Aircraft lost in the vicinity of Nikumaroro

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Derived from table created by Ric Gillespie, Forum, 26 January 2001. In that same thread, Gillespie wrote:

Emily's anecdote about old aircraft wreckage on the reef dates from sometime between her arrival on Gardner in early 1940 to her departure in November 1941. There are no known losses in the region, or the whole Central Pacific for that matter, prior to that time which could account for that wreckage --- except one.
The chances of an unknown aircraft loss in that region prior to that time is so remote as to approach nil. Bottom line: if Emily saw aircraft wreckage, it was NR16020.
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 crew 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 USAAF 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. Pat Gaston says that the crew consisted of Pilot Lt Samuel L. Patella A-V(N) USNR, Ens Richard H. Wood A-V(N) USNR, Ens John C. Mackey A-V(N) USNR, Amm3c John Grady Waiden, Jr. USNR, Aom3c Argus Winfield, Jr. USNR, Amm3c Donald Dean Dickey USN, Art1c Itley Dwight Winn USNR, Amm3c O. Atkinson USN, Amm3c Lloyd E. Hume USN, and Amm3c William E. Lexlon USNR (Forum, 24 September 2004).
  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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