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NORTH AMERICAN O-<strong>47</strong> OPERATING UNITS<br />
HQS, National Guard Bureau<br />
HQS, 5 th ASC<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
New Orleans AAB, LA<br />
HQS, 2 nd Army<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
4 th Army San Francisco, CA<br />
3 rd Corps Logan Field, Dundalk, MD<br />
6 th Corps Area, Air Corps<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
Detachment<br />
8 th Corps Area, Air Corps<br />
Biggs Field, Fort Bliss, TX<br />
Detachment<br />
1 st Coast Artillery, Air Corps<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Detachment<br />
1 st Photo Mapping Group<br />
3 rd Bomb Group (L) Fifth Air Force, Australia<br />
6 th Ferry Group Long Beach, CA<br />
12 th Observation Group<br />
16 th Service Group, 16HQ Sixth Air Force/Caribbean<br />
19 th Bomb Group Fifth Air Force, Australia<br />
26 th Observation Group<br />
49 th Fighter Group Fifth Air Force, Australia<br />
59 th Observation Group<br />
65 th Observation Group<br />
67 th Observation Group<br />
66 th Observation Group<br />
68 th Observation Group<br />
69 th Observation Group San Bernardino, CA<br />
70 th Observation Group<br />
70 th Tactical Recon Group<br />
71 st Observation Group<br />
72 nd Observation Group Sixth Air Force/Caribbean<br />
73 rd Observation Group<br />
75 th Observation Group<br />
75 th Reconnaissance Group<br />
76 th Observation Group<br />
77 th Observation/Tactical Recon<br />
Group<br />
77 th Tactical Recon Group<br />
363 rd Recon Group Gainesville, TX<br />
<strong>47</strong>0 th Base Group Pendleton, OR<br />
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11 th Sub-Depot Blythe AAB, CA<br />
52 nd Sub-Depot SBASC<br />
322 nd Sub-Depot DeRidder AAB, LA<br />
330 th Sub-Depot SBASC<br />
337 th Sub-Depot Portland AB, OR<br />
1 st EEL Squadron, Ground Forces New Bedford CG Station, MA<br />
1 st Observation Squadron Marshall Field, Fort Riley, KS; Sixth<br />
Air Force/Caribbean<br />
1 st Tow Target Squadron Otis Field, MA<br />
2 nd Ferry Squadron Wilmington NCAAB, NC<br />
2 nd Tow Target Squadron Olmstead Field, PA; Mitchel Field,<br />
NY<br />
3 rd Composite Squadron Pope Field, NC/Lawson Field, GA<br />
3 rd Observation Squadron Langley Field, VA/Myrtle Beach, SC;<br />
Camp Coole, CA<br />
3 rd Tactical Recon Squadron Langley Field, VA/Camp Coole, CA<br />
3 rd Tow Target Squadron Third AF, 1 st ASPTC, Camp Davis, NC<br />
4 th Observation Squadron Sixth Air Force Panama<br />
4 th Tactical Recon Squadron Losey Field, PR, Sixth Air Force<br />
Panama<br />
4 th Tow Target Squadron Hunter Field, Savannah, GA<br />
5 th Tow Target Squadron Palacios Municipal Airport, TX<br />
6 th Tow Target Squadron Third AF, 2 nd ASC, Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
7 th Ferry Squadron ACFC, Seattle, WA<br />
7 th Observation Squadron (Sp) Lawson Field, GA/Pope Field, NC<br />
7 th Recon Squadron Pope Field, NC/Lawson Field, GA<br />
8 th Observation Squadron Langley Field, VA; Camp Davis, NC<br />
9 th Observation Squadron (M) New Jersey NG, Fort Dix, NJ<br />
9 th Tow Target Squadron Chicago MAP, IL<br />
10 th Observation Squadron San Bernardino, CA<br />
10 th Tow Target Squadron Baltimore AAB, MD; Langley Field,<br />
VA<br />
10 th Tactical Recon Squadron San Bernardino, CA<br />
11 th Antisubmarine Squadron Ft. Dix, NJ<br />
12 th Antisubmarine Squadron Atlantic City, NJ<br />
12 th Observation Squadron Post Field, OK, Fort Sill, OK’<br />
Godman Field, Fort Knox, KY<br />
12 th Tactical Recon Squadron Post Field, OK<br />
13 th Antisubmarine Squadron Grenier Field, NH<br />
13 th Bomb Squadron, 34 th Bomb<br />
Barksdale Field, LA<br />
Group<br />
13 th Tow Target Squadron Langley Field, VA<br />
14 th Antisubmarine Squadron Sixth Air Force/Caribbean<br />
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14 th Tow Target Squadron Pope Field, NC; Camp Davis, NC<br />
15 th Antisubmarine Squadron Jacksonville, FL<br />
15 th Observation Squadron Scott Field, IL; Post Field, Fort Sill,<br />
15 th Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
OK<br />
16 th Observation Squadron Godman Field, Fort Knox, KY; Pope<br />
Field, Fort Bragg, NC; Flight “B”<br />
Lawson Field, Fort Benning, GA<br />
16 th Photo Squadron, 1 st Mapping<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
Group<br />
16 th Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
17 th Observation Squadron<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
17 th Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
18 th Observation Squadron (Became 520 th Bomb Squadron)<br />
18 th Tactical Recon Squadron Dover, DE, Langley, VA, Pope NC<br />
21 st Air Base Squadron Lowry Field, CO<br />
21 st Antisubmarine Squadron, 26 th<br />
AWIG<br />
Gulf Task Force, New Orleans AAB,<br />
LA<br />
21 st Recon Squadron (Bomber) Langley Field, VA<br />
21 st Tactical Recon Squadron Langley Field, VA<br />
21 st Troop Carrier Squadron Fifth Air Force, Archerfield,<br />
Australia<br />
22 nd Observation Squadron Brooks Field, TX; DeRidder, LA<br />
22 nd Tactical Recon squadron DeRidder, LA<br />
23 rd Observation Squadron 76 th Observation Group, Pope Field,<br />
NC<br />
23 rd Tactical Recon Squadron Unknown<br />
23 rd Tow Target Squadron Sixth Air Force/Canal Zone<br />
24 th Observation Squadron Pope Field, NC<br />
25 th Observation Squadron Salinas, CA/Esler Field, CA; Abilene<br />
AAB, TX<br />
25 th Liaison Squadron Salinas, CA/Esler Field, CA<br />
26 th Observation Squadron Gray Field, WA<br />
26 th Tactical Recon Squadron Gray Field, WA; Redmond, WA (or<br />
OR?)<br />
27 th Observation Squadron Godman Field, KY<br />
27 th Tactical Recon Squadron Godman Field, KY; Abilene, TX<br />
28 th Observation Squadron Godman Field, KY<br />
30 th Observation Squadron Bowman Field, Louisville, KY;<br />
Tullahoma, TN/Key Field, MS<br />
30 th Tactical Recon Squadron Tullahoma, TN/Key Field, MS<br />
31 st Observation Squadron Ontario, CA/DeRidder, LA<br />
31 st Tactical Recon Squadron Ontario, CA/DeRidder, LA<br />
32 nd Photo Recon Squadron Gainesville, TX<br />
32 nd Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
34 th Photo Recon Squadron Wisconsin NG<br />
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34 th Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
35 th Photo Recon Squadron Oregon NG, Redmond, OR<br />
35 th Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
36 th Observation Squadron<br />
36 th Photo Recon Squadron<br />
Gray Field, Fort Lewis, WA;<br />
Godman Field, KY<br />
36 th SS, 31 st SG Herbert Smart Field, GA<br />
36 th Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
37 th Photo Recon Squadron Rhode Island NG<br />
37 th Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
39 th Observation Squadron Sixth Air Force Panama<br />
39 th Photo Recon Squadron Otis Field, MA<br />
40 th Photo Recon Squadron National Guard<br />
40 th Tactical Recon Squadron<br />
41 st Photo Recon Squadron Sixth Air Force (formerly 1 st<br />
Observation Squadron)<br />
41 st Tactical Recon squadron<br />
43 rd Tactical Recon Squadron Hawaii<br />
<strong>47</strong> th ABS Salinas, Ecuador, Sixth Air Force<br />
55 th Bomb Squadron, 48 th Bomb<br />
Keesler Field, MS<br />
Group<br />
60 th ABS Stokton Field, CA<br />
82 nd Observation Squadron 12 th Observation Group, Salinas,<br />
CA; Moffett Field, CA<br />
82 nd Tactical Recon Squadron Salinas, CA<br />
86 th Observation Squadron (C&D) Hawaii<br />
86 th Combat Mapping Squadron Maxwell Field AL<br />
91 st Observation Squadron Tullahoma, TN/Wheeler-Sack Field<br />
NY; Pine Camp, NC<br />
91 st Recon Squadron Tullahoma, TN/Wheeler-Sack Field,<br />
NY<br />
91 st School Squadron Maxwell Field, AL<br />
92 nd Air Base Squadron Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC<br />
97 th Observation Squadron Mitchel Field, NY; Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
97 th Tactical Recon Squadron Lawson Field, GA<br />
100 th Bomb Squadron ?<br />
101 st Observation Squadron Mass. NG, /Camp Edwards/Otis<br />
Field, MA<br />
101 st Tactical Recon Squadron East Boston, MA<br />
101 st Bomb Photo Squadron Sixth Air Force Panama<br />
102 nd Observation Squadron New York NG, Miller Field, NY;<br />
Alabama NG (?) or New Jersey NG,<br />
Newark Airport, NJ?/Reilly Field, Ft.<br />
McClellan, AL; Laurel AAB, MS<br />
102 nd Tactical Recon Squadron Ft. McClellan, AL<br />
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103 rd Observation Squadron Pennsylvania National Guard,<br />
Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA<br />
104 th Observation Squadron Maryland NG, Detrick Field,<br />
Frederick, MD<br />
105 th Observation Squadron South Carolina NG or Tennessee<br />
NG, Berry Field, TN?, Columbia<br />
AAB, SC<br />
105 th Recon Squadron Columbia, SC<br />
106 th Observation Squadron Alabama NG, Birmingham MAP, AL;<br />
Miami Airport, FL; Sixth Air Force,<br />
Panama?<br />
107 th Observation Squadron Louisiana National Guard, Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA or Michigan NG,<br />
Romulus, MI? Esler Field, LA;<br />
Charleston, SC; Alexandria, LA<br />
107 th Tactical Recon Squadron National guard<br />
108 th Observation Squadron (Sp) Illinois NG, Chicago, IL; 72 nd<br />
Observation Group, Sixth Air Force<br />
Panama<br />
108 th Recon Squadron Sixth Air Force Panama<br />
109 th Observation Squadron Minnesota NG, Minneapolis-St.<br />
Paul, MN/Louisiana NG, Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA?, Esler AAF, LA<br />
109 th Tactical Recon Squadron Savannah AAF, GA; Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
110 th Observation Squadron Missouri NG/Arkansas NG (?),<br />
Adams Field, Little Rock, AR; Salinas<br />
AAB, CA; Rice AAF, CA<br />
110 th Tactical Recon Squadron National Guard<br />
11 th Air Base Unit Langley Field, VA<br />
111 th Observation Squadron Texas National Guard, Brownwood<br />
MAP, TX<br />
111 th Tactical Recon Squadron National Guard<br />
112 th Observation Squadron Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC /Ohio NG<br />
(?), Cleveland, OH; Dover, DE;<br />
Georgetown, SC; Lantana, FL;<br />
Columbia, SC<br />
112 th Liaison Squadron Ohio NG<br />
113 th Observation Squadron Key Field, Meridian, MS /Indiana<br />
NG; DeRidder, LA; McDill Field, FL;<br />
Stout Field, IN.<br />
113 th Tactical Recon Squadron Indiana NG<br />
114 th Base Unit Chatham Field, Savannah, GA<br />
115 th Observation Squadron California NG, Paso Robles, CA;<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
115 th Liaison Squadron California NG<br />
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116 th Observation Squadron Washington NG, Gray Field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
116 th Tactical Recon Squadron Washington NG (?); Corvallis, OR;<br />
Redmond, OR<br />
118 th Observation Squadron Connecticut NG, Brainard Field, CT;<br />
Jacksonville MAP, FL<br />
118 th Tactical Recon Squadron Connecticut NG<br />
119 th Observation Squadron New Jersey NG, Newark AP, NJ<br />
120 th Observation Squadron Colorado NG, Biggs Field, Fort Bliss,<br />
TX<br />
120 th Tactical Recon Squadron Colorado NG<br />
121 st Observation Squadron District of Columbia NG, Columbia<br />
AAB, SC<br />
121 st Liaison Squadron District of Columbia NG<br />
122 nd Observation Squadron 68 th Observation Group, Louisiana<br />
NG, New Orleans AAB, LA<br />
123 rd Observation Squadron Oregon NG, Gray Field, Fort Lewis,<br />
WA; Ontario, CA<br />
124 th Observation Squadron Iowa NG<br />
124 th Tactical Recon Squadron Iowa NG<br />
125 th Observation Squadron Oklahoma NG; Brownwood, TX;<br />
Abilene, TX<br />
125 th Liaison Squadron Oklahoma NG; Alamo Field, San<br />
Antonio, TX<br />
126 th Observation Squadron Wisconsin NG; Fort Dix, NJ<br />
127 th Observation Squadron Kansas NG; Hattiesburg, MS<br />
127 th Liaison Squadron Kansas NG; Northern Field, TN<br />
128 th Observation Squadron Georgia NG; New Orleans AB, LA<br />
152 nd Observation Squadron Rhode Island NG, Fort Devens, MA<br />
153 rd Observation Squadron Mississippi NG, Key Field, Meridian,<br />
MS; Jacksonville AAB, FL<br />
153 rd Liaison Squadron Mississippi NG<br />
154 th Observation Squadron Arkansas NG, Adams Field, Little<br />
Rock, AR; Post Field, Fort Sill, OK;<br />
Daniel Field, Augusta, GA<br />
154 th Weather Recon Squadron Arkansas NG<br />
215 th Base Unit Pueblo AAB, CO<br />
235 th Base Unit Biggs Field, Fort Bliss, TX<br />
313 th ABS Smyrna, TN<br />
334 th Air Base Squadron Truax Field, WI<br />
324 th BFTS Minter Field, CA<br />
334 th School Squadron Tyndall Field, FL<br />
343 rd Flexible Gunnery Squadron Tyndall Field, FL<br />
344 th Flexible Gunnery Squadron Tyndall Field, FL<br />
421 st BAS San Bernardino, CA<br />
437 th Air Base Squadron Suffolk County AAF, LI, NY<br />
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384 th Bomb Squadron, 311 th Bomb<br />
Waycross, GA<br />
Group<br />
488 th Fighter Squadron New Jersey NG<br />
489 th Fighter Squadron Maryland NG<br />
490 th Fighter Squadron New Jersey NG<br />
508 th Air Base Squadron Alamo Field, San Antonio, TX<br />
518 th Bomb Squadron, 377 th Bomb Grenier Field, Manchester, NH<br />
Group<br />
522 nd Bomb Squadron, 378 th Bomb<br />
Lantana, FL<br />
Group<br />
543 rd School Squadron (Special) Ajo, AZ<br />
831 st Bomb Squadron Ft. Dix, NJ<br />
840 th Bomb Squadron Gulf Task Force<br />
859 th Bomb Squadron Atlantic City, NJ<br />
863 rd Bomb Squadron Grenier Field, NH<br />
885 th Bomb Squadron Louisiana NG<br />
3021 st BAS Las Vegas, NV<br />
3036 th BAS Yuma, AZ<br />
4138 th BAS Laurel, MS<br />
4148 th BAS<br />
HHS, Technical School<br />
Chanute Field, IL<br />
Air Corps Tactical School<br />
Maxwell Field, AL<br />
HHS, Sacramento AAF<br />
Sacramento AAF, CA<br />
Base Flight, SAASC<br />
Kelly Field, TX<br />
1 st Coast Artillery, Air Corps<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Detachment<br />
Air Corps Detachment, Candler<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
Field<br />
3 rd Corps Area, AAC Detachment Logan Field, Dundalk, MD<br />
6 th Corps Area, AAC Detachment Chicago, IL<br />
8 th Corps Area, AAC Detachment Biggs Field, TX<br />
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North American O-<strong>47</strong> Owl Production List<br />
North<br />
American<br />
Charge<br />
Number<br />
USAAC<br />
Designation<br />
NAA Serial<br />
Number<br />
USAAC<br />
Serial<br />
Number<br />
Accepted<br />
First<br />
Assignment<br />
Subsequent<br />
Assignments<br />
Subsequent<br />
Assignments<br />
and Fate<br />
GA-15 XO-<strong>47</strong> GA-15-1 X-2079,<br />
AC36-145<br />
22Dec35<br />
Wright Field.<br />
Converted to<br />
TXO-<strong>47</strong> 1Feb36.<br />
Acc. 30Mar36 at<br />
Brooks Field,<br />
TX, CPT Leroy<br />
Hudson, nosed<br />
up. Rep.<br />
Retuned to NAA<br />
17Apr36; Wright<br />
Field 7Sep36<br />
Wright Field. Acc.<br />
2Aug37 at<br />
Vandalia, OH,<br />
landing accident,<br />
1LT Marshall S.<br />
Roth. Landing<br />
gear folded<br />
during landing.<br />
Cited as XO-<strong>47</strong>.<br />
NAA 18Nov37.<br />
Brooks Field TX<br />
8Feb39; Maxwell Fld<br />
AL 1Nov39; HHS,<br />
Technical School,<br />
Dept. of Mechanics,<br />
Chanute Fld, IL<br />
17Jan40. To Class<br />
26. Displayed school<br />
numbers 87 and 101<br />
while at Chanute.<br />
Dropped from<br />
records November<br />
1940, 566 hours TT<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-203 AC37-260 30May38 Flying Branch,<br />
Wright Field,<br />
OH. Acc.<br />
21Jul41 Wayne<br />
County Apt,<br />
Romulus, MI,<br />
Edgar<br />
Pendleton. Rep.<br />
Presque Isle, ME<br />
25Jul42<br />
Bluie West #1,<br />
Greenland 12Sep42;<br />
Bluie West #8<br />
(Sondrestrom Air<br />
Base). “Ahoy”.<br />
Condemned 12Dec42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-204 AC37-261 30May38 Brooks Fld TX<br />
30May38. 22 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), 12 th Obs.<br />
Group by<br />
25Apr39. Acc.<br />
25Apr39 at<br />
Lambert Field,<br />
MO, 2LT Ernest<br />
S. Holmes, Jr,<br />
TAC. Rep. Acc.<br />
3May40 Lufkin<br />
108 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Chicago AB, IL<br />
19Dec41<br />
“Mercury” (Panama)<br />
20Jan42. C-4<br />
windlass installed.<br />
1st Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group, Howard<br />
Field, CZ. Acc.<br />
France Field, CZ<br />
6May42, 2LT William<br />
W. Arnold, LACGL.<br />
Rep.<br />
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Airport, TX, 2LT<br />
John T. Shields,<br />
landing acc.<br />
1 st Obs.Sqdn., 6 th<br />
Bomb Group, Howard<br />
Field, CZ; Rio Hato,<br />
RdeP. Acc. 7 or<br />
17Sep42 two miles E<br />
of Nuevo Limon,<br />
RdeP, CPT Ray R.<br />
Rencher, KCRGC.<br />
Brooks Fld, TX<br />
31Dec39 (22 nd Obs.<br />
Sq.);<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-205 AC37-262 12Jun38 97 th Observation<br />
Squadron<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Fld, NY 12Jun38<br />
Maine 20Sep39<br />
Chicago AB, IL<br />
19Dec41;<br />
“Mercury” (Panama)<br />
20Jan42.<br />
108 th Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group. Acc.<br />
1Mar42 Howard Fld,<br />
CZ, 2LT Everett F.<br />
Smith, LACGL. Rep.<br />
39 th Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group. Acc.<br />
13Apr42 1mi SE of El<br />
Campana, RdeP,<br />
collided with 14 th PS<br />
P-39D 41-6892,<br />
William N.<br />
Hendrickson,<br />
KMACO, 2k, w/o<br />
Sioux City, IA 6Jan43<br />
as Class 26 with<br />
1494 hours TT<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-206 AC37-263 1Sep38 HHS, Technical<br />
School, Chanute<br />
Fld, IL 1Sep38.<br />
1 st School<br />
Squadron by<br />
3Jun40. Acc.<br />
3Jun40 at<br />
Chanute, COL<br />
Madison Air<br />
Depot, WI<br />
13Jun42. 334 th<br />
Air Base<br />
Squadron, Truax<br />
Field, WI. Acc.<br />
30Dec42 ½ mi.<br />
NW of Des<br />
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Davenport<br />
Johnson,<br />
landing acc.<br />
Displayed<br />
school numbers<br />
2 (initially) then<br />
96<br />
Moines Airport,<br />
IA, LTC Seward<br />
W. Hulse, Jr.,<br />
FLMF<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-207 AC37-264 1Sep38 Brooks Fld, TX<br />
(22 nd Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
108 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Chicago AB, IL<br />
19Dec41<br />
“Mercury” (Panama)<br />
20Jan42, Howard<br />
Field, CZ. Acc.<br />
1Feb42 Albrook Fld,<br />
CZ. Rep. Acc.<br />
22Mar42 Albrook Fld,<br />
CZ, 1LT Robert W.<br />
Vanderveld. Rep.<br />
Demolished<br />
24Feb43, 1.5 miles<br />
NE of Camp Paraiso,<br />
CZ, APO 832, 2LT<br />
Walter C. Weatherly<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-208 AC37-265 2Sep38 Air Corps Det.,<br />
Offutt Fld, NE<br />
2Sep38<br />
1 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Fld.,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
28Aug40<br />
“Mercury” (Panama)<br />
20Jan42. Wr.<br />
23Jan42 at sea nr<br />
Santa Cruz, Central<br />
America. Rep.<br />
Howard Field, CZ,<br />
Rio Hato, RdeP. Rtnd<br />
to CONUS as RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A, McKellar Fld,<br />
TN RFC 4Sep44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-209 AC37-266 4Sep38 Air Corps Det.,<br />
(3 rd Corps)<br />
Logan Fld,<br />
Dundalk, MD<br />
4Sep38. Acc.<br />
14Jan41 at<br />
Logan Fld. Rep.<br />
Edo Corp.,<br />
15Jul41. To<br />
Wright Fld. FAD<br />
29Nov41.<br />
39 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Panama 13Dec41<br />
(France Fld)<br />
Surveyed PAD<br />
29Sep45 as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
to FLC but salvaged<br />
29Sep45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-210 AC37-267 9Sep38 Air Corps Det.,<br />
Port Columbus,<br />
OH 9Sep38.<br />
Godman Fld, Fort<br />
Knox, KY<br />
22Jul41<br />
Acc. 19Sep41 at<br />
Marshall, TX, 2LT<br />
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120 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Colorado NG.<br />
Acc. Lowry<br />
Field, Denver,<br />
CO 14Feb40,<br />
2LT Eugene<br />
Cunningham.<br />
Landing acc.<br />
Rep.<br />
Raymond M. Baldwin,<br />
destroyed by fire<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-211 AC37-268 22Sep38 22 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
12 th Obs.Group,<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
17Jul38.<br />
97 th Observation<br />
Squadron<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Field, NY<br />
22Sep38. Acc.<br />
19Oct39 at<br />
Saragosa, TX,<br />
2LT William W.<br />
Holmes, LAC.<br />
Back at Mitchel<br />
Field, NY by<br />
14Dec38<br />
SAAD, Duncan<br />
Fld, TX 30Oct39<br />
Panama 13Jun40<br />
(France Fld, Rio<br />
Hato), 39 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
Acc. 9Dec40 France<br />
Fld., CZ, Quinter P.<br />
Gerhart Rep. Acc.<br />
2Jun41 at France<br />
Field, CZ, 1LT Louis<br />
E. Coira. Rep. Wr.<br />
100 yards from South<br />
edge of NS runway,<br />
France Fld, CZ<br />
c.28Jun41. Rep.<br />
1 st Recon Sq (Sp) by<br />
Nov43. Returned to<br />
CONUS May44 but<br />
subsequent fate not<br />
recorded<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-212 AC37-269 9Sep38 Oakland Airport,<br />
CA 9Sep38<br />
Brooks Fld, TX<br />
18Jul39<br />
152 nd Obs. Sqdn., Ft.<br />
Devens, MA 7Oct41.<br />
Tyndall Fld, FL<br />
25Mar42.<br />
Condemned 19Jun42<br />
Survey. Cause<br />
unknown<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-213 AC37-270 4Oct38 97 th Observation<br />
Squadron<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Fld, NY 4Oct38<br />
Langley Fld, VA<br />
24Aug40<br />
Wr Langley Fld, VA<br />
17Jul41, Erwin W.<br />
Huber. Rep. Wr. in<br />
water off Virginia<br />
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Beach, VA 11Aug41<br />
forced landing in<br />
water, 2LT Adrian I.<br />
Wilcombe, fatal to<br />
crew<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-214 AC37-271 10Oct38 Boston, MA<br />
10Oct38, Air<br />
Corps Det., 1 st<br />
Coast Artillery<br />
Commonwealth<br />
Airport, Boston,<br />
MA. Detached to<br />
M.I.T. by<br />
12Mar42 for<br />
unspecified<br />
“experimental”<br />
work.<br />
New Bedford CG<br />
Station, 1 st EEL<br />
Squadron, Ground<br />
Forces as RO-<strong>47</strong>A.<br />
4148 th BAS as RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A.<br />
Reclaimed Rome, NY<br />
518 th Bomb<br />
Squadron,<br />
Grenier Field, NH<br />
Wr 28Apr43<br />
Grenier Field,<br />
Manchester, NH,<br />
1LT Downey L.<br />
Thomas, TAC.<br />
Rep?<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-215 AC37-272 4Oct38 Air Corps<br />
Supply Officer,<br />
97 th Observation<br />
Squadron<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Fld, NY 4Oct38<br />
Brooks Fld, TX<br />
15Jul39, 22 nd<br />
Obs.Sqdn.<br />
Marshall, TX<br />
19Dec41;<br />
“Mercury” (Panama)<br />
20Jan42.<br />
108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Howard Fld, CZ.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-216 AC37-273 4Oct38 Air Corps<br />
Supply Officer,<br />
Brooks Fld, TX<br />
15Jul39, 22 nd<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, 1Nov43.<br />
Acc. 10Mar44 at<br />
Pereira, Colombia,<br />
1LT Grady F.<br />
Mathews, Jr., FLoG.<br />
Surveyed 15Jun44<br />
SAAD, Duncan Fld,<br />
TX 7Oct41;<br />
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97 th Observation<br />
Squadron<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Fld, NY 4Oct38<br />
Obs.Sqdn. Acc.<br />
5Sep41 at<br />
DeQuincy<br />
Municipal<br />
Airport, LA, 2LT<br />
Frederick H.<br />
Secord<br />
DeRidder Fld, LA<br />
16May42;<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
16May42;<br />
Abilene AAF, TX<br />
19Jul42;<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 17Aug42;<br />
Lake Charles AAB,<br />
LA 7Dec42;<br />
This aircraft suffered<br />
substantial damage<br />
while being shipped<br />
by rail flatcar circa<br />
8Aug45.<br />
ATSC, 4120 th BAS,<br />
Freeman Fld, IN and<br />
set-aside for planned<br />
USAAF Museum. To<br />
the Douglas plant,<br />
Orchard Place, IL<br />
May 1946. RFC and<br />
WAA as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
14Nov46<br />
To the National Air<br />
Museum Collection<br />
3Jan49 (but see<br />
AC37-279)<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-217 AC37-274 27Sep38 Air Corps Det.,<br />
Candler Fld.,<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
27Sep38 (for<br />
personal use of<br />
Pope Fld, NC,<br />
1Aug40; Lawson<br />
Field 20Oct40<br />
F.A.D. 10Feb41.<br />
Surveyed 1Mar41<br />
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the<br />
Commanding<br />
General, 4 th<br />
Corps Area)<br />
One source cites<br />
an accident<br />
involving this<br />
aircraft at<br />
Abbeville, AL<br />
19Dec40 but the<br />
IAHC makes no<br />
mention of this<br />
nor does any<br />
accident<br />
summary at the<br />
USAFHRA<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-218 AC37-275 19Oct38 Air Corps Det.1,<br />
for personal use<br />
by the<br />
Commanding<br />
General, 6 th<br />
Corps Area,<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
19Oct38 (this<br />
aircraft was<br />
originally<br />
intended for the<br />
CG of 8 th Corps)<br />
Scott Fld, IL<br />
1Aug40, 15 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.<br />
Post Fld, Fort Sill,<br />
OK, 15 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
Wr. 3Jun41 Post<br />
Field, 2LT Perry H.<br />
Penn. Rep. Wr<br />
28Sep41 3.5 miles<br />
SW of Lawton, OK,<br />
2LT Ralph A.<br />
McNabb, 1k.<br />
Surveyed<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-219 AC37-276 18Oct38 Brooks Fld, TX<br />
18Oct38, 22 nd<br />
Obs.Sqdn.<br />
Newark, NJ<br />
11Aug41<br />
(temporary loan).<br />
Returned to<br />
Brooks Field by<br />
14Dec38<br />
1 st Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Fld., Fort<br />
Riley, KS 23Dec41;<br />
“Mercury” (Panama)<br />
20Jan42 (Howard<br />
Fld). Salvaged<br />
25oct45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-220 AC37-277 18Oct38 Brooks Fld, TX<br />
18oct38, 22 nd<br />
Obs.Sqdn., 12 th<br />
Obs.Group. Acc.<br />
18Oct39 at<br />
Midland Airport,<br />
TX, 2LT Ray H.<br />
Martin, LAC.<br />
Rep. Acc.<br />
1 st Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Fld.,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
23Dec41<br />
“Mercury” (Panama)<br />
20Jan42 (Howard<br />
Fld).<br />
1 st Recon Squadron,<br />
72 nd Recon Group,<br />
Howard Field, CZ.<br />
Acc. 31Aug43 at<br />
Chorrera Field No.1,<br />
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17Apr41 Camp<br />
Bullis, TX, Harry<br />
W. Johnston,<br />
Jr., hit tree,<br />
major damage.<br />
Rep.<br />
RdeP, Boris P.<br />
Adamack, LAC.<br />
Surveyed 15Oct43<br />
PAD<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-221 AC37-278 18Oct38 Brooks Fld, TX<br />
18Oct38, 22 nd<br />
