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USN Naval Aircraft Factory OS2N Kingfisher Accident Reports
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Date |
A/C Type |
BuNo |
Squadron |
Wing |
Base |
Action |
D |
Pilot |
Country |
State |
Location |
Remarks |
Crew/Passenger 1 |
Crew/Passenger 2 |
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420309 |
OS2N-1 |
01218 |
Ferry |
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TOA |
B |
Whitney, Orin J. |
USA |
NC |
Elizabeth City |
Ferry Flight |
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420313 |
OS2N-1 |
12919 |
VS1D7 |
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NAS
Banana River |
TAC |
B |
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USA |
FL |
NAS
Banana River |
Training |
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420408 |
OS2N-1 |
01229 |
Ferry |
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FLEF |
B |
Feher, Anthony |
USA |
NC |
Reidsville |
Pilot facts - 7000hrs flying 15yrs & 7 accidents
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420520 |
OS2N-1 |
01245 |
VO-2 |
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USS
Tennessee (BB-43) |
TOA |
C |
Silberstein, Howard J. |
USA |
CA |
NAS
Alameda |
Night flying |
Schaner, D. E. |
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420604 |
OS2N-1 |
01261 |
|
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MCAS Parris Island |
LAC |
B |
Beatty, |
USA |
NC |
MCAS Parris Island |
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Merritt, |
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420615 |
OS2N-1 |
01270 |
VS1D15 |
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NAS
Coco Solo |
KC |
A |
Sooter, Cecil D. |
Canal Zone |
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NAS
Coco Solo |
Anti-Submarine Patrol |
Evertta A. Erb |
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420630 |
OS2N-1 |
01221 |
VS1D13 |
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NAS
Kodiak |
TOA |
B |
Heifner, Frederick R. |
USA |
AK |
NAS
Kodiak |
Convoy Patrol |
Page, G. J. |
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420708 |
OS2N-1 |
01296 |
VS1D10 |
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NAS
San Juan |
TOA |
A |
Rees, Rys W. |
Puerto Rico |
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NAS
San Juan |
Transport of Personnel |
Mattox, Raymond H. Jr. |
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420710 |
OS2N-1 |
01295 |
VS1D10 |
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NAS
San Juan |
KFLEF |
A |
Cool, Raymond John |
Puerto Rico |
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NAS
San Juan |
Search for VP aircraft |
Adams, Victor H. |
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420721 |
OS2N-1 |
01284 |
VMS-3 |
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MCAS St. Thomas |
LAC |
D |
Groth, Robert F. |
Virgin Islands |
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St.
Croix, St. Johns Airfield |
Training |
Merritt, Donald B. |
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420729 |
OS2N-1 |
01287 |
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MCAS St. Thomas |
KC |
A |
Kerwin, David Malin |
Virgin Islands |
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MCAS St. Thomas |
Night Formation Practice |
Van
Hook, Richard Paul |
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420810 |
OS2N-1 |
01242 |
VO-3 |
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USS
Idaho (BB-42) |
LAC |
A |
Schrader, Frederick R. |
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USS
Idaho at sea |
Observation & Inner Air Patrol |
Conway, Harry B. |
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420811 |
OS2N-1 |
01227 |
VO-2 |
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USS
Pennsylvania (BB-38) |
LAC |
A |
Joyce, Edward P. |
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USS
Pennsylvania at sea |
Patrol |
Allenby, John L. |
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420820 |
OS2N-1 |
01341 |
Ferry |
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NAS
Seattle |
C |
A |
Roebuck, M. J. |
CAN |
BC |
Calvert Island, Fitzhugh Sound |
Ferry Flight - Hit mtn |
Goddard, S. S. |
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420825 |
OS2N-1 |
01285 |
VMS-3 |
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MCAS St. Thomas |
LAC |
C |
Edmondson, Robert W. |
Virgin Islands |
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MCAS St. Thomas (Bourne Field) |
Special Patrol |
McGuinnese, Clarence R. |
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420826 |
OS2N-1 |
01342 |
VS1D13 |
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NAS
Sitka |
C |
A |
Risbee, Clark J. |
USA |
AK |
Port Conclusion |
Patrol |
Adams, David J. |
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420826 |
OS2N-1 |
01313 |
VS6D14 |
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NAS
Dutch Harbor |
ACC |
C |
Miller, W. L. |
USA |
AK |
Dutch Harbor |
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420830 |
OS2N-1 |
01306 |
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NAS
Sitka |
C |
A |
Sanderson, John P. |
USA |
AK |
Vicinity of Sitka Sound |
Operational |
Preston, Lewis J. |
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420914 |
OS2N-1 |
01324 |
VMS-3 |
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MCAS St. Thomas |
C |
A |
Alexakos, Theodore N. |
Virgin Islands |
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Virgin Islands area |
Patrol |
Magy, John |
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420917 |
OS2N-1 |
01411 |
Ferry |
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F
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A |
Middletown, Robert L. |
USA |
GA |
Atlanta |
Ferry Flight |
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420921 |
OS2N-1 |
01373 |
VS2D10 |
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NAS
Guantanamo Bay |
KC |
A |
Mulroy, James F. |
CUB |
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Windward Point, 9mi from |
Section Tactics |
Chartier, Eugene J. |
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420930 |
OS2N-1 |
01246 |
VO-2 |
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RACC |
A |
Joyce, E. P. |
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At
sea |
Inner Air Patrol |
Allenby, J. L. |
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421001 |
