Aircraft lost in the vicinity of Nikumaroro - Revision history

Thomas at 01:05, 13 March 2017

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	\|align="center"\|<!-- service -->USN		\|align="center"\|<!-- service -->USN
	\|<!-- type -->PV-1		\|<!-- type -->PV-1
	\|<!-- Bureau Number -->		\|<!-- Bureau Number -->33247
	\|<!-- squadron -->		\|<!-- squadron -->VMF(N)531
	\|<!-- details -->Gear up landing after aborted takeoff at Canton.		\|<!-- details -->Gear up landing after aborted takeoff at Canton. Pilot: Marvin E. Notestine<ref>[http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/PV.htm "USN Lockheed PV Ventura & Harpoon Accident Reports."]</ref>
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	\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->5 September 1944		\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->5 September 1944

Moleski at 17:31, 19 October 2014

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	\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->10 May 1944		\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->10 May 1944
	\|align="center"\|<!-- service -->~~Candada~~?		\|align="center"\|<!-- service -->Canadian?
	\|<!-- type -->C-87		\|<!-- type -->C-87
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Moleski at 17:31, 19 October 2014

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	\|<!-- details -->Sank off Canton		\|<!-- details -->Sank off Canton
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	\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->~~19 July~~ 1944		\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->10 May 1944
	\|align="center"\|<!-- service -->~~USAAF~~		\|align="center"\|<!-- service -->Candada?
	\|<!-- type -->~~B24J Liberator~~		\|<!-- type -->C-87
	\|<!-- Bureau Number -->~~41029~~		\|<!-- Bureau Number -->
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	\|<!-- details --~~>"Crashed after takeoff from Canton Island, Pacific Ocean, Jul 19, 1944 near the reef edge. 5 killed"<ref~~>[http://~~www~~.~~joebaugher.com~~/~~usaf_serials~~/~~1944_4~~.~~html "1944 USAAF Serial Numbers~~."]~~</ref>~~		\|<!-- details -->[http://tighar.org/smf/index.php?topic=1570.msg34407#msg34407 Tire blew on takeoff, aircraft hit revetments, burned.]
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	\|<!-- details -->Engine fire, forced landing, beached at Howland. Aircraft burned.		\|<!-- details -->Engine fire, forced landing, beached at Howland. Aircraft burned.
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			\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->19 July 1944
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			\|<!-- type -->B24J Liberator
			\|<!-- Bureau Number -->41029
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			\|<!-- details -->"Crashed after takeoff from Canton Island, Pacific Ocean, Jul 19, 1944 near the reef edge. 5 killed"<ref>[http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.html "1944 USAAF Serial Numbers."]</ref>
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Moleski at 16:26, 18 March 2014

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	\|<!-- Bureau Number --> 41-23903		\|<!-- Bureau Number --> 41-23903
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	\|<!-- details -->"...The C-87 rolled and dived into the water while turning on finals to Canton Island. The flight was being operated by United Airlines under contract to the Army Air Transport Command. It was deemed possible that an asymmetric flap deployment caused the accident." <ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19430207-3 "Accident Description, Sunday 7 February 1943."</ref>		\|<!-- details -->"...The C-87 rolled and dived into the water while turning on finals to Canton Island. The flight was being operated by United Airlines under contract to the Army Air Transport Command. It was deemed possible that an asymmetric flap deployment caused the accident." <ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19430207-3 "Accident Description, Sunday 7 February 1943."]</ref>
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Moleski at 16:25, 18 March 2014

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 |<!-- details -->Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
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Moleski at 12:31, 18 March 2014

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	\|<!-- squadron -->VP-23		\|<!-- squadron -->VP-23
	\|<!-- details -->Lost near Canton during night takeoff.		\|<!-- details -->Lost near Canton during night takeoff.
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			\|align="center"\|<!-- service -->USAAF
			\|<!-- type -->Boeing B-17E
			\|<!-- Bureau Number -->41-9208
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			\|<!-- details -->"Short of Rwy, Canton Island, PAC. Written off (damaged beyond repair)."<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=97341 "ASN Wikibase Occurrence #97341."]</ref>
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	\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->October 1942		\|align="right"\|<!-- date -->October 1942

Moleski at 16:14, 9 February 2014

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Moleski at 16:13, 9 February 2014

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	\|<!-- Bureau Number -->n/a		\|<!-- Bureau Number -->n/a
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	\|<!-- details -->The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_Clipper ''Samoan Clipper'' exploded in mid-air shortly after takeoff over Pago Pago harbor in American Samoa.]		\|<!-- details -->The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_Clipper ''Samoan Clipper'' exploded in mid-air shortly after takeoff over Pago Pago harbor in American Samoa,] which is 600+ NM from Nikumaroro.
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Moleski at 16:08, 9 February 2014

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			\|align="center"\|<!-- service --> Pan Am
			\|<!-- type --> Sikorski S-42
			\|<!-- Bureau Number -->n/a
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			\|<!-- details -->The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_Clipper ''Samoan Clipper'' exploded in mid-air shortly after takeoff over Pago Pago harbor in American Samoa.]
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Moleski at 14:37, 10 January 2014

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	== References ==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />

			== Links ==
			* [http://www.pacificwrecks.com ''Pacific Wrecks.'']


	[[Category:Nikumaroro]]		[[Category:Nikumaroro]]