Obs.Sqdn.<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY<br />
8Oct41<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 5Mar42;<br />
Brookley Fld (loan)<br />
28Apr42;<br />
Pope Fld, NC<br />
26Jul42;<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
5Oct42;<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
12Oct42;<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
17Oct42;<br />
Warner Robins AD<br />
19Dec42;<br />
Otis Fld 30Mar43<br />
(possibly with the 1 st<br />
Tow Target<br />
Squadron);<br />
Camp Davis 30May43<br />
Class 26. RFC<br />
Camden 25Sep45 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-222 AC37-279 21Oct38 Air Corps Det.,<br />
for personal use<br />
of the<br />
Commanding<br />
General, 8 th<br />
March Fld., CA<br />
31Jan42;<br />
Biggs Fld, TX<br />
28Feb42<br />
Salinas, CA 12Jul42;<br />
FAD 30Aug42;<br />
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Corps Area,<br />
Biggs Fld., Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
21Oct38<br />
NACA Ames<br />
Aeronautical<br />
Laboratory, Moffett<br />
Fld, CA 6Nov42<br />
(loan) as late as May<br />
22, 1945<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-223 AC37-280 9Dec38 Flight “C,” 12 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn., Post<br />
Fld., Fort Sill,<br />
OK 9Dec38.<br />
Acc. 16Mar39 2<br />
miles E of<br />
Slidell, LA, 2LT<br />
Norman L.<br />
Petersen,<br />
forced landing.<br />
Rep.<br />
SAAD 3Apr39;<br />
Post Fld., Fort<br />
Sill, OK<br />
25Jul39;<br />
15 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Ellington Fld., TX<br />
15Dec41. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
installed<br />
Class 26 as RO-<strong>47</strong>A.<br />
Initially to the USAF<br />
Museum. To NASM,<br />
Smithsonian<br />
Institution, in<br />
storage. NOTE: Also<br />
cited as AC37-273 in<br />
some sources.<br />
Godman Fld., Fort<br />
Knox, KY 4Apr42;<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
29Apr42;<br />
Godman Fld<br />
15May42 (75 th<br />
Observation Group);<br />
Ellington Fld, TX<br />
23Jul42;<br />
Galveston, TX<br />
2Aug42;<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
18Sep42;<br />
Corvallis, OR<br />
23May43;<br />
Barksdale Fld, LA<br />
1Jun43;<br />
Salem AAF, OR<br />
8Jun43;<br />
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116 th Recon<br />
Squadron, 70 th Recon<br />
Group, Corvallis, OR<br />
10Jun43. Acc.<br />
6Jul43 at Klamath<br />
Falls Airport, OR, 2LT<br />
George R. Uerlings,<br />
LACGL;<br />
Medford AF, OR<br />
4Jul43;<br />
337 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Portland AB, OR<br />
10Jul43;<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-224 AC37-281 4Nov38 Flight “C”, 12 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn., Post<br />
Fld., Fort Sill,<br />
OK 4Nov38.<br />
Acc. 12Mar40 at<br />
Arcadia, LA,<br />
2LT Edwin B.<br />
Miller, taxiing<br />
acc. Rep.<br />
Brooks Fld., TX<br />
28Mar41;<br />
Lawson Fld, GA.<br />
13Jan42<br />
(possibly with<br />
128 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Georgia National<br />
Guard)<br />
Blythe AAB, CA 11 th<br />
Sub-Depot 8Nov43.<br />
Surveyed May 1944<br />
Second Air Force<br />
Miami, FL 17Jan42.<br />
Jacksonville, FL 66 th<br />
Obs. Group,<br />
24Mar42.<br />
Miami 10May42;<br />
C-4 windlass<br />
installed 23Jul42;<br />
Hialeah, FL 2Sep42;<br />
Camp Davis 2Jan43;<br />
Charlotte 22Jan43;<br />
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3 rd Tow Target<br />
Sqdn., Camp Davis<br />
12Feb43;<br />
Camp Stewart<br />
1Mar43;<br />
Ellington Fld., TX<br />
13Jun43;<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
15Jun43;<br />
Ellington Fld., TX<br />
17Jun43;<br />
Gainsville, TX<br />
20Jul43;<br />
Perrin Fld, TX<br />
30Jul43;<br />
HHS SAASC<br />
23Sep43;<br />
ASC, Kelly Field, TX<br />
Wr 2Oct43 Kelly Fld.,<br />
TX, 2LT Frederick A.<br />
Riler, LAC. Rep.<br />
McKellar Fld, TN as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A RFC<br />
20Aug44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-225 AC37-282 18Nov38 Flight “C”, 12 th<br />
Obs. Sqdn., Post<br />
Fld., Fort Sill,<br />
OK 18Nov38<br />
15 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Ellington Fld., TX<br />
15Dec41;<br />
SACD 4Jan42;<br />
Project X<br />
15Jan42. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
SUMAC (Fifth Air<br />
Force) “LEFT”.<br />
Stationed APO 710<br />
Charters Towers,<br />
Australia. 21 st TCS.<br />
Acc. (date unknown)<br />
at Archerfield,<br />
Australia, pilot Maull,<br />
accidental nose-<br />
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installed Eglin<br />
Fld, FL 30Jan42<br />
over. Rep. Another<br />
accident 12Nov43 at<br />
APO 922-1 (NG),<br />
Townsville,<br />
Australia, 2LT James<br />
J. O’Neil, forced<br />
landing. Condemned<br />
AFMSC Fifth AF<br />
1Apr44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-226 AC37-283 11Nov38 1 st Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Fld.,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
11Nov38<br />
“Mercury”<br />
(Panama)<br />
20Jan42. Wr<br />
15Feb42<br />
between Albrook<br />
and Howard<br />
Field, CZ, mid-air.<br />
Rep.<br />
Condemned and<br />
surveyed as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Sixth AF 3May45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-227 AC37-284 21Nov38 1 st Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Fld.,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
21Nov38. Acc.<br />
23Jun41<br />
Manchester, TN,<br />
1LT Elliott H.<br />
Reed.<br />
“Mercury”<br />
(Panama)<br />
20Jan42<br />
(Howard);<br />
Trinidad 6Aug42;<br />
Salinas, Ecuador<br />
22May43<br />
Surveyed PAD to FLC<br />
but salvaged<br />
29Sep45 as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Trinidad 4Sep43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-228 AC37-285 22Nov38 1 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Fld.,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
22Nov38<br />
“Mercury”<br />
(Panama)<br />
20Jan42<br />
(Howard)<br />
Rio Hato; 39 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn., Waller<br />
Field, Trinidad<br />
6Aug42. Acc.<br />
12Aug42 in Waller<br />
Field area, 1LT W. A.<br />
Slade. Rep. Acc.<br />
1Sep42 26 miles NE<br />
of Guasipati,<br />
Venezuela, MAJ<br />
Clyde W. Swanson,<br />
FLoG. PITH Con. Inv.<br />
29Apr44<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-229 AC37-286 21Nov38 1 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Fld.,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
21Nov38. Acc.<br />
20Jan40 at<br />
Sherman Field,<br />
KS, 2LT Wayne<br />
K. Richardson,<br />
landing<br />
accident<br />
“Mercury”<br />
(Panama)<br />
20Jan42. 1 st<br />
Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group,<br />
Howard Field,<br />
CZ. Acc. 31Jan42<br />
France Field CZ,<br />
2LT Hans S.<br />
Johnson, LAC.<br />
Rep. Wr. 15Feb42<br />
between Albrook<br />
and Howard<br />
Fields. Rep.<br />
39th Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group. Acc.<br />
14May42 Campanga,<br />
RdeP, 2LT Arthur C.<br />
Daub, not recovered.<br />
KMIS. Crew of four<br />
missing. Loss also<br />
given as on 1Jun42<br />
on night mission.<br />
Pilot and passenger<br />
missing. Dropped<br />
25May42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-230 AC37-287 18Nov38 82 nd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Moffett Fld., CA<br />
18Nov38<br />
SAAD 7May40<br />
39 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Panama 17Jun40<br />
(France Field). Wr.<br />
5Jun41 10 miles<br />
West of Cape San<br />
Lorenzo (Machellila),<br />
Ecuador, ran out of<br />
fuel. Landed on<br />
ocean, COL Walter K.<br />
Burgess. Two crew<br />
drowned<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-231 AC37-288 22Nov38 82 nd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Moffett Fld., CA<br />
22Nov38. Acc.<br />
9Mar39 there,<br />
2LT Guy L.<br />
Hudson, TAC.<br />
Rep. Acc.<br />
4Nov39 3 miles<br />
S of Brainard,<br />
NE, 2LT John A.<br />
Rouse, collided<br />
with tree.<br />
Surveyed at<br />
Moffett after<br />
accident 4Nov39<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-232 AC37-289 22Nov38 82 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Moffett Fld., CA<br />
22Nov38. Acc.<br />
22May39 at<br />
SAAD 7May40<br />
39 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Panama 13Jun40<br />
(France Field). Went<br />
missing with crew<br />
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Monterrey, CA,<br />
SGT Harry W.<br />
Clarkson, TAC.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-233 AC37-290 9Dec38 82 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Moffett Fld., CA<br />
9Dec38<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-234 AC37-291 19Dec38 16 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Pope Fld., NC<br />
19Dec38<br />
39 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Panama 13Jun40<br />
(France Field);<br />
108 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Howard Fld, CZ;<br />
PAD.<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron. Acc.<br />
23Feb44 at New<br />
France Field, CZ,<br />
Thomas D.<br />
Spencer, TAC.<br />
Lawson Field<br />
20Oct40. Acc.<br />
25Dec41 Biggs<br />
Fld., TX. Rep.<br />
out of France Field in<br />
the vicinity of Rio<br />
Hato, RdeP 8Jun41,<br />
2LT Augustus J.<br />
Allen. Surveyed<br />
10Jul41<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Howard<br />
Field, CZ 1Nov43.<br />
Acc. 25Nov44 at<br />
Galeta Point, RdeP,<br />
William S. Hagen,<br />
GAC. Cited as type<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A. Major<br />
injuries to two crew.<br />
Surveyed PAD<br />
29Sep45 to FLC but<br />
salvaged 12Oct45 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Augusta, GA<br />
10Feb42;<br />
Langley Fld., VA<br />
22Mar42;<br />
123 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Oregon National<br />
Guard<br />
26 th Obs.Sqdn., 70 th<br />
Obs.Group, Gray<br />
Field, Fort Lewis, WA<br />
18Apr42. Acc.<br />
27Nov42 at Gray<br />
Field, 2LT Steven B.<br />
Searle, TOANU. Rep.;<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
24Apr43;<br />
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Estrella, CA<br />
19May43;<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
22May43;<br />
Medford, OR;<br />
Sacramento, CA<br />
11Jul43;<br />
26 th Tactical Recon<br />
Squadron, 70 th<br />
Tactical Recon<br />
Group, Redmond, OR.<br />
Acc. 31Aug43 at<br />
Redmond, OR, 2LT<br />
Hyron C. Tunnell,<br />
LACBL.<br />
412 th Fighter Group,<br />
Muroc AB, CA by<br />
16May44.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-235 AC37-292 19Dec38 16 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
19Dec38. Cr 20<br />
or 21Sep40 at<br />
Woodbine, GA,<br />
w/o<br />
421 st BAS San<br />
Bernardino. 6 th Ferry<br />
Group, Long Beach<br />
AAF, CA. Apparently<br />
coded K-57. Acc.<br />
21Dec44 at San<br />
Bernardino AAF, CA,<br />
Marion A. Balduff,<br />
GACNU. To RFC<br />
2Oct45 as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-236 AC37-293 19Dec38 16 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
19Dec38.<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
20Nov40. Cr.<br />
Fort Benning (or<br />
Commerce, GA)<br />
24Nov40, crew<br />
parachuted<br />
safely<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-237 AC37-294 19Dec38 Air Corps<br />
Supply Officer,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA.<br />
3 rd Obs. Sq.,<br />
19Dec38. Wr.<br />
Langley<br />
20Nov40. Rep.<br />
3 rd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Myrtle Beach, SC<br />
by Jun40. Wr.<br />
15Oct41 vicinity<br />
of Exmore (Belle<br />
Haven), VA, 2LT<br />
August C.<br />
Herman, ran out<br />
of fuel, all three<br />
crew members<br />
parachuted. Still<br />
with 3 rd<br />
Obs.Sqdn. at the<br />
time.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-238 AC37-295 14Jan39 Air Corps<br />
Supply Officer,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 14Jan39<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Myrtle Beach, SC<br />
by Jun40. Wr.<br />
21Sep41 Raleigh,<br />
NC. Rep. Wr.<br />
31Dec41 Langley<br />
Fld., hit by O-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
37-308 (q.v.).<br />
Rep. Wr. 5Dec41<br />
Lawson Field, GA<br />
taxi accident<br />
with O-<strong>47</strong>A 38-<br />
295. Rep. Acc.<br />
31Dec41 at<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA, parked. Still<br />
with 3 rd<br />
Obs.Sqdn. (see<br />
37-308)<br />
MAD 23Jan42;<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
24May42;<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
30May42;<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
23Jun42;<br />
Chanute Field, IL by<br />
11Aug42. Acc.<br />
11Aug42 at<br />
Patterson Field, OH,<br />
Claude O. Perry, MAC<br />
with Douglas C-53<br />
42-15532. Rep.<br />
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Salinas AB, CA<br />
23May43. Acc. There<br />
21May43, S/Sgt<br />
Richard S. Henry.<br />
Rep.;<br />
Redmond, OR;<br />
Salinas, CA 5Aug43;<br />
Mather Field, CA<br />
11Aug43;<br />
52 nd Sub-Depot,<br />
SBASC 8Nov43;<br />
3021 st BAS, Las<br />
Vegas, NV 1Oct44.<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Long Beach, CA<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-239 AC37-296 14Jan39 Air Corps<br />
Supply Officer,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 14Jan39<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Myrtle Beach, SC<br />
by Jun40. Wr.<br />
Pine Camp, NY<br />
4Oct40. Nosed<br />
up. Rep. Wr.<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
16Sep41 hit by P-<br />
40E 41-13342<br />
while parked.<br />
Major overhaul.<br />
MAD 22Nov41;<br />
Chanute Field, IL<br />
2May42. C-4A<br />
windlass installed<br />
23Jul42. Wr.<br />
11Aug42 near<br />
Patterson Field, OH,<br />
Surveyed<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-240 AC37-297 14Jan39 Air Corps<br />
Supply Officer,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 14Jan39<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Myrtle Beach, SC<br />
by Jun40<br />
SAC Depot 5Jan42;<br />
Project X (SUMAC,<br />
LEFT) 4Feb42. Con.<br />
AFMSC Fifth Air<br />
Force 29Mar44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-241 AC37-298 11Jan39 16 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning,<br />
GA 11Jan39<br />
FAD 21Dec39;<br />
Lawson 15Feb40;<br />
FAD 6May40<br />
154 th Obs.Sqdn., 68 th<br />
Obs. Group, Daniel<br />
Field, Augusta, GA<br />
20Feb42. Wr. 3Mar42<br />
Daniel Field, GA, 2LT<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-242 AC37-299 13Jan39 Flight “B”, 16 th<br />
Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning,<br />
GA 13Jan39.<br />
Acc. 6Oct39 at<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
2LT Marvin S.<br />
Zipp, TAC. Rep.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-243 AC37-300 18Jan39 16 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning,<br />
GA 18Jan39.<br />
Acc. 2Oct39 at<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
2LT John R.<br />
Burns, LAC.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-244 AC37-301 20Jan39 15 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
20Jan39<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
GA. Wr. 18Sep41<br />
Midway Airport,<br />
Arcadia, LA. (also<br />
given as either<br />
Mid-Way Field, LA<br />
or Carlstrom<br />
Field, FL!), 2LT<br />
Dean E.<br />
Harriman, Jr.,<br />
Rep? Wr.<br />
Arcadia, LA<br />
22Sep41, cross<br />
wind, w/o<br />
FAD 17Oct39<br />
SAAD 1May40<br />
15 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK;<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 17Dec41<br />
Lloyd C. Willis,<br />
TACNO. Rep. To<br />
Class 26 1Jun42<br />
39 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Panama 13Jun40<br />
(France Field). Wr,<br />
1/2Apr41 near Rio<br />
Hato, RdeP (also<br />
given as one mile off<br />
France Field, CZ),<br />
Clyde W. Swanson.<br />
Condemned PAD<br />
6May41<br />
Godman Fld., Fort<br />
Knox, KY 21Apr42;<br />
Atlanta 29Apr42;<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
30Jun42;<br />
Hattiesburg 4Sep42;<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 7Oct42;<br />
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Camp Forrest<br />
24Nov42;<br />
Mobile AD Group;<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
3Dec42;<br />
Corvallis, OR<br />
23May43;<br />
Medford, OR<br />
30Jun43;<br />
Corvallis, OR 4Jul43;<br />
Redmond, OR<br />
2Aug43;<br />
Corvallis, OR<br />
4Aug43;<br />
Redmond, OR<br />
17Aug43;<br />
330 th Sub-Depot,<br />
SBASC 8Nov43.<br />
4138 th BAS Laurel;<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-245 AC37-302 21Jan39 15 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
21Jan39. Cr<br />
12Nov40 Spirit<br />
Lake, IA three<br />
killed, w/o<br />
3036 th BAS Yuma, AZ<br />
as RO-<strong>47</strong>A 4Sep44;<br />
RFC Sales Depot<br />
No.8, Ontario, CA<br />
9Mar45<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-246 AC37-303 21Jan39 15 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
21Jan39<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK Feb41.<br />
Acc. 23Jun41,<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK, 2LT<br />
William C.<br />
Bacon,<br />
apparently<br />
collided with O-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A 37-304<br />
(q.v.)<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 15Dec41<br />
Godman Field<br />
21Apr42<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
29Apr42<br />
Patterson Field,<br />
OH 7Jul42<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
9Jul42<br />
4 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Hunter<br />
Fld., Savannah,<br />
GA 9Nov42. Acc.<br />
11Nov42 at<br />
Savannah, T/Sgt<br />
Roswell H. Black,<br />
TACNU<br />
Acc. 12Jan43 at<br />
Camp Stewart, GA,<br />
forced landing.<br />
Condemned 20Jan43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-2<strong>47</strong> AC37-304 21Jan39 15 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
21Jan39. Acc.<br />
there 23Jul40<br />
2LT R. A.<br />
Jaiseu(?),<br />
landed with<br />
wheels up. Rep.<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 4Mar41.<br />
Acc. 23Jun41,<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK, 2LT<br />
Robert J.<br />
Hughey,<br />
apparently<br />
collided with O-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A 37-303<br />
(q.v.)<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 11Dec41. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
installed there.<br />
Godman Field<br />
21Apr42<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
29Apr42<br />
73 rd Obs. Group,<br />
Godman Field<br />
15May42<br />
Pine Camp<br />
15Jul42 (on loan,<br />
probably to the<br />
91 st Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
29Nov42.<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
10Mar43<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
12Mar43<br />
Morris Field 30Mar43<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
18Apr43<br />
Morris Field 10Aug43<br />
141 st BAS, Camp<br />
Davis Acc. 23Oct43<br />
there, 2LT Marion P.<br />
Ives. Rep.<br />
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Godman Field<br />
10Nov42<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
9Sep44, McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-248 AC37-305 4Feb39 National Guard<br />
Bureau, Bolling<br />
Field, DC as “3”<br />
by Sep39<br />
San Antonio Air<br />
Depot, Duncan<br />
Field, TX June<br />
1940<br />
16 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pope Field, Fort<br />
Bragg, NC June<br />
1940<br />
13 th Bomb<br />
Squadron, 34 th<br />
Bomb Group,<br />
Barksdale Fld,<br />
LA. Acc.<br />
21May40 10mi.<br />
S of Barksdale<br />
Fld, CPT Sidney<br />
A. Ofsthun,<br />
forced landing.<br />
Rep.<br />
Augusta GA<br />
10Feb42<br />
68 th Obs.Group,<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
22Mar42<br />
26 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
70 th Obs.Group,<br />
Gray Field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
18Apr42. Acc.<br />
11Aug42 at Gray<br />
Field, 2LT James<br />
F. Faircloth, Jr.,<br />
KTOADF. One<br />
other crew<br />
member fatal,<br />
one survived but<br />
injured. Flew into<br />
a revetment on<br />
take-off. w/o<br />
Condemned, dropped<br />
from records<br />
28Nov42<br />
Lawson Field<br />
5Oct40<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-249 AC37-306 4Feb39 16 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
4Feb39. Acc.<br />
22Dec39 at<br />
Bolling Field,<br />
DC, 2LT Glenn<br />
P. Anderson, Jr.,<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
Lawson Field<br />
16Oct40<br />
Miami, FL<br />
27mar42<br />
Lakeworth, FL<br />
5Sep42<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
21Dec42.<br />
Morris Field 9Jul43<br />
14 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis, NC 28Jul43<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-250 AC37-307 16Feb39 3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA June 1940<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Myrtle Beach,<br />
SC by June<br />
1940. Acc.<br />
23Jul41 Langley<br />
Fld., VA, 2LT<br />
Donald<br />
Goodhart, LAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
Orlando, FL<br />
12Oct42<br />
Lakeworth, FL<br />
7Nov42<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley, VA. Acc.<br />
31Dec41 at<br />
Langley Field,<br />
Franklyn<br />
Sharpless, TAC.<br />
Acc. 28Jul43 at<br />
Sears Landing, Camp<br />
Davis, NC, 2LT Henry<br />
D. Moorman, Jr.,<br />
CREF engine failure.<br />
Surveyed 28Aug43<br />
8 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley Field, VA.<br />
Acc. 24Apr42 at<br />
Jacksonville, NC,<br />
2LT Roth R. Morris,<br />
LAC. Given on report<br />
as type “O-27”.<br />
Forced landing due<br />
to poor visibility,<br />
tractor pulled out on<br />
runway.<br />
8 th Obs.Sqdn. (Sp),<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
23May42. Acc.<br />
10Oct42 at Raleigh,<br />
NC, 1LT William H.<br />
Breeze, TOANU. Rep.<br />
Accident 26Oct42 at<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
while being flown by<br />
1LT William H.<br />
Breeze. Left wheel<br />
locked-up on takeoff,<br />
causing aircraft<br />
to veer off the<br />
runway. Had unit<br />
number “5” on the<br />
nose cowl at the<br />
time. Repaired<br />
15 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron (ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
11Jan43 Acc.<br />
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10Jan43 at<br />
Jacksonville AAB,<br />
FL, COL Karl S.<br />
Axtater, CRTOEF. To<br />
Shelby County<br />
School of<br />
Aeronautics,<br />
Whitehaven, TN.<br />
Class 26 as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
15May45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-251 AC37-308 18Feb39 3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 18Feb39.<br />
Acc. 10Mar39 at<br />
Medford, OR,<br />
2LT Adolph E.<br />
Tikofski, LAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Myrtle Beach,<br />
SC by June<br />
1940 Acc.<br />
31Dec41 at<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA, 2LT<br />
Franklin<br />
Sharplee.<br />
Collided with O-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A 37-295<br />
(q.v.)<br />
C-4 windlass<br />
installed<br />
30Jan42<br />
8 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Camp Davis<br />
12May42<br />
Pope Field Sub-<br />
Depot 11Jun42<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
27Sep42. Acc.<br />
31Jan43 at Camp<br />
Davis, PVT Albert J.<br />
Duarte, TAC. Rep.<br />
14 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis, NC 15Jun43.<br />
Acc. 15Sep43 there,<br />
parked. Hit by A-24A<br />
42-6828 flown by<br />
WASP Lila B.<br />
Clapman, TACGC.<br />
Surveyed October<br />
1943<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-252 AC37-309 13Feb39 3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 13Feb39.<br />
Acc. 13May39,<br />
Eglin Field, FL,<br />
2LT John R.<br />
Marshall, LAC.<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Myrtle Beach, SC<br />
by June 1940<br />
91 st Obs.Sqdn., Fort<br />
Lewis, WA 11Apr41<br />
Pine Camp, NY<br />
23Sep41<br />
MAD 28Feb42<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
5Apr42<br />
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Tyndall Field, FL<br />
17Apr42<br />
MOAD 3Jul42<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
18Sep42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
22Sep42<br />
17 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
25Mar43<br />
Bailed to Yale<br />
University, New<br />
Haven, CT 21Sep43<br />
To RFC but scrapped<br />
as RO-<strong>47</strong>A 19Mar45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-253 AC37-310 1Mar39 3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley Fld., VA<br />
1Mar39. Acc.<br />
29Jun40 at<br />
Langley, MAJ<br />
Glenn C.<br />
Salisbury, takeoff<br />
acc.<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Myrtle Beach,<br />
SC by June<br />
1940<br />
91 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
73 rd Obs.Group,<br />
Wheeler-Sack<br />
Field, Pine Camp,<br />
NY 23Sep41.<br />
Acc. 14Mar42 at<br />
Rockport,<br />
Quebec<br />
(Canadian Scenic<br />
Highway),<br />
Canada, 2LT<br />
John R. Gilmore,<br />
LACSSP. Rep.<br />
MAD 30Jan42<br />
Pine Camp, NY<br />
5Mar42<br />
MAD 22May42<br />
Surveyed 22Apr42,<br />
approved 29May42<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
11Apr41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-254 AC37-311 7Mar39 21 st Air Base<br />
Squadron,<br />
Lowry Field, CO,<br />
Pueblo, CO<br />
31Oct42<br />
Lowry Field, CO<br />
5Nov42. Acc. 8Jan43<br />
¼ mile N of Des<br />
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7Mar39. Acc.<br />
16May39<br />
English Field,<br />
TX, MAJ Donald<br />
G. Stitt, TAC.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-255 AC37-312 2Mar39 82 nd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Moffett Field,<br />
CA 2Mar39<br />
39 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Panama, France<br />
Field, CZ<br />
17Jun40. Wr.<br />
15Jul41 Rio<br />
Hato, RdeP, 2LT<br />
Reynold A. Berg,<br />
hit by two .50<br />
caliber machine<br />
gun bullets! Rep.<br />
Moines airport, MAJ<br />
Joseph H. Frost.<br />
Condemned 14Jan43<br />
Returned to CONUS<br />
19May44<br />
4138 th BAS, Laurel,<br />
MS<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
23Sep44 at McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-256 AC37-313 6Mar39 82 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Moffett Field,<br />
CA, 6Mar39.<br />
Acc. 26Aug39 at<br />
Long Beach, CA,<br />
2LT John A.<br />
Rouse, TX. Rep.<br />
