O-47 Additional Material

NORTH AMERICAN O-47 OPERATING UNITS 

HQS, National Guard Bureau 

HQS, 5 th ASC 

Bolling Field, DC 

New Orleans AAB, LA 

HQS, 2 nd Army 

Memphis, TN 

4 th Army San Francisco, CA 

3 rd Corps Logan Field, Dundalk, MD 

6 th Corps Area, Air Corps 

Chicago, IL 

Detachment 

8 th Corps Area, Air Corps 

Biggs Field, Fort Bliss, TX 

Detachment 

1 st Coast Artillery, Air Corps 

Boston, MA 

Detachment 

1 st Photo Mapping Group 

3 rd Bomb Group (L) Fifth Air Force, Australia 

6 th Ferry Group Long Beach, CA 

12 th Observation Group 

16 th Service Group, 16HQ Sixth Air Force/Caribbean 

19 th Bomb Group Fifth Air Force, Australia 


49 th Fighter Group Fifth Air Force, Australia 






69 th Observation Group San Bernardino, CA 


70 th Tactical Recon Group 

71 st Observation Group 

72 nd Observation Group Sixth Air Force/Caribbean 

73 rd Observation Group 


75 th Reconnaissance Group 


77 th Observation/Tactical Recon 

Group 

77 th Tactical Recon Group 

363 rd Recon Group Gainesville, TX 

470 th Base Group Pendleton, OR 

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11 th Sub-Depot Blythe AAB, CA 

52 nd Sub-Depot SBASC 

322 nd Sub-Depot DeRidder AAB, LA 

330 th Sub-Depot SBASC 

337 th Sub-Depot Portland AB, OR 

1 st EEL Squadron, Ground Forces New Bedford CG Station, MA 

1 st Observation Squadron Marshall Field, Fort Riley, KS; Sixth 

Air Force/Caribbean 

1 st Tow Target Squadron Otis Field, MA 

2 nd Ferry Squadron Wilmington NCAAB, NC 

2 nd Tow Target Squadron Olmstead Field, PA; Mitchel Field, 

NY 

3 rd Composite Squadron Pope Field, NC/Lawson Field, GA 

3 rd Observation Squadron Langley Field, VA/Myrtle Beach, SC; 

Camp Coole, CA 

3 rd Tactical Recon Squadron Langley Field, VA/Camp Coole, CA 

3 rd Tow Target Squadron Third AF, 1 st ASPTC, Camp Davis, NC 

4 th Observation Squadron Sixth Air Force Panama 

4 th Tactical Recon Squadron Losey Field, PR, Sixth Air Force 

Panama 

4 th Tow Target Squadron Hunter Field, Savannah, GA 

5 th Tow Target Squadron Palacios Municipal Airport, TX 

6 th Tow Target Squadron Third AF, 2 nd ASC, Biggs Field, Fort 

Bliss, TX 

7 th Ferry Squadron ACFC, Seattle, WA 

7 th Observation Squadron (Sp) Lawson Field, GA/Pope Field, NC 

7 th Recon Squadron Pope Field, NC/Lawson Field, GA 

8 th Observation Squadron Langley Field, VA; Camp Davis, NC 

9 th Observation Squadron (M) New Jersey NG, Fort Dix, NJ 

9 th Tow Target Squadron Chicago MAP, IL 

10 th Observation Squadron San Bernardino, CA 

10 th Tow Target Squadron Baltimore AAB, MD; Langley Field, 

VA 

10 th Tactical Recon Squadron San Bernardino, CA 

11 th Antisubmarine Squadron Ft. Dix, NJ 

12 th Antisubmarine Squadron Atlantic City, NJ 

12 th Observation Squadron Post Field, OK, Fort Sill, OK’ 

Godman Field, Fort Knox, KY 

12 th Tactical Recon Squadron Post Field, OK 

13 th Antisubmarine Squadron Grenier Field, NH 

13 th Bomb Squadron, 34 th Bomb 

Barksdale Field, LA 

Group 

13 th Tow Target Squadron Langley Field, VA 

14 th Antisubmarine Squadron Sixth Air Force/Caribbean 

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14 th Tow Target Squadron Pope Field, NC; Camp Davis, NC 

15 th Antisubmarine Squadron Jacksonville, FL 

15 th Observation Squadron Scott Field, IL; Post Field, Fort Sill, 

15 th Tactical Recon Squadron 

OK 

16 th Observation Squadron Godman Field, Fort Knox, KY; Pope 

Field, Fort Bragg, NC; Flight “B” 

Lawson Field, Fort Benning, GA 

16 th Photo Squadron, 1 st Mapping 


Group 


17 th Observation Squadron 

Salinas, CA 


18 th Observation Squadron (Became 520 th Bomb Squadron) 

18 th Tactical Recon Squadron Dover, DE, Langley, VA, Pope NC 

21 st Air Base Squadron Lowry Field, CO 

21 st Antisubmarine Squadron, 26 th 

AWIG 

Gulf Task Force, New Orleans AAB, 

LA 

21 st Recon Squadron (Bomber) Langley Field, VA 

21 st Tactical Recon Squadron Langley Field, VA 

21 st Troop Carrier Squadron Fifth Air Force, Archerfield, 

Australia 

22 nd Observation Squadron Brooks Field, TX; DeRidder, LA 

22 nd Tactical Recon squadron DeRidder, LA 

23 rd Observation Squadron 76 th Observation Group, Pope Field, 

NC 

23 rd Tactical Recon Squadron Unknown 

23 rd Tow Target Squadron Sixth Air Force/Canal Zone 

24 th Observation Squadron Pope Field, NC 

25 th Observation Squadron Salinas, CA/Esler Field, CA; Abilene 

AAB, TX 

25 th Liaison Squadron Salinas, CA/Esler Field, CA 

26 th Observation Squadron Gray Field, WA 

26 th Tactical Recon Squadron Gray Field, WA; Redmond, WA (or 

OR?) 

27 th Observation Squadron Godman Field, KY 

27 th Tactical Recon Squadron Godman Field, KY; Abilene, TX 

28 th Observation Squadron Godman Field, KY 

30 th Observation Squadron Bowman Field, Louisville, KY; 

Tullahoma, TN/Key Field, MS 

30 th Tactical Recon Squadron Tullahoma, TN/Key Field, MS 

31 st Observation Squadron Ontario, CA/DeRidder, LA 

31 st Tactical Recon Squadron Ontario, CA/DeRidder, LA 

32 nd Photo Recon Squadron Gainesville, TX 

32 nd Tactical Recon Squadron 

34 th Photo Recon Squadron Wisconsin NG 

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35 th Photo Recon Squadron Oregon NG, Redmond, OR 


36 th Observation Squadron 

36 th Photo Recon Squadron 

Gray Field, Fort Lewis, WA; 

Godman Field, KY 

36 th SS, 31 st SG Herbert Smart Field, GA 


37 th Photo Recon Squadron Rhode Island NG 


39 th Observation Squadron Sixth Air Force Panama 

39 th Photo Recon Squadron Otis Field, MA 

40 th Photo Recon Squadron National Guard 


41 st Photo Recon Squadron Sixth Air Force (formerly 1 st 

Observation Squadron) 

41 st Tactical Recon squadron 

43 rd Tactical Recon Squadron Hawaii 

47 th ABS Salinas, Ecuador, Sixth Air Force 


Keesler Field, MS 

Group 

60 th ABS Stokton Field, CA 

82 nd Observation Squadron 12 th Observation Group, Salinas, 

CA; Moffett Field, CA 

82 nd Tactical Recon Squadron Salinas, CA 

86 th Observation Squadron (C&D) Hawaii 

86 th Combat Mapping Squadron Maxwell Field AL 

91 st Observation Squadron Tullahoma, TN/Wheeler-Sack Field 

NY; Pine Camp, NC 

91 st Recon Squadron Tullahoma, TN/Wheeler-Sack Field, 

NY 

91 st School Squadron Maxwell Field, AL 

92 nd Air Base Squadron Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC 

97 th Observation Squadron Mitchel Field, NY; Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, GA 

97 th Tactical Recon Squadron Lawson Field, GA 

100 th Bomb Squadron ? 

101 st Observation Squadron Mass. NG, /Camp Edwards/Otis 

Field, MA 

101 st Tactical Recon Squadron East Boston, MA 

101 st Bomb Photo Squadron Sixth Air Force Panama 

102 nd Observation Squadron New York NG, Miller Field, NY; 

Alabama NG (?) or New Jersey NG, 

Newark Airport, NJ?/Reilly Field, Ft. 

McClellan, AL; Laurel AAB, MS 

102 nd Tactical Recon Squadron Ft. McClellan, AL 

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103 rd Observation Squadron Pennsylvania National Guard, 

Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA 

104 th Observation Squadron Maryland NG, Detrick Field, 

Frederick, MD 

105 th Observation Squadron South Carolina NG or Tennessee 

NG, Berry Field, TN?, Columbia 

AAB, SC 

105 th Recon Squadron Columbia, SC 

106 th Observation Squadron Alabama NG, Birmingham MAP, AL; 

Miami Airport, FL; Sixth Air Force, 

Panama? 

107 th Observation Squadron Louisiana National Guard, Camp 

Beauregard, LA or Michigan NG, 

Romulus, MI? Esler Field, LA; 

Charleston, SC; Alexandria, LA 

107 th Tactical Recon Squadron National guard 

108 th Observation Squadron (Sp) Illinois NG, Chicago, IL; 72 nd 

Observation Group, Sixth Air Force 

Panama 

108 th Recon Squadron Sixth Air Force Panama 

109 th Observation Squadron Minnesota NG, Minneapolis-St. 

