00001/00200 Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver
00001 broke up in dive Jan 1943
00005 converted to XSB2C-2 floatplane
00008 converted to prototype SB2C-3
00018 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: KAVIENG in SOPAC on 01-Jan-44. Pilot: LT G.H. FREED; Fate: M
00019 (VS-9) spun-in during bomb practice 1/6/1943. Norfolk, VA county reservoir.
00024 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: RABAUL in SOPAC on 11-Nov-43. Pilot: LTJG W.L. GERNER; Fate: S
00025 (VB-8) attached to USS INTREPID (CV-11); Area Lost: BERMUDA in NORLANT on 04-Dec-43. Pilot: ENS R.A. HORN; Fate: S
00028 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: MAKIN in CENPAC on 01-Dec-43
00029 (VB-7) tail failure during dive 4/9/1943 near Troublesome PT. Va. Crew bailed out.
00032 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost OFF HAWAII on 10-Aug-44. Pilot: ENS R.M. CLARK; Fate: U
00033 (VB-1) attached to KANEOHE; Area Lost: HAWAII on 11-Apr-44
00035 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 06-Jun-44. Pilot: ENS L.F. KINCAID; Fate: S
00036 (VB-2) attached to USS HORNET (CV-12); Area Lost: HAWAII on 03-Apr-44
00037 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: TRUK in CENPAC on 16-Feb-44. Pilot: LTJG R.L. TEMME; Fate: S
00041 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: PEARL on 02-Mar-44
00043 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 25-May-44
00057 (A.A.) in BARBERS POINT, HAWAII, 12-Dec-44
00060 (A.A.) in BARBERS POINT, HAWAII, 12-Dec-44
00061 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 10-Aug-44. Pilot: ENS W.E. GRESHAM; Fate: D
00062 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 24-Apr-44
00067 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: RABAUL in SOPAC on 11-Nov-43
00068 (VB-7) had engine failure and forced landing in Dismal Swamp 5/18/1943
00070 (VB-4) suffered structure in dive near NAS San Diego, CA 2/31/1943.
00071 (VB-8) attached to USS INTREPID (CV-11); Area lost: W OF CENT AMERICA in CENPAC on 12-Dec-43. Pilot: ENS W.C. BALANCE; Fate: S
00072 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Lost in NORLANT on 11-Sep-43. Landing accident (jettisoned)
00074 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 16-Jun-44
00076 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: TARAWA in CENPAC on 19-Nov-43; Pilot: ENS F.A. HOUGHTON; Fate: S
00078 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: RABAUL in SOPAC on 11-Nov-43
00081 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: NAURU in CENPAC on 09-Dec-43. Pilot: ENS E.D. WILLIAMS; Fate: U
00084 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 24-Jun-44
00087 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: KWAJALEIN in CENPAC on 29-Jan-44. Pilot: ENS C.O. JOHNSON; Fate: D
00089 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 24-Jun-44
00090 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: NORLANT on 12-Sep-43. Landing accident (jettisoned)
00091 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: TRUK in CENPAC on 16-Feb-44. Pilot: ENS G.A. GIBBS; Fate: S
00092 (VB-20) in engine failure N of NAS San Diego 11/24/1943. 2 crew bailed out.
00093 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: TRUK in CENPAC on 16-Feb-44. Pilot: LTJG G.L. GLASS; Fate: D
00095 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: ECENPAC on 13-Oct-43
00097 (COMAIRPAC) attached to PEARL; Area Lost: HAWAII on31-Jul-44
00098 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 27-Apr-44. Pilot: ENS F. SIECZKOWSKA; Fate: S
00104 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 25-Apr-44. Pilot: ENS H.O. MAXWELL; Fate: S
00107 (VB-8) attached to PUUNENE; Area Lost: HAWAII on 01-Mar-44
00109 (VB-18) attached to HILO; Area Lost: HAWAII on 19-Apr-44. Pilot: ENS C.M. MEYER; Fate: S
00112 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: MARSHALLS in CENPAC on 24-Jan-44
00118 (VB-18) attached to HILO; Area Lost: HAWAII on 05-Apr-44
00119 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 13-Jul-44
00120 (VB-5) attached to USS YORKTOWN (CV-10); Area Lost: TRINIDAD in CENLANT on 26-May-43
00123 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on17-Jun-44
00132 (VB-18) attached to HILO; Area lost: HAWAII on 30-Mar-44. Pilot: ENS F.P. BORO; Fate: S
00133 (VB-14) ditched 2 miles west Kaena Pt, HI 4/28/1944.
