U.S. Navy Accident Reports For the Beech GB Traveler
July 1941 thru June 1952
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| Crash Date YYMMDD | Aircraft Type | Bureau# | Squadron | Unit | Base | Action Code | Damage Code | Pilot | Country | State | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410823 | GB-1 | 1594 | VN2D8 | _ | NAS Pensacola, FL | TOAEF | B | Rembert, John P. | USA | FL | Chevalier Field, Pensacola, FL |
| 410908 | GB-1 | 1589 | NAS Anacostia | _ | NAS Anacostia, DC | GMAC | C | Donaldson, Cecil A. | USA | NY | Floyd Bennett Field, NY |
| 420520 | GB-2 | 09765 | NAS Alameda | _ | NAS Alameda, CA | GL | C | Shindler, Marcus L. | USA | CA | NAS Alameda, CA |
| 420604 | GB-1 | 09778 | NAS Key West | _ | NAS Key West, FL | LACMF | D | Scholly, Francis R. | USA | FL | Meacham Field, FL |
| 420718 | GB-1 | 09778 | NAS Key West | _ | NAS Key West, FL | LACMF | C | Scholly, Francis R. | USA | FL | Meacham Field, FL |
| 421108 | GB-1 | 09768 | NAS San Diego | _ | NAS San Diego, CA | CRLMF | B | Schafer, T. E. | USA | CA | North Field, NAS San Diego, CA |
| 430308 | GB-2 | 09765 | NAS Alameda | _ | NAS Alameda, CA | KSF | A | Jefferies, Edwin Joseph | USA | CA | Tulare, CA |
| 430608 | GB-2 | 12342 | VM Unit | _ | NATC Pensacola, FL | GMAC | B | Gipson, John B. | USA | FL | Lakeland Airport, FL |
| 430608 | GB-2 | 33027 | Commander | _ | Canadian Northwest Atlantic Com | FLL | B | Smith, Esmond Douglas | USA | MO | Grey Summit, MO |
| 430720 | GB-2 | 32998 | NAS (LTA) Weeksville | _ | NAS Weeksville, NC | TOA | B | Wells, James M. | USA | NC | NAS Weeksville, NC |
| 430729 | GB-2 | 32997 | VF OTU 2 | _ | NAS Melbourne | CBL | B | Carter, W. D. | USA | FL | Valkaria Field, FL |
| 430820 | GB-2 | 33003 | NAS Pax River | _ | NAS Pax River, MD | FLEF | A | Schwahn, J. L. | USA | MD | Cove Point, MD |
| 430913 | GB-2 | 12340 | NAS Squantum | _ | NAS Squantum, MA | FLEF | C | Houle, J. | USA | MA | Rockland, MA |
| 431030 | GB-2 | 12339 | NAS Bunker Hill | _ | NAS Bunker Hill, IN | KCRW | A | Caulkins, Earl E. | USA | PA | 4 mi E of Mammoth, PA |
| 431109 | GB-2 | 12346 | AES 46 | _ | MCAS Cherry Point, NC | TAC | C | Causey, James C. | USA | NC | New River, NC |
| 431121 | GB-2 | 33006 | NAS Willow Grove | _ | NAS Willow Grove, PA | KCRW | A | Mansure, John J | USA | PA | Columbia, PA |
| 431229 | GB-2 | 33037 | HQ Squadron-41 | MBDAG-41 | _ | PE | E | Bruce, Henry K. | USA | CA | MCAS El Toro, CA |
| 440202 | GB-2 | 23666 | VRF-3 | _ | NAS Alameda, CA | CRW | A | Lasher, H. T. | USA | CA | 14 mi N of NAAS Watsonville, CA |
