USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List September 1944

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DATE TYPE BUNO SQUADRON FROM DOWN AREA PILOT FATE
9/1/1944 F6F-5 58354 VF-80 USS TICONDEROGA (CV-14) GREAT EXHUMA CENLANT ENS R.K.H. WEEKS S
9/1/1944 TBM-1C 25626 VT-20 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) CHICHI JIMA CENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 SB2C-1C 18400 VB-4 HILO HAWAII ECENPAC LT WILLIAM E. DILL S
9/1/1944 SB2C-3 19405 VB-20 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) BONINS CENPAC ENS STUART M. FERGUSON M
9/1/1944 FM-2 55444 VC-21 USS MARCUS ISLAND (CVE-77) GUADALCANAL SOPAC ENS WILLIAM M. MCLENMORE U
9/1/1944 SB2C-1C 18360 A.A. BARBERS POINT HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 SB2C-3 19284 VB-18 USS INTREPID (CV-11) ENR PALUS CENPAC LTJG J.M. SHUMWAY S
9/1/1944 PBM-3D 45240 VPB-21
 		 ENIWETOK CENPAC LT JAMES R. YOUNG S
9/1/1944 F4U-1 56394 VMF-222 GREEN
 		 SOPAC 1STLT ROBERT L. GILLESPIE U
9/1/1944 SBD-4 10760 VS-65
 		 FUNAFUTI CENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 SBD-4 10755 VS-65
 		 FUNAFUTI CENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 J2F-5 00731 VS-65
 		 FUNAFUTI CENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 R3O-2 02947 NVL ATTACHE
 		 LONDON ENGLAND
 
 
9/1/1944 SBD-4 10584 VS-65
 		 FUNAFUTI CENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 SBD-4 10642 VS-65
 		 FUNAFUTI CENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 TBM-1C 25589 VC-15 USS CROATAN (CVE-25)
 		 NORLANT ENS WILLIAM O. LEWIS D
9/1/1944 SBD-3 4569 COMAIRPAC PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 F6F-3 40988 NAS PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 TBM-1C 46085 VT-13 USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) IWO JIMA EMPIRE
 
 
9/1/1944 FM-2 47211 CASU-35
 		 ENIWETOK CENPAC
 
 
9/1/1944 FM-2 55570 VC-78 USS SAGINAW BAY (CVE-82) ESPIRITU SANTO SOPAC LT F.J. NUGENT S
9/2/1944 PBJ-1D 35106 VMB-433
 		 KAVIENG SOPAC 1STLT CHARLES L. INGLES M
9/2/1944 F6F-3 42073 CASU-30
 		 MAJURO CENPAC
 
 
9/2/1944 F4U-1 49858 VMF(N)-532 SAIPAN
 		 CENPAC CAPT R. PFIZENMAIER S
9/2/1944 TBM-1C 46214 VT-51 USS SAN JACINTO (CVL-30) CHICHI JIMA CENPAC LTJG G.H.W. BUSH M
9/2/1944 SB2C-3 19361 VB-20 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) BONINS CENPAC
 
 
9/2/1944 TBM-1C 16928 VT-51 USS SAN JACINTO (CVL-30) CHICHI JIMA CENPAC
 
 
9/2/1944 F6F-3 42535 VF-51 USS SAN JACINTO (CVL-30) CHICHI JIMA CENPAC (LANDING ACCIDENT)
 
9/2/1944 FM-2 16083 ESPIRITU PL PALLIKULO AIRFIELD
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/2/1944 F6F-5 58295 VF-20 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) BONINS CENPAC ENS J.W. BECKMAN S
9/2/1944 FM-2 47257 ESPIRITU PL PALLIKULO AIRFIELD
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/2/1944 F6F-3 41359 VF-51 USS SAN JACINTO (CVL-30) CHICHI JIMA CENPAC (DECK CRASH)
 
9/3/1944 TBM-1C 25643 VC-15 USS CROATAN (CVE-25)
 		 NORLANT ENS THEODORE L. PERTUIT S
9/3/1944 F4U-1 56099 VMO-251 RATAVAL
 		 SW PAC LT FLICKINGER S
9/3/1944 F6F-3 42207 CASU-30
 		 MAJURO CENPAC
 
 
9/3/1944 SB2C-3 18750 VB-81
 		 HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
9/3/1944 F6F-5 58360 VF-22 USS COWPENS (CVL-25) ENR PALUS CENPAC
 