Paul, MN/Louisiana NG, Camp 

Beauregard, LA?, Esler AAF, LA 

109 th Tactical Recon Squadron Savannah AAF, GA; Camp 

Beauregard, LA 

110 th Observation Squadron Missouri NG/Arkansas NG (?), 

Adams Field, Little Rock, AR; Salinas 

AAB, CA; Rice AAF, CA 

110 th Tactical Recon Squadron National Guard 

11 th Air Base Unit Langley Field, VA 

111 th Observation Squadron Texas National Guard, Brownwood 

MAP, TX 

111 th Tactical Recon Squadron National Guard 

112 th Observation Squadron Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC /Ohio NG 

(?), Cleveland, OH; Dover, DE; 

Georgetown, SC; Lantana, FL; 

Columbia, SC 

112 th Liaison Squadron Ohio NG 

113 th Observation Squadron Key Field, Meridian, MS /Indiana 

NG; DeRidder, LA; McDill Field, FL; 

Stout Field, IN. 

113 th Tactical Recon Squadron Indiana NG 

114 th Base Unit Chatham Field, Savannah, GA 

115 th Observation Squadron California NG, Paso Robles, CA; 

Ontario, CA 

115 th Liaison Squadron California NG 

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116 th Observation Squadron Washington NG, Gray Field, Fort 

Lewis, WA 

116 th Tactical Recon Squadron Washington NG (?); Corvallis, OR; 

Redmond, OR 

118 th Observation Squadron Connecticut NG, Brainard Field, CT; 

Jacksonville MAP, FL 

118 th Tactical Recon Squadron Connecticut NG 

119 th Observation Squadron New Jersey NG, Newark AP, NJ 

120 th Observation Squadron Colorado NG, Biggs Field, Fort Bliss, 

TX 

120 th Tactical Recon Squadron Colorado NG 

121 st Observation Squadron District of Columbia NG, Columbia 

AAB, SC 

121 st Liaison Squadron District of Columbia NG 

122 nd Observation Squadron 68 th Observation Group, Louisiana 

NG, New Orleans AAB, LA 

123 rd Observation Squadron Oregon NG, Gray Field, Fort Lewis, 

WA; Ontario, CA 

124 th Observation Squadron Iowa NG 

124 th Tactical Recon Squadron Iowa NG 

125 th Observation Squadron Oklahoma NG; Brownwood, TX; 

Abilene, TX 

125 th Liaison Squadron Oklahoma NG; Alamo Field, San 

Antonio, TX 

126 th Observation Squadron Wisconsin NG; Fort Dix, NJ 

127 th Observation Squadron Kansas NG; Hattiesburg, MS 

127 th Liaison Squadron Kansas NG; Northern Field, TN 

128 th Observation Squadron Georgia NG; New Orleans AB, LA 

152 nd Observation Squadron Rhode Island NG, Fort Devens, MA 

153 rd Observation Squadron Mississippi NG, Key Field, Meridian, 

MS; Jacksonville AAB, FL 

153 rd Liaison Squadron Mississippi NG 

154 th Observation Squadron Arkansas NG, Adams Field, Little 

Rock, AR; Post Field, Fort Sill, OK; 

Daniel Field, Augusta, GA 

154 th Weather Recon Squadron Arkansas NG 

215 th Base Unit Pueblo AAB, CO 

235 th Base Unit Biggs Field, Fort Bliss, TX 

313 th ABS Smyrna, TN 

334 th Air Base Squadron Truax Field, WI 

324 th BFTS Minter Field, CA 

334 th School Squadron Tyndall Field, FL 

343 rd Flexible Gunnery Squadron Tyndall Field, FL 

344 th Flexible Gunnery Squadron Tyndall Field, FL 

421 st BAS San Bernardino, CA 

437 th Air Base Squadron Suffolk County AAF, LI, NY 

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Waycross, GA 

Group 

488 th Fighter Squadron New Jersey NG 

489 th Fighter Squadron Maryland NG 

490 th Fighter Squadron New Jersey NG 

508 th Air Base Squadron Alamo Field, San Antonio, TX 

518 th Bomb Squadron, 377 th Bomb Grenier Field, Manchester, NH 

Group 

522 nd Bomb Squadron, 378 th Bomb 

Lantana, FL 

Group 

543 rd School Squadron (Special) Ajo, AZ 

831 st Bomb Squadron Ft. Dix, NJ 

840 th Bomb Squadron Gulf Task Force 

859 th Bomb Squadron Atlantic City, NJ 

863 rd Bomb Squadron Grenier Field, NH 

885 th Bomb Squadron Louisiana NG 

3021 st BAS Las Vegas, NV 

3036 th BAS Yuma, AZ 

4138 th BAS Laurel, MS 

4148 th BAS 

HHS, Technical School 

Chanute Field, IL 

Air Corps Tactical School 

Maxwell Field, AL 

HHS, Sacramento AAF 

Sacramento AAF, CA 

Base Flight, SAASC 

Kelly Field, TX 

1 st Coast Artillery, Air Corps 

Boston, MA 

Detachment 

Air Corps Detachment, Candler 

Atlanta, GA 

Field 

3 rd Corps Area, AAC Detachment Logan Field, Dundalk, MD 

6 th Corps Area, AAC Detachment Chicago, IL 

8 th Corps Area, AAC Detachment Biggs Field, TX 

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North American O-47 Owl Production List 

North 

American 

Charge 

Number 

USAAC 

Designation 

NAA Serial 

Number 

USAAC 

Serial 

Number 

Accepted 

First 

Assignment 

Subsequent 

Assignments 

Subsequent 

Assignments 

and Fate 

GA-15 XO-47 GA-15-1 X-2079, 

AC36-145 

22Dec35 

Wright Field. 

Converted to 

TXO-47 1Feb36. 

Acc. 30Mar36 at 

Brooks Field, 

TX, CPT Leroy 

Hudson, nosed 

up. Rep. 

Retuned to NAA 

17Apr36; Wright 

Field 7Sep36 

Wright Field. Acc. 

2Aug37 at 

Vandalia, OH, 

landing accident, 

1LT Marshall S. 

Roth. Landing 

gear folded 

during landing. 

Cited as XO-47. 

NAA 18Nov37. 

Brooks Field TX 

8Feb39; Maxwell Fld 

AL 1Nov39; HHS, 

Technical School, 

Dept. of Mechanics, 

Chanute Fld, IL 

17Jan40. To Class 

26. Displayed school 

numbers 87 and 101 

while at Chanute. 

Dropped from 

records November 

1940, 566 hours TT 

NA-25 O-47A 25-203 AC37-260 30May38 Flying Branch, 

Wright Field, 

OH. Acc. 

21Jul41 Wayne 

County Apt, 

Romulus, MI, 

Edgar 

Pendleton. Rep. 

Presque Isle, ME 

25Jul42 

Bluie West #1, 

Greenland 12Sep42; 

Bluie West #8 

(Sondrestrom Air 

Base). “Ahoy”. 

Condemned 12Dec42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-204 AC37-261 30May38 Brooks Fld TX 

30May38. 22 th 

Obs.Sqdn. 

(C&A), 12 th Obs. 

Group by 

25Apr39. Acc. 

25Apr39 at 

Lambert Field, 

MO, 2LT Ernest 

S. Holmes, Jr, 

TAC. Rep. Acc. 

3May40 Lufkin 

108 th Obs. Sqdn., 

Chicago AB, IL 

19Dec41 

“Mercury” (Panama) 

20Jan42. C-4 

windlass installed. 

1st Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd 

Obs.Group, Howard 

Field, CZ. Acc. 

France Field, CZ 

6May42, 2LT William 

W. Arnold, LACGL. 

Rep. 

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Airport, TX, 2LT 

John T. Shields, 

landing acc. 

1 st Obs.Sqdn., 6 th 

Bomb Group, Howard 

Field, CZ; Rio Hato, 

RdeP. Acc. 7 or 

17Sep42 two miles E 

of Nuevo Limon, 

RdeP, CPT Ray R. 

Rencher, KCRGC. 

Brooks Fld, TX 

31Dec39 (22 nd Obs. 

Sq.); 

NA-25 O-47A 25-205 AC37-262 12Jun38 97 th Observation 

Squadron 

(C&A), Mitchel 

Fld, NY 12Jun38 

Maine 20Sep39 


19Dec41; 


20Jan42. 

108 th Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd 

Obs.Group. Acc. 

1Mar42 Howard Fld, 

CZ, 2LT Everett F. 

Smith, LACGL. Rep. 



13Apr42 1mi SE of El 

Campana, RdeP, 

collided with 14 th PS 

P-39D 41-6892, 

William N. 

Hendrickson, 

KMACO, 2k, w/o 

Sioux City, IA 6Jan43 

as Class 26 with 

1494 hours TT 

NA-25 O-47A 25-206 AC37-263 1Sep38 HHS, Technical 

School, Chanute 

Fld, IL 1Sep38. 

1 st School 

Squadron by 

3Jun40. Acc. 

3Jun40 at 

Chanute, COL 

Madison Air 

Depot, WI 

13Jun42. 334 th 

Air Base 

Squadron, Truax 

Field, WI. Acc. 

30Dec42 ½ mi. 

NW of Des 

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Davenport 

Johnson, 

landing acc. 