C-4 windlass<br />
installed 23Jul42<br />
39 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
72 nd Obs. Group,<br />
Panama, France<br />
Field, CZ,<br />
13Jun40. Acc.<br />
24Jun40 at<br />
Albrook Field,<br />
CZ, 2LT Donald<br />
A. Simpson,<br />
landing acc. Rep.<br />
Acc. 23Jan41 France<br />
Field, CZ 2LT J. R.<br />
Reynolds, groundloop<br />
while taxiing.<br />
Rep.<br />
Paitilla Field,<br />
Panama City, RdeP<br />
31Mar42<br />
108 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Howard Field, CZ<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Sqdn. 1Nov43<br />
Guatemala City,<br />
Guatemala<br />
Waller Field, Trinidad<br />
2109 th Service Unit,<br />
David, RdeP<br />
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Condemned and<br />
salvaged PAD as RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A 29Aug45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-257 AC37-314 2Mar39 82 nd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Moffett Field,<br />
CA 2Mar39<br />
SAAD 7May40<br />
39 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
72 nd Obs. Group,<br />
Panama, France<br />
Field, CZ<br />
17Jun40<br />
Surveyed Trinidad<br />
16Apr43<br />
Howard Field, CZ<br />
Waller Field,<br />
Trinidad 6Aug42<br />
Acc. 7Mar43,<br />
MAC with O-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
37-315 (q.v.) at<br />
Seawall Field,<br />
Barbados BWI,<br />
1LT Aubrey C.<br />
Sears. Rep.<br />
C-4 windlass<br />
installed by<br />
1Sep42<br />
39 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Waller Field,<br />
Trinidad. DTCEF<br />
16Apr43 at<br />
Tobago, BWI, 1LT<br />
William A. Slade<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-258 AC37-315 17Mar39 82 nd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Moffett Field,<br />
CA 17Mar39<br />
SAAD 7May40<br />
39 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Panama, France<br />
Field, CZ<br />
13Jun40. Acc.<br />
19Nov40 at<br />
France Field, 2LT<br />
Carl W. Barrow,<br />
nosed over on<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
39 th Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group, Waller<br />
Field, Trinidad,<br />
6Aug42. C-4 windlass<br />
installed by 1Sep42.<br />
39 th Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group, Aruba,<br />
NWI 29Oct42.<br />
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Trinidad 11Dec42<br />
Acc. 23Feb43 at<br />
Tobago, BWI, 1LT<br />
Louis A. Pillow, TAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
Acc. 7Mar43 MAC<br />
with O-<strong>47</strong>A [given as<br />
‘C-<strong>47</strong>A’] 37-314 at<br />
Seawall Field,<br />
Barbados, BWI, 1LT<br />
Louis A. Pillow. Rep.<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, 6Apr44<br />
16HQ, 15 th Service<br />
Group. Acc. 19Jan45<br />
at Rey island, RdeP,<br />
John M. Morris, CRT.<br />
Cited as type RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A. Condemned and<br />
surveyed 2Mar45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-259 AC37-316 24Mar39 15 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
24Mar39<br />
4 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Borinquen Field,<br />
Puerto Rico,<br />
Jan41<br />
Ponce Field,<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
Salinas, CA 5Sep41.<br />
Acc. 29Jun42 at<br />
McClellan Field, SAD,<br />
forced landing.<br />
Surveyed 7Sep42<br />
[NOTE: This aircraft<br />
may in fact have<br />
been in Salinas,<br />
ECUADOR at this<br />
time, as assignments<br />
after Salinas include<br />
Howard Field, CZ].<br />
However, Survey<br />
was performed by<br />
SAD, McClellan Field,<br />
CA!]<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-260 AC37-317 26Mar39 15 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
26Mar39. Acc.<br />
18Jul41 at<br />
Duncan, OK,<br />
2LT Charles W.<br />
Maxwell, nosed<br />
up. Rep.<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK. Acc.<br />
28Aug41 Post<br />
Field, Fort Sill,<br />
OK, 2LT Stanley<br />
H. Wade,<br />
landing gear not<br />
locked down.<br />
Rep.<br />
SAAD 10Oct41<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY<br />
21Apr42<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
29Apr42<br />
Berry Sub-Depot<br />
13Jul42<br />
127 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Hattiesburg, MS.<br />
Acc. 2Sep42 at<br />
Hattiesburg, 2LT<br />
Roderick J.<br />
McKay, LACMF.<br />
(Meridian<br />
14Sep42)<br />
To Class 26 Kansas<br />
City, MO 8Sep42<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 8Dec41<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 15Dec41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-261 AC37-318 25Mar39 15 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
25Mar39<br />
4 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Borinquen Field,<br />
Puerto Rico,<br />
Jan41<br />
Ponce Field,<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
82 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
69 th Obs.Group,<br />
San Bernardino<br />
and Salinas, CA<br />
5Sep41. Acc.<br />
8Feb42 at March<br />
Field, CA 2LT<br />
William A. Moody,<br />
landing gear<br />
collapsed, failed<br />
to lock down.<br />
Rep.<br />
March Field, CA<br />
23Feb42<br />
35 th Photo Recon<br />
Squadron, 77 th<br />
Tactical Recon<br />
Group,<br />
Redmond/Medford<br />
AAB, OR 16Jan43.<br />
Camp Adair, OR<br />
31Jan43<br />
McClellan Field, CA<br />
30Jun43<br />
Ontario, CA 25Jul43<br />
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Rice, CA<br />
24Aug42<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
29Oct42<br />
4134 th BAS, Spokane,<br />
WA<br />
Acc. 31Oct43 at<br />
Redmond AAB, 2LT<br />
Thomas H. Lang,<br />
TACNU. Rep.<br />
HQS, <strong>47</strong>0 th Base<br />
Group, Pendleton<br />
Field, OR. Acc.<br />
11Feb44, Reith<br />
Ridge, 2.5 miles W of<br />
Pendleton, OR, 2LT<br />
Harold W. Mowery,<br />
BO. W/o. To RFC but<br />
scrapped as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
25Oct44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-262 AC37-319 25Mar39 15 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
25Mar39<br />
4 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Borinquen Field,<br />
Puerto Rico,<br />
Jan41<br />
Ponce Field,<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-263 AC37-320 6Apr38 1 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Field,<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
11Sep41. Acc.<br />
18Oct41 at<br />
Aumsville, OR,<br />
2LT William I.<br />
Lonigan, spin<br />
caused by bad<br />
weather.<br />
Parachute used<br />
successfully.<br />
w/o. However,<br />
this aircraft was<br />
also cited as<br />
being wrecked at<br />
Rio Hato, RdeP<br />
2Nov41 while<br />
being flown by<br />
2LT J. N.<br />
Reynolds when<br />
he collided with<br />
a bomb shelter!<br />
Wr. 3Nov40<br />
Centerville, AL,<br />
Surveyed 3Nov41<br />
Surveyed 5Dec40<br />
Marshall Field<br />
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Fort Riley, KS<br />
6Apr38<br />
Acc. 4Jan40<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY,<br />
1LT H. M.<br />
Burkhalter,<br />
nosed over after<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
2LT R. W. Wilson.<br />
Fatal to pilot and<br />
passenger.<br />
However, also<br />
reported<br />
wrecked<br />
11Jun41 at<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning, GA,<br />
2LT W. H. Bivens<br />
when it struck a<br />
surveyor’s level.<br />
The former report<br />
appears to be<br />
reliable, given<br />
the Survey date<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-264 AC37-321 16Apr39 1 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Field,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
16Apr39<br />
PROJECT<br />
MERCURY<br />
(Panama)<br />
108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
72 nd Obs.Group,<br />
Howard Field, CZ<br />
20Jan42. Acc.<br />
18Sep42 10 miles<br />
E of Rio Hato,<br />
RdeP, Henry E.<br />
Reed. MAC with<br />
O-<strong>47</strong>A 38-288<br />
(q.v.)<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, 1Nov43<br />
Surveyed PAD<br />
3Sep45 to FLC but<br />
salvaged 29Sep45 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-265 AC37-322 16Apr39 1 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall field,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
16Apr39<br />
PROJECT<br />
MERCURY<br />
(Panama)<br />
20Jan42<br />
Acc. 14Feb42 at<br />
Pocri, RdeP, 2LT<br />
Harrison B.<br />
Christy, brakes<br />
applied while<br />
taxiing. Rep.<br />
1 st Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group, Howard<br />
Field, CZ. Acc.<br />
3May43 at Old<br />
France Field, 2LT<br />
John B. Young, TAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
1 st Recon Squadron,<br />
72 nd Recon Group,<br />
Howard Field, CZ.<br />
Acc. 7Aug43,<br />
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Gaylord Bair, TAC.<br />
Rep. Acc. 21Sep43 4<br />
miles SSE of<br />
Flamenco Island,<br />
RdeP, 2LT Joseph W.<br />
Smythe, KCR (same<br />
unit) w/o. Surveyed<br />
21Sep43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-266 AC37-323 19Apr39 1 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Marshall Field,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
19Apr39<br />
NACA 9Oct40<br />
Camp Edwards,<br />
MA 31Jan43<br />
Alamo Field, TX<br />
2Jul43<br />
NACA Ames<br />
Aeronautical<br />
Laboratory, Moffett<br />
Field, CA 6Nov43<br />
until at least<br />
22May45<br />
Salvaged 25Apr46 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-267 AC37-324 27Jul38 107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
National Guard<br />
27Jul38<br />
National Guard<br />
Bureau, Bolling<br />
Field,<br />
Anacostia, DC<br />
by 14Dec38<br />
Returned to the<br />
107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
National Guard<br />
by 3Apr39<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Nov40<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
21Jan42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
6Feb42<br />
Acc. 22Feb42 at<br />
Hot Springs, AR<br />
2LT Robert C.<br />
Downie, LACNU.<br />
Rep.<br />
125 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
22Apr42 Acc.<br />
28/29Apr42 at<br />
Camp Bowie,<br />
Brownwood, 1LT<br />
Sam P. Hale,<br />
25 th Obs.Sqdn. (or<br />
125 th ?), 77 th<br />
Obs.Group, Abilene<br />
AAB, TX 16Nov42.<br />
Acc. 21Mar43 there,<br />
2LT Henry E. Miehe,<br />
MACOB.<br />
To Class 26 at<br />
Abilene 24Mar43<br />
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Lawson Field<br />
27Oct41<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
12Dec41<br />
Lawson Field<br />
24Dec41<br />
(possibly with<br />
the 128 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Georgia<br />
National Guard)<br />
TAC,<br />
unintentional<br />
retraction of<br />
landing gear.<br />
Rep.<br />
Abilene, TX<br />
31Jun42<br />
Tulsa, OK<br />
15Nov42<br />
Miami, FL<br />
23Dec41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-268 AC37-325 10Aug38 41 st Division<br />
Aviation,<br />
Parkwater, WA,<br />
116 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
WANG, Felts<br />
Field, WA<br />
10Aug38. Acc.<br />
13Sep38, 1LT<br />
Dale L. Swartz,<br />
LAC. Rep. Acc.<br />
18Dec38,<br />
Harrington, WA,<br />
1LT Einar A.<br />
Malmstrom,<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
123 rd Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Oregon<br />
National Guard<br />
Acc. 20Jan42<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY,<br />
S/Sgt James A.<br />
Glendenin,<br />
taxiing accident.<br />
Rep.<br />
Yakima WA<br />
14Jan43<br />
70 th Obs. Group, Gray<br />
Field, Fort Lewis, WA<br />
17Feb43<br />
Corvallis,OR<br />
11Mar43<br />
Salem, OR 7Jun43<br />
Corvallis, OR<br />
10Jun43<br />
Redmond, OR<br />
23Jul43<br />
Corvallis, OR 30Jul43<br />
44 th Sub-Depot,<br />
SBASC, Williams<br />
Field 14Dec43<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
12Aug44 Memphis,<br />
TN<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-269 AC37-326 20Aug38 34 th Division<br />
Aviation, St.<br />
Paul, MN, 109 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
MNNG,<br />
Minneapolis-St.<br />
Paul Airport,<br />
MN, 20Aug38.<br />
Acc. 12Sep38,<br />
2LT Carlyle J.<br />
Morey, LAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-270 AC37-327 20Aug38 32 nd Division<br />
Aviation,<br />
Romulus, MI,<br />
107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
National Guard,<br />
20Aug38<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
27Feb41. Acc.<br />
4Sep41 at<br />
Oakdale, LA, 1LT<br />
C. Morey, wheel<br />
fell in hole while<br />
taxiing. Rep.<br />
PROJECT<br />
X/SUMAC/LEFT<br />
15Jan42<br />
Fifth Air Force,<br />
49 th FG, Australia<br />
named “Pregnant<br />
Foose”<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Nov40<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 12Dec41<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
6Jan42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
3Feb42<br />
Salvaged.<br />
Reclamation<br />
complete Australia<br />
18Feb44<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
28Feb42<br />
Birmingham, AL,<br />
21Apr42<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
12Jun42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
23Jun42<br />
Camp Davis,NC<br />
10Jan43<br />
15 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron (ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
10Jan43<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
13Jan43<br />
Seymour Johnson<br />
26Mar43<br />
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Waco, TX 30May43<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
23May43.<br />
One source claims<br />
this aircraft was w/o<br />
at Muroc AB, CA<br />
18Jun43. Awaiting<br />
survey San<br />
Bernardino 9Jul43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-271 AC37-328 20Aug38 37 th Division<br />
Aviation,<br />
Cleveland, OH,<br />
112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard 20Aug38<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
2Dec40<br />
Dover, DE<br />
1Jan42<br />
C-4 windlass<br />
installed 23Jul42<br />
112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
65 th Obs. Group,<br />
Georgetown, SC<br />
10Jun42. Acc.<br />
4Aug42 at Cherry<br />
Point MCAS, NC,<br />
1LT Claude<br />
Sledd, Jr., TOAEF<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
25Aug42. To Class<br />
26 15Aug42 as<br />
damaged beyond<br />
economical repair<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 24May42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-272 AC37-329 24Sep38 106 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Alabama<br />
National Guard,<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
24Sep38<br />
Miami, FL<br />
16Jan42<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
4Feb42<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
4Jan43. Acc.<br />
16Jan43 at Bolling<br />
Field, DC, 1LT Donald<br />
B. Vick, TAC. Rep.<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
26Aug42<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
17Jan43<br />
104 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
2Oct42<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
8Feb43<br />
Harrisburg, PA<br />
26Apr43<br />
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25 th<br />
Antisubmarine<br />
Wing, c.6Dec42<br />
1141 st BAS, Camp<br />
Davis, NC 1May43<br />
One source reported<br />
this aircraft w/o<br />
16Jun44 at Langley<br />
Field, VA<br />
But was Surveyed as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A at Camp<br />
Davis, NC June 1944<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-273 AC37-330 26Sep38 154 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Arkansas<br />
National Guard<br />
26Sep38<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 3Oct40<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41<br />
Panama City, FL<br />
31Mar42<br />
Jackson, MS<br />
5Jun42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
2Sep42<br />
Warner-Robins AD<br />
c.31Oct42<br />
19 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
3Apr43<br />
Bailed to Yale<br />
University, New<br />
Haven, CT c.21Sep43<br />
Surveyed 6 June<br />
1944<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-274 AC37-331 25Sep38 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard<br />
25Sep38<br />
Columbia, SC<br />
Sep40<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
25Aug41<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
11Jan42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
14Jan42<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan42<br />
Biloxi, MS 16Jan43<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
25Jan43<br />
Biloxi, MS 27Jan43<br />
55 th Bomb Squadron,<br />
48 th Bomb Group,<br />
Keesler Field, MS<br />
16Mar43. Acc.<br />
13May43 there, 2LT<br />
Frederick J. Larner,<br />
MACOB. Rep.<br />
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Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
28Feb42<br />
Key Field, MS<br />
2Jun43<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 30Apr42<br />
Keesler Field, MS<br />
13Aug43<br />
Galveston, TX<br />
27Jul42<br />
To Class 26 7Jan44<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
18Sep42<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Nov42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-275 AC37-332 29Sep38 113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Indiana National<br />
Guard, Stout<br />
Field,<br />
Indianapolis, IN<br />
29Sep38. Acc.<br />
19Jun39 at<br />
Lebanon, KY,<br />
CPT Paul A.<br />
Zartman, forced<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
29Jan41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-276 AC37-333 21Sep38 110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Missouri<br />
MacDill Field, FL<br />
17Dec41<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
4Feb42<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
2May42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
23Jun42<br />
17 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
71 st Obs. Group,<br />
Ellington Field, TX<br />
4Jun43<br />
4121 st BAS, Base<br />
Flight, SAASC, Kelly<br />
Field, TX. Acc.<br />
15Feb44 there, 2LT<br />
Richard P. Robideau,<br />
LAC. Rep.<br />
4029 th BAS, Kirtland<br />
Field, Albuquerque,<br />
NM. PDC. Accident<br />
29Nov44 at the AAF<br />
Convalescent<br />
Hospital,<br />
Albuquerque, NM,<br />
Ralph N. Smith, GAC.<br />
Cited as type RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A. To RFC/DPC<br />
Ryan Field, Tucson,<br />
AZ as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
25Apr45. Rgt as<br />
N79970 to S. E.<br />
Gates, Tucson, AZ<br />
Condemned and<br />
surveyed 6Aug42<br />
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National Guard,<br />
Robertson, MO<br />
21Sep38<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
3Jan41. Acc.<br />
2Sep41<br />
Eldorado, AR,<br />
2LT Robert L.<br />
Harrop, nosed<br />
over on landing.<br />
Rep.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-277 AC37-334 23Sep38 115 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
California<br />
National Guard,<br />
Paso Robles, CA<br />
23Sep38<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
16Dec41. C-4A<br />
windlass<br />
installed<br />
24Jun42. Acc.<br />
5Aug42 12 miles<br />
NE of Stockton<br />
Field, CA, 2LT<br />
James R. Witt,<br />
radio failure,<br />
abandoned<br />
aircraft,<br />
parachute used.<br />
Morrow Field,<br />
San Bernardino,<br />
CA 21Jan42<br />
10 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
69 th Obs. Group,<br />
Ontario Municipal<br />
Airport, CA<br />
1Jun42<br />
102 nd Obs.Sqdn., 69 th<br />
Obs.Group, Laurel<br />
AAB, MS 7Nov42.<br />
Acc. 23Feb43 at<br />
Laurel, 2LT Glen A.<br />
Cooley, TOA. Rep.<br />
Esler Field, LA<br />
29Apr43<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
12Sep42 (loan)<br />
Rice, CA<br />
12Sep42<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
17Oct42<br />
31 st Recon Squadron,<br />
69 th Recon Group,<br />
DeRidder AB, LA.<br />
30Jun43 Acc.<br />
14Jul43 there, 2LT<br />
Charles W. Borders,<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
31 st Recon Squadron,<br />
69 th Recon Group,<br />
DeRidder AAB, LA.<br />
Acc. 26Aug43 there,<br />
parked. Rep.<br />
3<strong>47</strong> th BAS, Key Field,<br />
MS<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-278 AC37-335 22Oct38 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard,<br />
Denver, CO<br />
22Oct38<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
15Jan41. Acc.<br />
8Sep41, Baton<br />
Rouge,<br />
Mississippi<br />
River, LA, 1LT<br />
Caesar S.<br />
Kaiser<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
19Jan42. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
installed 23Jul42<br />
Esler Field<br />
29Apr43<br />
To RFC 16Aug44 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A, McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
17 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
21Sep43.<br />
Bailed to Yale<br />
University, new<br />
Haven, CT sometime<br />
after 21Sep43<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
26Oct44 at McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
To SAAD<br />
25Sep41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-279 AC37-336 14Oct38 111 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Texas National<br />
Guard, Houston,<br />
TX 14Oct38<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
12Jan41<br />
Augusta, GA<br />
3Apr42<br />
73 rd Obs. Group,<br />
Godman Field<br />
21Apr42. Acc.<br />
25Apr42 at Red<br />
Bluff, CA, 2LT R.<br />
H. Mitchell,<br />
nosed over on<br />
take-off.<br />
9 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Chicago<br />
AB, IL 5Jan43<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
31Jan43<br />
Chicago 27Feb43<br />
Chanute Field, IL<br />
27Feb43<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
6May42<br />
Chicago Municipal<br />
Airport 9Jul43<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
30Jun42<br />
Hattiesburg<br />
11Sep42<br />
10 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Baltimore<br />
AAF, MD. Acc.<br />
1Mar44 there, 2LT<br />
Emrick W. Hult,<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-280 AC37-337 17Oct38 108 th Obs.Sqdn,<br />
Illinois National<br />
Guard, Chicago,<br />
IL, 17Oct38.<br />
Acc. 4Aug39,<br />
Kenosha, WI,<br />
1LT Russell B.<br />
Daniels, hit by<br />
tow target<br />
cable.<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 15Oct42<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
17Dec42<br />
Armory, Iowa<br />
National Guard,<br />
Des Moines, IA<br />
17Sep41<br />
124 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Iowa National<br />
Guard, Fort<br />
Leavenworth, KS<br />
25Sep41<br />
TACW. Cited as type<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A [note: this<br />
assignment is not<br />
supported by data on<br />
the IAHC]<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
but scrapped July<br />
1945<br />
Condemned and<br />
Surveyed 25Jul42<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
13May42<br />
Berry Sub-Depot<br />
29May42<br />
127 th Observation<br />
Squadron,<br />
Kansas national<br />
Guard, Tullahoma<br />
AAB, TN. Acc.<br />
24Jul42 near the<br />
Waynesboro AAB,<br />
Tullahoma, TN,<br />
1LT Robert F.<br />
Turk and Major<br />
General F. C.<br />
Martin, CG of the<br />
33 rd Infantry<br />
Division<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-281 AC37-338 15Oct38 107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
National Guard<br />
15Oct38<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Nov40<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning,<br />
GA 27Oct41<br />
(loan)<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard<br />
12Dec41<br />
(returned from<br />
loan)<br />
107 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
67 th Obs.Group,<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
21Jan42. Acc.<br />
28Jan42 at Esler<br />
Field 2LT Henry<br />
L. Weber, LACNU.<br />
However,<br />
location also<br />
given as Maxwell<br />
Field, AL, same<br />
date and crew.<br />
Rep.<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 13Feb42<br />
Maxwell Field, AL<br />
25Feb42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
21Apr42<br />
Warner-Robbins<br />
Field, GA 29Oct42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
15Feb43<br />
17 th Sub-Depot.<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
18Apr43. Bailed to<br />
Yale University, New<br />
Haven, CT [Case<br />
464?]<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
26Oct44, McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-282 AC37-339 2Nov38 109 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Minnesota<br />
National Guard<br />
by 14Dec38<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
27Feb41<br />
SAD 21Dec41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-283 AC37-340 1Nov38 112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio NG,<br />
Cleveland, OH<br />
PROJECT<br />
X/SUMAC,<br />
15Jan42,<br />
Fifth Air Force,<br />
3 rd BG (L). Lost<br />
19Apr42 nr<br />
Mossman Cairns,<br />
LT Alexander E.<br />
Finely and SGT<br />
Muschko,<br />
survived.<br />
Orlando, FL<br />
6Nov42<br />
Condemned and<br />
surveyed Fifth Air<br />
Force/SUMAC<br />
3Sep44<br />
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1Nov38. Acc.<br />
24Jun40 in Lake<br />
Erie, 2LT Rufus<br />
K. Ward, engine<br />
failure. Rep.<br />
Pope Field, NC,<br />
22Mar41. Acc.<br />
18Feb41 at<br />
Cleveland, OH,<br />
MAJ C. D.<br />
Barnhill, ground<br />
loop. Rep.<br />
105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Columbia, SC<br />
5May41 (loan)<br />
112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
10May41<br />
(returned from<br />
loan)<br />
Lakeworth, FL<br />
25Nov42<br />
West Palm<br />
Beach, FL<br />
20Nov42<br />
522 nd Bomb<br />
Squadron, 378 th<br />
Bomb Group,<br />
Lantana, FL.<br />
17 th<br />
Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron<br />
(ASRON) “2” Acc.<br />
20Nov42 26º50’N-<br />
79º53’W, 2LT<br />
Anthony B.<br />
Mitchell, DTCEF<br />
Dover, DE<br />
1Jan42<br />
(possibly with<br />
18 th Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 24Feb42<br />
65 th Obs.Group,<br />
Dover, DE<br />
20Mar42<br />
Georgetown<br />
18Jun42<br />
MAD 4Sep42<br />
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Lakeworth<br />
Municipal<br />
Airport, FL<br />
14Sep42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-284 AC37-341 24Oct38 116 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn.,<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard,<br />
Gray Field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