 
9/3/1944 SB2C-3 18855 VB-19 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) ENR ULITHI CENPAC LTJG WILLIAM T. GOOD S
9/3/1944 F4U-1 56373 VMF-215 KAVIENG
 		 SW PAC LT A. POHLMAN S
9/3/1944 TBM-1 24825 VC-85 USS LUNGA POINT (CVE-94)
 		 CENPAC ENS S.R. O'NEIL S
9/3/1944 F4U-1 56260 VMF-215 KAVIENG
 		 SW PAC LT A. PATET, JR. M
9/3/1944 SB2C-3 18812 VB-80 USS TICONDEROGA (CV-14) BALBOA ECENPAC
 
 
9/4/1944 TBM-1C 25156 CASU-30
 		 MAJURO CENPAC
 
 
9/4/1944 F4U-1 49776 VMF-441 ROI
 		 CENPAC 1STLT FRANK L. MOISTER S
9/4/1944 JO-1 1053 NVL ATTACHE RIO DE JANERIO
 		 SOLANT
 
 
9/4/1944 F6F-5 58714 VF-22 USS COWPENS (CVL-25) ENR PALUS CENPAC LT L.L. JOHNSON S
9/4/1944 TBM-1C 45903 VC-13 USS CORE (CVE-13) OFF BERMUDA NORLANT ENS THOMAS SMITH S
9/4/1944 GK-1 09791 NAS EWA HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
9/4/1944 SB2C-3 19651 VB-19 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) ENR ULITHI CENPAC LTJG ROBERT S. SMITH S
9/4/1944 SB2C-1C 00249 NAS BARBERS POINT HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
9/4/1944 GB-2 33010 STAG-1 RUSSELLS BANIKA SOPAC LT L.R. POWELL U
9/4/1944 SNJ-4 10127 NAS MIDWAY
 		 ECENPAC
 
 
9/4/1944 TBM-1C 45546 POOL GUADALCANAL
 		 SOPAC
 
 
9/4/1944 TBM-1C 25210 VT-100 USS MANILA BAY (CVE-61) HAWAII ECENPAC ENS M.C. ZWIRBLA U
9/4/1944 SB2C-1C 00362 VB-3 PUUNENE HAWAII ECENPAC LTJG AUTHUR N. AVERY S
9/4/1944 F6F-3 42844 A & R PEARL HAWAII ECENPAC
 
 
9/4/1944 PBY-5 08512 VPB-33
 		 MANADO SW PAC LT ALLAN L. WILCOX M
9/5/1944 PBM-3D 45236 VPB-200
 		 FUNAFUTI CENPAC LT ROBERT GREENIER S
9/5/1944 F6F-3N 40496 VF(N)-77 USS ESSEX (CV-9) PALAU CENPAC
 
 
9/5/1944 F4U-1 56323 VMF-215 EMIRAU
 		 SW PAC LT GAY U
9/5/1944 FM-2 16411 CASU-42
 		 PITYILU SW PAC
 
 
9/5/1944 FM-2 16165 CASU-30
 		 MAJURO CENPAC
 
 
9/5/1944 F6F-3 41273 VF-4 NAVY NO. 24 HAWAII ECENPAC LTJG WILLIAM B. MILLWARD, JR S
9/6/1944 F4U-1 56096 VMF-212 GREEN
 		 SOPAC 2NDLT LUTHER L. PARKER S
9/6/1944 F6F-5 58471 VF-20 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) YAP CENPAC LTJG H.D. BROWN M
9/6/1944 F6F-5 58675 VF-20 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) YAP CENPAC ENS JOSEPH E. COX M
9/6/1944 F6F-5 58713 VF-20 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) YAP CENPAC ENS H.A. HOLDING M
9/6/1944 PBY-5 04492 VPB-29
 		 CAPE ST. GEORGE SOPAC LT W.C. BARNETT S
9/6/1944 F4U-1 55837 VMF-223 BOUGAINVILLE
 		 SOPAC 2NDLT HADLEY W. BAKER M
9/6/1944 SB2C-3 19229 VB-20 USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) YAP CENPAC
 
 
9/7/1944 SB2C-3 18850 VB-19 USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) ULITHI WCENPAC ENS ROBERT F. GRIFFIN S
9/7/1944 SNJ-4 10125 VMF-314 MIDWAY
 		 ECENPAC 2NDLT JOHN R. REICHART S
9/7/1944 FM-2 55303 VC-27 USS SAVO ISLAND (CVE-78) FLORIDA IS. SOPAC
 
 
9/7/1944 F4U-1 55787 VMF-212