Displayed 

school numbers 

2 (initially) then 

96 

Moines Airport, 

IA, LTC Seward 

W. Hulse, Jr., 

FLMF 

NA-25 O-47A 25-207 AC37-264 1Sep38 Brooks Fld, TX 

(22 nd Obs.Sqdn.) 



19Dec41 


20Jan42, Howard 


1Feb42 Albrook Fld, 

CZ. Rep. Acc. 

22Mar42 Albrook Fld, 

CZ, 1LT Robert W. 

Vanderveld. Rep. 

Demolished 

24Feb43, 1.5 miles 

NE of Camp Paraiso, 

CZ, APO 832, 2LT 

Walter C. Weatherly 

NA-25 O-47A 25-208 AC37-265 2Sep38 Air Corps Det., 

Offutt Fld, NE 

2Sep38 

1 st Obs.Sqdn., 

Marshall Fld., 

Fort Riley, KS 

28Aug40 


20Jan42. Wr. 

23Jan42 at sea nr 

Santa Cruz, Central 

America. Rep. 

Howard Field, CZ, 

Rio Hato, RdeP. Rtnd 

to CONUS as RO- 

47A, McKellar Fld, 

TN RFC 4Sep44 


(3 rd Corps) 

Logan Fld, 

Dundalk, MD 

4Sep38. Acc. 

14Jan41 at 

Logan Fld. Rep. 

Edo Corp., 

15Jul41. To 

Wright Fld. FAD 

29Nov41. 


Panama 13Dec41 

(France Fld) 

Surveyed PAD 

29Sep45 as RO-47A 

to FLC but salvaged 

29Sep45 


Port Columbus, 

OH 9Sep38. 

Godman Fld, Fort 

Knox, KY 

22Jul41 

Acc. 19Sep41 at 

Marshall, TX, 2LT 

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120 th 

Obs.Sqdn., 

Colorado NG. 

Acc. Lowry 

Field, Denver, 

CO 14Feb40, 

2LT Eugene 

Cunningham. 

Landing acc. 

Rep. 

Raymond M. Baldwin, 

destroyed by fire 

NA-25 O-47A 25-211 AC37-268 22Sep38 22 nd Obs.Sqdn., 

12 th Obs.Group, 

Brooks Field, TX 

17Jul38. 

97 th Observation 

Squadron 


Field, NY 

22Sep38. Acc. 

19Oct39 at 

Saragosa, TX, 

2LT William W. 

Holmes, LAC. 

Back at Mitchel 

Field, NY by 

14Dec38 

SAAD, Duncan 

Fld, TX 30Oct39 

Panama 13Jun40 

(France Fld, Rio 

Hato), 39 th Obs.Sqdn. 

Acc. 9Dec40 France 

Fld., CZ, Quinter P. 

Gerhart Rep. Acc. 

2Jun41 at France 

Field, CZ, 1LT Louis 

E. Coira. Rep. Wr. 

100 yards from South 

edge of NS runway, 

France Fld, CZ 

c.28Jun41. Rep. 

1 st Recon Sq (Sp) by 

Nov43. Returned to 

CONUS May44 but 

subsequent fate not 

recorded 

NA-25 O-47A 25-212 AC37-269 9Sep38 Oakland Airport, 

CA 9Sep38 


18Jul39 

152 nd Obs. Sqdn., Ft. 

Devens, MA 7Oct41. 

Tyndall Fld, FL 

25Mar42. 

Condemned 19Jun42 

Survey. Cause 

unknown 

NA-25 O-47A 25-213 AC37-270 4Oct38 97 th Observation 

Squadron 


Fld, NY 4Oct38 

Langley Fld, VA 

24Aug40 

Wr Langley Fld, VA 

17Jul41, Erwin W. 

Huber. Rep. Wr. in 

water off Virginia 

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Beach, VA 11Aug41 

forced landing in 

water, 2LT Adrian I. 

Wilcombe, fatal to 

crew 

NA-25 O-47A 25-214 AC37-271 10Oct38 Boston, MA 

10Oct38, Air 

Corps Det., 1 st 

Coast Artillery 

Commonwealth 

Airport, Boston, 

MA. Detached to 

M.I.T. by 

12Mar42 for 

unspecified 

“experimental” 

work. 

New Bedford CG 

Station, 1 st EEL 

Squadron, Ground 

Forces as RO-47A. 

4148 th BAS as RO- 

47A. 

Reclaimed Rome, NY 

518 th Bomb 

Squadron, 

Grenier Field, NH 

Wr 28Apr43 

Grenier Field, 

Manchester, NH, 

1LT Downey L. 

Thomas, TAC. 

Rep? 

NA-25 O-47A 25-215 AC37-272 4Oct38 Air Corps 

Supply Officer, 


Squadron 




15Jul39, 22 nd 

Obs.Sqdn. 

Marshall, TX 

19Dec41; 


20Jan42. 

108 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Howard Fld, CZ. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-216 AC37-273 4Oct38 Air Corps 



15Jul39, 22 nd 

23 rd Tow Target 

Squadron, 1Nov43. 


Pereira, Colombia, 

1LT Grady F. 

Mathews, Jr., FLoG. 

Surveyed 15Jun44 

SAAD, Duncan Fld, 

TX 7Oct41; 

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Squadron 



Obs.Sqdn. Acc. 

5Sep41 at 

DeQuincy 

Municipal 

Airport, LA, 2LT 

Frederick H. 

Secord 

DeRidder Fld, LA 

16May42; 

Brownwood, TX 

16May42; 

Abilene AAF, TX 

19Jul42; 

Camp Beauregard, 

LA 17Aug42; 

Lake Charles AAB, 

LA 7Dec42; 

This aircraft suffered 

substantial damage 

while being shipped 

by rail flatcar circa 

8Aug45. 

ATSC, 4120 th BAS, 

Freeman Fld, IN and 

set-aside for planned 

USAAF Museum. To 

the Douglas plant, 

Orchard Place, IL 

May 1946. RFC and 

WAA as RO-47A 

14Nov46 

To the National Air 

Museum Collection 

3Jan49 (but see 

AC37-279) 


Candler Fld., 

Atlanta, GA 

27Sep38 (for 

personal use of 

Pope Fld, NC, 

1Aug40; Lawson 

Field 20Oct40 

F.A.D. 10Feb41. 

Surveyed 1Mar41 

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the 

Commanding 

General, 4 th 

Corps Area) 

One source cites 

an accident 

involving this 

aircraft at 

Abbeville, AL 

19Dec40 but the 

IAHC makes no 

mention of this 

nor does any 

accident 

summary at the 

USAFHRA 

NA-25 O-47A 25-218 AC37-275 19Oct38 Air Corps Det.1, 

for personal use 

by the 

Commanding 

General, 6 th 

Corps Area, 

Chicago, IL 

19Oct38 (this 

aircraft was 

originally 

intended for the 

CG of 8 th Corps) 

Scott Fld, IL 

1Aug40, 15 th 

Obs.Sqdn. 

Post Fld, Fort Sill, 

OK, 15 th Obs.Sqdn. 

Wr. 3Jun41 Post 

Field, 2LT Perry H. 

Penn. Rep. Wr 

28Sep41 3.5 miles 

SW of Lawton, OK, 

2LT Ralph A. 

McNabb, 1k. 

Surveyed 

NA-25 O-47A 25-219 AC37-276 18Oct38 Brooks Fld, TX 

18Oct38, 22 nd 

Obs.Sqdn. 

Newark, NJ 

11Aug41 

(temporary loan). 

Returned to 

Brooks Field by 

14Dec38 

1 st Obs. Sqdn., 

Marshall Fld., Fort 

Riley, KS 23Dec41; 


20Jan42 (Howard 

Fld). Salvaged 

25oct45 


18oct38, 22 nd 

Obs.Sqdn., 12 th 


18Oct39 at 

Midland Airport, 

TX, 2LT Ray H. 

Martin, LAC. 

Rep. Acc. 

1 st Obs. Sqdn., 



23Dec41 



Fld). 

1 st Recon Squadron, 

72 nd Recon Group, 

Howard Field, CZ. 

Acc. 31Aug43 at 

Chorrera Field No.1, 

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17Apr41 Camp 

Bullis, TX, Harry 

W. Johnston, 

Jr., hit tree, 

major damage. 

Rep. 

RdeP, Boris P. 

Adamack, LAC. 

Surveyed 15Oct43 

PAD 


18Oct38, 22 nd 

Obs.Sqdn. 

Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY 

8Oct41 


LA 5Mar42; 

Brookley Fld (loan) 

28Apr42; 

Pope Fld, NC 

26Jul42; 

Birmingham, AL 

5Oct42; 

Meridian, MS 

12Oct42; 


17Oct42; 

Warner Robins AD 

19Dec42; 

Otis Fld 30Mar43 

(possibly with the 1 st 

Tow Target 

Squadron); 

Camp Davis 30May43 

Class 26. RFC 

Camden 25Sep45 as 

RO-47A 

NA-25 O-47A 25-222 AC37-279 21Oct38 Air Corps Det., 

for personal use 

of the 

Commanding 

General, 8 th 

March Fld., CA 

31Jan42; 

Biggs Fld, TX 

28Feb42 

Salinas, CA 12Jul42; 

FAD 30Aug42; 

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Corps Area, 

Biggs Fld., Fort 

Bliss, TX 

21Oct38 

NACA Ames 

Aeronautical 

Laboratory, Moffett 

Fld, CA 6Nov42 

(loan) as late as May 

22, 1945 

NA-25 O-47A 25-223 AC37-280 9Dec38 Flight “C,” 12 th 

Obs.Sqdn., Post 

Fld., Fort Sill, 

OK 9Dec38. 

