U.S. Navy Accident Reports For the Grumman J4F Widgeon
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 |
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421024 | J4F-1 | V-221 | Naval Attache | _ | Trujillo City, Santa Domingo | KTOA | A | Whitman, Arnold | DMR | _ | LaRomana, Santa Domingo |
430825 | J4F-2 | 32969 | CQTU Glenview | _ | _ | LACWL | B | Preston, John P. | USA | IL | Fox Lake, IL |
430916 | J4F-2 | 32954 | NAS Tillamook | _ | NAS Tillamook, OR | LACWL | B | Dobay, Stephen W. | USA | OR | Tillamook Bay, vicinity of Bay City |
430920 | J4F-2 | 32961 | CASU-31 | _ | _ | LACWL | B | Miles, Warren H. | USA | _ | Bay adjacent to NAS 24 |
430920 | J4F-2 | 32968 | FAW-5 | _ | NAAS Harvey Point, NC | TOA | A | Kipp, John M. | USA | VA | NAS Norfolk, VA |
440306 | J4F-2 | 32967 | Naval Aviation Detail | _ | USN Academy | FLW | D | Neal, Thomas J. | USA | PA | Towanda, PA |
440423 | J4F-2 | 32950 | NAS Dutch Harbour | _ | NAS Dutch Harbor, AK | KCRGC | A | McElroy, LeRoy | USA | AK | Mt Idak, Umnak Island, AK |
440516 | J4F-2 | 32942 | NAS Sitka | _ | NAS Sitka, AK | PE | B | Tucker, W. E. | USA | AK | NAS Sitka, AK |
440519 | J4F-1 | V-204 | USCG San Diego | _ | USCG San Diego, CA | LACWL | C | Hallock, T. P. | USA | CA | San Diego, CA |
440607 | J4F-2 | 33957 | VS-34 | _ | _ | GAC | E | Nawotka, Henry E. | USA | NY | NAS New York, NY |
440610 | J4F-1 | V-198 | USCG | _ | Biloxi Air Station, MS | PE | D | Muench, N. W. | USA | _ | Army Aux landing strip |
440614 | J4F-2 | 37717 | NAAS Quillayute | _ | NAAS Quillayute, WA | PE | C | Behr, William A. | USA | WA | NAS Seattle, WA |
440614 | J4F-2 | 37718 | CASU-23 | _ | _ | PE | C | Murphy, L. C. | USA | NY | NAS New York, NY |
440620 | J4F-2 | 37718 | CASU-23 | _ | _ | GAC | B | Holland, C. J. | USA | NC | MCAS Quantico, VA |
440913 | J4F-2 | 33954 | VS-36 | _ | _ | TACMF | C | Gentry, Elmer | USA | NJ | NAS Cape May, NJ |
440915 | J4F-2 | 32952 | VAW-2 | _ | _ | LAC | C | Perkett, Arthur J. | PAN | _ | San Blas Gulf, R de P |
441014 | J4F-1 | V-215 | USCG San Francisco | _ | CGAS San Francisco, CA | PE | A | Schmidt, Victor A.G. | USA | CA | Mills Field Seadrome, San Francisco, CA |
450127 | J4F-2 | 32981 | Blimp HQ Squadron 2 Det 2 | _ | _ | LACW | A | Ferris, J. C. | USA | FL | NAS Richmond, FL |
450221 | J4F-2 | 37759 | HQ Squadron | FAW-16 | _ | LACMF | D | Wilkes, George J. | BZL | _ | Igarape Assu |
450226 | J4F-2 | 32948 | VRF-1 | _ | NAS Seattle, WA | PE | A | Johnson, F. W. | USA | CA | Sacramento River, near Red Bluff, CA |
450315 | J4F-2 | 37762 | HEDRON | FAW-16 | _ | LAC | D | Bartlett, Ernest E. | BZL | _ | Aratu, Brazil |
450329 | J4F-2 | 37755 | MCAS Quantico | _ | MCAS Quantico, VA | TAC | C | Smith, Alan D. | USA | VA | MCAS Quantico, VA |
450426 | J4F-2 | 37767 | CASU-36 | _ | _ | PE | B | White, F. N. | USA | CA | Clear Lake, CA |
450519 | J4F-2 | 37770 | NAS Lakehurst | _ | NAS Lakehurst, NJ | PE | B | Grissom, Robert W. | USA | NJ | Barnegat Bay, NJ |
450614 | J4F-1 | V-207 | USCG Port Angeles | _ | USCG Port Angeles, WA | TAC | C | Tooloose, G. E. | USA | WA | NAS Sand Point, WA |
450629 | J4F-1 | V-210 | USCG Biloxi | _ | CGAS Biloxi, MS | PE | D | McGill, Paul | USA | MS | NAS Biloxi, MS |
450702 | J4F-2 | 37742 | NAF Newport | _ | NAF Newport, RI | LACWL | C | Collins, Robert J. | USA | RI | Narraganset Bay, RI |
450812 | J4F-2 | 37765 | NACTU (LANT) | _ | _ | F | _ | (parked aircraft) | USA | NJ | Newark, NJ |
450822 | J4F-2 | 37755 | MCAS Quantico | _ | MCAS Quantico, VA | TACMF | _ | Kelly, R.L | USA | _ | Washington National |
450905 | J4F-2 | V-221 | USCG Port Angeles | _ | CGAS Port Angeles, WA | LACWL | C | French, Harold | USA | WA | Port Angeles, WA |
450930 | J4F-2 | 32947 | NAS Kodiak | _ | NAS Kodiak, AK | LACMF | B | Porter, George H. | USA | AK | Womans Bay, AK |
460116 | J4F-2 | 37760 | NAS San Clemente Island | _ | NAS San Clemente Island, CA | LAC | C | Franco, S. G. | USA | CA | NAS San Clemente Island, CA |
460221 | J4F-2 | 32971 | NAS San Clemente Island | _ | NAS San Clemente Island, CA | LACMF | C | Asbury, D. A. | USA | CA | NAS San Clemente Island, CA |
460423 | J4F-2 | 37736 | NARU Johnsville | _ | NAS Johnsville, PA | KACC | A | Peek, William Elmus | USA | MA | Off Betterton, MA |
460502 | J4F-2 | 30151 | NAS Seattle | _ | NAS Seattle, WA | LACMF | C | Pingrey, D. W. | USA | WA | NAS Seattle, WA |
460520 | J4F-2 | 33954 | CASU-26 | _ | NAS Brunswick, ME | LACWL | C | Snider, Lary V. | USA | ME | Sebago Lake, near Windham, ME |
460604 | J4F-2 | 32949 | USCG Saint Petersburg | _ | CGAS Saint Petersburg, FL | LACMF | C | Chapline, William E. | USA | FL | Tampa Bay off Bayboro Harbor, FL |
460924 | J4F-2 | 37746 | FASRON-4 | _ | _ | LACEF | A | Malliton, John | USA | TN | Mississippi River near NAS Memphis, TN |
470220 | J4F-2 | 37757 | A&R Test Line | _ | NAS San Diego, CA | TOAWL | C | Lohr, Harold C. | USA | CA | Lower San Diego Bay, CA |
480628 | J4F-5 | 87744 | NAF Annapolis | _ | NAF Annapolis, MD | LACMF | B | Ostroski, Allyn B. | USA | MD | NAS Patuxent River, MD |