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|align="right" style="width:10em"|<!-- date -->March 16, 1940
|align="right" style="width:10em"|<!-- date -->16 March 1940
|<!-- service --> USN
|<!-- service --> USN
|<!-- type --> PBY-2
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|<!-- details -->Enroute Hawaii to Canton missed Canton and ditched near the Ellice Group. (Rickenbacker on board).
|<!-- details -->Enroute Hawaii to Canton missed Canton and ditched near the Ellice Group. (Rickenbacker on board).
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->November 13, 1942
|align="right"|<!-- date -->13 November 1942
|<!-- service -->USAAF
|<!-- service -->USAAF
|<!-- type -->P-39D
|<!-- type -->P-39D
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|<!-- details -->Crashed on Canton, pilot killed.
|<!-- details -->Crashed on Canton, pilot killed.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->December 15, 1942
|align="right"|<!-- date -->15 December 1942
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBM
|<!-- type -->PBM
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|<!-- details -->Hit reef while taxiing at Canton.
|<!-- details -->Hit reef while taxiing at Canton.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->February 12, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->12 February 1943
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBY-5
|<!-- type -->PBY-5
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|<!-- details -->Engine fire on takeoff at Canton. Crashed and sank.
|<!-- details -->Engine fire on takeoff at Canton. Crashed and sank.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->March 27, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->27 March 1943
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBY-5A of VP-54
|<!-- type -->PBY-5A of VP-54
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|<!-- details -->Destroyed in Japanese bombing attack on [[Canton]].
|<!-- details -->Destroyed in Japanese bombing attack on [[Canton]].
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->August 13, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->13 August 1943
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBY-5
|<!-- type -->PBY-5
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|<!-- details -->Beached at Canton after being shot up by Japanese Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat.
|<!-- details -->Beached at Canton after being shot up by Japanese Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->September 18, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->18 September 1943
|<!-- service -->USAAF
|<!-- service -->USAAF
|<!-- type -->P-39Q
|<!-- type -->P-39Q
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|<!-- details -->Spun into sea on takeoff at Canton. Pilot killed.
|<!-- details -->Spun into sea on takeoff at Canton. Pilot killed.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->October 5, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->5 October 1943
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBY-5A
|<!-- type -->PBY-5A
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|<!-- details -->Forced landing at sea enroute to Canton. Sank while under tow to Canton.
|<!-- details -->Forced landing at sea enroute to Canton. Sank while under tow to Canton.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->October 20, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->20 October 1943
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|<!-- type -->Consolidated PB4Y-1
|<!-- type -->Consolidated PB4Y-1
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: "Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing"<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=81075 ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075.]</ref>  
: "Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing"<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=81075 ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075.]</ref>  
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->October 23, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->23 October 1943
|<!-- service -->IJN
|<!-- service -->IJN
|<!-- type -->Kawanishi H8K "Emily"
|<!-- type -->Kawanishi H8K "Emily"
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|<!-- details -->Shot down by P-40s 70 miles south of Baker. Two other Emilies had previously been shot down by F-6-Fs from the light carrier USS Princeton CV-22 in the vicinity of Howland and Baker.
|<!-- details -->Shot down by P-40s 70 miles south of Baker. Two other Emilies had previously been shot down by F-6-Fs from the light carrier USS Princeton CV-22 in the vicinity of Howland and Baker.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->November 18, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->18 November 1943
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|<!-- type -->PB4Y-1
|<!-- type -->PB4Y-1
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|<!-- details -->Non combat mission. Ditched at sea, entire crew of ten rescued six days later. One passenger missing. Pilot Lt. P. Hard & 9/Ok. [The plane could not have gone down just off Canton, or it wouldn't have taken six days to find the crew.  It must have occurred en route.]<ref>Pat Gaston, [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Forum/Forum_Archives/200409.txt Forum, 24 September 2004.]</ref>
|<!-- details -->Non combat mission. Ditched at sea, entire crew of ten rescued six days later. One passenger missing. Pilot Lt. P. Hard & 9/Ok. [The plane could not have gone down just off Canton, or it wouldn't have taken six days to find the crew.  It must have occurred en route.]<ref>Pat Gaston, [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Forum/Forum_Archives/200409.txt Forum, 24 September 2004.]</ref>
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->December 17, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->17 December 1943
|<!-- service -->USAAF
|<!-- service -->USAAF
|<!-- type -->C-47A
|<!-- type -->C-47A
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|<!-- details -->Crashed at Sydney Island during sightseeing flight. Nine fatalities.<ref>[http://www.tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_2/14-2Sydcrash.html "Crash of a C-47 on Sydney Island."]</ref>
|<!-- details -->Crashed at Sydney Island during sightseeing flight. Nine fatalities.<ref>[http://www.tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_2/14-2Sydcrash.html "Crash of a C-47 on Sydney Island."]</ref>
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->December 30, 1943
|align="right"|<!-- date -->30 December 1943
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBY-5A
|<!-- type -->PBY-5A
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|<!-- details -->Missing enroute from Baker to Makin.
|<!-- details -->Missing enroute from Baker to Makin.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->January 11, 1944
|align="right"|<!-- date -->11 January 1944
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBJ (B-25)
|<!-- type -->PBJ (B-25)
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|<!-- details -->Missing enroute from Canton to Tutuilla, Samoa.
|<!-- details -->Missing enroute from Canton to Tutuilla, Samoa.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->February 16, 1944
|align="right"|<!-- date -->16 February 1944
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBY-5
|<!-- type -->PBY-5
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|<!-- details -->Sank off Canton
|<!-- details -->Sank off Canton
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->July 19, 1944
|align="right"|<!-- date -->19 July 1944
|<!-- service -->
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|<!-- type -->B24J Liberator
|<!-- type -->B24J Liberator
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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 -->"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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|align="right"|<!-- date -->June 10, 1944
|align="right"|<!-- date -->10 June 1944
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBM-3D
|<!-- type -->PBM-3D
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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 -->August 2, 1944
|align="right"|<!-- date -->2 August 1944
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PV-1
|<!-- type -->PV-1
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|<!-- details -->Gear up landing after aborted takeoff at Canton.
|<!-- details -->Gear up landing after aborted takeoff at Canton.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->September 5, 1944
|align="right"|<!-- date -->5 September 1944
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBM-3D  
|<!-- type -->PBM-3D  
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|<!-- details -->Engine failure, forced landing at sea (exact location unknown); flooded and sank in high seas.
|<!-- details -->Engine failure, forced landing at sea (exact location unknown); flooded and sank in high seas.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->October 22, 1944
|align="right"|<!-- date -->22 October 1944
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBJ (B-25)
|<!-- type -->PBJ (B-25)
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|<!-- details -->Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
|<!-- details -->Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->October 31, 1944
|align="right"|<!-- date -->31 October 1944
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- service -->USN
|<!-- type -->PBJ (B-25)
|<!-- type -->PBJ (B-25)
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|<!-- details -->Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
|<!-- details -->Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
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|align="right"|<!-- date -->April 26, 1962
|align="right"|<!-- date -->26 April 1962
|<!-- service -->FAA
|<!-- service -->FAA
|<!-- type -->Lockheed L-749A Constellation
|<!-- type -->Lockheed L-749A Constellation
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|<!-- details -->Crashed during touch and go landing at Canton.
|<!-- details -->Crashed during touch and go landing at Canton.
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== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 17:48, 9 June 2011