Acc. 16Mar39 2 

miles E of 

Slidell, LA, 2LT 

Norman L. 

Petersen, 

forced landing. 

Rep. 

SAAD 3Apr39; 

Post Fld., Fort 

Sill, OK 

25Jul39; 


Ellington Fld., TX 

15Dec41. C-4 

windlass 

installed 

Class 26 as RO-47A. 

Initially to the USAF 

Museum. To NASM, 

Smithsonian 

Institution, in 

storage. NOTE: Also 

cited as AC37-273 in 

some sources. 

Godman Fld., Fort 

Knox, KY 4Apr42; 

Atlantic City, NJ 

29Apr42; 

Godman Fld 

15May42 (75 th 

Observation Group); 

Ellington Fld, TX 

23Jul42; 

Galveston, TX 

2Aug42; 

New Orleans, LA 

18Sep42; 

Corvallis, OR 

23May43; 

Barksdale Fld, LA 

1Jun43; 

Salem AAF, OR 

8Jun43; 

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116 th Recon 

Squadron, 70 th Recon 

Group, Corvallis, OR 

10Jun43. Acc. 

6Jul43 at Klamath 

Falls Airport, OR, 2LT 

George R. Uerlings, 

LACGL; 

Medford AF, OR 

4Jul43; 

337 th Sub-Depot, 

Portland AB, OR 

10Jul43; 

NA-25 O-47A 25-224 AC37-281 4Nov38 Flight “C”, 12 th 

Obs.Sqdn., Post 


OK 4Nov38. 


Arcadia, LA, 

2LT Edwin B. 

Miller, taxiing 

acc. Rep. 

Brooks Fld., TX 

28Mar41; 

Lawson Fld, GA. 

13Jan42 

(possibly with 


Georgia National 

Guard) 

Blythe AAB, CA 11 th 

Sub-Depot 8Nov43. 

Surveyed May 1944 

Second Air Force 

Miami, FL 17Jan42. 

Jacksonville, FL 66 th 

Obs. Group, 

24Mar42. 

Miami 10May42; 

C-4 windlass 

installed 23Jul42; 

Hialeah, FL 2Sep42; 

Camp Davis 2Jan43; 

Charlotte 22Jan43; 

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Sqdn., Camp Davis 

12Feb43; 

Camp Stewart 

1Mar43; 


13Jun43; 


15Jun43; 


17Jun43; 

Gainsville, TX 

20Jul43; 

Perrin Fld, TX 

30Jul43; 

HHS SAASC 

23Sep43; 

ASC, Kelly Field, TX 

Wr 2Oct43 Kelly Fld., 

TX, 2LT Frederick A. 

Riler, LAC. Rep. 

McKellar Fld, TN as 

RO-47A RFC 

20Aug44 

NA-25 O-47A 25-225 AC37-282 18Nov38 Flight “C”, 12 th 

Obs. Sqdn., Post 


OK 18Nov38 



15Dec41; 

SACD 4Jan42; 

Project X 

15Jan42. C-4 

windlass 

SUMAC (Fifth Air 

Force) “LEFT”. 

Stationed APO 710 

Charters Towers, 

Australia. 21 st TCS. 

Acc. (date unknown) 

at Archerfield, 

Australia, pilot Maull, 

accidental nose- 

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installed Eglin 

Fld, FL 30Jan42 

over. Rep. Another 

accident 12Nov43 at 

APO 922-1 (NG), 

Townsville, 

Australia, 2LT James 

J. O’Neil, forced 

landing. Condemned 

AFMSC Fifth AF 

1Apr44 

NA-25 O-47A 25-226 AC37-283 11Nov38 1 st Obs. Sqdn., 



11Nov38 

“Mercury” 

(Panama) 

20Jan42. Wr 

15Feb42 

between Albrook 

and Howard 

Field, CZ, mid-air. 

Rep. 

Condemned and 

surveyed as RO-47A 

Sixth AF 3May45 

NA-25 O-47A 25-227 AC37-284 21Nov38 1 st Obs. Sqdn., 



21Nov38. Acc. 

23Jun41 

Manchester, TN, 

1LT Elliott H. 

Reed. 

“Mercury” 

(Panama) 

20Jan42 

(Howard); 

Trinidad 6Aug42; 

Salinas, Ecuador 

22May43 

Surveyed PAD to FLC 

but salvaged 

29Sep45 as RO-47A 

Trinidad 4Sep43 

NA-25 O-47A 25-228 AC37-285 22Nov38 1 st Obs.Sqdn., 



22Nov38 

“Mercury” 

(Panama) 

20Jan42 

(Howard) 

Rio Hato; 39 th 

Obs.Sqdn., Waller 

Field, Trinidad 

6Aug42. Acc. 

12Aug42 in Waller 

Field area, 1LT W. A. 

Slade. Rep. Acc. 

1Sep42 26 miles NE 

of Guasipati, 

Venezuela, MAJ 

Clyde W. Swanson, 

FLoG. PITH Con. Inv. 

29Apr44 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-229 AC37-286 21Nov38 1 st Obs.Sqdn., 



21Nov38. Acc. 

20Jan40 at 

Sherman Field, 

KS, 2LT Wayne 

K. Richardson, 

landing 

accident 

“Mercury” 

(Panama) 

20Jan42. 1 st 

Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd 

Obs.Group, 

Howard Field, 

CZ. Acc. 31Jan42 

France Field CZ, 

2LT Hans S. 

Johnson, LAC. 

Rep. Wr. 15Feb42 

between Albrook 

and Howard 

Fields. Rep. 

39th Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd 


14May42 Campanga, 

RdeP, 2LT Arthur C. 

Daub, not recovered. 

KMIS. Crew of four 

missing. Loss also 

given as on 1Jun42 

on night mission. 

Pilot and passenger 

missing. Dropped 

25May42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-230 AC37-287 18Nov38 82 nd Obs. Sqdn., 

Moffett Fld., CA 

18Nov38 

SAAD 7May40 



(France Field). Wr. 

5Jun41 10 miles 

West of Cape San 

Lorenzo (Machellila), 

Ecuador, ran out of 

fuel. Landed on 

ocean, COL Walter K. 

Burgess. Two crew 

drowned 

NA-25 O-47A 25-231 AC37-288 22Nov38 82 nd Obs. Sqdn., 


22Nov38. Acc. 

9Mar39 there, 

2LT Guy L. 

Hudson, TAC. 

Rep. Acc. 

4Nov39 3 miles 

S of Brainard, 

NE, 2LT John A. 

Rouse, collided 

with tree. 

Surveyed at 

Moffett after 

accident 4Nov39 

NA-25 O-47A 25-232 AC37-289 22Nov38 82 nd Obs.Sqdn., 


22Nov38. Acc. 

22May39 at 

SAAD 7May40 



(France Field). Went 

missing with crew 

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Monterrey, CA, 

SGT Harry W. 

Clarkson, TAC. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-233 AC37-290 9Dec38 82 nd Obs.Sqdn., 


9Dec38 

NA-25 O-47A 25-234 AC37-291 19Dec38 16 th Obs. Sqdn., 

Pope Fld., NC 

19Dec38 



(France Field); 


Howard Fld, CZ; 

PAD. 


Squadron. Acc. 

23Feb44 at New 

France Field, CZ, 

Thomas D. 

Spencer, TAC. 

Lawson Field 

20Oct40. Acc. 

25Dec41 Biggs 

Fld., TX. Rep. 

out of France Field in 

the vicinity of Rio 

Hato, RdeP 8Jun41, 

2LT Augustus J. 

Allen. Surveyed 

10Jul41 


Squadron, Howard 

Field, CZ 1Nov43. 

Acc. 25Nov44 at 

Galeta Point, RdeP, 

William S. Hagen, 

GAC. Cited as type 

RO-47A. Major 

injuries to two crew. 

Surveyed PAD 

29Sep45 to FLC but 

salvaged 12Oct45 as 


Augusta, GA 

10Feb42; 

Langley Fld., VA 

22Mar42; 

123 rd Obs.Sqdn., 

Oregon National 

Guard 

26 th Obs.Sqdn., 70 th 

Obs.Group, Gray 

Field, Fort Lewis, WA 

18Apr42. Acc. 

27Nov42 at Gray 

Field, 2LT Steven B. 

Searle, TOANU. Rep.; 

Salinas, CA 

24Apr43; 

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Estrella, CA 

19May43; 

Salinas, CA 

22May43; 

Medford, OR; 

Sacramento, CA 

11Jul43; 

26 th Tactical Recon 

Squadron, 70 th 

Tactical Recon 

Group, Redmond, OR. 


Redmond, OR, 2LT 

Hyron C. Tunnell, 

LACBL. 

412 th Fighter Group, 

Muroc AB, CA by 

16May44. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-235 AC37-292 19Dec38 16 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Pope Field, NC 

19Dec38. Cr 20 

or 21Sep40 at 

Woodbine, GA, 

w/o 

421 st BAS San 

Bernardino. 6 th Ferry 

Group, Long Beach 

AAF, CA. Apparently 

coded K-57. Acc. 

21Dec44 at San 

Bernardino AAF, CA, 

Marion A. Balduff, 

GACNU. To RFC 

2Oct45 as RO-47A 

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19Dec38. 

Lawson Field, 


20Nov40. Cr. 

Fort Benning (or 

Commerce, GA) 

24Nov40, crew 

parachuted 

safely 

NA-25 O-47A 25-237 AC37-294 19Dec38 Air Corps 


Langley Field, 

VA. 