00138 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: WCENPAC on 25-Oct-43
00142 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 29-Jun-44
00143 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 22-Apr-44. Pilot: ENS G.D. MCKAY; Fate: S
00144 (VB-8) attached to USS INTREPID (CV-11); Area Lost: W OF CENT AMERICA in CENPAC on 13-Dec-43. Pilot: LT M.D. CARMODY; Fate: S
00147 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 05-Jun-44. Pilot: ENS F.M. CRAWFORD; Fate: S
00150 (VB-100) attached to USS WASP (CV-18); Area Lost: PEARL on 08-Apr-44. Pilot: LT MCD. TYRE; Fate: S
00151 (VB-1) attached to KANEOHE; Area Lost: HAWAII on 29-Feb-44. Pilot: ENS F.E. SCHULTZ; Fate: D
00152 (A.A.) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 13-Jul-44
00154 (VB-5) attached to USS YORKTOWN (CV-10); Area Lost: TRINIDAD in CENLANT on 28-May-43
00158 (VB-7) attached to USS HANCOCK (CV-19); Area Lost: PANAMA in CENLANT on 05-Aug-44
00162 (VB-8) attached to USS INTREPID (CV-11); Area Lost: W OF CENT AMERICA in CENPAC on 20-Dec-43. Pilot: LTJG H.S. SHARP; Fate: S
00164 (VB-1) attached to KANEOHE; Area Lost: HAWAII on 20-Apr-44
00166 (VB-8) attached to USS INTREPID (CV-11); Area Lost: BERMUDA in NORLANT on 05-Dec-43. Pilot: LT A.F. SEAVER; Fate: S
00171 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: NORLANT on 19-Jul-43
00174 (VB-18) attached to HILO; Area Lost: HAWAII on 20-Apr-44. Pilot: ENS A.H. ROHLEDER; Fate: S
00177 (VB-2) attached to HILO; Area Lost: HAWAII on 19-Feb-44. Pilot: LTJG W.E. FINGER; Fate: S
00180 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: RABAUL in SOPAC on 11-Nov-43. Pilot: LTJG C.W. THOMSON; Fate: M
00181 (VB-100) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 24-Jun-44
00184 (VB-17) overside landing USS Bunker Hill 10/19/1943.
00186 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: NORLANT on 19-Jul-43
00189 (VB-2) attached to BARBERS POINT; Area Lost: HAWAII on 28-Feb-44
00190 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: NORLANT on 18-Jul-43
00195 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: KWAJALEIN in CENPAC on 31-Jan-44. Pilot: LT J.D. WALKER; Fate: S
00196 (VB-8) attached to OAHU; Area Lost: MOLOKAI, HAWAII on 11-Jan-44. Pilot: ENS R.S. WRIGHT; Fate: M
00198 (VB-17) attached to USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17); Area Lost: MAKIN in CENPAC on 01-Dec-43
03320 (VB-72) missing at sea from dive bombing practice flight on target towed by carrier Jul 9, 1942. Pilot missing
22965 2Lt. R.H. Wright of VMTB-132 piloting solo failed a landing attempt on escort carrier Takanis Bay
off California on 12 January 1945. Crashed into water and was rescued
39499, (c/n 26474/CU114) ex USAAF 41-12347 5/43, WFU & stored 1946.
39500, (c/n 26475/CU115) ex USAAF 41-12348 5/43, WFU & stored 1946.
50814 (c/n 15273/26718) to R4D-6Q. Was ex USAAF 43-49457. On civil registry as N48211." Machine is displayed out doors at the
Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, AL as N48211 in US Forestry Service livery. Photographed 2009 06 03.
56548 (c/n 22202) ex USAAF 43-17252. Converted to C-54Q, transferred to USMC. WFU and stored at Davis Monthan AFB
in Arizona Mar 1966. Bought by Texas Truck Salvage Co. Feb 21, 1975. Bought by Robert B. Audias Jr. bt Apr 3, 1975
reg. N67034. Bought by Central Air Services Oct 11, 1976 as tanker '150'. Bought by Maricopa Aircraft
Service June 18, 2000. Bought by Maricopa Aircraft Inc. Jul 2000, WFU & stored Avra Valley, AZ.
64032 to Danish AF as 82-865, later L-865. Crashed into Kap
Desolation, Greenland Aug 10, 1963. 6 crew and 7 passanger killed.
73022 RAF:JX367 Catalina IVB. To SAAF. Crashed at Lake Umzingazi, South Africa Jan 30, 1945. 2 killed.
92008 ditched in Lake Erie Aug 5, 1950. SOC at NAS Grosse Isle, Michigan.
120456 crashed @ China Lake 10/21/1947, stricken 10/31/1947.
124517 F4U-5N Corsair VC-3 USS Boxer CV-21 1951
126598 stricken 5/13/1960 Litchfield
132784 stricken 4/13/1962 Quonset Point.
133264 is now displayed at Schenectady County Airport with the Empire State Aerosciences Museum, having been moved there in 2006
Pakistani Navy P-3C's 84 (159883), 87 (159510) were destroyed and 81 (164467) was heavily damaged in a 2011 05 22
Taliban attack on a PNS Mehran in Karachi.
161905 delivered to New England Air Museum, Dec. 15, 2011.
161959 was Blue Angels aircraft #2. Still with Blue Angels but #4 Oct 2009. Retired to National Museum of
Naval Aviation, Pensacola Florida in 2011.
162109 is on static display at Naval Station Mayport, FL
15 Aug CH-53E HMH-464 164777 Tail strike on berm at Bastion Airfield
24 Aug T-34C VT-28 161835 Crashed in Gulf of Mexico off Corpus Christi, crew bailed out
13 Sep F/A-18A+ VFA-204 162878 Depart runway on Landing at NAS Fallon, pilot ejected
15 Sep F/A-18E VFA-137 165900 High speed takeoff abort resulted in brake fire
19 Sep AH-1W HMLA/T-303 161015 Bird strike in flight caused breakup, two fatal
28 Sep AH-1W HMLA-269 165320 Impacted ground after takeoff, one fatal
2 Nov T-45C VT-21 165642 Crew ejected off end of runway at NAS Kingsville
21 Dec MH-60S STRKWARCEN 167826 Crashed in mountain flying in Toiyohe National Forest (Bridgeport, CA), minor injuries
References
1. Douglas Campbell
2. John Anthony
3. Robert Varga
4. John Lozon
5. Gary Newman
6. Eric Renth
7. John Boyle
8. Rick Penry
9. Gary Newman
10. Tim Tindall
11. John Collins
12. Tim Tindall
13. Anthony Kambic
14. Bruce Hopper
15. Glenn Chatfield