| 440219 | GB-2 | 12348 | NAS Olathe | _ | NAS Olathe, KS | LAC | B | Shobe, N. S. | USA | MO | Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, MO |
| 440219 | GB-2 | 33018 | NAS Astoria | _ | NAS Astoria, OR | LAC | C | Owen, H. F | USA | OR | NAAF Astoria, OR |
| 440225 | GB-2 | 12333 | NAAS Green Cove Springs | _ | NAAS Green Cove Springs, FL | CRW | A | Bacon, Geroge W. | USA | IN | 2 1/2 mi NE of Salamonia, IN |
| 440405 | GB-2 | 23696 | VRS-1 | _ | New York | GL | A | Messinger, Marc | USA | TX | Municipal Field, El Paso, TX |
| 440415 | GB-2 | 33000 | VF-47 OUT | _ | NAS Vero Beach, FL | CRL | B | Packard, Howard Stanton | USA | FL | Orlando AAF, FL |
| 440517 | GB-2 | 32995 | Fleet Airships | _ | _ | TOA | C | Tate, T. J. | USA | NJ | NAS Lakehurst, NJ |
| 440609 | GB-2 | 01642 | VJ-8 | _ | _ | TACGC | A | White, George Arba | USA | CA | NAS San Diego, CA |
| 440707 | GB-2 | 23713 | NAAS Chincoteague | _ | NAAS Chincoteague, VA | LAC | B | McCay, James E. | USA | VA | NAAS Chincoteague, VA |
| 440721 | GB-2 | 33005 | NAS Anacostia | _ | NAS Anacostia, DC | LACMF | C | Turney, Roy C. | USA | DC | NAS Anacostia, DC |
| 440725 | GB-1 | 1898 | NAF Philadelphia | _ | NAF Philadelphia, PA | LACMF | C | Brooks, G. W. | USA | MA | Bedford AAF, MA |
| 440802 | GB-2 | 32996 | Ebon Pool | _ | _ | _ | A | _ | NHB | _ | Espiritu |
| 440904 | GB-2 | 33010 | Stag HQ, Squadron 1 | _ | Sunlight Field, Banika Island | GLMF | C | Powell, L. R. | SOL | _ | Sunlight Field, Solomon Islands |
| 440917 | GB-2 | 23728 | NAAS Hollister | _ | NAAS Hollister, CA | TAC | C | Hurst, C. S. | USA | CA | NAS Alameda, CA |
| 440918 | GB-2 | 12335 | NAS Terminal Island | _ | NAS Terminal Island, CA | LACMF | C | Osborne, Roy E | USA | CA | USMC Base Mojave, CA |
| 441002 | GB-2 | 33015 | Fleet Air Wing 5 | _ | NAS Norfolk, VA | GAC | C | [parked aircraft] | USA | VA | HedRon 5-2, East Field Det |
| 441008 | GB-2 | 12346 | AES 46 | _ | MCAS Cherry Point, NC | LAC | C | Strong, John T. | USA | NC | _ |
| 441014 | GB-2 | 23701 | NAS Weeksville | _ | NAS Weeksville, NC | CBLEF | B | Wells, James M. | USA | NC | 1 mi S of NAS Weeksville, NC |
| 441028 | GB-2 | 12349 | NAS New Orleans | _ | NAS New Orleans, LA | CRLEF | A | Turner, Waldeo R. | USA | KY | 6 mi NE of La Grange, KY |
| 441106 | GB-2 | 33013 | VM NAS Pensacola | _ | NAS Pensacola, FL | LAC | C | Crider, J. F. | USA | FL | Wolf Field, Pensacola, FL |
| 441108 | GB-2 | 32999 | NAS Glenview | _ | NAS Glenview, IL | CBLMF | B | Sears, H. E. | USA | TX | Hensley Field, Dallas, TX |
| 441127 | GB-2 | 12338 | NAS Norman | _ | NAS Norman, OK | CRLMF | B | Revis, Herman A. | USA | MO | Municipal Airport, Springfield, MO |