3 rd Obs. Sq., 

19Dec38. Wr. 

Langley 

20Nov40. Rep. 

3 rd Obs. Sqdn., 

Myrtle Beach, SC 

by Jun40. Wr. 

15Oct41 vicinity 

of Exmore (Belle 

Haven), VA, 2LT 

August C. 

Herman, ran out 

of fuel, all three 

crew members 

parachuted. Still 

with 3 rd 

Obs.Sqdn. at the 

time. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-238 AC37-295 14Jan39 Air Corps 



VA 14Jan39 



by Jun40. Wr. 

21Sep41 Raleigh, 

NC. Rep. Wr. 

31Dec41 Langley 

Fld., hit by O-47A 

37-308 (q.v.). 

Rep. Wr. 5Dec41 

Lawson Field, GA 

taxi accident 

with O-47A 38- 

295. Rep. Acc. 

31Dec41 at 


VA, parked. Still 

with 3 rd 

Obs.Sqdn. (see 

37-308) 

MAD 23Jan42; 

Jacksonville, FL 

24May42; 

Meridian, MS 

30May42; 


23Jun42; 

Chanute Field, IL by 

11Aug42. Acc. 

11Aug42 at 

Patterson Field, OH, 

Claude O. Perry, MAC 

with Douglas C-53 

42-15532. Rep. 

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Salinas AB, CA 

23May43. Acc. There 

21May43, S/Sgt 

Richard S. Henry. 

Rep.; 

Redmond, OR; 

Salinas, CA 5Aug43; 

Mather Field, CA 

11Aug43; 

52 nd Sub-Depot, 

SBASC 8Nov43; 

3021 st BAS, Las 

Vegas, NV 1Oct44. 

To RFC as RO-47A 

Long Beach, CA 




VA 14Jan39 



by Jun40. Wr. 

Pine Camp, NY 

4Oct40. Nosed 

up. Rep. Wr. 

Langley Field, VA 

16Sep41 hit by P- 

40E 41-13342 

while parked. 

Major overhaul. 

MAD 22Nov41; 


2May42. C-4A 

windlass installed 

23Jul42. Wr. 

11Aug42 near 

Patterson Field, OH, 

Surveyed 




VA 14Jan39 



by Jun40 

SAC Depot 5Jan42; 

Project X (SUMAC, 

LEFT) 4Feb42. Con. 

AFMSC Fifth Air 

Force 29Mar44 

NA-25 O-47A 25-241 AC37-298 11Jan39 16 th Obs. Sqdn., 

Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, 

GA 11Jan39 

FAD 21Dec39; 

Lawson 15Feb40; 

FAD 6May40 


Obs. Group, Daniel 

Field, Augusta, GA 

20Feb42. Wr. 3Mar42 

Daniel Field, GA, 2LT 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-242 AC37-299 13Jan39 Flight “B”, 16 th 

Obs. Sqdn., 

Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, 

GA 13Jan39. 

Acc. 6Oct39 at 

Lawson Field, 

2LT Marvin S. 

Zipp, TAC. Rep. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-243 AC37-300 18Jan39 16 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, 

GA 18Jan39. 


Lawson Field, 

2LT John R. 

Burns, LAC. 


Scott Field, IL 

20Jan39 

Lawson Field, 

GA. Wr. 18Sep41 

Midway Airport, 

Arcadia, LA. (also 

given as either 

Mid-Way Field, LA 

or Carlstrom 

Field, FL!), 2LT 

Dean E. 

Harriman, Jr., 

Rep? Wr. 

Arcadia, LA 

22Sep41, cross 

wind, w/o 

FAD 17Oct39 

SAAD 1May40 


Post Field, Fort 

Sill, OK; 

Ellington Field, 

TX 17Dec41 

Lloyd C. Willis, 

TACNO. Rep. To 

Class 26 1Jun42 



(France Field). Wr, 

1/2Apr41 near Rio 

Hato, RdeP (also 

given as one mile off 

France Field, CZ), 

Clyde W. Swanson. 

Condemned PAD 

6May41 

Godman Fld., Fort 

Knox, KY 21Apr42; 

Atlanta 29Apr42; 

Camp Forrest 

30Jun42; 

Hattiesburg 4Sep42; 


LA 7Oct42; 

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Camp Forrest 

24Nov42; 

Mobile AD Group; 


3Dec42; 

Corvallis, OR 

23May43; 

Medford, OR 

30Jun43; 

Corvallis, OR 4Jul43; 

Redmond, OR 

2Aug43; 

Corvallis, OR 

4Aug43; 

Redmond, OR 

17Aug43; 


SBASC 8Nov43. 

4138 th BAS Laurel; 



21Jan39. Cr 

12Nov40 Spirit 

Lake, IA three 

killed, w/o 

3036 th BAS Yuma, AZ 

as RO-47A 4Sep44; 

RFC Sales Depot 

No.8, Ontario, CA 

9Mar45 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-246 AC37-303 21Jan39 15 th Obs. Sqdn., 


21Jan39 


Sill, OK Feb41. 

Acc. 23Jun41, 


Sill, OK, 2LT 

William C. 

Bacon, 

apparently 

collided with O- 

47A 37-304 

(q.v.) 


TX 15Dec41 

Godman Field 

21Apr42 

Atlanta, GA 

29Apr42 

Patterson Field, 

OH 7Jul42 

Camp Forrest 

9Jul42 

4 th Tow Target 

Squadron, Hunter 

Fld., Savannah, 

GA 9Nov42. Acc. 

11Nov42 at 

Savannah, T/Sgt 

Roswell H. Black, 

TACNU 

Acc. 12Jan43 at 

Camp Stewart, GA, 


Condemned 20Jan43 

NA-25 O-47A 25-247 AC37-304 21Jan39 15 th Obs.Sqdn., 


21Jan39. Acc. 

there 23Jul40 

2LT R. A. 

Jaiseu(?), 

landed with 

wheels up. Rep. 


Sill, OK 4Mar41. 

Acc. 23Jun41, 


Sill, OK, 2LT 

Robert J. 

Hughey, 

apparently 



(q.v.) 


TX 11Dec41. C-4 

windlass 

installed there. 

Godman Field 

21Apr42 

Camp Forrest 

29Apr42 

73 rd Obs. Group, 

Godman Field 

15May42 

Pine Camp 

15Jul42 (on loan, 

probably to the 

91 st Obs.Sqdn.) 

Camp Davis, NC 

29Nov42. 


10Mar43 


12Mar43 

Morris Field 30Mar43 


18Apr43 

Morris Field 10Aug43 

141 st BAS, Camp 

Davis Acc. 23Oct43 

there, 2LT Marion P. 

Ives. Rep. 

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Godman Field 

10Nov42 


9Sep44, McKellar 

Field, TN 

NA-25 O-47A 25-248 AC37-305 4Feb39 National Guard 

Bureau, Bolling 

Field, DC as “3” 

by Sep39 

San Antonio Air 

Depot, Duncan 

Field, TX June 

1940 


Pope Field, Fort 

Bragg, NC June 

1940 

13 th Bomb 


Bomb Group, 

Barksdale Fld, 

LA. Acc. 

21May40 10mi. 

S of Barksdale 

Fld, CPT Sidney 

A. Ofsthun, 


Rep. 

Augusta GA 

10Feb42 



22Mar42 



Gray Field, Fort 

Lewis, WA 

18Apr42. Acc. 

11Aug42 at Gray 

Field, 2LT James 

F. Faircloth, Jr., 

KTOADF. One 

other crew 

member fatal, 

one survived but 

injured. Flew into 

a revetment on 

take-off. w/o 

Condemned, dropped 

from records 

28Nov42 

Lawson Field 

5Oct40 

NA-25 O-47A 25-249 AC37-306 4Feb39 16 th Obs.Sqdn., 


4Feb39. Acc. 

22Dec39 at 

Bolling Field, 

DC, 2LT Glenn 

P. Anderson, Jr., 

TAC. Rep. 

Lawson Field 

16Oct40 

Miami, FL 

27mar42 

Lakeworth, FL 

5Sep42 


21Dec42. 

Morris Field 9Jul43 


Squadron, Camp 

Davis, NC 28Jul43 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-250 AC37-307 16Feb39 3 rd Obs.Sqdn., 


VA June 1940 


Myrtle Beach, 

SC by June 

1940. Acc. 

23Jul41 Langley 

Fld., VA, 2LT 

Donald 

Goodhart, LAC. 

Rep. 

Orlando, FL 

12Oct42 

Lakeworth, FL 

7Nov42 


Langley, VA. Acc. 

31Dec41 at 


Franklyn 

Sharpless, TAC. 

Acc. 28Jul43 at 

Sears Landing, Camp 

Davis, NC, 2LT Henry 

D. Moorman, Jr., 

CREF engine failure. 

Surveyed 28Aug43 


Langley Field, VA. 

Acc. 24Apr42 at 

Jacksonville, NC, 

2LT Roth R. Morris, 

LAC. Given on report 

as type “O-27”. 

Forced landing due 

to poor visibility, 

tractor pulled out on 

runway. 

8 th Obs.Sqdn. (Sp), 


23May42. Acc. 

10Oct42 at Raleigh, 

NC, 1LT William H. 

Breeze, TOANU. Rep. 

Accident 26Oct42 at 


while being flown by 

1LT William H. 