24Oct38. Acc.<br />
31Oct41<br />
Portland AAB,<br />
OR, 2LT Roy W.<br />
Forrest, ran off<br />
runway, struck<br />
ditch and nosed<br />
over. Rep.<br />
SAD 7Nov41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-285 AC37-342 2Nov38 106 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Alabama<br />
National Guard,<br />
Roberts Field,<br />
AL 2Nov38.<br />
123 rd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Oregon National<br />
Guard<br />
26 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
70 th Obs.Group,<br />
Gray Field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
4Apr42 Acc.<br />
24Nov42 at Gray<br />
Field, 2LT Steven<br />
B. Searle, TOAEF.<br />
To Class 26 at<br />
McChord Field,<br />
WA<br />
Acc. 29Nov38 at<br />
Keystone<br />
Heights, FL,<br />
CPT Leslie W.<br />
Meadow, spun<br />
and stalled, 2k<br />
w/o. Surveyed<br />
8Dec39<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-286 AC37-343 30Oct38 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard<br />
30Oct38. Wr.<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
23Sep40, Earl T.<br />
Riggs, landing<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 3Oct40<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 9Dec41<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41. C-4A<br />
windlass installed<br />
30Jan42.<br />
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gear failure<br />
while taxiing.<br />
Rep.<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
13Mar42<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
18Mar42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
3Jul42<br />
Walton, FL 29Oct42<br />
Warner-Robins AD<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
10Feb43<br />
17 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
28Mar43<br />
3704 th BAS, Keesler<br />
Field as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
nicknamed “Mary<br />
Nell”<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
23Nov44 at McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-287 AC37-344 11Nov38 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard,<br />
11Nov38<br />
Columbia, SC<br />
3Oct40<br />
122 nd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Louisiana<br />
National Guard,<br />
New Orleans<br />
2May41<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Dec41<br />
127 th Liaison<br />
Squadron, 75 th Recon<br />
Group, Northern<br />
Field, Smyrna, TN<br />
2Mar43. Acc.<br />
29Apr43 at Gulfport<br />
Field, MS, 2LT<br />
Wesley E. Gatewood,<br />
LACMF. Rep.<br />
127 th Liaison<br />
Squadron, 75 th Recon<br />
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New Orleans, LA<br />
8Jan42<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 28Feb42<br />
Group, Northern<br />
Field, Smyrna, TN.<br />
Acc. 3May43 at<br />
AAFPS, Smyrna, TN,<br />
2LT John L.<br />
Chadwick. Rep.<br />
73 rd Obs.Group,<br />
Godman 28Apr42<br />
4117 th BAS, Robins<br />
Field<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
6May42<br />
Shreveport, LA<br />
30Sep42<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Cincinnati, OH<br />
6Aug44<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 18Oct42<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
7Dec42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-288 AC37-345 10Nov38 113th<br />
Obs.Sqdn., IN<br />
NG, Stout Field,<br />
IN 10Nov38.<br />
Acc. 17Dec39<br />
there, 1LT<br />
Robert N.<br />
Taylor, TAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
Key Field,<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan41. Acc.<br />
21Mar41<br />
Atlanta Airport,<br />
GA, 1LT Wilfred<br />
E. Brown, wet<br />
runway. Rep.<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
12May42<br />
Camp Shelby, MS<br />
21Jun42<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
Stinson Airc.,<br />
3Jul42.<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 10Aug42. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
installed<br />
12Aug42.<br />
Leesville, LA<br />
2Sep42<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 30Jan43<br />
Esler Field 9Feb43<br />
113 th Obs.Sqdn., 77 th<br />
Obs.Group, Alamo<br />
Field, San Antonio,<br />
TX. Acc. 13Mar43<br />
there, F/O William H.<br />
Wilgus, TAC. Rep.<br />
Abilene, TX 2Jul43<br />
Peterson Field<br />
4Jul43<br />
Abilene, TX 10Jul43<br />
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DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 25Sep42<br />
Houston, TX<br />
6Oct42<br />
SAAD 20Nov42<br />
Dodd Field, TX<br />
2Dec42<br />
HHS, SASC,<br />
McClellan Field<br />
1Dec43<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A at<br />
Gary Field, Blythe,<br />
CA 28Feb45 and<br />
subsequently<br />
registered as NC-<br />
5563N<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-289 AC37-346 10Nov38 110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Missouri<br />
National Guard,<br />
Robertson, MO<br />
10Nov38<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
3Jan41<br />
Salinas AAB,<br />
CA, 16Dec41.<br />
Acc. 4Jan42 at<br />
Salinas AAB,<br />
CA, 2LT Clifford<br />
E. Randall<br />
LACSF,<br />
defective<br />
rudder. Rep.<br />
110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
71 st Obs.Group,<br />
Rice AAF, CA<br />
6Sep42. Acc.<br />
5Sep42 six miles<br />
E of Rice Field,<br />
CA, 2LT Wesley<br />
H. Strawn, FLEF.<br />
To Class 26<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-290 AC37-3<strong>47</strong> 12Nov38 California<br />
National Guard,<br />
Paso Robles, CA<br />
17Nov38. Acc.<br />
23Aug41 Long<br />
Beach AAF, CA,<br />
2LT Marcus M.<br />
Elliott<br />
4 th Army, San<br />
Francisco, CA<br />
Morrow Fld., San<br />
Bernardino, CA<br />
5Apr42<br />
102 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
69 th Obs.Group,<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
1Jun42. Acc.<br />
11Jul42 at Camp<br />
Elliott, CA, 2LT<br />
David R. Stopher,<br />
FLEF. Rep. C-4<br />
March Field<br />
15Aug42.<br />
Condemned and<br />
surveyed 17Aug42,<br />
reasons not stated<br />
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windlass<br />
installed 23Jul42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-291 AC37-348 12Nov38 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard,<br />
Denver, CO<br />
12Nov38<br />
Surveyed 6Mar42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
15Jan41. Acc.<br />
11Apr41 at<br />
Biggs Field, TX,<br />
2LT W. B.<br />
Hendrick,<br />
overshot field<br />
while landing.<br />
Rep. Acc.<br />
13Oct41 in San<br />
Andres<br />
Mountains, 60<br />
miles N of El<br />
Paso, TX, 2LT<br />
Willis B. Hunt.<br />
With 120 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn. at<br />
the time. Entire<br />
crew fatal.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-292 AC37-349 30Nov38 111 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Texas National<br />
Guard, Houston,<br />
TX 30Nov38<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
12Jan41<br />
15 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
73 rd Obs.Group,<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY<br />
22Apr42. Acc.<br />
11Nov42 at<br />
Godman Field,<br />
2LT James G.<br />
Major, Jr., TAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
DeRidder, LA<br />
23Jul42<br />
Fort Devens, MA<br />
5Jun43<br />
15 th Recon Squadron,<br />
73 rd Recon Group,<br />
New Cumberland,<br />
Harrisburg, PA. Acc.<br />
27Apr43 Godman<br />
Field, Fort Knox, KY,<br />
2LT Roy L. Stahl,<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
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Natchitoches, TX<br />
10Aug42<br />
334 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Morris Field, Third<br />
Air Force 13Oct43<br />
DeRidder, LA<br />
25Aug42<br />
Godman 21Sep42<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A,<br />
DPC, Bush Field,<br />
Augusta, GA<br />
16Feb45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-293 AC37-350 7Dec38 108 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Illinois<br />
National Guard,<br />
Chicago Airport,<br />
IL 7Dec38. Acc.<br />
27Jun41,<br />
Murfreesboro,<br />
TN, 2LT Bernard<br />
M. McGowan,<br />
wheels<br />
retracted on<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 15Nov41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-294 AC37-351 15Dec38 103 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
National Guard,<br />
Harrisburg, PA<br />
by 14Dec38<br />
Air Corps<br />
Ferrying<br />
Command,<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
18Apr42. Acc.<br />
20Apr42 at<br />
Barksdale Field,<br />
LA, 1LT Albert D.<br />
Wickett, LACMF,<br />
crashed and<br />
burned on<br />
landing. Was<br />
actually assigned<br />
to Gray Field,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA at<br />
the time<br />
(unassigned to a<br />
unit)<br />
PROJECT X<br />
15Jan42<br />
Fifth Air Force,<br />
19 th BG<br />
Surveyed and<br />
condemned 22Apr42<br />
Wr. 20Sep40 at<br />
Columbus, OH,<br />
MAJ S. Cowle,<br />
Jr. Landing gear<br />
retracted when<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
Page<strong>47</strong>
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-295 AC37-352 7Dec38 104 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Maryland<br />
National Guard,<br />
Logan Field, MD<br />
7Dec38. Acc.<br />
10Nov39 at<br />
Logan, 2LT<br />
Robert L. Gould,<br />
Take off acc.<br />
Rep.<br />
126 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
59 th Obs. Group,<br />
Fort Dix AAB,<br />
NJ.<br />
Frederick, MD<br />
6Aug41<br />
MAD 26Dec41<br />
Frederick, MD<br />
30Dec41<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
9Jan42<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
21Feb42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ 14Jun42<br />
Acc. 15/16Jun42 Fort<br />
Dix, NJ, 2LT Charles<br />
R. Sloan, taxiing<br />
accident. Rep.<br />
Hyannis, MA 3Sep42<br />
(possibly with the<br />
119 th Obs. Sqdn.)<br />
New Castle, DE<br />
7Mar43<br />
3 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis, NC 16Mar43.<br />
Acc. 15Jun43 at<br />
Sanford, NC, James<br />
I. Mcerath, LAC. Rep.<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
17Jun43<br />
Camp Davis 16Aug43<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A at<br />
McKellar Field, TN<br />
15Sep44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-296 AC37-353 11Dec38 101 st Obs.<br />
Sqdn.,<br />
Massachusetts<br />
National Guard<br />
11Dec38 coded<br />
“7”<br />
PROJECT<br />
X/SUMAC/LEFT<br />
15Jan42<br />
Fifth Air Force,<br />
21 st TCS<br />
Condemned and<br />
salvaged in Australia<br />
21Feb44<br />
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Camp Edwards,<br />
MA 1Aug41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-297 AC37-354 20Dec38 119 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
New Jersey<br />
National Guard,<br />
Miller Field, NY<br />
25Dec38<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-298 AC37-355 21Dec38 102 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
New York<br />
National Guard,<br />
Miller Fld, NY<br />
26Dec38. Acc.<br />
14Mar40 West<br />
Palm Beach, FL,<br />
1LT Henry G.<br />
Silleck (?), III,<br />
private plane<br />
crashed into<br />
one wing. Rep.<br />
Reported<br />
suffered<br />
repairable<br />
damage on<br />
10Jan40 at<br />
Shushan Airport,<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
but the IAHC<br />
states was<br />
surveyed at<br />
Maxwell Field, AL<br />
24Jan40 No<br />
known accident<br />
Fort McClellan<br />
26Oct40<br />
Morrow Field.,<br />
San Bernardino,<br />
CA 27Dec41<br />
March Field Sub-<br />
Depot, CA 4Jun42<br />
Ontario Municipal<br />
Airport, CA 26Jun42<br />
March Field Sub-<br />
Depot 26Jun42<br />
Ontario Municipal<br />
Airport, CA 16Jul42<br />
Laurel, MS 7Nov42<br />
(possibly with the<br />
31 st Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Esler Field, LA<br />
29Jul43<br />
Gainsville, TX<br />
6Aug43<br />
1218 th BAS, Kelly<br />
Field, TX<br />
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To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
3Nov44, McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-299 AC37-356 21Dec38 118 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Connecticut<br />
National Guard,<br />
Hartford, CT<br />
26Dec38<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
16Mar41<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
22Jan42<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
19Dec42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ 31Jan43<br />
2 nd Ferry Group,<br />
Wilmington NCAAB,<br />
NC 7Feb43. Acc.<br />
12Mar43 there, 1LT<br />
DeWitt B. Baker,<br />
TOA. Rep.<br />
New Castle, DE<br />
14Mar43<br />
13 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Langley<br />
Field, VA. Acc.<br />
5May43 there, Albert<br />
C. Finberg, TAC<br />
[given as type ‘C-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A’]. Rep.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-300 AC37-357 20Dec38 107 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Michigan<br />
National Guard<br />
FAD 11Sep40.<br />
437 th Air Base<br />
Squadron, Suffolk<br />
County AAF, LI, NY.<br />
Acc. 22Dec43 ¾ mile<br />
S of Suffolk County<br />
AAF, LTC John V.<br />
Wallen, FLEF. Cited<br />
as type RO-<strong>47</strong>A.<br />
Surveyed 1Jan44<br />
Surveyed 19Dec40<br />
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24Dec38. Wr.<br />
1Sep40<br />
Dowagiac, MI<br />
LT Ingenferty(?)<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-301 AC37-358 21Dec38 109 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Minnesota<br />
National Guard<br />
23Dec38<br />
109 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., 67 th<br />
Obs.Group,<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
27Feb41<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
24Dec41. Acc.<br />
14Jan42 at<br />
Savannah AAFB,<br />
2LT Vincent J.<br />
Graves, ground<br />
looped. Rep.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-302 AC37-359 30Dec38 112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard 1Jan39<br />
Miami, FL 7Mar42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
6Apr42<br />
38 th Air Base Sq.,<br />
Oklahoma AB,<br />
Will Rogers Field,<br />
OK 23Jul42. Acc.<br />
5Oct42 at Will<br />
Rogers Field, OK,<br />
Civilian Pilot Carl<br />
D. Williams, GAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
2Dec40<br />
Mitchel Field, LI, NY<br />
8Jan43<br />
Will Roger Field,<br />
Oklahoma City, OK<br />
31Jan43<br />
Mitchel Field, LI, NY<br />
20Mar43 To Class 26<br />
there 8Oct43<br />
Dover, DE 1Jan42<br />
(possibly with 18 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
28Feb42<br />
65 th Obs.Group,<br />
Dover, DE 3May42<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
2Jun42<br />
Georgetown 10Jun42<br />
Lakeworth, FL<br />
27Sep42<br />
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Hamilton Field, CA<br />
26Dec42<br />
Steiner Field, CA<br />
17Jan43<br />
Sacramento AD<br />
20Jan43<br />
Steiner Field, CA<br />
4Feb43<br />
Salinas, CA 4Mar43<br />
Santa Rosa, CA<br />
11Mar43<br />
McClellan Field, CA<br />
21Apr43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-303 AC37-360 30Dec38 116 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
7Jan39<br />
70 th Obs.Group,<br />
Yakima, WA<br />
12May42<br />
Gray AAF, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
8Jun42. Acc.<br />
25Jul42 at Moon<br />
Island Airport,<br />
Hoquiam WA, 2LT<br />
Herbert T. Young,<br />
forced landing<br />
due to engine<br />
failure. Rep.<br />
Santa Rosa, CA<br />
22Apr43. To Class 26<br />
there 15Nov43<br />
Medford, OR 17Jan43<br />
Corvallis 11Mar43<br />
Salem, OR 7Jun43<br />
Corvallis 10Jun43<br />
Medford, OR 30Jun43<br />
Corvallis 9Jul43<br />
Redmond, OR<br />
27Jul43<br />
C-4 windlass<br />
installed<br />
15Sep42<br />
Corvallis, OR 31Jul43<br />
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Redmond, OR<br />
17Aug43<br />
382 nd Sub-Depot,<br />
SBASC 8Sep43<br />
To RFC, 3018 th BAS,<br />
Kingman, AZ as RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A September 1944<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-304 AC37-361 12Jan39 106th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Alabama<br />
National Guard,<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
13Jan39. Acc.<br />
26Jun39 there,<br />
MAJ Leonard D.<br />
Weddington,<br />
landing gear<br />
failed to remain<br />
in locked<br />
position. Rep.<br />
FAD 1Jul39<br />
Acc. 27Feb41<br />
Birmingham<br />
Airport, AL 1LT<br />
Ethelred L.<br />
Sykes. Rep.<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
21Dec41<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
28Jan42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
23Feb42<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
21Apr42<br />
Maxwell Field, AL<br />
16May42<br />
26 th Wing, Mobile<br />
AD Group, New<br />
Orleans, LA<br />
13Jun42<br />
Ellington Field, TX<br />
4Jun43<br />
Alamo Field, TX<br />
8Jul43<br />
92 nd Sub-Depot,<br />
Goodfellow Field, TX<br />
7Dec43 To Class 26<br />
there.<br />
4121 st BAS, Kelly<br />
Field 14Aug45,<br />
gained from Class<br />
26. To RFC but<br />
scrapped<br />
Acc. 22Oct41,<br />
Charlotte AAB,<br />
2LT Joe M.<br />
Deal, taxiing<br />
accident. Rep.<br />
Acc. 23Oct41<br />
Augusta, GA<br />
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2LT Joe M.<br />
Deal. Still with<br />
106 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
at the time.<br />
Landing gear<br />
mechanical<br />
failure.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-305 AC37-362 12Jan39 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard<br />
14Jan39<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 3Oct40.<br />
Acc. 24Mar41<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
22Dec41<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
28Jan42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
23Feb42<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
16May42<br />
21 st Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron, 26 th AWIG,<br />
New Orleans AAB,<br />
LA 23Jun42. Acc.<br />
22Mar43 there, 2LT<br />
Joseph W. Tresey,<br />
TAC, apparently<br />
collided with<br />
Aeronca L-3C 43-<br />
1739. Rep.<br />
Gulfport, MS 6May43<br />
Ellington Field, TX<br />
4Jun43<br />
Surveyed 4Dec43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-306 AC37-363 13Jan39 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard<br />
18Jan39. Acc.<br />
8Apr39<br />
Richards Field,<br />
KO, CPT James<br />
H. Reed, Jr.,<br />
LAC. Rep.<br />
Lawson Field<br />
13Jan42<br />
(possibly with<br />
the 128 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Georgia National<br />
Guard)<br />
Miami, FL<br />
17Jan42<br />
4 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Hunter<br />
Field, Savannah, GA<br />
15Dec42. Acc.<br />
12Jan43 at Camp<br />
Stewart, GA, F/O<br />
Russell R. Farris,<br />
collided with another<br />
aircraft while trying<br />
to land. Surveyed<br />
17Jan43<br />
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Columbia, SC<br />
3Oct40<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
25Aug41<br />
108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
66 th Obs.Group,<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
26Mar42 (on<br />
loan). Acc.<br />
5Apr42 at<br />
Jacksonville, 2LT<br />
Wendell F.<br />
Moseley, nosed<br />
up while taxiing.<br />
Rep. Acc.<br />
27Apr42<br />
Jacksonville, FL,<br />
1LT J. M. Deal,<br />
landed with<br />
wheels up. Rep.<br />
Orlando, FL<br />
4May42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
19May42<br />
Orlando, FL<br />
27May42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
20Jun42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
23Aug42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-307 AC37-364 19Jan39 113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Indiana National<br />
Guard,<br />
Indianapolis, IN<br />
22Jan39<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
25Jan41<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
14Jun41<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jun41<br />
Miami, FL 23Dec41<br />
66 th Obs.Group,<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
15Mar42<br />
Lawson Field<br />
30May42<br />
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(returned from<br />
loan)<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Oct42<br />
97 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Fort Lawson<br />
27Oct41 (on<br />
loan)<br />
Lawson Field, GA<br />
25oct42<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
11Nov42<br />
811 th BAS, Lawson<br />
Field 15Nov42. To<br />
RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
30Jan45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-308 AC37-365 19Jan39 110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Missouri<br />
National Guard,<br />
Robertson, MO<br />
21Jan39<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
3Jan41<br />
110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
71 st Obs.Group,<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
16Dec41. Acc.<br />
23Jan42 two<br />
miles North of<br />
Santa Cruz, CA,<br />
2LT David B.<br />
Henderson,<br />
forced landing<br />
due to broken oil<br />
line. Rep.<br />
SAD 23Mar42<br />
To Class 26 6May42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-309 AC37-366 25Jan39 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard<br />
7Jan39<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
15Jan41. Acc.<br />
31Mar41 Burfield,<br />
VA, MAJ Ivor<br />
Massey, brakes<br />
locked. Rep.<br />
DeRidder LA<br />
14Aug42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 2Oct42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 14Nov42<br />
Colorado Springs, CO<br />
1Feb43<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
28Feb43<br />
Hereford, TX 8Mar43<br />
120 th Obs.Sqdn., 77 th<br />
Obs.Group, Biggs<br />
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Laredo, TX<br />
15Nov42<br />
Field, Fort Bliss, TX<br />
27Mar43. Acc.<br />
14Apr43 75 miles E<br />
of Biggs Field, 2LT<br />
Clarence E. Evans,<br />
FLEF.<br />
Peterson Field, CO<br />
17May43<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 23May43<br />
Abilene, TX 29Jun43<br />
324 th BFTS (7 th Sub-<br />
Depot), Minter Field,<br />
Lost Hills, CA<br />
21Dec43. Acc.<br />
28Feb44 there, John<br />
E. Adams, TOA. To<br />
RFC/DPC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Jackson, MS<br />
30Aug44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-310 AC37-367 26Jan39 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard,<br />
28Jan39<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
15Jan41<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 14Aug42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 2Oct42<br />
Midland, TX<br />
15Oct42<br />
Dodd Field, TX<br />
16Oct42<br />
125 th Liaison<br />
Squadron, Alamo<br />
Field, San Antonio,<br />
TX 26Jun43. Acc.<br />
16Aug43 at Hensley<br />
Field, Dallas, TX, 2LT<br />
Eugene O’Brien, LAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
Baseley (?) Field, TX<br />
17Aug43<br />
508 th Air Base<br />
Squadron, Alamo<br />
Field, San Antonio,<br />
TX. Acc. 28Jan44<br />
400 yards W of<br />
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Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
25Oct42<br />
Abilene, TX<br />
22Dec42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 1May43<br />
Hachita Emergency<br />
Field, NM, CPT John<br />
E. Satterstrom,<br />
CBLEF. Cited as type<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A. Surveyed<br />
and reclamation<br />
complete Kelly Field,<br />
TX 23Jul45<br />
Will Rogers Field,<br />
Oklahoma City,<br />
OK 23May43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-311 AC37-368 3Feb39 108 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Illinois<br />
National Guard,<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
3Feb39<br />
Commanding<br />
General, 2 nd<br />
Army, Memphis,<br />
TN 5Jun41 (on<br />
loan)<br />
Camp Barkley,<br />
TX 21Jun43<br />
PROJECT<br />
MERCURY<br />
(Panama),<br />
Howard Field, CZ<br />
20Jan42. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
installed 6May42<br />
Guatemala City,<br />
Guatemala<br />
9Jul42<br />
Surveyed PAD to FLC<br />
but salvaged 9Sep45<br />
as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
14Aug41 (return<br />
from loan)<br />
PAD 27May43<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron,<br />
Howard Field,<br />
CZ. Acc.<br />
16Mar44, at<br />
Howard Field,<br />
2LT Massey J.<br />
Huber.<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-548 NG38-271 11Feb39 103 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
PA NG 11Feb39,<br />
Acc.<br />
23/24Feb39 at<br />
Merchantsville,<br />
NJ, LT V. G.<br />
Houston or MAJ<br />
John M.<br />
McCulloch, LAC.<br />
Rep. Acc.<br />
24Feb39 at<br />
Merchantville,<br />
NJ, 2LT Vincent<br />
G. Huston,<br />
forced landing.<br />
Rep.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-549 NG38-272 1Mar39 118 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Hartford, CT,<br />
Connecticut<br />
National Guard<br />
1Mar39<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
28Dec41.<br />
MAD 10Jan42<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
9Feb42. Acc.<br />
19Apr42 at<br />
Hillsgrove, RI,<br />
2LT Bernard J.<br />
Mulloy, TOA.<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
15Mar41<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
25Jan42<br />
65 th Observation<br />
Group,<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
31Aug42<br />
Windsor Locks, NY<br />
4May42<br />
MAD Sub-Depot<br />
14May42<br />
Boston 27Jun42.<br />
Condemned and<br />
surveyed 5Nov42,<br />
salvaged, reason not<br />
stated<br />
West Palm Beach, FL<br />
27Oct42.<br />
15 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron (ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
9Nov42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
18Dec42.<br />
Myrtle Beach, SC<br />
1Mar43<br />
4 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Stewart, GA 16Mar43<br />
Napier Field, GA<br />
3May43<br />
Camp Stewart, GA<br />
15May43<br />
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Morris Field, NC<br />
10Aug43<br />
114 th Base Unit,<br />
Chatham Field,<br />
Savannah, GA. Acc.<br />
28May44 there, John<br />
W. Wuethrich, Jr.,<br />
TACNU. Cited as<br />
type RO-<strong>47</strong>A.<br />
Surveyed<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-550 NG38-273 3Mar39 101 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Massachusetts<br />
National Guard<br />
3Mar39.<br />
2 nd TS,<br />
Olmstead Fld.,<br />
