBERLAIN S
9/8/1942 F4F-4 02091 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT JEANS S
9/8/1942 F4F-4 02079 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT LEES S
9/8/1942 F4F-4 5142 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT D'ARCY S
9/8/1942 F4F-4 02106 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT JOHNSON S
9/9/1942 F4F-4 02107 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT J.M. JONES M
9/9/1942 F4F-4 02100 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT MARION R. CARL S
9/9/1942 F4F-4 02099 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT CANFIELD S
9/10/1942 F4F-4 03491 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT POND M
9/10/1942 F4F-3 2516 VMO-251
 
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/11/1942 F4F-4 02109 VMF-224 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC MAJ R.E. GALER S
9/12/1942 F4F-4 5075 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC ENS CHARLES E. RICHERBERGER D
9/12/1942 F4F-4 03506 VF-10 HAWAII HAWAII ECENPAC ENS E.S. COLSSON S
9/13/1942 F4F-4 04105 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC B.D. HARING D
9/13/1942 F4F-4 04071 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC MCLENNAN M
9/13/1942 F4F-4 03501 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC CONGER S
9/13/1942 F4F-4 03499 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT CHAMBERLAIN S
9/13/1942 F4F-4 5198 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC ENS WILEMAN D
9/13/1942 F4F-4 5100 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT PHILLIPS S
9/13/1942 SBD-3 4608 VS-3 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) ESPIRITU SANTO SOPAC ENS WAGER M
9/13/1942 F4F-4 5084 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC ENS INNIS S
9/14/1942 F4F-4 02093 VMF-223 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC LT TROWBRIDGE S
9/14/1942 SBD-3 4667 VMSB-232
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC LT KAUFMAN D
9/14/1942 OS2U-3 09634
 		 USS ESSEX (CV-9) SITKA NORPAC
 
 
9/14/1942 F4F-4 5066 VF-3 USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) PEARL ECENPAC ENS ROBERT C. EVANS S
9/15/1942 SBD-1 1754 VMSB-234 PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
9/15/1942 F4F-4 5205 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/15/1942 F4F-4 5240 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/15/1942 PBO-1
 
 		 TRINIDAD
 		 CENLANT
 
 
9/15/1942 F4F-4 5043 VF-10 HAWAII HAWAII ECENPAC ENS J.L. MCMAHON S
9/15/1942 SBD-3 03337 VS-72 USS WASP (CV-7) SAN CRISTOBAL SOPAC (SHIP SANK)
 
9/15/1942 SBD-3 03351 VS-71 USS WASP (CV-7) SAN CRISTOBAL SOPAC ENS ROBERT A. ESCHER S
9/15/1942 SBD-3 03362 VS-72 USS WASP (CV-7) SAN CRISTOBAL SOPAC (SHIP SANK)
 
9/15/1942 SBD-3 03330 VS-72 USS WASP (CV-7) SAN CRISTOBAL SOPAC (SHIP SANK)
 
9/16/1942 SBD-3 03243 VS-3 USS SARATOGA (CV-3) ESPIRITU SANTO SOPAC ENS C. NEWTON U
9/17/1942 SBD-3 4669 VMSB-231
 
 		 SOPAC LT A. SMITH M
9/17/1942 F4F-4 5191 VF-5 GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/17/1942 SBD-3 4629 VS-72 USS HORNET (CV-8)
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/17/1942 F4F-4 5230 VF-10 HAWAII HAWAII ECENPAC ENS GERALD V. DAVIS D
9/17/1942 OS2N-1 01324 VMS-3 ST. THOMAS V.I.
 		 CENLANT
 
 
9/18/1942 SBD-3 03347 VMSB-232
 		 GUADALCANAL SOPAC LT THOMAS M
9/19/1942 SNJ-4 10123 MAG-24 EWA HAWAII ECENPAC 2NDLT CHARLES H. HYDE, JR. M
9/19/1942 SBD-4 10616 VS-5 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) GUADALCANAL SOPAC ENS FINK U
9/19/1942 J2F-2A 1204
 		 VIRGIN ISLANDS
 		 CENLANT
 
 
9/20/1942 SBD-3 03293 VMSB-231
 
 		 SOPAC CAPT IDEN D
9/20/1942 SBD-3 03294 VMSB-231
 
 		 SOPAC LT ZUBER S
9/21/1942 OS2U-3 5344 CL-7 USS RALEIGH (CL-7)
 		 CENPAC ENS JOHN W. GEORGE U
9/21/1942 J2F-5 00689 VJ-4 GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA CENLANT
 
 
9/21/1942 PBY-5A 7247 VP-92 STOCKING ISLAND BERMUDA NORLANT ENS R.J. FINNIE U
9/22/1942 J2F-5 00671 VS-1 (DET 14)
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/22/1942 OS2N-1 01373
 		 GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA CENLANT
 
 
9/23/1942 PBY-5 2410 VP-11
 
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/23/1942 PBY-5 2419 VP-11
 
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/23/1942 F4F-4 03418 VF-10
 
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/23/1942 PBY-5 2450 VP-11
 
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/23/1942 SBD-3 03312 VMSB-241