Breeze. Left wheel 

locked-up on takeoff, 

causing aircraft 

to veer off the 

runway. Had unit 

number “5” on the 

nose cowl at the 

time. Repaired 

15 th Antisubmarine 

Squadron (ASRON), 


11Jan43 Acc. 

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10Jan43 at 

Jacksonville AAB, 

FL, COL Karl S. 

Axtater, CRTOEF. To 

Shelby County 

School of 

Aeronautics, 

Whitehaven, TN. 

Class 26 as RO-47A 

15May45 



VA 18Feb39. 


Medford, OR, 

2LT Adolph E. 

Tikofski, LAC. 

Rep. 


Myrtle Beach, 

SC by June 

1940 Acc. 

31Dec41 at 


VA, 2LT 

Franklin 

Sharplee. 

Collided with O- 


(q.v.) 

C-4 windlass 

installed 

30Jan42 


Camp Davis 

12May42 

Pope Field Sub- 

Depot 11Jun42 


27Sep42. Acc. 

31Jan43 at Camp 

Davis, PVT Albert J. 

Duarte, TAC. Rep. 



Davis, NC 15Jun43. 

Acc. 15Sep43 there, 

parked. Hit by A-24A 

42-6828 flown by 

WASP Lila B. 

Clapman, TACGC. 

Surveyed October 

1943 



VA 13Feb39. 

Acc. 13May39, 

Eglin Field, FL, 

2LT John R. 

Marshall, LAC. 



by June 1940 

91 st Obs.Sqdn., Fort 

Lewis, WA 11Apr41 

Pine Camp, NY 

23Sep41 

MAD 28Feb42 

Fort Lewis, WA 

5Apr42 

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Tyndall Field, FL 

17Apr42 

MOAD 3Jul42 

Eglin Field, FL 

18Sep42 


22Sep42 



25Mar43 

Bailed to Yale 

University, New 

Haven, CT 21Sep43 

To RFC but scrapped 

as RO-47A 19Mar45 

NA-25 O-47A 25-253 AC37-310 1Mar39 3 rd Obs.Sqdn., 

Langley Fld., VA 

1Mar39. Acc. 

29Jun40 at 

Langley, MAJ 

Glenn C. 

Salisbury, takeoff 

acc. 


Myrtle Beach, 

SC by June 

1940 


73 rd Obs.Group, 

Wheeler-Sack 

Field, Pine Camp, 

NY 23Sep41. 


Rockport, 

Quebec 

(Canadian Scenic 

Highway), 

Canada, 2LT 

John R. Gilmore, 

LACSSP. Rep. 

MAD 30Jan42 

Pine Camp, NY 

5Mar42 

MAD 22May42 

Surveyed 22Apr42, 

approved 29May42 


11Apr41 

NA-25 O-47A 25-254 AC37-311 7Mar39 21 st Air Base 

Squadron, 

Lowry Field, CO, 

Pueblo, CO 

31Oct42 

Lowry Field, CO 

5Nov42. Acc. 8Jan43 

¼ mile N of Des 

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7Mar39. Acc. 

16May39 

English Field, 

TX, MAJ Donald 

G. Stitt, TAC. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-255 AC37-312 2Mar39 82 nd Obs. Sqdn., 

Moffett Field, 

CA 2Mar39 


Panama, France 

Field, CZ 

17Jun40. Wr. 

15Jul41 Rio 

Hato, RdeP, 2LT 

Reynold A. Berg, 

hit by two .50 

caliber machine 

gun bullets! Rep. 

Moines airport, MAJ 

Joseph H. Frost. 


Returned to CONUS 

19May44 

4138 th BAS, Laurel, 

MS 


23Sep44 at McKellar 

Field, TN 

NA-25 O-47A 25-256 AC37-313 6Mar39 82 nd Obs.Sqdn., 


CA, 6Mar39. 


Long Beach, CA, 

2LT John A. 

Rouse, TX. Rep. 

C-4 windlass 

installed 23Jul42 


72 nd Obs. Group, 


Field, CZ, 

13Jun40. Acc. 

24Jun40 at 

Albrook Field, 

CZ, 2LT Donald 

A. Simpson, 

landing acc. Rep. 

Acc. 23Jan41 France 

Field, CZ 2LT J. R. 

Reynolds, groundloop 

while taxiing. 

Rep. 

Paitilla Field, 

Panama City, RdeP 

31Mar42 


Howard Field, CZ 


Sqdn. 1Nov43 

Guatemala City, 

Guatemala 

Waller Field, Trinidad 

2109 th Service Unit, 

David, RdeP 

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Condemned and 

salvaged PAD as RO- 

47A 29Aug45 



CA 2Mar39 

SAAD 7May40 




Field, CZ 

17Jun40 

Surveyed Trinidad 

16Apr43 


Waller Field, 

Trinidad 6Aug42 

Acc. 7Mar43, 

MAC with O-47A 

37-315 (q.v.) at 

Seawall Field, 

Barbados BWI, 

1LT Aubrey C. 

Sears. Rep. 

C-4 windlass 

installed by 

1Sep42 


Waller Field, 

Trinidad. DTCEF 

16Apr43 at 

Tobago, BWI, 1LT 

William A. Slade 



CA 17Mar39 

SAAD 7May40 



Field, CZ 

13Jun40. Acc. 

19Nov40 at 

France Field, 2LT 

Carl W. Barrow, 

nosed over on 

landing. Rep. 


Obs.Group, Waller 

Field, Trinidad, 

6Aug42. C-4 windlass 

installed by 1Sep42. 


Obs.Group, Aruba, 

NWI 29Oct42. 

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Trinidad 11Dec42 

Acc. 23Feb43 at 

Tobago, BWI, 1LT 

Louis A. Pillow, TAC. 

Rep. 

Acc. 7Mar43 MAC 

with O-47A [given as 

‘C-47A’] 37-314 at 

Seawall Field, 

Barbados, BWI, 1LT 

Louis A. Pillow. Rep. 


Squadron, 6Apr44 

16HQ, 15 th Service 

Group. Acc. 19Jan45 

at Rey island, RdeP, 

John M. Morris, CRT. 

Cited as type RO- 

47A. Condemned and 

surveyed 2Mar45 

NA-25 O-47A 25-259 AC37-316 24Mar39 15 th Obs.Sqdn., 


24Mar39 


Borinquen Field, 

Puerto Rico, 

Jan41 

Ponce Field, 

Puerto Rico 

Salinas, CA 5Sep41. 

Acc. 29Jun42 at 

McClellan Field, SAD, 


Surveyed 7Sep42 

[NOTE: This aircraft 

may in fact have 

been in Salinas, 

ECUADOR at this 

time, as assignments 

after Salinas include 

Howard Field, CZ]. 

However, Survey 

was performed by 

SAD, McClellan Field, 

CA!] 

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26Mar39. Acc. 

18Jul41 at 

Duncan, OK, 

2LT Charles W. 

Maxwell, nosed 

up. Rep. 


Sill, OK. Acc. 

28Aug41 Post 

Field, Fort Sill, 

OK, 2LT Stanley 

H. Wade, 

landing gear not 

locked down. 

Rep. 

SAAD 10Oct41 

Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY 

21Apr42 

Camp Forrest 

29Apr42 

Berry Sub-Depot 

13Jul42 


Hattiesburg, MS. 


Hattiesburg, 2LT 

Roderick J. 

McKay, LACMF. 

(Meridian 

14Sep42) 

To Class 26 Kansas 

City, MO 8Sep42 


Sill, OK 8Dec41 


TX 15Dec41 



25Mar39 



Puerto Rico, 

Jan41 

Ponce Field, 

Puerto Rico 

82 nd Obs.Sqdn., 


San Bernardino 

and Salinas, CA 

5Sep41. Acc. 

8Feb42 at March 

Field, CA 2LT 

William A. Moody, 

landing gear 

collapsed, failed 

to lock down. 

Rep. 

March Field, CA 

23Feb42 

35 th Photo Recon 



Group, 

Redmond/Medford 

AAB, OR 16Jan43. 

Camp Adair, OR 

31Jan43 

McClellan Field, CA 

30Jun43 

Ontario, CA 25Jul43 

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Rice, CA 

24Aug42 

Salinas, CA 

29Oct42 

4134 th BAS, Spokane, 

WA 


Redmond AAB, 2LT 

Thomas H. Lang, 

TACNU. Rep. 

HQS, 470 th Base 

Group, Pendleton 

Field, OR. Acc. 

11Feb44, Reith 

Ridge, 2.5 miles W of 

Pendleton, OR, 2LT 

Harold W. Mowery, 

BO. W/o. To RFC but 

scrapped as RO-47A 

25Oct44 



25Mar39 



Puerto Rico, 

Jan41 

Ponce Field, 

Puerto Rico 

NA-25 O-47A 25-263 AC37-320 6Apr38 1 st Obs.Sqdn., 

Marshall Field, 

Salinas, CA 

11Sep41. Acc. 

18Oct41 at 

Aumsville, OR, 

2LT William I. 

Lonigan, spin 

caused by bad 

weather. 

Parachute used 

successfully. 

w/o. However, 

this aircraft was 

also cited as 

being wrecked at 

Rio Hato, RdeP 

2Nov41 while 

being flown by 

2LT J. N. 

Reynolds when 

he collided with 

a bomb shelter! 

Wr. 3Nov40 

Centerville, AL, 

Surveyed 3Nov41 

Surveyed 5Dec40 

Marshall Field 

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6Apr38 

Acc. 4Jan40 

Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY, 

1LT H. M. 

Burkhalter, 

nosed over after 

landing. Rep. 