PA. Acc. 1Apr40<br />
at Harrisburg,<br />
PA, 2LT William<br />
H. McWhorter,<br />
Jr., taxiing acc.<br />
Camp Edwards,<br />
MA 1Mar41<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
25Feb42<br />
MAD 15Apr42<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
20Apr42<br />
Hyannis 14Jun42<br />
Manchester, NH<br />
2Nov42<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
20Jan43<br />
114 th BAS, Baltimore,<br />
MD as RO-<strong>47</strong>A. To<br />
RFC but scrapped<br />
Nov44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-551 NG38-274 1Mar39 119 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
New Jersey<br />
National Guard<br />
1Mar39<br />
MAD 26Dec41<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
29Dec41<br />
126 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(?), Atlantic City,<br />
NJ 25Feb42<br />
9 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Newark NJ<br />
7Mar42<br />
119 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
3Apr42<br />
69 th Obs.Group,<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
5Apr42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
23May42<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
5Jan43<br />
Wilmington, NC<br />
31Mar43<br />
4 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Stewart, GA 2Apr43<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
29May43<br />
331 st Sub-Depot<br />
Bradley Field, CT<br />
7Aug43.<br />
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Manchester, NH<br />
11Nov42<br />
Chemical Weapons<br />
School, Edgewood<br />
Arsenal, MD as Class<br />
26<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-552 NG38-275 27Feb39 102 nd Obs.<br />
Sqdn., New<br />
York National<br />
Guard 27Feb39<br />
152 nd Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Rhode<br />
Island National<br />
Guard, 23Oct40.<br />
Acc. Hillsgrove,<br />
RI 6Dec40, 2LT<br />
Louse (?), hit<br />
bank on side of<br />
runway. Rep.<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
3Sep41<br />
Lawson Field<br />
13Jan42<br />
(possibly with<br />
the 128 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Georgia National<br />
Guard)<br />
Miami, FL<br />
17Jan42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
2Apr42<br />
Miami, FL<br />
14May42<br />
Lakeworth, FL<br />
5Sep42<br />
Orlando, FL<br />
5Oct42<br />
Lakeworth, FL<br />
7Nov42<br />
9 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Chicago<br />
Municipal Airport,<br />
Chicago, IL 27Jan43.<br />
Sault St. Marie<br />
31Jan43<br />
Chanute Field, IL<br />
28Apr43<br />
Chicago Municipal<br />
Airport, 24May43<br />
Acc. 19Apr43 at<br />
Brimley Bay, Marie,<br />
MI, F/O Keith L.<br />
Fuller, CREF. Rep.<br />
10 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Baltimore<br />
AAF, MD. Acc.<br />
14Dec43 FLEF in<br />
water off Mob jack<br />
Bay, VA, 2LT Charles<br />
P. Crowley. Cited as<br />
type RO-<strong>47</strong>A.<br />
Surveyed Dec43<br />
West Palm<br />
Beach, FL<br />
28Nov42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-553 NG38-276 21Mar39 104 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Maryland<br />
Frederick, MD<br />
11Jun41<br />
Fort Detrick, MD<br />
12Dec41<br />
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National Guard<br />
21Mar39<br />
One source<br />
cites an<br />
accident<br />
5Aug40 at<br />
Wilmington, DE<br />
MAD 8Aug40<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
20Jul41 (loan)<br />
Wright Field, OH<br />
12Oct41 (loan)<br />
Newark, NJ<br />
17Oct41 (return<br />
off loan)<br />
MAD 2Feb42<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
20Feb42<br />
59 th Obs.Group, Fort<br />
Dix, NJ 26May42<br />
Hyannis, MA<br />
30Aug42 (possibly<br />
with 119 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn.)<br />
Manchester, NH<br />
2Nov42<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
7Nov42<br />
Manchester, NH<br />
13Nov42<br />
Camp Edwards, MA<br />
21Dec42<br />
Otis Field 26Dec42<br />
(possibly with the<br />
14 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron)<br />
To Class 26 Dec43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-554 NG38-277 13Apr39.<br />
ACRNAA<br />
Mines Field,<br />
CA. Acc.<br />
2Mar39<br />
there, CPT<br />
John S.<br />
Griffith, MAC<br />
with Fleet<br />
NC-622M.<br />
Rep.<br />
116 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard<br />
13Apr39<br />
SAD 3Mar41<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
13Jul41<br />
Mines Field, CA<br />
21Sep42<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
7Oct42<br />
Yakima, WA 10Jan43<br />
McChord Field, WA<br />
16Jan43<br />
Gray Field, WA<br />
25Jan43<br />
McChord Field, WA<br />
27Jan43<br />
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Gray Field, WA<br />
20Feb43<br />
Santa Ana, CA<br />
24Mar43<br />
450 th AABU,<br />
Hawthorn, CA<br />
28Apr43<br />
116 th Recon<br />
Squadron, 77 th Recon<br />
Group, Redmond, OR.<br />
Acc. 23Aug43 there,<br />
2LT Joseph R.<br />
Sipper, LACGL To<br />
RFC DPC Storage<br />
Depot #16, Gary<br />
Field, Blythe, CA as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A and N<strong>47</strong>25V.<br />
To Planes of Fame<br />
Museum, Chino, CA<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-555 NG38-278 20Mar39 112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard.<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
2Dec40<br />
MAD 19Nov41<br />
Hyannis<br />
30Jun42. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
installed, then C-<br />
5 18Jun42<br />
1 st Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Otis Field,<br />
MA. Acc. 13Mar43 at<br />
Duxbury, MA, 2LT<br />
William C. H. Holder,<br />
FLW<br />
Owns Field,<br />
Columbia, SC.<br />
Acc. 29Oct41<br />
between<br />
Lancaster and<br />
Monroe, SC,<br />
FLEF, 1LT John<br />
A. Vietor, Jr.<br />
Rep.<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
3Aug42<br />
Hyannis, MA<br />
5Aug42 (possibly<br />
with the 119 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Westover Field,<br />
MA 16Nov42<br />
Roosevelt Field, NY<br />
3Apr43. To Class 26<br />
there 17Mar43<br />
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Hyannis 23Nov42<br />
Camp Edwards,<br />
MA 7Dec42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-556 NG38-279 6Apr39 109 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Minnesota<br />
National Guard<br />
6Apr39<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
27Feb41<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
24Dec41<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 28Jan42<br />
Ellington Field, TX<br />
16Apr42<br />
Kellogg Field 8Jun42<br />
(possibly with the<br />
21 st Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Galveston, TX<br />
29Jul42<br />
128 th Obs.Sqdn., 77 th<br />
Obs. Group, New<br />
Orleans AAB, LA<br />
18Sep42. Acc.<br />
7Mar43 2.5 miles SE<br />
of Donaldson, LA,<br />
2LT Eugene D.<br />
Kuhre, KCR.<br />
Surveyed 12Mar43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-557 NG38-280 20Mar39 National Guard<br />
Bureau 20Mar39<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
12Jan42<br />
Gulfport, MS<br />
15May43<br />
152 nd Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Rhode<br />
Island National<br />
Guard 3Nov39<br />
Fort Devens, MA<br />
31Jul41<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
16Jan42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
28Jan42<br />
HHS, 5 th ASC,<br />
New Orleans<br />
AAB, LA<br />
20Feb42. FLEF<br />
19Mar42 20 miles<br />
Barksdale Field, LA<br />
31May43 to Class 26<br />
15Oct43 there<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-558 NG38-281 8Apr39 106 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Alabama<br />
National Guard,<br />
Birmingham, AL.<br />
Acc. 20Aug41<br />
Selman Field,<br />
Monroe, LA, 2LT<br />
Wendell F.<br />
Moseley. Nosed<br />
up. Rep. Wr.<br />
Monroe, LA<br />
23Aug41, 2LT<br />
Wendel<br />
Moseley. Rep.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-559 NG38-282 22Apr39 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard<br />
22May39<br />
NW of Baton<br />
Rouge, LA, 2LT<br />
Edwin V. Balch.<br />
Rep.<br />
Miami, FL<br />
16Jan42<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
2Feb42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
17Apr42<br />
66 th Obs. Group,<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
1Jun42<br />
15 th<br />
Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron<br />
(ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
7Nov42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
13Dec42<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 3Oct40<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 9Dec41<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41<br />
Camp Forrest 2Feb43<br />
Camp Stewart<br />
1Mar43<br />
4 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Hunter<br />
Field, GA 7Apr43<br />
Camp Stewart, GA<br />
15Apr43<br />
10th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Langley<br />
Field, VA 27May43.<br />
Acc. DTCMF into<br />
Back River near<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
22Jul43, 2LT Charles<br />
A. Whittock [given as<br />
s/n ’48-281’]. To<br />
Class 26 there<br />
25Jul43<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
31Mar42<br />
Panama City, FL<br />
Apalachicola,<br />
FL11Dec42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
19Dec42<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
28Mar43. To Class<br />
26 there 19May43<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-560 NG38-283 10Apr39 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard<br />
Marshall Field,<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
15Jul41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-561 NG38-284 28Apr39 113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Indiana National<br />
Guard,<br />
Indianapolis, IN<br />
28Apr39<br />
MERCURY<br />
20Jan42.<br />
108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
72 nd Obs.Group,<br />
Howard Field,<br />
CZ. Acc. 7Jun42<br />
in bay at St.<br />
Elmo’s Point,<br />
South end of Rey<br />
Island, Bay of<br />
Panama, 8º13’-<br />
78º54’30” 1LT<br />
James E. Walch,<br />
cause<br />
undetermined but<br />
assumed FLEF<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan41<br />
3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
12Nov41<br />
26 th Obs.Sqdn., 70 th<br />
Obs.Group, Gray<br />
Field, Fort Lewis, WA<br />
26Apr42. Acc.<br />
5Mar43 there, 2LT<br />
Raymond H. Kehl,<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
26 th Tactical Recon<br />
Squadron, 70 th<br />
Tactical Recon<br />
Group, Burns AAF,<br />
OR.<br />
Salinas, CA 8Apr43<br />
Estrella, CA 19May43<br />
Acc. 20Oct43 6 miles<br />
SE of Hayfork, CA,<br />
2LT Byron C. Tunnell,<br />
BOoG. RFC 12Oct45<br />
to N<strong>47</strong>25V but given<br />
as msn 25-554. Now<br />
under restoration to<br />
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flight at the Planes<br />
of Fame, Chino, CA<br />
(but see entry for<br />
MSN 25-554).<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-562 NG38-285 7Apr39 110 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Missouri<br />
National Guard<br />
7Apr39<br />
9 th Obs. Sqdn. (?),<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
10Jan42<br />
To Class 26 11Nov42<br />
126 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn.,<br />
Wisconsin<br />
National Guard<br />
5Jan41<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
11Jun41<br />
MAD 7Jan42<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
25Feb42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
23May42<br />
Hyannis, MA<br />
30Aug42<br />
(probably with<br />
the 119 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn.)<br />
518 th Bomb<br />
Squadron, 377 th<br />
Bomb Group,<br />
Grenier Field,<br />
Manchester, NH<br />
2Nov42. Acc.<br />
31Oct42 at Old<br />
Sky Harbor<br />
Airport,<br />
Rochester, NH,<br />
1LT Milton A.<br />
Love, FLW.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-563 NG38-286 29Apr39 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard.<br />
Columbia, SC<br />
3Oct40<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
15Jul41<br />
26 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
70 th Obs.Group,<br />
Gray field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
18Apr42.<br />
123 rd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Oregon National<br />
Guard Acc.<br />
Medford, OR 30Jun43<br />
Salinas AB, CA<br />
10Jul43<br />
337 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Portland, OR 15oct43<br />
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3 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Langley Field,<br />
VA 15Nov41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-564 NG38-287 23Apr39 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard<br />
23Apr39<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-565 NG38-288 27Apr39 108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Illinois National<br />
Guard 27Apr39.<br />
Acc. 14Mar41,<br />
Battle Creek,<br />
MI, CPT William<br />
Westlake.<br />
Nosed over.<br />
Rep.<br />
25May42 Moon<br />
Island, Hoquiam,<br />
WA, 2LT Joseph<br />
M. Aitken, ran off<br />
runway. Rep.<br />
120 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
77 th Obs. Grp.,<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
15Jan41.<br />
Taxi accident<br />
19Oct42 at Biggs<br />
Field, starboard<br />
main gear folded,<br />
Crew Chief M/Sgt<br />
John R. Ludwig.<br />
(Reported in<br />
error on the<br />
actual Accident<br />
Report and in<br />
other sources as<br />
“AC37-387”)<br />
Repaired<br />
MERCURY<br />
20Jan42.<br />
108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
72 nd Obs.Group,<br />
Howard Field,<br />
CZ. Acc. 18Sep42<br />
10 miles E of Rio<br />
Hato, RdeP, 1LT<br />
Charles Abbuhl,<br />
Jr., MAC with O-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A 37-321 (q.v.).<br />
Rep.<br />
81 st Sub-Depot,<br />
Muroc AB, CA and<br />
surveyed 31Dec43 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Colorado Springs, CO<br />
1Feb43<br />
Hereford, TX 8Mar43<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 27Mar43<br />
Abilene, TX 29Jun43<br />
409 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Tonopah 21Dec43.<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A at<br />
McKellar Field, TN<br />
28Nov44<br />
108 th Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd<br />
Obs.Group, Howard<br />
Field, CZ. Acc.<br />
15May43 at Howard,<br />
ground crew, PFC<br />
Edmund Ruszkowski<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
1 st Recon Sqdn. (Sp)<br />
by 1Nov43.<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron 1Nov43<br />
Condemned and<br />
surveyed PAD<br />
28May45<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-566 NG38-289 26Apr39 116 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
25Apr39<br />
123 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
70 th Obs.Group,<br />
Gray Field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
21Dec42. Acc.<br />
21Dec42 at<br />
Yakima WA, 2LT<br />
Holman C.<br />
Massey, LACNO.<br />
Gray Field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA 27Jan43.<br />
Corvallis 3May43<br />
337 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Portland, OR<br />
412 th Fighter Group,<br />
Muroc AB, CA by<br />
16May44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-567 NG38-290 26Apr39 112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
2Dec40<br />
Dover, DE 1Jan42<br />
(possibly with<br />
18 th Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
28Feb42<br />
65 th Obs. Group,<br />
Dover, DE<br />
5May42<br />
81 st Sub-Depot,<br />
Muroc AB, CA<br />
To RFC Storage<br />
Depot #16, Gary<br />
Field, Blythe, CA<br />
4Jan45 as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
and registered as<br />
N<strong>47</strong>17V by 20Apr51<br />
to Allen I. Dyer, Long<br />
Beach, CA. Canc.<br />
24Mar53<br />
Steiner Field, CA<br />
17Jan43<br />
McClellan Field<br />
8Feb43<br />
Santa Rosa CA<br />
19Mar43<br />
To Class 26 Nov43<br />
Georgetown, SC<br />
25May42<br />
Lakeworth<br />
7Sep42<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-568 NG38-291 18May39 109 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn.,<br />
Minnesota<br />
National Guard.<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
27Feb41<br />
SAD 21Dec41.<br />
Wr. 25Dec41<br />
Savannah AB,<br />
GA, transient<br />
aircraft crew.<br />
Rep.<br />
Hamilton Field,<br />
CA 26Dec42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
24Feb42.<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 30Apr42. Acc.<br />
15Jul42 near<br />
Eagle Point in<br />
Galveston Bay,<br />
TX, CPT Berle<br />
Sampson.<br />
Surveyed and<br />
condemned<br />
21Jul42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
27Dec41.<br />
109 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn., 67 th<br />
Obs.Group,<br />
Esler AAF, LA.<br />
Cr 28Feb42 at<br />
Esler AAF, 2LT<br />
Leon R.<br />
McMullen,<br />
TACNU<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-569 NG38-292 16May39 107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan NG,<br />
Romulus, MI<br />
16May39. Acc.<br />
5Apr40 at Ann<br />
Arbor, MI, CPT<br />
Melville C.<br />
Robinson,<br />
landing acc.<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
21Jan42<br />
Morris Field,<br />
Charlotte, NC<br />
6Feb42. Acc.<br />
There 17May42,<br />
2LT John O.<br />
Gaskin. Plane<br />
went into bank at<br />
Surveyed 19May42<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-570 NG38-293 18May39 106 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Alabama<br />
National Guard<br />
18May39. Acc.<br />
10Jul40<br />
Maxwell Field,<br />
AL, CPT J. I.<br />
Woodward,<br />
fatal, complete<br />
wreck.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-571 NG38-294 18May39 111 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Texas National<br />
Guard, Houston,<br />
TX<br />
150 feet then<br />
crashed, fatal to<br />
pilot<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
12Jan41<br />
Surveyed Dec1940<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
7Mar42<br />
Camp Shelby, MS<br />
21Jun42<br />
77 th Obs. Group,<br />
Stinson Airport, TX<br />
3Jul42<br />
Natchitoches, TX<br />
10Aug42<br />
DeRidder AAF, LA<br />
9Sep42<br />
Houston, TX 6Oct42<br />
SAAD 27Nov42<br />
Dodd Field, TX<br />
15Dec42<br />
San Antonio TX<br />
9Jun43<br />
Peterson Field,<br />
Abilene, TX 27Jul43<br />
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HHS, SASC,<br />
McClellan Field<br />
21Dec43<br />
4121 st BAS. To RFC<br />
as RO-<strong>47</strong>A McKellar<br />
Field, TN 8Sep44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-572 NG38-295 21May39 113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Indiana National<br />
Guard,<br />
Indianapolis, IN<br />
21May39<br />
Miami, FL<br />
11Jan42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
15Mar42<br />
2 nd Ferry Group,<br />
Wilmington, DE<br />
31Jan43<br />
Otis Field 5Apr43<br />
(possibly with the 1 st<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan41<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
11May42<br />
Tow Target<br />
Squadron);<br />
97 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning,<br />
GA 7Nov41.<br />
Acc. 7Nov41,<br />
Key Field,<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
1LT Donald D.<br />
Stowell, nosed<br />
up. Rep.<br />
Acc. 5Dec41 at<br />
Larson Field,<br />
Robert E.<br />
Bracken, TAC.<br />
Rep,<br />
66 th Obs.Group,<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
19May42<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
22Aug42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
28Aug42<br />
104 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
19Sep42<br />
517 th Bomb Sqdn.<br />
(H), 25 th AS Wing,<br />
Camp Edwards,<br />
MA 21Dec42<br />
14 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis, NC 30May43.<br />
Acc. 29Jul43 BLEF in<br />
swamp near Camp<br />
Davis, 1LT Herbert O.<br />
Evans. Surveyed<br />
10Sep43. No<br />
evidence to RFC,<br />
however, cited as To<br />
USMC Air Ground<br />
Museum but on loan<br />
to Minnesota Air<br />
Guard Museum but<br />
cited as msn 25-565.<br />
Now held by The<br />
Planes of Fame<br />
Museum, Chino, CA<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-573 NG38-296 25May39 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard<br />
25May39<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
26Aug41<br />
Lawson Field<br />
13Jan42 (possibly<br />
with the 128 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn., Georgia<br />
National Guard)<br />
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Miami, FL 17Jan42<br />
66 th Obs. Group,<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
(loan)<br />
66 th Obs. Group,<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
1Jun42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
23Aug42<br />
Atlanta, GA 4Oct42<br />
15 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron (ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
31Oct42<br />
Camp Davis 21Dec42<br />
Morris Field 15Apr43<br />
Camp Davis 22Apr43<br />
Morris Field 10Aug43<br />
140 th BAS, Baltimore,<br />
MD. To RFC Nov44 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A but scrapped<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-574 NG38-297 31May39 110 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Missouri<br />
National Guard<br />
31May39<br />
126 th Ob. Sqdn.,<br />
Wisconsin<br />
National Guard<br />
21Dec40<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
11Jun41<br />
PROJECT<br />
X/SUMAC<br />
15Jan42<br />
Fifth Air Force,<br />
21 st TCS<br />
Condemned Fifth Air<br />
Force 3Sep44<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-575 NG38-298 25May39 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard,<br />
25May39<br />
153 rd Obs.<br />
Sqdn.,<br />
Mississippi<br />
National Guard,<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
15Oct41.<br />
Nicknamed<br />
“Sno Ball”<br />
Wilmington, NC<br />
15Jan42<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
4Feb42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
17Feb42<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 16Apr42<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
8Jun42<br />
Ellington Field, TX<br />
14Jul43<br />
Gainsville 23Jul43<br />
Perrin Field, TX<br />
3Aug43<br />
HHS SAASC, Kelly<br />
Field, TX 23Sep43<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
McKellar Field, TN<br />
Galveston, TX<br />
29Jul42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-576 NG38-299 29May39 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard<br />
29May39<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
18Sep42<br />
153 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Mississippi<br />
National Guard,<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
15Oct41<br />
Wilmington, NC<br />
15Jan42<br />
Meridian, MS 4Feb42<br />
67 th Obs. Group,<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 8Apr42<br />
Ellington Field, TX<br />
16Apr42<br />
Galveston, TX<br />
29Jul42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
18Sep42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
9Nov42<br />
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4 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Stewart<br />
Patterson Field<br />
16May43<br />
Knoxville, KY<br />
20May43<br />
Camp Stewart, GA<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
27May43<br />
140 th BAS, Baltimore,<br />
MD<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Nov44 but scrapped<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-577 NG38-300 25May39 119 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
New Jersey<br />
National Guard,<br />
Newark, NJ<br />
25May39<br />
MAD 26Dec41<br />
Newark, NJ<br />
3Feb42. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
installed 4Feb42<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
24Feb42<br />
9 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Newark, NJ<br />
2Mar42<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
9Apr42 (loan)<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
23May42<br />
6 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Biggs<br />
Field, Fort Bliss, TX<br />
15Jan43. Wr 20Apr43<br />
Biggs Field, TX, 2LT<br />
Alton E. McQueen,<br />
engine failure.<br />
Caught fire after<br />
striking bank about<br />
35 miles NNW of<br />
Biggs Field and was<br />
demolished. Was<br />
completing a strafing<br />
training mission at<br />
Condron Field at the<br />
time. (Often cited in<br />
error elsewhere as<br />
“ac38-350”)<br />
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Atlantic City, NJ<br />
16Jun42<br />
Surveyed 25 May<br />
1943<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
26Jun42<br />
Hyannis, MA<br />
3Sep42 (possibly<br />
with the 119 th<br />
Obs. Sqdn.)<br />
Manchester, NH<br />
2Nov42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-578 NG38-301 31May39 108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Illinois National<br />
Guard, Chicago,<br />
IL 31May39<br />
MERCURY<br />
19Jan42<br />
108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
72 nd Obs.Group,<br />
Howard Field,<br />
CZ. Acc. 2Dec42<br />
at Chame No.2,<br />
RdeP, 1LT<br />
Rodman L.<br />
Crawford, MACB.<br />
To the 531 st BAS,<br />
Barksdale Field, LA,<br />
the only O-<strong>47</strong> known<br />
to have returned to<br />
CONUS from an<br />
overseas<br />
assignment. To RFC<br />
4Sep44 McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-579 NG38-302 31May39 Maryland<br />
National Guard<br />
31May39<br />
153 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
67 th Obs.Group,<br />
Key Field,<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
5Feb41. Acc.<br />
26Jan42 at<br />
Maxwell Fld, AL,<br />
2LT Rulon D.<br />
Blake, LACGL.<br />
Rep.<br />
Wilmington, NC<br />
15Jan42<br />
Maxwell Field, AL<br />
30Jan42<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
7Feb42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
26Feb42<br />
Brookley Field<br />
26Apr42<br />
7 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Lawson Field, Fort<br />
Benning, GA<br />
27Sep42.<br />
Patterson Field<br />
19Nov42<br />
Lawson Field, GA<br />
19Nov42. Acc.<br />
7Feb43 at Lawson<br />
Field, CPT Garnet B.<br />
Palmer, TAC. To RFC<br />
as RO-<strong>47</strong>A but<br />
scrapped 13Nov45<br />
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Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
11May42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-580 NG38-303 9Jun39 118 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Connecticut<br />