Derived from table created by Ric Gillespie, Forum, 26 January 2001.

Date Service Type BuNo Squadron Details
16 March 1940 USN PBY-2 0487 VP-25 Hit reef on takeoff from Canton.
January 1942 USN PBY VP-23 Lost near Canton during night takeoff.
October 1942 USAAF B-17D Enroute Hawaii to Canton missed Canton and ditched near the Ellice Group. (Rickenbacker on board).
13 November 1942 USAAF P-39D Crashed on Canton, pilot killed.
15 December 1942 USN PBM Hit reef while taxiing at Canton.
12 February 1943 USN PBY-5 8033 VP-71 Engine fire on takeoff at Canton. Crashed and sank.
27 March 1943 USN PBY-5A of VP-54 Destroyed in Japanese bombing attack on Canton.
13 August 1943 USN PBY-5 Beached at Canton after being shot up by Japanese Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat.
18 September 1943 USAAF P-39Q Spun into sea on takeoff at Canton. Pilot killed.
5 October 1943 USN PBY-5A 33967 Forced landing at sea enroute to Canton. Sank while under tow to Canton.
20 October 1943 Consolidated PB4Y-1 32102 VB-106 Lost at sea.
"10/20/1943 PB4Y-1 32102 VB-106 Funafuti Canton Empire Lt Samuel I. Patella"[1]
"Missing in flight from Canton Island to Funa Futi. 9 missing"[2]
23 October 1943 IJN Kawanishi H8K "Emily" Shot down by P-40s 70 miles south of Baker. Two other Emilies had previously been shot down by F-6-Fs from the light carrier USS Princeton CV-22 in the vicinity of Howland and Baker.
18 November 1943 PB4Y-1 32123 VP-108 Non combat mission. Ditched at sea, entire crew of ten rescued six days later. One passenger missing. Pilot Lt. P. Hard & 9/Ok. [The plane could not have gone down just off Canton, or it wouldn't have taken six days to find the crew. It must have occurred en route.][3]
17 December 1943 USAAF C-47A 43-30739 Crashed at Sydney Island during sightseeing flight. Nine fatalities.[4]
30 December 1943 USN PBY-5A 3393 Missing enroute from Baker to Makin.
11 January 1944 USN PBJ (B-25) Missing enroute from Canton to Tutuilla, Samoa.
16 February 1944 USN PBY-5 Sank off Canton
19 July 1944 B24J Liberator 41029 "Crashed after takeoff from Canton Island, Pacific Ocean, Jul 19, 1944 near the reef edge. 5 killed"[5]
10 June 1944 USN PBM-3D 48199 Engine fire, forced landing, beached at Howland. Aircraft burned.
2 August 1944 USN PV-1 Gear up landing after aborted takeoff at Canton.
5 September 1944 USN PBM-3D 45236 VP-200 Engine failure, forced landing at sea (exact location unknown); flooded and sank in high seas.
22 October 1944 USN PBJ (B-25) Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
31 October 1944 USN PBJ (B-25) Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
26 April 1962 FAA Lockheed L-749A Constellation Crashed during touch and go landing at Canton.

References

  1. ↑ "USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List.
  2. ↑ ASN Wikibase Occurrence #81075.
  3. ↑ Pat Gaston, Forum, 24 September 2004.
  4. ↑ "Crash of a C-47 on Sydney Island."
  5. ↑ "1944 USAAF Serial Numbers."
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