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
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