National Guard<br />
Hartford, CT,<br />
4Jun39.<br />
118 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
66 th Obs.Group,<br />
Jacksonville<br />
AAB, FL<br />
16Mar41. Acc.<br />
15Jan42 at<br />
Gunnery Range,<br />
Camp Blanding,<br />
FL, 2LT Walter<br />
R. Young,<br />
MACO. Rep.<br />
23 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pope Field, NC,<br />
20Jun42. Acc.<br />
27Sep42 at<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning, GA,<br />
Philip J. Marino,<br />
TACNU. Rep.<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
19Jan42<br />
118 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
66 th Obs.Group,<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
2Feb42. Acc.<br />
23May42 at<br />
Charleston AAB,<br />
1LT Joseph B.<br />
Moorman, Jr.,<br />
LACNO. Rep.<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
7Jun42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
29Sep42<br />
Barksdale Field, LA<br />
17Mar43. To Class<br />
26 15Oct43<br />
West Palm<br />
Beach, FL<br />
7Oct42<br />
15 th<br />
Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron<br />
(ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
21Oct42<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-581 NG38-304 5Jun39 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard<br />
5Jun39\<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 3Oct40<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15De41<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-582 NG38-305 13Jun39 103 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
National Guard,<br />
Harrisburg PA<br />
15Jun39. Acc.<br />
12Oct39 at<br />
Pittsburgh, PA,<br />
LTC John V.<br />
Dallin, LAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
Camp Rulan<br />
21Dec42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
6Apr42<br />
344 th Flexible<br />
Gunnery<br />
Squadron,<br />
Tyndall Field, FL.<br />
Acc. 21Dec42 at<br />
Apalachicola<br />
Flexible Gunnery<br />
Base, FL, 2LT<br />
Franklin D.<br />
Rollins, GAC.<br />
To Class 26 at<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
9Mar43<br />
Surveyed 23Nov41<br />
Harrisburg<br />
Airport, PA.<br />
Acc. 20Oct41 at<br />
Pope Field, NC,<br />
2LT G. Ramsey<br />
with 103 rd<br />
Obs.Sqdn. at<br />
the time. Rep.<br />
Harrisburg, PA.<br />
Acc. 4Nov41 5<br />
miles SW of<br />
Auxiliary Field,<br />
Bennettsville,<br />
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SC, 1LT Robert<br />
B. Womble, Jr.,<br />
KTOA. Still with<br />
103 rd Obs.Sqdn.<br />
at the time.<br />
Crashed on<br />
take-off.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-583 NG38-306 12June39 102 nd Obs.<br />
Sqdn., New<br />
York National<br />
Guard 16Jun39<br />
152 nd Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Rhode<br />
Island National<br />
Guard 15Oct40<br />
Fort Devens<br />
Field, MA<br />
31Jul41. Acc.<br />
18Aug41 Boston<br />
Harbor, MA, 1LT<br />
John F. Barrett,<br />
ran out of fuel.<br />
MAD 9Sep41<br />
Fort Devens, MA<br />
3Jan42<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
25Feb42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
23May42<br />
Manchester, NH<br />
18Nov42<br />
Camp Davis 19Jan43<br />
518 th Bomb<br />
Squadron, Grenier<br />
Field 31Jan43<br />
4 th Ferry Group,<br />
Nashville TN 2Feb43<br />
14 th Tow Target<br />
Group, Camp Davis<br />
5Feb43<br />
Morris Field 30Mar43<br />
Camp Davis 1Apr43<br />
140 th BAS, Baltimore,<br />
MD<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
but scrapped by<br />
24Nov44<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-584 NG38-307 13Jun39 101 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Massachusetts<br />
National Guard,<br />
East Boston, MA<br />
15Jun39<br />
Camp Edwards,<br />
MA 1Aug41<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
27Dec41<br />
Camp Edwards,<br />
MA 28Jan42<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
25Feb42<br />
New Castle AAB,<br />
Wilmington, DE<br />
11Feb43. Acc.<br />
10Feb43 at New<br />
Castle AAB, DE, crew<br />
chief Kennard A.<br />
Johnson, TAC. Rep.<br />
Palacios 29Mar43<br />
Foster Field 7Apr43<br />
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Manchester, NH<br />
12Mar42<br />
Kelly Field, TX<br />
24Apr43<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
26May42<br />
Hyannis, MA<br />
7Jul42 (possibly<br />
with the 119 th<br />
Obs. Sqdn.)<br />
Manchester, NH<br />
2Nov42<br />
Palacios, TX 9May43<br />
Foster Field 2Jun43<br />
HHS, SASC,<br />
McClellan Field,<br />
Sacramento AAF, CA<br />
10Oct43. Acc.<br />
3Apr44 at Oakland<br />
Municipal Airport,<br />
CA, CPL Fred Mollo,<br />
GAC. Cited as type<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-585 NG38-308 8Jun39 116 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
8Jun39<br />
70 th Obs.Group,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
19May42<br />
To RFC 5Oct44 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
Lyndon 11Jan43<br />
Gray AAF, WA<br />
31Jan43<br />
5 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Palacios<br />
Municipal Airport,<br />
TX. Acc. 24Feb43<br />
there, 1LT Albert A.<br />
Zupan, MACOB. Rep.<br />
116 th Obs.Sqdn., 70 th<br />
Obs.Group, Corvallis,<br />
OR. Acc. 19Mar43,<br />
DTC into Fern Ridge<br />
Lake, 14 miles NW of<br />
Eugene, OR, 2LT<br />
Walter G. McLeod.<br />
Rep.<br />
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Portland, OR<br />
20Mar43. Awaiting<br />
survey 31Mar43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-586 NG38-309 14Jun39 112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard 17Jun39<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
2Dec40. Acc.<br />
20Mar41 at<br />
Myrtle Beach<br />
AAF, SC, 1LT W.<br />
E. Leisy, overran<br />
runway.<br />
Rep.<br />
Pope Field, NC.<br />
Acc. 5Aug41<br />
Pope Fld., NC,<br />
2LT Rodney<br />
Freeman,<br />
collided with<br />
tractor and<br />
mowing<br />
machine.<br />
MAD 27Aug41<br />
Fort Bragg, NC<br />
10Dec41<br />
Dover, DE 1Jan42<br />
Georgetown, SC<br />
25May42<br />
Pope Sub-Depot<br />
6Jun42<br />
Georgetown, SC<br />
29Jul42<br />
MAD 9Sep42<br />
Lakeworth<br />
Municipal<br />
Airport, FL<br />
14Sep42<br />
Camp Davis<br />
26Dec42<br />
Morris Field 19May43<br />
[error?]<br />
Charlotte, NC<br />
22Jan43<br />
Camp Davis, NC<br />
23Jan43<br />
522 nd Bomb<br />
Squadron, Lantana<br />
AP, FL 31Jan43<br />
Camp Davis To Class<br />
26 as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
To RFC 6Sep44 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-587 NG38-310 21Jun39 109 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Minnesota<br />
National Guard,<br />
St. Paul, MN<br />
25Jun39. Acc.<br />
4Dec39 Duluth,<br />
MN 1LT H. S.<br />
Paul. Hit power<br />
pole.<br />
Surveyed 28Feb40<br />
and dropped from<br />
records<br />
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NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-588 NG38-311 14Jun39 107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
National Guard<br />
17Jun39<br />
107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
67 th Obs.Group,<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Nov40.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-589 NG38-312 29Jun39 106 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Alabama<br />
National Guard<br />
29Jun39<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 12Dec41<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
22Dec41<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
21Dec41<br />
Miami, FL<br />
16Jan42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
28Feb42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
8Apr42<br />
Cam Beauregard, LA<br />
28Jan42<br />
SAAD 9Mar42<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 8Apr42. Acc.<br />
23Apr42 at<br />
Citronelle, AL, 2LT<br />
Stanley E. Marsh,<br />
BOoG. Parachute<br />
used successfully.<br />
Surveyed 15Jul42<br />
10 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Langley<br />
Field, VA 6Jan43.<br />
Acc. 29Nov43 there,<br />
2LT Irving H. Selber,<br />
TACNO.<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
but scrapped 2Nov44<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 16Jun42.<br />
Kellogg Field, MI<br />
(possibly with<br />
the 21 st<br />
Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
16Jun42. C-5<br />
windlass<br />
installed<br />
28Jun42<br />
Selfridge Field,<br />
MI 2Oct42<br />
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Harrisburg, PA<br />
8Nov42<br />
Camp Davis<br />
29Nov42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-590 NG38-313 30Jun39 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard,<br />
Adams Field,<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
30Jun39. Acc.<br />
4May40<br />
Bowman Field,<br />
KY, 1LT Edward<br />
Garbacz, taxiing<br />
acc. Rep. Acc.<br />
30Jun40 at<br />
Adams Fld, 1LT<br />
John Dordyce,<br />
landing acc.<br />
Rep.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-591 NG38-314 30Jun39 108 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Illinois<br />
National Guard,<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
30Jun39<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 3Oct40<br />
Acc. 14Jul41 Fort<br />
Sill, OK, 2LT<br />
Timothy A. Shea,<br />
collided with<br />
power line.<br />
However, the<br />
accident was<br />
also reported at<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
the same day,<br />
same pilot,<br />
collision with<br />
unknown object.<br />
Rep.<br />
PROJECT<br />
MERCURY<br />
(Panama)<br />
19Jan42.<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41. Acc.<br />
24Nov42 at Tyndall<br />
Field, FL, Corporal<br />
Rueblin D. Hartley,<br />
GAC.<br />
344 th Flexible<br />
Gunnery Squadron,<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
31Jan43<br />
Condemned per G. &<br />
L. Report 27Feb43<br />
having amassed<br />
2,210:7 flying hours<br />
108 th Recon<br />
Squadron, 72 nd recon<br />
Group, Howard Field,<br />
CZ. Acc. 7Sep43 at<br />
APO832 (Howard),<br />
Christian J. Singer,<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
Howard Field,<br />
CZ. C-4 windlass<br />
installed 6May42<br />
1 st Recon Sq (Sp) by<br />
1Nov43<br />
23 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron 1Nov43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-592 NG38-315 19Jul39 110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Missouri<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
3Jan41<br />
Condemned and<br />
surveyed as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Sixth Air Force<br />
12Oct45<br />
Salinas, CA 16Dec41<br />
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National Guard,<br />
Robertson, MO<br />
24Jul39<br />
Rice, CA 21Sep42<br />
Needles 16Oct42<br />
Salinas, CA 25Oct42<br />
SAD 15Nov42<br />
Salinas, CA 20Nov42<br />
Abilene, TX 5Feb43<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
Muskogee, OK<br />
20Feb43<br />
Abilene, TX 10Mar43<br />
Esler Field, LA<br />
8Apr43<br />
Gainsville, TX<br />
6Aug43<br />
Perrin Field, TX,<br />
11Aug43<br />
Gainsville, TX<br />
12Aug43<br />
HHS, SAASC, and<br />
4121 st BAS, Kelly<br />
Field, TX 21Dec43.<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
30Jan45<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-593 NG38-316 29Jul39 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard<br />
3Aug39.<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 15Apr42. Acc.<br />
11Jul42 on the<br />
beach 14 miles<br />
21 st Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron, 26 th AWIG,<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
18Sep42<br />
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Columbia, SC<br />
3Oct40<br />
SE of Grand<br />
Chenier, LA. Rep.<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
13Dec42<br />
Fort Riley, KS<br />
15Jul41<br />
Fort<br />
Leavenworth,<br />
KS 24Feb42<br />
Oklahoma AB<br />
8Mar42<br />
72 nd Obs. Group,<br />
Fort<br />
Leavenworth,<br />
KS 12Mar42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-594 NG38-317 25Aug39 Was originally<br />
designated for<br />
delivery to the<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard<br />
but was<br />
changed to<br />
Alabama<br />
16Aug39<br />
106 th Obs,<br />
Sqdn., Alabama<br />
National Guard<br />
26Aug39<br />
Lake Charles, LA<br />
Sub-Depot<br />
13Jul42<br />
Miami, FL<br />
16Jan42<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
2Feb42<br />
104 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
26Sep42<br />
25 th<br />
Antisubmarine<br />
Wing, Camp<br />
Davis 26Dec42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
14Dec42<br />
15 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron (ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
6Mar43<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
19Mar43. Acc.<br />
18Mar43 there, 2LT<br />
Joseph W. Tresey,<br />
TOA. Surveyed and<br />
condemned 5Apr43<br />
12 th ASRON,<br />
Greenville, SC<br />
4Jan43<br />
13 th Tow Target<br />
Sqdn., Langley Field,<br />
VA 4Jan43<br />
14 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis, NC 22Jan43<br />
Morris Field 24Feb43<br />
Camp Davis 26Feb43<br />
Otis Field 27Mar43<br />
(possibly with the 1 st<br />
Tow Target<br />
Squadron)<br />
3 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis 30May43. Acc.<br />
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NA-25/NA-60 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-595 NG38-318 22Aug39 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard<br />
23Aug39 [Note:<br />
this aircraft had<br />
been modified<br />
by 15Aug39<br />
with a much<br />
deeper and<br />
heavily glazed<br />
observer’s<br />
enclosure. It is<br />
not clear if this<br />
was retained]<br />
25Aug43 there, David<br />
C. Krath, LACMF. To<br />
RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A but<br />
scrapped 24Nov43<br />
Albuquerque, NM<br />
25Jan43<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 29Jan43<br />
Colorado Springs, CO<br />
1Feb43<br />
Hereford, TX<br />
13Mar43<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 27May43<br />
27 th Recon Squadron,<br />
77 th Recon Group,<br />
Abilene, TX 14Apr43.<br />
Muskogee, OK<br />
3May43<br />
Cox Field, TX<br />
19May43<br />
Greenville, TX<br />
26May43. Acc.<br />
25May43 three miles<br />
W of Camp Maxey,<br />
TX, Max Price,<br />
KCRGC. Condemned<br />
1Jul43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-596 AC38-319 11May39 12 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK<br />
13Jun39. Acc.<br />
10Jul39 there,<br />
39 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
France Field, CZ<br />
(Panama)<br />
13Jun40.<br />
Surveyed 22Nov40<br />
and dropped from<br />
records June 1941,<br />
378:40tt.<br />
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2LT James C.<br />
Barham, LAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
SAAD 27Jul39<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
18Dec39<br />
Wr. Rio Hato,<br />
RdeP 2Nov40,<br />
2LT J. R.<br />
Reynolds,<br />
collided with<br />
bomb shelter.<br />
16 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Godman Field.<br />
Acc.4Jan40 at<br />
Godman Fld.,<br />
1LT Harry N.<br />
Burkhalter, Jr.,<br />
landing acc.<br />
SAAD 6May40<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-597 AC38-320 15May39 91 st School<br />
Squadron,<br />
Maxwell Field,<br />
AL 17May39<br />
Augusta, GA<br />
10Feb42<br />
Langley field, VA<br />
1Apr42<br />
McChord Field, WA<br />
20Jun42<br />
Portland, OR<br />
23Aug42<br />
Flight “B,” 16 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D) Lawson<br />
Field, Fort<br />
Benning, GA<br />
18Dec39 [coded<br />
number ‘3’].<br />
Acc. 11Jun41<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
GA, 2LT William<br />
H. Bennis,<br />
struck<br />
surveyers level<br />
while landing.<br />
Rep.<br />
7 th Ferry Sq.,<br />
ACFC, Seattle,<br />
WA (also cited as<br />
Northwest<br />
Sector, AAF<br />
Ferrying<br />
Command), Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
18Apr42. Acc.<br />
25Apr42 (also<br />
given as<br />
18May42) at Red<br />
Bluff Municipal<br />
Airport, CA, 2LT<br />
Raymond H.<br />
Mitchell, nosed<br />
over on take-off.<br />
McChord Field, WA<br />
29Aug42<br />
Astoria, OR 29May43<br />
McChord Field, WA<br />
2Jun43<br />
Paine Field, Everett,<br />
WA 18Jul43<br />
McChord Field, WA<br />
21Jul43<br />
Yakima Airport, WA<br />
23Jul43<br />
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SAD 18Jun42<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
28Nov44 but<br />
scrapped<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-598 AC38-321 29Jun39 12 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
72 nd Obs.Group,<br />
Godman field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY<br />
29Jun39.<br />
To Inglewood,<br />
CA by 10May39.<br />
Acc. 10May39<br />
at Mines Field,<br />
CA, 2LT Howard<br />
M. Means, LAC.<br />
Rep. Acc.<br />
12Jan42 at<br />
Wood Lake, KY,<br />
10 miles East of<br />
Frankfurt, KY,<br />
2LT J. V.<br />
Rambeau.<br />
FLEFMF<br />
24 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
76 th Obs.Group,<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
21Oct42. Acc.<br />
26Oct42 at<br />
Florence, KY,<br />
1LT Billy<br />
Robinson, FLEF.<br />
Surveyed 3Dec42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-599 AC38-322 13May39 12 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY<br />
16May39. Acc.<br />
30Jun41 at<br />
Godman Field,<br />
2LT Leon<br />
Lincoln, taxiing<br />
accident. Rep.<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
16Jan42<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 5May42<br />
Galveston, TX<br />
29Jul42<br />
New Orleans AAB,<br />
LA 18Sep42. Acc.<br />
25Jan43 8 miles NW<br />
of New Orleans AAB<br />
in Lake Pontchartain,<br />
2LT Harold E.<br />
Watson, CRGC.<br />
Condemned 29Jan43<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-600 AC38-323 12May39 12 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY<br />
15May39<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
16Mar42<br />
Ellington Field,<br />
TX 16Apr42<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
15Jun42<br />
Camp Barkley, TX<br />
24May43<br />
Laurel, MS 26May43<br />
317 th Base HQS and<br />
AB Squadron,<br />
DeRidder AAB, LA<br />
7Oct43. Acc.<br />
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125 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
Abilene, TX<br />
23Jun42<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 2Aug42. Acc.<br />
30Sep42 at Tulsa<br />
Municipal<br />
Airport, OK, 1LT<br />
Joseph G. Manyo,<br />
TACNO. Rep.<br />
28Jan44 there, T/Sgt<br />
John H. Heusser,<br />
TAC. Cited as type<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A. To RFC<br />
5Feb44, McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
Abilene, TX<br />
2Oct42<br />
Tulsa, OK<br />
(School) 24Oct42<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-601 AC38-324 13May39 12 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY<br />
16May39. Acc.<br />
11Jul39 at<br />
Bowman Field,<br />
KY, 2LT Charles<br />
S. Marshall Rep.<br />
Abilene, TX<br />
25Oct42<br />
Surveyed 7Apr42 but<br />
apparently to Class<br />
26 at Mobile, AL as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A<br />
Godman Field,<br />
KY. Acc.<br />
6Aug41,<br />
Godman Field,<br />
KY, 2LT Donald<br />
E. Lange, struck<br />
pick-up pole.<br />
Rep.<br />
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Marshall Field,<br />
TX. Acc.<br />
11Sep41<br />
Marshall, TX,<br />
2LT Gordon E.<br />
Smith. Failed to<br />
put prop into<br />
flat pitch.<br />
NA-25 O-<strong>47</strong>A 25-602 AC38-325 17May39 12 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Godman Field,<br />
Fort Knox, KY<br />
19May39. Acc.<br />
5Jun41 at Fort<br />
Knox, CPT<br />
Charles F.<br />
Kidwell, taxiing<br />
accident. Rep.<br />
Acc. 20Mar42 at<br />
Godman Field,<br />
KY, James A.<br />
Glendenin,<br />
taxiing<br />
accident. Rep.<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
26Mar42<br />
MOAD 28Apr42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
5May42<br />
Brookley<br />
15May42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
20May42<br />
322 nd Sub-Depot,<br />
DeRidder AAB, LA<br />
16Jun43. Acc.<br />
26Aug43 there,<br />
Civilian Walter M.<br />
Dowlearn, collided<br />
with O-<strong>47</strong>A 37-334,<br />
TACGC. To RFC and<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>A 4Sep44 at<br />
McKellar Field, TN<br />
Shreveport, LA<br />
23Sep42<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 12Oct42<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
10Nov42<br />
Baton Rouge, LA<br />
17Nov42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-978 AC39-65 17Aug39 Flying Branch,<br />
Wright Field, OH<br />
New Orleans AB,<br />
LA 31Jan43<br />
Luke Field, AZ<br />
27Apr42<br />
Wright Field, OH.<br />
Acc. there 5Apr43,<br />
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4Sep39. Acc.<br />
6Jan40, Buffalo,<br />
NY, CPT Price,<br />
landing gear<br />
failed during<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
Acc. 6Aug40 at<br />
Wright Field,<br />
CPT E. K.<br />
Warburton(?),<br />
hard landing<br />
during tests. To<br />
factory for<br />
major repairs.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-979 AC39-66 9oct39 97 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Field, LI, NY<br />
13Oct39<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning,<br />
GA 26Oct40.<br />
Acc. 3Sep41 2.5<br />
miles SW of<br />
Opelousas, LA,<br />
2LT David W.<br />
Clay. Cause<br />
unknown. Rep.<br />
Wright Field, OH<br />
9May42<br />
Sub-Depot, Baer<br />
Field, IN 3Jun42<br />
Wright Field, OH<br />
16Jun42<br />
Patterson Field,<br />
OH 31Jan43<br />
SAAD 1Oct41.<br />
Acc. 11Jan42 at<br />
Duncan Fld., TX,<br />
2LT John L.<br />
Shipman, LACMF.<br />
Rep.<br />
Lawson Field<br />
2Apr42 (possibly<br />
with the 128 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Georgia National<br />
Guard)<br />
Miami, FL<br />
15Apr42<br />
CPT H. M. Campbell,<br />
TACW. Rep.<br />
Lowry Field, CO<br />
23Jul43<br />
Wright Field, OH<br />
12Aug43<br />
To RFC 5Dec44 Bush<br />
Field, Augusta, GA as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
6 th Tow Target<br />
squadron, Biggs<br />
Field, Fort Bliss, TX<br />
21Dec42. Acc.<br />
14Jun43 there, 2LT<br />
Thomas P. Griffin,<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
215 th Base Unit,<br />
Pueblo AAB, CO.<br />
Acc. 1Jul44 there,<br />
WASP Irene E. Kinne,<br />
but also given as<br />
Hubert H. Whitlock,<br />
no injuries. Surveyed<br />
there as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
23May42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
1Jun42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
25Aug42<br />
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Orlando, FL<br />
21Oct42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-980 AC39-67 23Oct39 97 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Field, LI, NY<br />
28Oct39.<br />
15 th<br />
Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron<br />
(ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
9Nov42<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
26Oct40. Acc.<br />
10Jul41,<br />
Fairmont, GA,<br />
2LT William H.<br />
Kemble, engine<br />
failure. Rep.<br />
Lawson Field, GA<br />
FAD 28Jul41<br />
Miami, FL 30Jun42<br />
Hialeah, FL 2Sep42<br />
Lakeworth, FL<br />
5Sep42<br />
Orlando, FL 19Oct42<br />
17 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron (ASRON),<br />
“8”, Lakeworth, FL<br />
7Nov42<br />
Otis Field, MA<br />
27Mar43 (possibly<br />
with the 1 st Tow<br />
Target Squadron)<br />
Westover Field, MA<br />
10May43<br />
Otis Field, MA<br />
24May43<br />
Memphis, TN 2Jun43<br />
Hondo, TX 4jun43<br />
Brookley Field, AL<br />
27Sep43 Surveyed<br />
14Feb44<br />
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NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-981 AC39-68 24Oct39 97 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Field, LI, NY<br />
2Nov39<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
26Nov39<br />
Miami, FL<br />
23Dec41<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
23May42<br />
66 th Obs.Group,<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
1Jun42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
28Aug42<br />
3 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis, NC 20Jul43.<br />
Acc. 5Aug43 there,<br />
2LT Rexford L.<br />
Dollinger, BLEF. To<br />
RFC 5Jan44 at<br />
McKellar Field, TN as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B. Registered<br />
as NC73717 to Aero<br />
Exploration Co.,<br />
Tulsa, OK 10Nov<strong>47</strong>.<br />
Canc. 10May49<br />
MAD 14Sep42<br />
15 th<br />
Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron<br />
(ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
23Sep42<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
21Nov42<br />
Camp Davis<br />
21Dec42<br />
Charlotte, NC<br />
2Feb43<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
5Mar43<br />
Camp Davis<br />
6Mar43. Acc.<br />
16Apr43 at Camp<br />
Davis, 2LT<br />
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Robert H.<br />
Wanner, landing<br />
accident. Rep.<br />
Morris Field<br />
3Jun43<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-982 AC39-69 31Oct39 97 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Field, LI, NY<br />
6Nov39<br />
Wright Field, OH<br />
12Nov40<br />
Brooks Field<br />
31Aug41<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
12Jan42<br />
106 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Miami, FL<br />
13Jan42. Wr.<br />
15Feb42 East of<br />
Dry Tortugas<br />
Lighthouse, 2LT<br />
M. W. Hemenway,<br />
aircraft lost;<br />
search turned up<br />
nothing. KMIS.<br />
However, the<br />
subsequent<br />
assignment<br />
below were<br />
reflected on the<br />
IAHC!<br />
Columbus, MS<br />
25Jan43<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
19Mar43<br />
Mitchel Field, LI,<br />
NY 7Aug40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-983 AC39-70 31Oct39 97 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Field, LI, NY<br />
26Nov39. Acc.<br />
4Mar40 at<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
GA, LT B. W.<br />
Vestal, landed<br />
with wheels up.<br />
Rep.<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
26Nov40. Acc.<br />
14Jul41 Lawson<br />
Field, LT John T.<br />
Snyder, landing<br />
gear folded. Rep.<br />
25 th Antisubmarine<br />
Wing, c.6Dec42<br />
111 th Air Base Unit,<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
20Dec42. Acc.<br />
17Apr44 at Mitchel<br />
Field, NY, CPT<br />
Norman A. Trapp,<br />