| 441222 | GB-1 | 1590 | NAS Norfolk | _ | NAS Norfolk, VA | TACGC | C | Walters, W. R. | USA | VA | NAS Norfolk, VA |
| 450122 | GB-2 | 23708 | NAS Willow Grove | _ | NAS Willow Grove, PA | FLAC | B | Haviland, Bill Donald | USA | PA | Palmerton, PA |
| 450123 | GB-2 | 12332 | VF OTU 6 | _ | NAS Sanford, FL | LAC | B | Gaston, Vernon W. | USA | FL | Titusville, FL |
| 450208 | GB-1 | 09766 | NAS Dallas | _ | NAS Dallas, TX | GMAC | C | [parked aircraft] | USA | TX | NAS Dallas, TX |
| 450212 | GB-2 | 23711 | NAS Norfolk | _ | NAS Norfolk, VA | LACMF | D | Linn, Delmar J. | USA | VA | East Field, NAS Norfolk, VA |
| 450222 | GB-2 | 23698 | MCAS El Toro | _ | MCAS El Toro, CA | GL | C | Damas, Howard M. | USA | CA | NAS North Island, CA |
| 450308 | GB-2 | 23667 | NAS Wildwood | _ | NAS Wildwood, NJ | LACMF | B | Barrett, J. C. | USA | DC | NAS Anacostia, DC |
| 450311 | GB-2 | 33016 | VRS-1 | _ | _ | LACMF | C | Cohen, Daniel | USA | TX | Mineralwell, TX |
| 450323 | GB-1 | 1593 | NAS Port Lyautey | FAW-15 | NAS Port Lyautey, FMO | LACMF | C | Carstanjen, Rudolf | FMO | _ | Rabat airfield, FMO |
| 450331 | GB-2 | 23670 | NAS Houma | _ | NAS Houma, LA | LACMF | C | Hamilton, George | USA | LA | NAS Houma, LA |
| 450406 | GB-2 | 33033 | NAS Patuxent River | _ | NAS Patuxent River, MD | LAC | B | Manthey, George | USA | CT | Rentschler Field, CT |
| 450429 | GB-2 | 33035 | BAR Pratt& Whitney | _ | Kansas City, MO | FLL | B | Castleman, Godwin M. | USA | KS | 8 mi NW of Paola, KS |
| 450502 | GB-2 | 23744 | _ | _ | NAS Bunker Hill | ACC | C | _ | USA | IN | NAS Bunker Hill |
| 450515 | GB-2 | 01644 | CASU SIX | _ | _ | LAC | C | Barker, Donald W | USA | CA | Napa, CA |
| 450526 | GB-2 | 01637 | NAS Grosse Ile | _ | NAS Grosse Ile, MI | KCRW | A | ? | USA | PA | Mountains E of Pittsburgh, PA |
| 450621 | GB-2 | 01633 | NAAS Los Alamitos | _ | NAAS Los Alamitos, CA | GL | B | Meaden, R. G | USA | CA | NAAS Los Alamitos, CA |
| 450705 | GB-2 | 12335 | NAS Terminal Island | _ | NAS Terminal Island, CA | DTCEF | A | Schatz, Harold H. | USA | CA | NAS Terminal Island, CA |
| 450705 | GB-2 | 01634 | NAS Alameda | _ | NAS Alameda, CA | LACMF | B | Harper, R. M. | USA | CA | Bakersfield Municipal airport, CA |
| 450712 | GB-2 | 01635 | COMFAIR Quonset | _ | NAS Quonset Point, RI | TAC | C | Yates, John G | USA | CT | NAAF Groton |
| 450718 | GB-2 | 23752 | MCAS El Toro | _ | MCAS El Toro, CA | KMIS | A | Chandler, R. J. | USA | CA | 10 mi from Ventura, CA |
| 450805 | GB-2 | 33020 | VM NAS Banana River | _ | NAS Banana River, FL | LACMF | C | Bowles, Horace K. | USA | FL | NAS Miami, FL |
