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Moleski at 19:51, 14 June 2011

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	[[File:2-1-nav-bookcase.png\|thumb\|300px]]		[[File:2-1-nav-bookcase.png\|thumb\|300px]]
	[[File:Bookcase.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px]]		[[File:Bookcase.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px]]
	[[File:Bookcase-national-archives.png\|thumb\|300px\|<div align="center">~~Courtesy of~~ National Archives.</div>]]		[[File:Bookcase-national-archives.png\|thumb\|300px\|<div align="center">Bookcase in B24 (National Archives).</div>]]
	A nagivator's bookcase found during [[Niku I (1989)]].		A nagivator's bookcase found during [[Niku I (1989)]].

Moleski at 14:52, 14 June 2011

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	"Based on our understanding of the evolution of the Consolidated Model 32, there shouldn't have been a PBY bookcase aboard a B-24J but I can't find a B-24C or D that was lost anywhere in the region" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,373.msg4322.html#msg4322 Forum, 7 June 2011).]		"Based on our understanding of the evolution of the Consolidated Model 32, there shouldn't have been a PBY bookcase aboard a B-24J but I can't find a B-24C or D that was lost anywhere in the region" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,373.msg4322.html#msg4322 Forum, 7 June 2011).]

	"According to the Parts List not all B-24Ds/PB4Y1s had the PBY bookcase (Part No. 28F2043). The last aircraft was Consolidated Ser. No. 1559 which was AAF Ser. No. 42-40482. The airplane lost somewhere between Canton and Funafuti was 42-40882. It should not have had the 28F4023 PBY bookcase installed" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,373.msg4432.html#msg4432 Forum, 9 June 2011).]		"According to the Parts List not all B-24Ds/PB4Y1s had the PBY bookcase (Part No. 28F2043). The last aircraft was Consolidated Ser. No. 1559 which was AAF Ser. No. 42-40482. The [[Aircraft_lost_in_the_vicinity_of_Nikumaroro#32102\|airplane lost somewhere between Canton and Funafuti was 42-40882.]] It should not have had the 28F4023 PBY bookcase installed" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,373.msg4432.html#msg4432 Forum, 9 June 2011).]

	== Aircraft lost in vicinity ==		== Aircraft lost in vicinity ==

Moleski at 02:12, 10 June 2011

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	"Based on our understanding of the evolution of the Consolidated Model 32, there shouldn't have been a PBY bookcase aboard a B-24J but I can't find a B-24C or D that was lost anywhere in the region" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,373.msg4322.html#msg4322 Forum, 7 June 2011).]		"Based on our understanding of the evolution of the Consolidated Model 32, there shouldn't have been a PBY bookcase aboard a B-24J but I can't find a B-24C or D that was lost anywhere in the region" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,373.msg4322.html#msg4322 Forum, 7 June 2011).]

			"According to the Parts List not all B-24Ds/PB4Y1s had the PBY bookcase (Part No. 28F2043). The last aircraft was Consolidated Ser. No. 1559 which was AAF Ser. No. 42-40482. The airplane lost somewhere between Canton and Funafuti was 42-40882. It should not have had the 28F4023 PBY bookcase installed" ([[Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,373.msg4432.html#msg4432 Forum, 9 June 2011).]

	== Aircraft lost in vicinity ==		== Aircraft lost in vicinity ==

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-{|{{Prettytable}}
+During World War II, more than [[aircraft lost in the vicinity of Nikumaroro|twenty airplanes were lost in the vicinity of Nikumaroro]].
 == A TIGHAR Campfire Tale ==

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	\|Destroyed on the ground at [[Canton Island]] (200 miles northeast of Niku) in a Japanese bombing raid.		\|Destroyed on the ground at [[Canton Island]] (200 miles northeast of Niku) in a Japanese bombing raid.
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	\|align="right"\|October 18, 1943		\|align="right"\|October 20, 1943
	\|Consolidated PB4Y-1		\|Consolidated PB4Y-1
	\|32102		\|32102
	\|Lost at sea.		\|Lost at sea.

	~~''These sources give the date of loss as 20 October instead of 18 October''~~

	: "10/20/1943 PB4Y-1 32102 VB-106 FUNAFUTI CANTON EMPIRE LT SAMUEL I. PATELLA" [http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLOct43.htm "USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List).]		: "10/20/1943 PB4Y-1 32102 VB-106 FUNAFUTI CANTON EMPIRE LT SAMUEL I. PATELLA" [http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLOct43.htm "USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List).]
	: "Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing" [[http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=81075 (ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075).]		: "Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing" [[http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=81075 (ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075).]