TAC. Cited as type<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B. To RFC but<br />
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Engineering<br />
Department,<br />
Middletown Air<br />
Depot, PA<br />
15Apr40<br />
Fairfield, OH<br />
13Jan42<br />
Barry Field<br />
2Apr42<br />
scrapped and<br />
Reclamation<br />
complete 12Nov44<br />
Miami, FL 2Apr42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
29Aug42<br />
104 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
12Nov42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-984 AC39-71 31Oct39 97 th Obs. Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Fld, NY<br />
10Nov39. Acc.<br />
26Apr40<br />
Barksdale Fld.,<br />
LA, 2LT Franklin<br />
E. Schreck,<br />
landing gear<br />
collapsed. Rep.<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
26Nov40<br />
125 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Oklahoma<br />
National Guard,<br />
Tulsa, OK<br />
18Jun41<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 20Sep41<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41<br />
343 rd Flexible<br />
Gunnery Squadron,<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
3Jul42.<br />
Apalachicola, FL<br />
11Nov42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
16Nov42<br />
15 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron (ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
15Dec42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-985 AC39-72 29Dec39 97 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
26Nov40<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
5jan42. Acc.<br />
24Feb43 there,<br />
Kenneth C. Sullivan,<br />
LACBL. To Class 26<br />
Gulf Coast Flying<br />
Training Command<br />
5Mar43<br />
2 nd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Mitchell<br />
Field, NY 19Jan43.<br />
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Field, LI, NY<br />
10Nov39<br />
This aircraft<br />
was at Wright<br />
Field incident to<br />
tests of the<br />
Thompson<br />
Turret<br />
sometime<br />
between initial<br />
fielding and<br />
movement to<br />
Georgia<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-986 AC39-73 7Nov39 97 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Field, LI, NY<br />
10Nov39<br />
Miami, FL<br />
15Jan42<br />
West Palm<br />
Beach, FL<br />
7May42<br />
Miami, FL<br />
14May42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
29Aug42<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
20Nov40<br />
Acc. 10Feb43<br />
between Bradley<br />
Field and Mitchell<br />
Field, NY, F/O<br />
Talmadge J.<br />
Simpson, LAS/MDTC.<br />
Condemned 11Feb43<br />
Miami, FL 23Dec41<br />
MacDill Field, FL<br />
27Jan42<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
20Jul42<br />
15 th Antisubmarine<br />
Squadron (ASRON),<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
9Sep42<br />
MAD 14Sep42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
20Sep42<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
21Nov42<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
21Dec42<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
31Jan43<br />
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Bolling Field, DC<br />
2Mar43<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-987 AC39-74 17Nov39 97 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&A), Mitchel<br />
Field, LI, NY<br />
29Nov39<br />
Acc. 5Apr41<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
GA, John T.<br />
Snyder. Rep.<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
Fort Benning, GA<br />
20Nov40. Acc.<br />
there 7Apr41,<br />
John T. Snyder,<br />
nosed up while<br />
taxiing. Rep.<br />
Acc. 18Jul41 at<br />
Lawson Field,<br />
2LT Augustus E.<br />
Rickenbacker,<br />
struck boundary<br />
marker on<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
2Mar43<br />
140 th BAS, Baltimore,<br />
MD (Dover, DE) To<br />
RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>B but<br />
changed to Class 26.<br />
Also reported<br />
scrapped at Bolling<br />
Field, DC 29Oct44<br />
Miami, FL 23Dec41<br />
66 th Obs.Group,<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
20Apr42<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
20May42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
9Jun42<br />
12 th ASRON, Fort Dix,<br />
NJ 4Sep42<br />
2 nd Tow Target<br />
Sqdn., Mitchel Field,<br />
NY 28sep42<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
19Dec42<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
27Jan43<br />
2 nd Tow Target<br />
Sqdn., Langley Field,<br />
VA 30Jan43<br />
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NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-988 AC39-75 20Nov39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-989 AC39-76 25Nov39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
Bellows Field, TH<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
23Sep44, McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
Condemned, HAD,<br />
4Jan43, reason not<br />
stated.<br />
Destroyed by Enemy<br />
Action in depot<br />
shops, 7Dec41<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH. Acc.<br />
29Oct41 at<br />
Hickam Field,<br />
TH, 2LT Robert<br />
B. Wright<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-990 AC39-77 21Nov39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-991 AC39-78 21Nov39 Hawaiian Air<br />
Depot, Luke<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Bellows<br />
Field, TH.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-992 AC39-79 28Nov39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40.<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH. Acc.<br />
Bellows Field, TH<br />
HHS, Hickam<br />
Field, TH. Acc.<br />
7Nov41 100<br />
yards off Fort<br />
Weaver, TH, 2LT<br />
Charles A. Olson,<br />
forced landing in<br />
the water due to<br />
engine failure<br />
Acc. 4Jan44 at<br />
Barbers Point, Oahu,<br />
TH, 1LT Zareth A.<br />
Pachanian, KMAC.<br />
[cited as s/n ’39-<br />
770’]. Condemned<br />
13Jan44<br />
Condemned HAD<br />
19Dec41<br />
Destroyed in depot<br />
shops to Enemy<br />
Action 7Dec41<br />
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25Sep41 at<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH, 2LT John F.<br />
Wolfe,<br />
undershot field<br />
when landing.<br />
Rep.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-993 AC39-80 28Nov39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH Acc.<br />
14Jul41,<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH, Robert B.<br />
Wright.<br />
Condemned<br />
30Dec41<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-994 AC39-81 30Nov39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-995 AC39-82 1Dec39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-996 AC39-83 12Dec39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
Bellows Field, TH<br />
Bellows Field, TH<br />
Picked up from<br />
Condemned and to<br />
Class 26 28Mar42.<br />
Finally salvaged,<br />
Seventh Air Force<br />
(Hawaii) 20Oct44<br />
Condemned HAD<br />
29May43<br />
Condemned HAD<br />
25May42<br />
Surveyed 29Aug41<br />
Hawaii<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH. Acc.<br />
12Aug41 four<br />
miles offshore<br />
Haleiwa Field,<br />
TH, 2LT John J.<br />
Thornhill,<br />
apparently<br />
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collided with o-<br />
<strong>47</strong>B 39-86 (q.v.).<br />
Parachute used<br />
successfully.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-997 AC39-84 12Dec39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23feb40. Acc.<br />
17Nov41 300<br />
yards offshore<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
2LT Millard C.<br />
Shibley, Jr.,<br />
KTOACR<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-998 AC39-85 14Dec39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40 Acc.<br />
8Jan41 at<br />
Haleiwa Field,<br />
TH, 2LT Rolle E.<br />
Stone, Jr.,<br />
wheels-up<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-999 AC39-86 14Dec39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
Reported<br />
assigned to the<br />
71 st ABS, 18 th<br />
ABG at Wheeler<br />
Field, TH as of<br />
7Dec41<br />
Surveyed 26Nov41<br />
Hawaii<br />
Condemned and<br />
salvaged, Seventh<br />
Air Force (Hawaii)<br />
20Oct44<br />
Condemned and<br />
salvaged, Seventh<br />
Air Force (Hawaii)<br />
31Jul44<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH. Acc.<br />
12Aug41 four<br />
miles offshore,<br />
Haleiwa, TH,<br />
2LT Raymond E.<br />
Nelson,<br />
apparently<br />
collided with O-<br />
<strong>47</strong>B 39-83<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1000 AC39-87 15Dec39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Destroyed by Enemy<br />
Action in depot<br />
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Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
shops, HAD, 7<br />
December 1941<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH. Acc.<br />
12Sep41<br />
Bellows Field,<br />
TH, 2LT<br />
Raymond E.<br />
Nelson, blew<br />
left tire on<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1001 AC39-88 15Dec39 86 th Obs.Sqdn.<br />
(C&D), Wheeler<br />
Field, TH<br />
23Feb40<br />
Bellows Field, TH<br />
Hickam Field, TH<br />
Condemned and<br />
salvaged, Seventh<br />
Air Force (Hawaii)<br />
20Oct44<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1002 NG39-89 31Oct39 Chief of the<br />
National Guard<br />
Bureau, Bolling<br />
Field,<br />
Anacostia, DC<br />
6Nov39<br />
Baer Field, IN<br />
10Mar42<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
7Apr42<br />
Windsor Locks<br />
8Dec42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 29Dec42<br />
329 th BAS, Columbia,<br />
SC 7Sep43<br />
TO RFC/DPC as RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>B 8Apr45, Bush<br />
Field, Augusta, GA<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1003 NG39-90 2Dec39 106 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Alabama<br />
National Guard,<br />
Montgomery, AL<br />
2Dec39. Acc.<br />
17Dec41 at<br />
Daytona Beach,<br />
FL, LT C.E.<br />
Morris, nosedover<br />
while<br />
taxiing. Rep.<br />
112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
65 th Obs.Group,<br />
Lantana<br />
(Lakeworth?), FL<br />
14Sep42. Acc.<br />
8Oct42 27º30’-<br />
80º10’ off Fort<br />
Pierce, FL, 1LT<br />
George S.<br />
Twiggs, forced<br />
landing in the<br />
sea. Sank while<br />
being recovered.<br />
Surveyed 12Oct42<br />
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106 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Miami Airport,<br />
FL 15Jan42.<br />
Acc. 15Feb42 at<br />
Key West, FL,<br />
2LT W. F.<br />
Moseley, nosed<br />
up on landing.<br />
Rep. Acc.<br />
7Mar42 at<br />
Miami Airport,<br />
2LT Dan<br />
Preston, belly<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
FAD 25Mar42<br />
Berry Field, TN<br />
16May42<br />
FAD 11Jun42<br />
Georgetown<br />
23Jun43<br />
Pope Field Sub-<br />
Depot 26Jun42<br />
Georgetown<br />
15Sep42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1004 NG39-91 1Dec39 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard,<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
1Dec39<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
9Dec41<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
3Jul42<br />
Apalachicola, FL<br />
11Nov42<br />
Tyndall Field, FL<br />
12Nov42<br />
Apalachicola, FL<br />
17Nov42<br />
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Tyndall Field, FL<br />
22Nov42<br />
68 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Maxwell Field, AL<br />
4Mar43<br />
Bailed to Yale<br />
University, New<br />
Haven, CT 26Oct43<br />
To RFC 2Oct44 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B at McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1005 NG39-92 5Dec39 120 th Obs.,<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard,<br />
Denver, CO<br />
5Dec39<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
15Jan41<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
30May42<br />
SAAD 28Jun42<br />
125 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
77 th Obs. Group,<br />
Abilene, TX<br />
19Jul42<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
26Aug42<br />
Atlanta, GA 27Aug42.<br />
Wr. 27Aug42 College<br />
Park, GA, MAJ John<br />
H. Chick, lost oil<br />
pressure, engine<br />
seized.<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 19Aug42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1006 NG39-93 7Dec39 108th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Illinois National<br />
Guard,<br />
Rockford, IL<br />
7Dec39<br />
PROJECT<br />
MERCURY<br />
(Panama)<br />
19Jan42<br />
<strong>47</strong> th Air Base<br />
Squadron,<br />
Salinas, Ecuador<br />
8Jul42 (APO<br />
661).<br />
PECAN 16Oct42.<br />
Acc. 16Dec42 at<br />
Guayaquil, Ecuador,<br />
MAJ Charles L.<br />
Northstein, TOA.<br />
Rep.<br />
Quito, Ecuador<br />
2Nov42<br />
PECAN 1JAN43<br />
Surveyed,<br />
condemned and<br />
salvaged Sixth Air<br />
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Force as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
3Sep45. However,<br />
this aircraft was<br />
listed on the surplus<br />
sales list of the FEA<br />
in Panama as in<br />
condition E-1 (nonflyable)<br />
and valued<br />
at $28,915 as of<br />
30Sep45<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1007 NG39-94 8Dec39 113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Indiana National<br />
Guard,<br />
Indianapolis, IN<br />
8Dec39<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan41<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
14Jun41 (on<br />
loan)<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jun41<br />
(returned from<br />
loan)<br />
MacDill Field, FL<br />
31Dec41<br />
New Orleans AAB,<br />
LA. Acc. 6Jan43<br />
there, 2LT John A.<br />
O’Connor, fatal,<br />
CREFTO.<br />
Surveyed 13Jan43<br />
97 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn.(?), Fort<br />
Lawson 27Oct42<br />
(temporary loan)<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1008 NG39-95 25Dec39 101 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Massachusetts<br />
National Guard,<br />
Boston Airport,<br />
MA 25Dec39.<br />
Acc. 12Jun41<br />
Boston Airport,<br />
MA, 1LT<br />
Norman W.<br />
Bertelsen.<br />
Brakes grabbed.<br />
Rep.<br />
Camp Edwards,<br />
MA 1Aug41<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
6Jan42. Acc.<br />
6Mar42 at State<br />
Airport, RI,<br />
taxiing accident.<br />
Rep.<br />
Miami, FL 15Jan42<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
4Feb42<br />
Windsor Locks, CT<br />
2May42<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
4May42<br />
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Providence, RI<br />
9May42<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
15May42<br />
Quonset Point, RI<br />
7Jul42<br />
Hyannis, MA 13Jul42<br />
Fort Dix, NJ 30sep42<br />
Rome AD, NY 7Dec42<br />
Godman Field, KY<br />
28Spr43<br />
9 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Chicago<br />
Airport, IL 7May43<br />
Chanute Field, IL<br />
7May43<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
3Jun43<br />
Morris Field, NC<br />
8Jul43<br />
4138 th BAS, Laurel,<br />
MS<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1009 NG39-96 27Dec39 107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
5Sep45 McKellar<br />
Field, TN. To N73715<br />
[given by FAA in<br />
error as “38-95”]<br />
Surveyed 6May41.<br />
Remains bailed to<br />
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National Guard,<br />
Lansing, MI<br />
9Jan40<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Nov40<br />
Acc. 11Apr41,<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA,<br />
2LT Wilmer<br />
Esler, fatal.<br />
Engine failure.<br />
Issac Delgado<br />
Central Trade<br />
School, New Orleans,<br />
LA after 21Oct41<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1010 NG39-97 26Dec39 109 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Minnesota NG,<br />
Minneapolis-St.<br />
Paul Airport, MN<br />
26Dec39. Acc.<br />
21Jan40 at<br />
Minneapolis-St.<br />
Paul Airport<br />
CPT Peter S.<br />
Rask during<br />
warm-up<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
3Feb41<br />
SAD 21Dec41<br />
Fifth Air Force,<br />
21 st TCS<br />
PROJECT X (Fifth Air<br />
Force, Australia)<br />
15Jan42<br />
Condemned<br />
SUMAC/Fifth Air<br />
Force 4Apr42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1011 NG39-98 29Dec39 110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Missouri<br />
National Guard,<br />
Robertson, MO<br />
5Jan40<br />
Texarkana, AR.<br />
Acc. 29Aug41 at<br />
Texarkana, AR,<br />
2LT Carl E.<br />
Guell apparently<br />
collided with O-<br />
<strong>47</strong>A 38-316<br />
(q.v.). Rep.<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Salinas AAB, CA<br />
16Dec41. Acc.<br />
31Dec41 at<br />
Hamilton Field,<br />
CA, CPT E. B.<br />
Smart, no<br />
injuries. Rep.<br />
Rice, CA<br />
21Sep42<br />
Fresno, CA<br />
22Oct42<br />
69 th Obs.Group,<br />
Laurel, MS 7Feb43<br />
(possibly with the<br />
31 st Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Esler Field,<br />
Alexandria, LA<br />
25Apr43<br />
DeRidder, LA<br />
30Jun43<br />
Esler Field, LA<br />
18Jul43. Acc.<br />
1Feb44 there, CPT<br />
Allen P. Waltz,<br />
TACGC, apparently<br />
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NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1012 NG39-99 29Dec39 104 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Maryland<br />
National Guard,<br />
Detrick Field,<br />
Frederick, MD<br />
12Jan40<br />
. Acc. 11Dec41<br />
at Chestertown,<br />
MD, 1LT Henry<br />
E. Wheeler,<br />
FLEF<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1013 NG39-100 29Dec39 102 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
New York<br />
National Guard,<br />
State Arsenal,<br />
Brooklyn, NY<br />
7Jan40<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
23Oct42<br />
Muroc Dry Lake,<br />
CA<br />
MAD 26Dec41<br />
MAD 12Dec40<br />
Fort McClellan,<br />
AL 5Jan41<br />
collided with Bell p-<br />
39D 41-6912. To RFC<br />
Sep45 at Esler Field,<br />
LA. Sold to NC73716<br />
to Aero Exploration<br />
Co., Tulsa, OK<br />
17Sep46 for $250.<br />
Briefly NX73716 by<br />
24Oct<strong>47</strong>.To the<br />
Combat Air Museum,<br />
Topeka, KS, on loan,<br />
now privately owned<br />
and under<br />
restoration<br />
Surveyed 29Jan42<br />
MAD<br />
102 nd Obs.Sqdn., 69 th<br />
Obs.Group, Morrow<br />
Fld., San Bernardino,<br />
CA 27Dec41. Acc.<br />
16Mar42 at Morrow<br />
Field, 2LT A. F.<br />
Briggs, taxiing<br />
accident. Rep.<br />
SAD 21Jun42<br />
126 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Ontario, CA 10Jul42<br />
Rice, CA 11Sep42<br />
(on loan)<br />
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Ontario Municipal,<br />
CA 17Oct42<br />
Laurel, MS 11Nov42<br />
(possibly with the<br />
31 st Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Tulsa, OK 30dec42<br />
Laurel, MS 2feb43<br />
Esler Field, LA<br />
29Apr43<br />
70 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
11Oct43<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1014 NG39-101 29Dec39 119 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
New Jersey<br />
National Guard,<br />
Newark, NJ<br />
5Jan40<br />
To RFC after<br />
12Jan44 as RO-<strong>47</strong>B,<br />
apparently at<br />
Memphis, TN. To<br />
WAA and sold as NC-<br />
73719, with the MSN<br />
given in error at the<br />
time as “51-103,”<br />
resulting in<br />
numerous<br />
misrepresetentations<br />
Surveyed 30Jan42 at<br />
MAD<br />
126 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
9Sep41 on<br />
temporary loan.<br />
Acc. 29Nov41,<br />
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Marston Strip,<br />
NC, no crew,<br />
parked. LAC.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1015 NG39-102 29Dec39 103 rd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
National Guard,<br />
Harrisburg, PA<br />
5Jan40<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
29Dec41<br />
Hyannis, MA<br />
17Jun42<br />
Westover Sub-Depot,<br />
MA 15Jul42<br />
Hyannis, MA<br />
17Sep42 (possibly<br />
with the 119 th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.)<br />
Camp Edwards, MA<br />
7Nov42<br />
104 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
20Nov42<br />
1 st Service Group,<br />
Fort Dix, NJ 23Nov42<br />
12 th ASRON, Camp<br />
Davis 26Dec42<br />
Morris Field 13Mar43<br />
Camp Davis 31Mar43<br />
Morris Field 22Apr43<br />
141 st BAS, Camp<br />
Davis 5May43<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
Sep44 at McKellar<br />
Field, TN. Rgt as<br />
NC73720 to Aero<br />
Exploration Co.,<br />
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NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1016 NG39-103 29Dec39 112 nd Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard,<br />
Columbus, OH<br />
12Jan40<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
2Dec40<br />
121 st Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
District of<br />
Columbia<br />
National Guard,<br />
Washington, DC<br />
16Jun41<br />
Tulsa, OK 10Nov<strong>47</strong>.<br />
Canc. 10May49<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
25Sep41<br />
Columbia, SC<br />
27Sep41<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
6Jan42<br />
Dover, DE 4May42<br />
65 th Obs.Group,<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
14May42<br />
65 th Obs.Group.<br />
Dover, DE 21May42<br />
Pope Field Sub-<br />
Depot, NC 2Jun42<br />
Georgetown 25Jun42<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
11Sep42<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
3Dec42<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
18Dec42<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
23May43<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1017 NG39-104 29Dec39 118 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Connecticut<br />
National Guard,<br />
To Class 26 26May43<br />
Surveyed 10Apr40<br />
Connecticut National<br />
Guard<br />
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Brainard Fld.,<br />
Hartford, CT<br />
9Jan40. Acc.<br />
13Mar40 5mi.<br />
SE of Crandale,<br />
Crandall, or<br />
Crawfield, MS,<br />
CPT Harry W.<br />
Generous,<br />
abandoned<br />
aircraft,<br />
parachuted<br />
successfully.<br />
w/o<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1018 NG39-105 29Dec39 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard,<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
5Jan40<br />
Columbia, SC<br />
3Oct40<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
5Jan42<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
25Nov42<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
21Dec42<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
31Jan43<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
25May43<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
27Jun43<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
18Aug43<br />
140 th BAS, Baltimore,<br />
MD<br />
To RFC 14Feb44 as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B, McKellar<br />
Field, TN<br />
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NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1019 NG39-106 29Dec39 111 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Texas National<br />
Guard, Houston,<br />
TX 12Jan40<br />
SAAD 25Oct41<br />
Condemned and<br />
salvaged 13Dec41,<br />
Duncan Field, TX<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
12Jan41. Acc.<br />
6Sep41 at<br />
Houston Airport,<br />
TX, 2LT John R.<br />
Dyas.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1020 NG39-107 17Jan40 116 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
27Jan40. Wr.<br />
19Nov41 Eagle<br />
Point, OR, 1LT<br />
Donald<br />
Hennajir.<br />
Encountered<br />
heavy icing<br />
conditions and<br />
bailed out.<br />
Reportedly<br />
landed on the<br />
ranch of Ginger<br />
Rogers!<br />
Accident also<br />
cited as<br />
19Nov43, but<br />
see last column<br />
[The following data<br />
was found on an<br />
USAF accident index<br />
card, but cannot<br />
agree with the loss<br />
data of 15Nov41 for<br />
this aircraft]:<br />
26 th Tactical Recon<br />
Squadron, 70 th<br />
Tactical Recon<br />
Group, Redmond, OR.<br />
123rd Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Oregon National<br />
Guard Acc. 27Aug43<br />
one source says the<br />
19 th ) by Eagle Point,<br />
Oregon, pilot Charles<br />
L. Way bailing out<br />
successfully - and<br />
landing on Ginger<br />
Rogers ranch!.<br />
Surveyed 24Nov43<br />
To Class 26 8oct42<br />
probably at Fort Dix<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1021 NG39-108 17Jan40 106 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Alabama<br />
National Guard,<br />
Montgomery, AL<br />
25Jan40<br />
Miami, FL<br />
15Jan42<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
16Apr42<br />
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Hunter Field,<br />
Savannah, GA.<br />
Acc. 25Aug41<br />
Hunter Field,<br />
GA, 2LT Jack D.<br />
Ledbetter<br />
Mitchel Field, NY<br />
13Jun42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
5Aug42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1022 NG39-109 17Jan40 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard,<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
20Jan40<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 3Oct40<br />
9 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
59 th Obs.Group,<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
22Aug42. Acc.<br />
23Sep42 at<br />
Manalapan<br />
Township, NJ,<br />
2LT Frederick W.<br />
Millen, FLEF.<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
6Jan42<br />
SAAD 24Jan42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
4Feb42<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 27Feb42<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
30May42<br />
Abilene, TX 16Jul42<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 17Aug42<br />
Shreveport, LA<br />
23Sep42<br />
DeRidder, LA<br />
13Oct42<br />
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Camp Forrest<br />
9Nov42<br />
Baton Rouge, LA<br />
17Nov42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
3Jan43<br />
Harrisburg, PA<br />
15Apr43<br />
HHS, MASC 8Oct43<br />
Sub-Depot, Mitchel<br />
Field, NY 9Nov43<br />
140 th BAS, Baltimore,<br />
MD 14Jun44<br />
To RFC 22Sep44,<br />
McKellar Field, TN.<br />
Regt NC73723 to<br />
Aero Exploration Co.,<br />
Tulsa, OK 10Nov<strong>47</strong>.<br />
Canc. 10May49<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1023 NG39-110 18Jan40 120 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Colorado<br />
National Guard,<br />
Denver, CO<br />