| 450917 | GB-2 | 33031 | CASU 29 | _ | _ | TAC | C | Sandecki, S. T. | USA | MI | NAS Grosse Ile, MI |
| 450926 | GB-2 | 33007 | Operations Department | _ | NAS Alameda, CA | LAC | C | Gunderson, J. D | USA | CA | NAAS Arcata, CA |
| 451006 | GB-2 | 23725 | NAAS Arcata | _ | NAAS Arcata, CA | LAC | C | Bradley, William T. | USA | CA | Humboldt County airport, Eureka, CA |
| 451015 | GB-1 | 09772 | NAS St. Louis | _ | NAS St. Louis, MO | LACMF | B | Brown, Floyd E. | USA | MO | NAS St. Louis, MO |
| 451016 | GB-2 | 23658 | VSB OUT 1 | _ | NAAS Cecil Field, FL | LAC | C | Gelinas, M. P. | USA | FL | Jacksonville municipal airport, FL |
| 451202 | GB-2 | 23724 | NAS Minneapolis | _ | NAS Minneapolis, MN | TACGC | C | Geyton, James M. | USA | MN | NAS Minneapolis, MN |
| 451205 | GB-2 | 33001 | Operations, VM unit | _ | _ | LACGL | A | Kilroy, L. W. | USA | TX | NAAF Rockport, TX |
| 451214 | GB-2 | 23744 | NAS Dallas | _ | NAS Dallas, TX | LACMF | B | Revis, H. A. | USA | AR | Fort Smith, AR |
| 451217 | GB-2 | 01643 | VM Unit | _ | NAS Pensacola, FL | LAC | A | Ferchau, Temple E. | USA | GA | NAS Atlanta, GA |
| 460101 | GB-2 | 01632 | CNAResTra | _ | NAS Memphis, TN | TOA | B | Jenkins, Murdock Claude | USA | TN | M.C.Wallace farm, 7 mi S of Sparta, TN |
| 460117 | GB-2 | 12332 | Operations | _ | NAS Sanford, FL | CBLMF | C | Brown, Keith G. | USA | FL | NAGF Titusville, FL |
| 460126 | GB-2 | 12331 | NAS Glenview | _ | NAS Glenview, IL | GL | C | Brown, H. W. | USA | IL | NAS Glenview, IL |
| 460307 | GB-2 | 23715 | NAAS Brown Field | _ | NAAS Brown Field, CA | TAC | C | Smithey, Thurman E. | USA | CA | NAS San Diego, CA |
| 460328 | GB-2 | 23693 | Operations Flight Div | _ | NAS Quonset Point, RI | TAC | C | Hutchinson, E. R. | USA | MA | NAAS Martha's Vineyard |
| 460329 | GB-2 | 23714 | Operations | _ | NAS Alameda, CA | CBLMF | D | Mitchusson, James U. | USA | CA | NAAS Moffett |
| 460425 | GB-2 | 23043 | CASU 22 | _ | NAS Quonset Point, RI | LAC | C | Andrews, S. J. | USA | RI | NAAS Charlestown, RI |
| 460520 | GB-2 | 33024 | NAS Banana River | _ | NAS Banana River, FL | LACMF | C | Screws, Frank M | USA | FL | NAS Jacksonville, FL |
| 460606 | GB-2 | 33054 | NAS Alameda | _ | NAS Alameda, CA | LAC | C | Holloway, John C. | USA | OR | Medford, OR |
| 460606 | GB-2 | 23756 | NAS San Diego | _ | NAS Sanford, FL | FLMF | C | Delling, R. K | USA | NM | New Laguna, NM |
| 460616 | GB-2 | 23705 | NAS Atlantic City | _ | NAS Atlantic City, NJ | TOA | C | Anderson, Robert | USA | NJ | NAS Atlantic City, NJ |
| 460617 | GB-2 | 33042 | CASU-7 | _ | NAS Seattle, WA | TACGC | C | Bannister, R. A. | USA | WA | NAS Seattle, WA |