2LT R. W. Wilson. 

Fatal to pilot and 

passenger. 

However, also 

reported 

wrecked 

11Jun41 at 

Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, GA, 

2LT W. H. Bivens 

when it struck a 

surveyor’s level. 

The former report 

appears to be 

reliable, given 

the Survey date 




16Apr39 

PROJECT 

MERCURY 

(Panama) 


72 nd Obs.Group, 


20Jan42. Acc. 

18Sep42 10 miles 

E of Rio Hato, 

RdeP, Henry E. 

Reed. MAC with 

O-47A 38-288 

(q.v.) 


Squadron, 1Nov43 

Surveyed PAD 

3Sep45 to FLC but 

salvaged 29Sep45 as 



Marshall field, 


16Apr39 

PROJECT 

MERCURY 

(Panama) 

20Jan42 


Pocri, RdeP, 2LT 

Harrison B. 

Christy, brakes 

applied while 

taxiing. Rep. 

1 st Obs.Sqdn., 72 nd 



3May43 at Old 

France Field, 2LT 

John B. Young, TAC. 

Rep. 


72 nd Recon Group, 

Howard Field, CZ. 

Acc. 7Aug43, 

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Gaylord Bair, TAC. 

Rep. Acc. 21Sep43 4 

miles SSE of 

Flamenco Island, 

RdeP, 2LT Joseph W. 

Smythe, KCR (same 

unit) w/o. Surveyed 

21Sep43 




19Apr39 

NACA 9Oct40 

Camp Edwards, 

MA 31Jan43 

Alamo Field, TX 

2Jul43 

NACA Ames 

Aeronautical 

Laboratory, Moffett 

Field, CA 6Nov43 

until at least 

22May45 

Salvaged 25Apr46 as 


NA-25 O-47A 25-267 AC37-324 27Jul38 107 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Michigan 

National Guard 

27Jul38 



Field, 

Anacostia, DC 

by 14Dec38 

Returned to the 


Michigan 


by 3Apr39 

Camp 


4Nov40 

Charleston, SC 

21Jan42 

Camp 


6Feb42 


Hot Springs, AR 

2LT Robert C. 

Downie, LACNU. 

Rep. 



Brownwood, TX 

22Apr42 Acc. 

28/29Apr42 at 

Camp Bowie, 

Brownwood, 1LT 

Sam P. Hale, 

25 th Obs.Sqdn. (or 

125 th ?), 77 th 

Obs.Group, Abilene 

AAB, TX 16Nov42. 

Acc. 21Mar43 there, 

2LT Henry E. Miehe, 

MACOB. 

To Class 26 at 

Abilene 24Mar43 

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Lawson Field 

27Oct41 

Camp 


12Dec41 

Lawson Field 

24Dec41 


the 128 th 

Obs.Sqdn., 

Georgia 

National Guard) 

TAC, 

unintentional 

retraction of 

landing gear. 

Rep. 

Abilene, TX 

31Jun42 

Tulsa, OK 

15Nov42 

Miami, FL 

23Dec41 

NA-25 O-47A 25-268 AC37-325 10Aug38 41 st Division 

Aviation, 

Parkwater, WA, 


WANG, Felts 

Field, WA 

10Aug38. Acc. 

13Sep38, 1LT 

Dale L. Swartz, 

LAC. Rep. Acc. 

18Dec38, 

Harrington, WA, 

1LT Einar A. 

Malmstrom, 

TAC. Rep. 

123 rd Obs. 

Sqdn., Oregon 


Acc. 20Jan42 

Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY, 

S/Sgt James A. 

Glendenin, 

taxiing accident. 

Rep. 

Yakima WA 

14Jan43 

70 th Obs. Group, Gray 


17Feb43 

Corvallis,OR 

11Mar43 

Salem, OR 7Jun43 

Corvallis, OR 

10Jun43 

Redmond, OR 

23Jul43 

Corvallis, OR 30Jul43 


SBASC, Williams 

Field 14Dec43 


12Aug44 Memphis, 

TN 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-269 AC37-326 20Aug38 34 th Division 

Aviation, St. 

Paul, MN, 109 th 

Obs.Sqdn., 

MNNG, 

Minneapolis-St. 

Paul Airport, 

MN, 20Aug38. 

Acc. 12Sep38, 

2LT Carlyle J. 

Morey, LAC. 

Rep. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-270 AC37-327 20Aug38 32 nd Division 

Aviation, 

Romulus, MI, 


Michigan 

National Guard, 

20Aug38 

Camp 


27Feb41. Acc. 

4Sep41 at 

Oakdale, LA, 1LT 

C. Morey, wheel 

fell in hole while 

taxiing. Rep. 

PROJECT 

X/SUMAC/LEFT 

15Jan42 

Fifth Air Force, 

49 th FG, Australia 

named “Pregnant 

Foose” 

Camp 


4Nov40 


TX 12Dec41 


6Jan42 

Camp 


3Feb42 

Salvaged. 

Reclamation 

complete Australia 

18Feb44 


28Feb42 

Birmingham, AL, 

21Apr42 

Meridian, MS 

12Jun42 


23Jun42 

Camp Davis,NC 

10Jan43 




10Jan43 


13Jan43 

Seymour Johnson 

26Mar43 

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Waco, TX 30May43 

Ontario, CA 

23May43. 

One source claims 

this aircraft was w/o 

at Muroc AB, CA 

18Jun43. Awaiting 

survey San 

Bernardino 9Jul43 

NA-25 O-47A 25-271 AC37-328 20Aug38 37 th Division 

Aviation, 

Cleveland, OH, 


Ohio National 

Guard 20Aug38 


2Dec40 

Dover, DE 

1Jan42 

C-4 windlass 



65 th Obs. Group, 

Georgetown, SC 

10Jun42. Acc. 

4Aug42 at Cherry 

Point MCAS, NC, 

1LT Claude 

Sledd, Jr., TOAEF 


25Aug42. To Class 

26 15Aug42 as 

damaged beyond 

economical repair 


VA 24May42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-272 AC37-329 24Sep38 106 th Obs. 

Sqdn., Alabama 



24Sep38 

Miami, FL 

16Jan42 


4Feb42 


4Jan43. Acc. 

16Jan43 at Bolling 

Field, DC, 1LT Donald 

B. Vick, TAC. Rep. 

Fort Dix, NJ 

26Aug42 


17Jan43 



2Oct42 


8Feb43 

Harrisburg, PA 

26Apr43 

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25 th 

Antisubmarine 

Wing, c.6Dec42 


Davis, NC 1May43 

One source reported 

this aircraft w/o 

16Jun44 at Langley 

Field, VA 

But was Surveyed as 

RO-47A at Camp 

Davis, NC June 1944 

NA-25 O-47A 25-273 AC37-330 26Sep38 154 th Obs. 

Sqdn., Arkansas 


26Sep38 


Sill, OK 3Oct40 


15Dec41 

Panama City, FL 

31Mar42 

Jackson, MS 

5Jun42 


2Sep42 

Warner-Robins AD 

c.31Oct42 



3Apr43 



Haven, CT c.21Sep43 

Surveyed 6 June 

1944 

NA-25 O-47A 25-274 AC37-331 25Sep38 105 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Tennessee 


25Sep38 

Columbia, SC 

Sep40 


25Aug41 


11Jan42 

Savannah, GA 

14Jan42 

Meridian, MS 

28Jan42 

Biloxi, MS 16Jan43 

Meridian, MS 

25Jan43 

Biloxi, MS 27Jan43 

55 th Bomb Squadron, 

48 th Bomb Group, 


16Mar43. Acc. 

13May43 there, 2LT 

Frederick J. Larner, 

MACOB. Rep. 

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Camp 


28Feb42 

Key Field, MS 

2Jun43 


TX 30Apr42 


13Aug43 

Galveston, TX 

27Jul42 

To Class 26 7Jan44 


18Sep42 

Meridian, MS 

28Nov42 


Indiana National 

Guard, Stout 

Field, 

Indianapolis, IN 

29Sep38. Acc. 

19Jun39 at 

Lebanon, KY, 

CPT Paul A. 

Zartman, forced 

landing. Rep. 

Meridian, MS 

29Jan41 


Missouri 

MacDill Field, FL 

17Dec41 

Meridian, MS 

28Jan42 


4Feb42 

Meridian, MS 

2May42 


23Jun42 


71 st Obs. Group, 

Ellington Field, TX 

4Jun43 

4121 st BAS, Base 

Flight, SAASC, Kelly 

Field, TX. Acc. 

15Feb44 there, 2LT 

Richard P. Robideau, 

LAC. Rep. 

4029 th BAS, Kirtland 

Field, Albuquerque, 

NM. PDC. Accident 

29Nov44 at the AAF 

Convalescent 

Hospital, 

Albuquerque, NM, 

Ralph N. Smith, GAC. 


47A. To RFC/DPC 

Ryan Field, Tucson, 

AZ as RO-47A 

25Apr45. Rgt as 

N79970 to S. E. 

Gates, Tucson, AZ 

Condemned and 

surveyed 6Aug42 

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Robertson, MO 

21Sep38 

Little Rock, AR 

3Jan41. Acc. 

2Sep41 

Eldorado, AR, 

2LT Robert L. 

Harrop, nosed 

over on landing. 

Rep. 


California 


Paso Robles, CA 

23Sep38 

Salinas, CA 

16Dec41. C-4A 

windlass 

installed 

24Jun42. Acc. 