OS2N-1 |
01415 |
VS2D12 |
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NAS
Alameda |
KC |
A |
Hodges, Jack |
USA |
CA |
Clear Lake |
Cross-country Training & Familiarization |
Jones, Dewayne |
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421004 |
OS2N-1 |
01409 |
VS2D15 |
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NAS
Coco Solo |
LAC |
B |
Kreller, Joseph L. |
Canal Zone |
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Fort Sherman Military Reservation, Camp Pina |
Gunnery Test |
Fraser, Harold J. |
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421008 |
OS2N-1 |
01326 |
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MCAS St. Thomas |
FLoG |
A |
Booth, Philip E. |
Virgin Islands |
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Bourne Field, 4mi. E |
Operational |
Stewart, W. |
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421010 |
OS2N-1 |
01238 |
VO-3 |
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USS
New Mexico (BB-40) |
LAC |
A |
Wooten, Amos L. |
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USS
New Mexico at sea |
Simulate Spotting |
Payne, D. E. |
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421013 |
OS2N-1 |
01316 |
VS1D13 |
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NAS
Kodiak |
ACC |
B |
Keenan, Edward J. Jr. |
USA |
AK |
NAS
Kodiak |
Convoy Patrol |
Lawrence, Harry L. |
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421016 |
OS2N-1 |
01293 |
VS4D10 |
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NAS
Trinidad |
EA |
A |
Rehbery, Earl James |
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At
sea |
Operational Sortie Mission |
Bibbo, Domenico N. |
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421017 |
OS2N-1 |
01403 |
VS2D15 |
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NAS
Coco Solo |
C |
A |
Merry, Leslie F. |
Canal Zone |
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421017 |
OS2N-1 |
01335 |
VS1D13 |
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NAS
Kodiak |
C |
A |
Sanderson, John P. Jr. |
USA |
AL |
Cape Fair Weather, 10mi. W |
Convoy Coverage |
Kennedy, Henry M. |
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421021 |
OS2N-1 |
01408 |
VS2D15 |
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NAS
Coco Solo |
KTOA |
B |
Paulson, Arthur N. |
Columbia |
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Cartagene |
Operational |
Moore, Peter J. |
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421105 |
OS2N-1 |
01266 |
VS1D15 |
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NAS
Coco Solo |
KC |
A |
Halladay, Robert Monroe |
Canal Zone |
|
Canal Zone |
Depth Bomb Practice |
Wilson, James F. |
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421110 |
OS2N-1 |
01397 |
VS1D15 |
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NAS
Coco Solo |
LACWL |
B |
Neidl, Frank E. |
Jamaica |
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NAS
Jamaica, 1mi. N |
Operational |
Fraser, Howard J. |
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421113 |
OS2N-1 |
01375 |
VS2D10 |
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NAS
Guantanamo Bay |
TAC |
C |
Young, H. S. |
CUB |
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NAS
Quantanamo Bay |
Patrol |
McMullen, Thomas E. |
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421115 |
OS2N-1 |
01304 |
VS1D13 |
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NAS
Kodiak |
LAC |
B |
Voelker, Clyde T. H. |
USA |
AK |
Chichago Island, Port Althrop |
Scouting |
Normand, William F. |
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421120 |
OS2N-1 |
01321 |
VO-3 |
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USS
New Mexico (BB-40) |
MAC |
A |
Fuqua, Forney 0. |
USA |
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Oahu Island, Waianae Beach, 3mi.SE |
Mid-air collision with OS2N-1 #5365 |
Appel, George C. |
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421120 |
OS2N-1 |
01321 |
VO-3 |
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USS
New Mexico (BB-40) |
MAC |
C |
Wooten, Amos L. |
USA |
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Oahu Island, Waianae Beach, 3mi.SE |
Perhaps this entry is for #5365? |
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421122 |
OS2N-1 |
01308 |
VS1D13 |
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NAS
Kodiak |
MIS |
A |
Vuylsteke, Robert E. |
USA |
AK |
NAS
Sitka, 290deg. 19mi. |
Patrol |
Hand, William E. |
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421127 |
OS2N-1 |
01443 |
VS2D15 |
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NAS
Coco Solo |
MIS |
A |
Brady, Thomas B. |
Canal Zone |
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Cristobal, 12mi. N |
Operational |
Booth, Edwin F. Jr. |
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421130 |
OS2N-1 |
01355 |
VS1D14 |
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Samoa |
KC |
A |
Evans, Jack Courtland |
Hoorn Islands |
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Wallis Island |
Operational |
Staub, Stanley Harry |
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421215 |
OS2N-1 |
01482 |
VS7D14 |
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NAS
Alameda |
TAC |
C |
Nickerson, John Henry |
USA |
CA |
NAS
Alameda |
Gunnery Practice |
Rirsch, N. |
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421219 |
OS2N-1 |
01305 |
VS1D13 |
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NAS
Kodiak |
KFL
|
B |
Ingersoll, Henry Gurney |
USA |
AK |
Dundas Bay |
Patrol |
Sealing, George Wilbur |
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421219 |
OS2N-1 |
01307 |
VS1D13 |
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NAS
Kodiak |
LAC |
B |
Stobie, William R. |
USA |
AK |
Port Althrop |
Patrol |
Krasowich, Harold L. |
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421225 |
OS2N-1 |
01354 |
VO-3 |
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USS
New Mexico (BB-40) |
TACWL |
B |
Miller, W. E. |
Fiji |
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Saweni Beach |
Ferry Flight |
Dinterman, R. A. |
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421225 |
OS2N-1 |
01386 |
VCS-2 |
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USS
Memphis (CL-13) |
FLEF |
A |
Stearns, S. H. |
SOATL |
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03.20S x 21.53W |
Scouting |
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