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	\|Destroyed on the ground at [[Canton Island]] (200 miles northeast of Niku) in a Japanese bombing raid.		\|Destroyed on the ground at [[Canton Island]] (200 miles northeast of Niku) in a Japanese bombing raid.
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	\|align="right"\|October 18, ~~1942~~		\|align="right"\|October 18, 1943
	\|Consolidated PB4Y-1		\|Consolidated PB4Y-1
	\|32102		\|32102

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A TIGHAR Campfire Tale

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	* If you keep hammering you’ll find the answer, but not necessarily the one you expected or the one you wanted. No matter. The real answer is always the right answer.		* If you keep hammering you’ll find the answer, but not necessarily the one you expected or the one you wanted. No matter. The real answer is always the right answer.

	LTM,~~<br>~~		::LTM,
	Ric		:::Ric

	[[Category:Artifacts]]		[[Category:Artifacts]]

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	\|Lost at sea.		\|Lost at sea.

	''These sources give the date of loss as 20 October instead of 18 October.''		''These sources give the date of loss as 20 October instead of 18 October''

	: "10/20/1943 PB4Y-1 32102 VB-106 FUNAFUTI CANTON EMPIRE LT SAMUEL I. PATELLA" [http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLOct43.htm "USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List).]		: "10/20/1943 PB4Y-1 32102 VB-106 FUNAFUTI CANTON EMPIRE LT SAMUEL I. PATELLA" [http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLOct43.htm "USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List).]
	: [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=81075 ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075:] ~~"Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing."~~		: "Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing" [[http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=81075 (ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075).]

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	\|align="right"\|December 17, 1943		\|align="right"\|December 17, 1943

Moleski at 15:31, 9 June 2011

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	\|32102		\|32102
	\|Lost at sea.		\|Lost at sea.

			''These sources give the date of loss as 20 October instead of 18 October.''

			: "10/20/1943 PB4Y-1 32102 VB-106 FUNAFUTI CANTON EMPIRE LT SAMUEL I. PATELLA" [http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLOct43.htm "USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List).]
			: [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=81075 ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075:] "Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing."

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	~~=== PB4Y-1 Bureau Number 32102 ===~~
	~~''These sources give the date of loss as 20 October instead of 18 October.''~~

	~~: 10/20/1943 PB4Y-1 32102 VB-106 FUNAFUTI CANTON EMPIRE LT SAMUEL I. PATELLA~~
	~~: [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=81075 ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075:] "Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing."~~

	== A TIGHAR Campfire Tale ==		== A TIGHAR Campfire Tale ==

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	{\|{{Prettytable}}		{\|{{Prettytable}}
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	\|March, 1943		\|style="width:10em" align="right"\|March, 1943
	\|PBY5A		\|PBY5A
	\|		\|
	\|Destroyed on the ground at [[Canton Island]] (200 miles northeast of Niku) in a Japanese bombing raid.		\|Destroyed on the ground at [[Canton Island]] (200 miles northeast of Niku) in a Japanese bombing raid.
	\|-		\|-
	\|October 18, 1942		\|align="right"\|October 18, 1942
			\|Consolidated PB4Y-1
	\|32102		\|32102
	\|~~Consolidated PB4Y-1 Bureau Number 32102 lost~~ at sea.		\|Lost at sea.
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|December 17, 1943		\|align="right"\|December 17, 1943
			\|C-47
	\|		\|
	\|[http://www.tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_2/14-2Sydcrash.html Crash of a C-47 on Sydney Island.]		\|[http://www.tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_2/14-2Sydcrash.html Crash of a C-47 on Sydney Island.]
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|July 19, 1944		\|align="right"\|July 19, 1944
			\|B24J Liberator
	\|41029		\|41029
	\|"Crashed after takeoff from Canton Island, Pacific Ocean, Jul 19, 1944 near the reef edge. 5 killed" [http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.html ("1944 USAAF Serial Numbers").]		\|"Crashed after takeoff from Canton Island, Pacific Ocean, Jul 19, 1944 near the reef edge. 5 killed" [http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.html ("1944 USAAF Serial Numbers").]
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|September 5,1944		\|align="right"\|September 5, 1944
	\|Martin PBM-3D		\|Martin PBM-3D
	\|45236		\|45236