Aircraft lost in the vicinity of Nikumaroro

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

Date Service Type BuNo Squadron Details
March 16, 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).
November 13, 1942 USAAF P-39D Crashed on Canton, pilot killed.
December 15, 1942 USN PBM Hit reef while taxiing at Canton.
February 12, 1943 USN PBY-5 8033 VP-71 Engine fire on takeoff at Canton. Crashed and sank.
March 27, 1943 USN PBY-5A of VP-54 Destroyed in Japanese bombing attack on Canton.
August 13, 1943 USN PBY-5 Beached at Canton after being shot up by Japanese Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat.
September 18, 1943 USAAF P-39Q Spun into sea on takeoff at Canton. Pilot killed.
October 5, 1943 USN PBY-5A 33967 Forced landing at sea enroute to Canton. Sank while under tow to Canton.
October 20, 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]
October 23, 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.
November 18, 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]
December 17, 1943 USAAF C-47A 43-30739 Crashed at Sydney Island during sightseeing flight. Nine fatalities.[4]
December 30, 1943 USN PBY-5A 3393 Missing enroute from Baker to Makin.
January 11, 1944 USN PBJ (B-25) Missing enroute from Canton to Tutuilla, Samoa.
February 16, 1944 USN PBY-5 Sank off Canton
July 19, 1944 B24J Liberator 41029 "Crashed after takeoff from Canton Island, Pacific Ocean, Jul 19, 1944 near the reef edge. 5 killed"[5]
June 10, 1944 USN PBM-3D 48199 Engine fire, forced landing, beached at Howland. Aircraft burned.
August 2, 1944 USN PV-1 Gear up landing after aborted takeoff at Canton.
September 5, 1944 USN PBM-3D 45236 VP-200 Engine failure, forced landing at sea (exact location unknown); flooded and sank in high seas.
October 22, 1944 USN PBJ (B-25) Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
October 31, 1944 USN PBJ (B-25) Destroyed in taxiing accident on Canton.
April 26, 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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