18Jan40<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
15Jan41<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA 14Aug42<br />
Hattiesburg<br />
19Sep42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
6Oct42<br />
Colorado Springs, CO<br />
1Feb43<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 13Feb43<br />
Peterson Field, CO<br />
17May43<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 30May43<br />
Abilene, TX 19Jun43<br />
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Love Field,<br />
Dallas, TX<br />
16Oct42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 18oct42<br />
Laredo, TX<br />
23Nov42<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX<br />
24Nov42<br />
36 th SS, 31 st SG,<br />
Herbert Smart Field,<br />
GA. Acc. 6May44 7<br />
miles NE of<br />
Columbus, TN, John<br />
H. Roy, FLEF. Cited<br />
as type RO-<strong>47</strong>B.<br />
Condemned and<br />
salvaged as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
19Oct45 probably at<br />
Brookley Field<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1024 NG39-111 15Jan40 108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Illinois National<br />
Guard, Chicago,<br />
IL 18Jan40.<br />
Acc. 23Dec41 at<br />
Chicago<br />
Municipal<br />
Airport, IL, 2LT<br />
Rodman L.<br />
Crawford,<br />
collided with a<br />
truck while<br />
landing. Rep.<br />
PROJECT<br />
MERCURY<br />
(Panama)<br />
19Jan42 (Howard<br />
Field, CZ)<br />
Rio Hato, RdeP<br />
Ponce Field, PR<br />
4 th Recon Squadron,<br />
Losey Field, PR<br />
9Oct42. Acc.<br />
30Sep43 there,<br />
George M. Ries, LAC.<br />
Condemned and<br />
salvaged BARN FEA<br />
10Jan46<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1025 NG39-112 18Jan40 113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Indiana National<br />
Guard,<br />
Indianapolis, IN<br />
24Jan40.<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan42<br />
MacDill Field, FL<br />
4Feb42<br />
384 th Bomb<br />
Squadron, 311 th Dive<br />
Bomb Group,<br />
Waycross, GA<br />
14Nov42.<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
26Jan41<br />
Acc. 4Sep41 at<br />
Lafayette Field,<br />
LA, 2LT Emmit<br />
C. Gravitt,<br />
landing gear<br />
collapsed on<br />
takeoff. Rep.<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
4Feb42<br />
Camp Shelby, MS<br />
12Jun42<br />
Stinson Act.<br />
3Jul42<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
17Feb43<br />
Waycross, GA<br />
26Feb43. Acc.<br />
11Apr43 there, 2LT<br />
Harold Paige, TAC.<br />
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MacDill Field,<br />
FL 17Dec41<br />
SAAD 26Dec41<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
10Aug42. Acc.<br />
5Sep42 at<br />
Shreveport<br />
Municipal<br />
Airport, LA, 2LT<br />
David W.<br />
Allerdice, TOAEF.<br />
Rep.<br />
Barksdale Field,<br />
LA 8Sep42<br />
100 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Smyrna, TN 28Jul43<br />
To RFC 16Dec44 at<br />
McKellar Field, TN as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B. Sold to<br />
NC73722. Registered<br />
to Condor Aviation,<br />
Tulsa, OK. To XB-<br />
YUW. To USAF<br />
Museum but<br />
displayed as “37-<br />
328”<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
16Nov42<br />
113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
DeRidder Field,<br />
LA<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1026 NG39-113 15Jan40 107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
National Guard,<br />
Lansing, MI<br />
19Jan40<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Nov40<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
20Jan42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
31Jan42<br />
Geiger Field, WA<br />
24Mar42<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
6Jul42.<br />
Acc. 3May43.<br />
Departed Louisville,<br />
KY for Lawson Field,<br />
GA, reported missing<br />
5 hours after fuel<br />
exhausted.<br />
[apparently was<br />
found, as following<br />
entries were on<br />
IAHC]. Lawson Field<br />
11May43<br />
16 th Photo Squadron,<br />
1 st Photo Charting<br />
Group, Bolling Field,<br />
DC 20May43<br />
Olmstead Field<br />
27May43<br />
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Bolling Field, DC<br />
29May43<br />
Roanoke, VA 1Jun43<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
4Jun43<br />
343 rd Sub-Depot,<br />
New Castle AAB, DE<br />
22Oct43.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1027 NG39-114 17Jan40 109 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Minnesota<br />
National Guard,<br />
St. Paul, MN<br />
24Jan40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1028 NG39-115 17Jan40 110 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Missouri<br />
National Guard,<br />
Robertson, MO<br />
25Jan40<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
27Feb41<br />
SAD 21Dec41<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
3Jan41<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>B,<br />
McKellar Field, TN<br />
after 12Apr44<br />
PROJECT X (Fifth Air<br />
Force, Australia)<br />
15Jan42<br />
21 st TCS<br />
Condemned, SUMAC,<br />
accident, 29Mar44<br />
Salinas, CA 5Jan42<br />
C-4A windlass<br />
installed 6Jul42<br />
Rice, CA 24Aug42<br />
March Field, CA<br />
15Oct42<br />
Salinas, CA 21Oct42<br />
77 th Obs. Group, San<br />
Antonio, TX 9Feb43<br />
Abilene, TX 10Apr43<br />
Camp Barkley, TX<br />
17Apr43<br />
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Abilene, TX 21Apr43<br />
Camp Barkley, TX<br />
2May43<br />
Wills Rogers Airport,<br />
Oklahoma City, OK<br />
31May43<br />
Cox, TX 5Jun43<br />
Abilene, TX 7Jun43<br />
HHS, Brookley Field,<br />
AL 14Jan44. No final<br />
disposition cited on<br />
IAHC, 1528:20tt<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1029 NG39-116 17Jan40 104 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Maryland<br />
National Guard,<br />
Baltimore, MD<br />
25Jan40<br />
Frederick, MD<br />
11Jun41. Acc.<br />
21Jul41 at Logan<br />
Field, Boston,<br />
MA, 2LT R. G.<br />
Darelus, applied<br />
brakes too hard.<br />
Rep.<br />
SAC.D. 4Jan42<br />
PROJECT X/SUMAC<br />
15Jan42 (Fifth Air<br />
Force, Australia)<br />
Condemned Fifth Air<br />
Force 27Mar44<br />
MAD 26Dec41<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1030 NG39-117 17Jan40 112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard 2Feb40<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
2Dec40. Acc.<br />
11Sep41 3 miles<br />
NW of<br />
Albermarle, NC,<br />
Hillsgrove, RI<br />
5Apr42<br />
Hyannis, mA<br />
7Jul42<br />
Manchester, NH<br />
30Oct42<br />
518 th Bomb<br />
Squadron, Grenier<br />
Field, NH 31Jan43<br />
3 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis, NC 21Feb43.<br />
Acc. 4Mar43 at Pope<br />
Field, NC, CPT<br />
James P. Warren,<br />
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2LT Claude<br />
Sledd, Jr. Rep.<br />
MAD 25Sep40<br />
landing gear<br />
collapsed on landing.<br />
Rep.<br />
3 rd Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Camp<br />
Davis, NC. Acc.<br />
6Aug43 there, WASP<br />
Elsie E. Dyer,<br />
collided with<br />
Douglas A-24A 42-<br />
6692, TACGC. To<br />
RFC Oct44 at<br />
McKellar Field, TN.<br />
Registered as<br />
NC73721 to Aero<br />
Exploration Co.,<br />
Tulsa, OK 10Nov<strong>47</strong>.<br />
Canc. 10May49<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1031 NG39-118 25Jan40 105 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Tennessee<br />
National Guard,<br />
29Jan40<br />
Columbia, SC<br />
3Oct40<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
21Aug41<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
14Jan42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
13Feb42<br />
Wright Field, OH<br />
13Apr42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
23Apr42<br />
Greenville Sub-<br />
Depot, MS 6Jul42<br />
Salinas, CA 28Apr43<br />
Esler Field, LA<br />
1May43. Acc.<br />
17Jun43 2 nd Air<br />
Force area, Home<br />
Station 8540,<br />
location of accident<br />
85-439, Donald O.<br />
Castle, major injuries<br />
to all three crew.<br />
Salvaged as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
at Fort Worth, TX<br />
after 20Oct43<br />
However, the<br />
USAFHRA Accident<br />
Index Cards show<br />
39-118 as suffering<br />
an accident 21Apr44<br />
at old Biggs Field, TX<br />
while being handled<br />
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Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
21Aug42<br />
by Corporal John A/<br />
Hoeniger, cited as<br />
type RO-<strong>47</strong>B!<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1032 NG39-119 26Jan40 111 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Texas National<br />
Guard, Houston,<br />
TX 26Jan40<br />
Brownwood, TX<br />
12Jan41<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
7Mar42<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
30May42<br />
Camp Forrest<br />
10Jun42<br />
30 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
75 th Obs.Group,<br />
Bowman AP,<br />
Louisville, KY<br />
26Aug42. Acc.<br />
22Sep42 at Key<br />
Field, MS 2LT J.<br />
H. Bradley, LAC.<br />
Rep.<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
23Sep42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
2Nov42<br />
Tarrant 21Nov42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
5Dec42<br />
Gulfport, MS 5Mar43<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
12May43<br />
Materiel Command,<br />
Wright Field, OH<br />
13Mar43.<br />
10 th Tow Target<br />
Squadron, Baltimore,<br />
MD 13May43<br />
Wright Field, Materiel<br />
Command 16May43<br />
Acc. 5Nov43 there,<br />
MAJ Orville E.<br />
Mohler, TACNU. To<br />
RFC 22Sep44 at<br />
McKellar Field, TN.<br />
Regt as NC73718,<br />
Aero Exploration Co.,<br />
Tulsa, OK 10Nov<strong>47</strong>.<br />
Canc. 10May49<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1033 NG39-120 31Jan40 116 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
9Feb40<br />
Oakland, CA<br />
9Dec40<br />
116 th Obs.Sqdn., 70 th<br />
Obs.Group, McChord<br />
8Apr42. Acc. 8Apr42<br />
at Gray Field, WA,<br />
CPT Roland C.<br />
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NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1034 NG39-121 31Jan40 106 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Alabama<br />
National Guard,<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
8Feb40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1035 NG39-122 29Jan40 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard<br />
31Jan40<br />
Hamilton Field,<br />
CA 7Oct41 (on<br />
loan)<br />
Gray Field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
14Dec41<br />
(returned from<br />
loan)<br />
Miami, FL<br />
15Jan42. Acc.<br />
14Mar42 North of<br />
Fort Lauderdale,<br />
FL, forced<br />
landing on beach.<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41<br />
Campbell, engine<br />
failure on take-off.<br />
Surveyed 30Apr42<br />
and to Class 26<br />
Geiger Field,<br />
Spokane, WA<br />
26May42<br />
To Class 26 8Jun42<br />
at Palm beach, FL<br />
1279:10TT<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
6Jan42<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 1Jun42(?)<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 28Jul42<br />
Shreveport, LA<br />
26Sep42<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 7Oct42<br />
Baton Rouge, LA<br />
14Nov42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
3Jan43<br />
Laurel, MS 16Mar43<br />
DeRidder, LA 7Apr43<br />
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NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1036 NG39-123 31Jan40 108 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn., Illinois<br />
National Guard,<br />
Rockford, IL<br />
2Feb40<br />
HQS, 2 nd Army,<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
17Oct41 (on<br />
loan). Acc.<br />
28Nov41 at CAA<br />
Site No.60, Rolla,<br />
MO 2LT Hubert J.<br />
Routzong. Takeoff<br />
accident from<br />
muddy field.<br />
313 th Air Base<br />
Squadron, 100 th Sub-<br />
Depot, Smyrna AAF,<br />
TN 11Oct43. Acc.<br />
27Apr44 at Joliet, IL,<br />
1LT Aaron R.<br />
LaReau, LAC. Cited<br />
as type RO-<strong>47</strong>B. To<br />
RFC 30Aug44 as RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>B, Jackson, MS.<br />
Registered as<br />
NC73714 Aero<br />
Exploration Co.,<br />
Tulsa, OK<br />
Fairfield, OH<br />
28Jan42<br />
Memphis, TN 5Feb42<br />
Selfridge Field, MI<br />
24Apr42<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
16May42<br />
Scott Field, IL<br />
4Dec41.<br />
Camp Edwards, MA<br />
3Dec42<br />
Westover Field, MA<br />
3Jun43<br />
New Castle Ferry, DE<br />
19Jun43<br />
Barksdale Field, LA<br />
12Jul43<br />
Shreveport, LA<br />
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Laurel, MS 4Aug43<br />
Esler Field, LA<br />
14Aug43<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1037 NG39-124 29Jan40 113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Indiana National<br />
Guard,<br />
Indianapolis, IN<br />
1Feb40<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
28Jan41<br />
MacDill Field, FL<br />
17Dec41<br />
4121 st BAS, Kelly<br />
Field, TX Salvaged<br />
there as RO-<strong>47</strong>B no<br />
date cited and one<br />
source cites the date<br />
as 9Jun<strong>47</strong>!<br />
Brooks Field, TX<br />
31Jan43<br />
Dodd Field, TX<br />
5Feb43<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
4Feb42. Acc.<br />
6Jun42 75 miles<br />
S-SW of New<br />
Orleans, LA, LTC<br />
R. W. Stewart,<br />
bird hit<br />
windscreen and<br />
broke it. Rep.<br />
Camp Shelby, MS<br />
23Jun42<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
Stinson Airc.,<br />
3Jul42. C-4<br />
windlass<br />
installed 23Jul42<br />
Abilene AAB, TX<br />
10Apr43.<br />
Camp Barkley, TX<br />
15Apr43<br />
Abilene AAB, TX<br />
1May43<br />
Cox AAF, TX<br />
17May43<br />
77 th Recon Group,<br />
Abilene AAB, TX<br />
7Jun43 Acc. 7Jun43<br />
10 miles N of Prague,<br />
OK, 1LT Clarence L.<br />
Odum, FLEF. Rep.<br />
SAAD 18Jul42<br />
Stinson Aircraft<br />
1Aug42<br />
Tinker Field, OK<br />
10Jun43. Last report<br />
awaiting survey at<br />
Tinker 11Jul43<br />
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DeRidder, LA<br />
29Jul42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
22Sep42<br />
Alamogordo, NM<br />
30Sep42<br />
Dodd Field, TX<br />
30Oct42<br />
DeRidder, LA<br />
8Dec42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1038 NG39-125 31Jan40 107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
National Guard<br />
2Feb40<br />
Dodd Field, TX<br />
12Dec42<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Nov40<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
17Jan42<br />
MERCURY (Panama)<br />
20Jan42<br />
(rescinded?)<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 5Feb42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
28Feb42<br />
Atlanta, GA 30May42<br />
Camp Forrest 7Jul42<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
18Jul42<br />
Will Rogers Field,<br />
Oklahoma City, OK<br />
2May43<br />
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Morris Field 29May43<br />
<strong>47</strong>8 th BAS, Patterson<br />
Field, OH 14Feb44<br />
To WAA probably at<br />
McKellar Field, TN as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B (date not<br />
noted) and<br />
registered as NC-<br />
73507 Truck & Auto<br />
Sales Co., St. Louis,<br />
MO 21Nov46, Canc.<br />
10May49<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1039 NG39-126 31Jan40 109 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Minnesota<br />
National Guard,<br />
Little Falls, MN<br />
31Jan40<br />
Surveyed 10Jan42,<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
Esler Field, LA.<br />
Acc. 16Nov41<br />
two miles NE of<br />
Ellerse, NC, 1LT<br />
Carlyle J.<br />
Morey, FLEFDF,<br />
complete<br />
engine failure.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1040 NG39-127 31Jan40 110th<br />
Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Missouri<br />
National Guard,<br />
Robertson, MO<br />
5Feb40<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
3Jan41<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
16Dec41<br />
Rice, CA<br />
24Aug42<br />
March Field, CA<br />
15Oct42<br />
Salinas, CA 30Mar43<br />
Estrella Field, CA<br />
20May43<br />
Salinas, CA 29Jul43<br />
60 th Air Base<br />
Squadron, Stockton<br />
Field, CA. Coded K-<br />
55 and named<br />
“Vanciel Special”<br />
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Salinas, CA<br />
23Oct42<br />
Muroc, CA<br />
12Nov42<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
21Nov42<br />
Gray Field, Fort<br />
Lewis, WA<br />
25Dec42<br />
Acc. 15Jan44 there,<br />
MAJ Jack J.<br />
Spielberg, GAC.<br />
Cited as type RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>B. To RFC/DPC as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B 30Aug44.<br />
Rgt. as NC73683 to<br />
Dugo Herman, St.<br />
Louis, MO 28Oct<strong>47</strong>.<br />
Canc. 10May49<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1041 NG39-128 31Jan40 112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard,<br />
Columbus, OH<br />
8Feb40<br />
Columbia SC<br />
10May41 (on<br />
loan)<br />
Pope Field, NC<br />
25Jun41<br />
(returned from<br />
loan)<br />
112 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
65 th Obs.Group,<br />
Dover, DE<br />
1Jan42. Acc.<br />
12Jan42 on the<br />
beach one-mile<br />
South of Ocean<br />
City, MD, 2Lt<br />
George S.<br />
Twiggs, FLEF.<br />
Alighted on a<br />
sandbar<br />
Surveyed 17Mar42<br />
Dover, DE<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1042 NG39-129 31Jan40 116 th Obs.<br />
Sqdn.,<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
6Feb40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1043 NG39-130 12Feb40 106 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Alabama<br />
Yakima WA<br />
12Mar42<br />
70 th Obs.Group,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA<br />
19Mar42<br />
Miami, FL<br />
13Jan42<br />
Yakima, WA 31Jan43<br />
70 th Obs.Group,<br />
Camp Fiske 17feb43<br />
116 th Obs.Sqdn., 70 th<br />
Obs.Group, Corvallis,<br />
OR 10Mar43. Acc.<br />
19Mar43 there, 2LT<br />
Thomas H. Lang,<br />
LACGL. To Class 26<br />
at Portland, OR<br />
4May43<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
19Mar43<br />
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National Guard,<br />
Montgomery, AL<br />
14Feb40. Acc.<br />
25Jun40<br />
Atlanta, GA,<br />
nosed up while<br />
taxiing. Prop<br />
damaged. Rep.<br />
66 th Obs.Group,<br />
Jacksonville, FL<br />
24Mar42<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
3Jun42<br />
13 th Tow Target<br />
Sqdn., Langley Field,<br />
VA 21Mar43<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
13Jun43<br />
Fort Dix, NJ<br />
7Nov42<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
15Jun43<br />
104 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
Atlantic City, NJ<br />
26Nov42<br />
Bolling Field, DC<br />
22Jun43<br />
12 th ASRON,<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
26Dec42<br />
Langley Field, VA<br />
23Jun43<br />
140 th BAS, Baltimore,<br />
MD<br />
To RFC as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
19May45 but<br />
scrapped<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1044 NG39-131 15Feb40 154 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Arkansas<br />
National Guard,<br />
Little Rock, AR<br />
19Feb40<br />
SAAD 6Feb41<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 6May41<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 24Jan42<br />
SAAD 24Jan42<br />
Post Field, Fort<br />
Sill, OK 3Oct40.<br />
Acc. 16Jan41 at<br />
Paris, TX, 1LT<br />
Luther M.<br />
Bivins, forced<br />
landing due to<br />
bad weather.<br />
Rep.<br />
Eglin Field, FL<br />
15Dec41<br />
Biggs Field, Fort<br />
Bliss, TX 3Feb42<br />
Camp Beauregard,<br />
LA 22Jul42<br />
Baton Rouge, LA<br />
14Nov42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
31Jan43<br />
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NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1045 NG39-132 19Feb40 108 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Illinois National<br />
Guard,<br />
Rockford, IL<br />
22Deb40<br />
MERCURY<br />
(Panama)<br />
20Jan42, Howard<br />
Field, CZ<br />
Rio Hato, RdeP<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
30Jun43. Cr. 5Aug43<br />
three miles SW of<br />
Haynesville, LA, CPT<br />
Herman W. Brann,<br />
CREF. To Class 26 at<br />
8 th Sub-Depot,<br />
Barksdale Field, LA<br />
12Aug43<br />
Ponce Field, PR.<br />
Assigned to 4 th<br />
Tactical<br />
Reconnaissance<br />
Squadron (SP) as<br />
Tactical Number 18<br />
at Vega Baja, PR by<br />
1944.<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1046 NG39-133 18Feb40 113 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Indiana National<br />
Guard,<br />
Indianapolis, IN<br />
22Feb40<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
22Jan41<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
26Jul41 (on loan)<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
19Jun41<br />
(returned from<br />
loan)<br />
PRAD. To FEA and<br />
salvaged, BARN (PR)<br />
10Jan46<br />
113 th Obs.Sqdn., 66 th<br />
Obs.Group, MacDill<br />
Field, FL 17Dec41.<br />
Acc. 12Jan42 at<br />
MacDill, 2LT Emmett<br />
C. Gravitt, ground<br />
looped after landing.<br />
Rep.<br />
Meridian, MS<br />
29Jan42<br />
New Orleans, LA<br />
4Feb42<br />
Camp Shelby, MS<br />
21Jun42<br />
77 th Obs.Group,<br />
Stinson Airc., 3Jul42<br />
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Natchitoches<br />
10Aug42<br />
DeRidder, LA 3Sep42<br />
Alamogordo NM<br />
30Sep42<br />
Colorado Springs, CO<br />
22Oct42<br />
Dodd Field, TX<br />
9Nov42<br />
DeRidder, LA<br />
26Nov42<br />
Dodd Field, TX<br />
12Dec42<br />
Abilene, TX 2Jul43<br />
4139 th BAS,<br />
Birmingham, AL as<br />
RO-<strong>47</strong>B 2Aug44. To<br />
RFC/DPC as RO-<strong>47</strong>B<br />
Bush Field, Augusta,<br />
GA 13Mar45<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-10<strong>47</strong> NG39-134 19Feb40 107 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
Michigan<br />
National Guard,<br />
Lansing, MI<br />
21Feb40<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
4Nov40<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
20Jan42<br />
Esler Field, LA.<br />
Acc. 12Feb42<br />
approximately 10<br />
miles South East<br />
of Esler Field<br />
near Big Island,<br />
Rapids Parish,<br />
LA, 2LT James J.<br />
Armstrong on a<br />
Barksdale Field, LA<br />
Surveyed 1Apr42<br />
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night navigation<br />
training flight.<br />
Crew of three all<br />
bailed out<br />
successfully.<br />
Engine failure<br />
due to runaway<br />
prop.<br />
Remains<br />
Administratively<br />
assigned to<br />
Camp<br />
Beauregard, LA<br />
13Feb42<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1048 NG39-135 15Feb40 Initially<br />
assigned to the<br />
Minnesota<br />
National Guard,<br />
Little Falls, MN.<br />
This was<br />
changed 1Feb40<br />
to go to:<br />
Oakland, CA<br />
24Nov41<br />
Hamilton Field, CA<br />
31Jan43<br />
Desert Center, Rice,<br />
CA 16May43<br />
Victorville, CA<br />
19Mar43<br />
115 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
California<br />
National Guard,<br />
Paso Robles, CA<br />
15Feb40<br />
Rice, CA 24May43<br />
Tempe, AZ 3Jun43<br />
Blythe, CA 17Jul43.<br />
To Class 26 Dec43<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1049 NG39-136 26Feb40 Initially<br />
assigned to the<br />
Missouri<br />
National Guard,<br />
Jefferson City,<br />
MO. This was<br />
changed 1Feb40<br />
to go to:<br />
115 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
California<br />
Morrow Field,<br />
San Bernardino,<br />
CA 21Jan42<br />
69 th Obs.Group,<br />
115 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
1 st ASC,<br />
Observation<br />
Airdrome<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
1Jun42. Acc.<br />
SAASC, ASC, Kelly<br />
Field, TX. Acc.<br />
14Dec43 at Memphis<br />
Municipal Airport,<br />
TN, MAJ George R.<br />
Herrman, LACGL.<br />
Cited as type RO-<br />
<strong>47</strong>B.<br />
One source claims<br />
the aircraft went to<br />
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National Guard,<br />
Paso Robles, CA<br />
26Feb40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1050 NG39-137 29Feb40 Initially<br />
assigned to the<br />
Ohio National<br />
Guard,<br />
Columbus, OH.<br />
This was<br />
changed 1Feb40<br />
to go to:<br />
115 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
California<br />
National Guard,<br />
Paso Robles, CA<br />
29Feb40<br />
NA-51 O-<strong>47</strong>B 51-1051 NG39-138 20Feb40 Initially<br />
assigned to the<br />
Washington<br />
National Guard,<br />
Fort Lewis, WA.<br />
This was<br />
changed 1Feb40<br />
to go to:<br />
115 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
California<br />
National Guard,<br />
Paso Robles, CA<br />
29Feb40<br />
15Aug42 at<br />
Ontario, SGT<br />
Russel Weckel,<br />
TACNU. Rep.<br />
Morrow Field,<br />
San Bernardino,<br />
CA 21Jan42<br />
10 th Obs. Sqdn.,<br />
69 th Obs.Group,<br />
Ontario Municipal<br />
Airport, CA<br />
1Jun42<br />
Rice, CA<br />
11Sep42 (on<br />
loan)<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
17Oct42<br />
Morrow Field,<br />
San Bernardino,<br />
CA 14Jan42<br />
10 th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
69 th Obs. Group,<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
(school)<br />
March Field, CA<br />
12Jun42<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
10Sep42<br />
Class 26 at Stuttgart,<br />
AR 31Dec43 but no<br />
indication on IAHC<br />
Laurel AAB, MS<br />
7Nov42. Acc.<br />
14Jan43 at Laurel<br />
AAB, 2LT Ernest R.<br />
Blakesley, TAC. Rep.<br />
115th Obs.Sqdn.,<br />
69 th Obs.Group,<br />
Laurel AAB, MS. Acc.<br />
13Mar43 14 miles E<br />
of Laurel off highway<br />
84, MS, 2LT John K.<br />
White, KCR/MACOB.<br />
To Class 26, HHS<br />
323 rd Sub-Depot,<br />
Stuttgart, AR<br />
115 th Obs.Sqdn., 69 th<br />
Obs.Group, Laurel<br />
AAB, MS 12Feb42.<br />
Acc. 21Mar43 there,<br />
1LT John D. Reid,<br />
TAC. Rep.<br />
10 th Recon<br />
Squadron, 69h Recon<br />
Group, Esler Field,<br />
LA 6Apr43. Acc.<br />
7Aug43 at DeRidder<br />
AAB, LA, 2LT William<br />
O. Cannon, LACGLMF<br />
Salinas, CA<br />
16Oct42<br />
Ontario, CA<br />
2Nov42<br />
DeRidder, LA<br />
10Aug43 To Class 26<br />
there 28Aug43<br />
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Laurel, MS<br />
11Nov42<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
3Dec42<br />
Laurel, MS<br />
8Dec42<br />
Atlanta, GA<br />
24Dec42<br />
Warner-Robins<br />
AD 31Dec42<br />
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