5Aug42 12 miles 

NE of Stockton 

Field, CA, 2LT 

James R. Witt, 

radio failure, 

abandoned 

aircraft, 

parachute used. 

Morrow Field, 

San Bernardino, 

CA 21Jan42 



Ontario Municipal 

Airport, CA 

1Jun42 

102 nd Obs.Sqdn., 69 th 

Obs.Group, Laurel 

AAB, MS 7Nov42. 


Laurel, 2LT Glen A. 

Cooley, TOA. Rep. 

Esler Field, LA 

29Apr43 

Salinas, CA 

12Sep42 (loan) 

Rice, CA 

12Sep42 

Ontario, CA 

17Oct42 


69 th Recon Group, 

DeRidder AB, LA. 

30Jun43 Acc. 

14Jul43 there, 2LT 

Charles W. Borders, 

TAC. Rep. 



DeRidder AAB, LA. 

Acc. 26Aug43 there, 

parked. Rep. 

347 th BAS, Key Field, 

MS 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-278 AC37-335 22Oct38 120 th Obs. 

Sqdn., Colorado 


Denver, CO 

22Oct38 

Biggs Field, Fort 

Bliss, TX 

15Jan41. Acc. 

8Sep41, Baton 

Rouge, 

Mississippi 

River, LA, 1LT 

Caesar S. 

Kaiser 


19Jan42. C-4 

windlass 


Esler Field 

29Apr43 

To RFC 16Aug44 as 

RO-47A, McKellar 

Field, TN 



21Sep43. 


University, new 

Haven, CT sometime 

after 21Sep43 


26Oct44 at McKellar 

Field, TN 

To SAAD 

25Sep41 

NA-25 O-47A 25-279 AC37-336 14Oct38 111 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Texas National 

Guard, Houston, 

TX 14Oct38 

Brownwood, TX 

12Jan41 

Augusta, GA 

3Apr42 

73 rd Obs. Group, 

Godman Field 

21Apr42. Acc. 

25Apr42 at Red 

Bluff, CA, 2LT R. 

H. Mitchell, 

nosed over on 

take-off. 


Squadron, Chicago 

AB, IL 5Jan43 


31Jan43 

Chicago 27Feb43 


27Feb43 

Atlanta, GA 

6May42 

Chicago Municipal 

Airport 9Jul43 

Camp Forrest 

30Jun42 

Hattiesburg 

11Sep42 


Squadron, Baltimore 

AAF, MD. Acc. 

1Mar44 there, 2LT 

Emrick W. Hult, 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-280 AC37-337 17Oct38 108 th Obs.Sqdn, 

Illinois National 

Guard, Chicago, 

IL, 17Oct38. 

Acc. 4Aug39, 

Kenosha, WI, 

1LT Russell B. 

Daniels, hit by 

tow target 

cable. 

DeRidder Field, 

LA 15Oct42 

Camp Forrest 

17Dec42 

Armory, Iowa 


Des Moines, IA 

17Sep41 


Iowa National 

Guard, Fort 

Leavenworth, KS 

25Sep41 

TACW. Cited as type 

RO-47A [note: this 

assignment is not 

supported by data on 

the IAHC] 


but scrapped July 

1945 

Condemned and 

Surveyed 25Jul42 

Camp Forrest 

13May42 

Berry Sub-Depot 

29May42 


Squadron, 

Kansas national 

Guard, Tullahoma 

AAB, TN. Acc. 

24Jul42 near the 

Waynesboro AAB, 

Tullahoma, TN, 

1LT Robert F. 

Turk and Major 

General F. C. 

Martin, CG of the 

33 rd Infantry 

Division 

Page39


Michigan 


15Oct38 

Camp 


4Nov40 

Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, 

GA 27Oct41 

(loan) 

Camp 

Beauregard 

12Dec41 

(returned from 

loan) 




21Jan42. Acc. 

28Jan42 at Esler 

Field 2LT Henry 

L. Weber, LACNU. 

However, 

location also 

given as Maxwell 

Field, AL, same 

date and crew. 

Rep. 


LA 13Feb42 


25Feb42 


21Apr42 

Warner-Robbins 

Field, GA 29Oct42 


15Feb43 

17 th Sub-Depot. 


18Apr43. Bailed to 

Yale University, New 

Haven, CT [Case 

464?] 


26Oct44, McKellar 

Field, TN 

NA-25 O-47A 25-282 AC37-339 2Nov38 109 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Minnesota 


by 14Dec38 

Camp 


27Feb41 

SAD 21Dec41 


Ohio NG, 

Cleveland, OH 

PROJECT 

X/SUMAC, 

15Jan42, 


3 rd BG (L). Lost 

19Apr42 nr 

Mossman Cairns, 

LT Alexander E. 

Finely and SGT 

Muschko, 

survived. 

Orlando, FL 

6Nov42 

Condemned and 

surveyed Fifth Air 

Force/SUMAC 

3Sep44 

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1Nov38. Acc. 

24Jun40 in Lake 

Erie, 2LT Rufus 

K. Ward, engine 

failure. Rep. 

Pope Field, NC, 

22Mar41. Acc. 

18Feb41 at 

Cleveland, OH, 

MAJ C. D. 

Barnhill, ground 

loop. Rep. 


Columbia, SC 

5May41 (loan) 



10May41 


loan) 

Lakeworth, FL 

25Nov42 

West Palm 

Beach, FL 

20Nov42 

522 nd Bomb 


Bomb Group, 

Lantana, FL. 

17 th 

Antisubmarine 

Squadron 

(ASRON) “2” Acc. 

20Nov42 26º50’N- 

79º53’W, 2LT 

Anthony B. 

Mitchell, DTCEF 

Dover, DE 

1Jan42 


18 th Obs.Sqdn.) 


VA 24Feb42 


Dover, DE 

20Mar42 

Georgetown 

18Jun42 

MAD 4Sep42 

Page41

Lakeworth 

Municipal 

Airport, FL 

14Sep42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-284 AC37-341 24Oct38 116 th Obs. 

Sqdn., 

Washington 



Lewis, WA 

24Oct38. Acc. 

31Oct41 

Portland AAB, 

OR, 2LT Roy W. 

Forrest, ran off 

runway, struck 

ditch and nosed 

over. Rep. 

SAD 7Nov41 


Alabama 


Roberts Field, 

AL 2Nov38. 



Guard 




Lewis, WA 

4Apr42 Acc. 

24Nov42 at Gray 

Field, 2LT Steven 

B. Searle, TOAEF. 


McChord Field, 

WA 

Acc. 29Nov38 at 

Keystone 

Heights, FL, 

CPT Leslie W. 

Meadow, spun 

and stalled, 2k 

w/o. Surveyed 

8Dec39 


Arkansas 


30Oct38. Wr. 


23Sep40, Earl T. 

Riggs, landing 




Bliss, TX 9Dec41 


15Dec41. C-4A 

windlass installed 

30Jan42. 

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gear failure 

while taxiing. 

Rep. 


13Mar42 


18Mar42 


3Jul42 

Walton, FL 29Oct42 

Warner-Robins AD 


10Feb43 



28Mar43 

3704 th BAS, Keesler 

Field as RO-47A 

nicknamed “Mary 

Nell” 


23Nov44 at McKellar 

Field, TN 


Tennessee 


11Nov38 

Columbia, SC 

3Oct40 

122 nd Obs. Sqdn., 

Louisiana 


New Orleans 

2May41 

Camp 


4Dec41 

127 th Liaison 


Group, Northern 

Field, Smyrna, TN 

2Mar43. Acc. 

29Apr43 at Gulfport 

Field, MS, 2LT 

Wesley E. Gatewood, 

LACMF. Rep. 



Page43


8Jan42 


TX 28Feb42 

Group, Northern 

Field, Smyrna, TN. 

Acc. 3May43 at 

AAFPS, Smyrna, TN, 

2LT John L. 

Chadwick. Rep. 


Godman 28Apr42 

4117 th BAS, Robins 

Field 

Camp Forrest 

6May42 

Shreveport, LA 

30Sep42 


Cincinnati, OH 

6Aug44 


LA 18Oct42 

Camp Forrest 

7Dec42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-288 AC37-345 10Nov38 113th 

Obs.Sqdn., IN 

NG, Stout Field, 

IN 10Nov38. 

Acc. 17Dec39 

there, 1LT 

Robert N. 

Taylor, TAC. 

Rep. 

Key Field, 

Meridian, MS 

28Jan41. Acc. 

21Mar41 

Atlanta Airport, 

GA, 1LT Wilfred 

E. Brown, wet 

runway. Rep. 


12May42 

Camp Shelby, MS 

21Jun42 


Stinson Airc., 

3Jul42. 


LA 10Aug42. C-4 

windlass 

installed 

12Aug42. 

Leesville, LA 

2Sep42 


LA 30Jan43 

Esler Field 9Feb43 


Obs.Group, Alamo 

Field, San Antonio, 

TX. Acc. 13Mar43 

there, F/O William H. 

Wilgus, TAC. Rep. 

Abilene, TX 2Jul43 

Peterson Field 

4Jul43 


Page44


LA 25Sep42 

Houston, TX 

6Oct42 

SAAD 20Nov42 

Dodd Field, TX 

2Dec42 

HHS, SASC, 

McClellan Field 

1Dec43 

To RFC as RO-47A at 

Gary Field, Blythe, 

CA 28Feb45 and 

subsequently 

registered as NC- 

5563N 


Missouri 


Robertson, MO 

10Nov38 


3Jan41 

Salinas AAB, 

CA, 16Dec41. 


Salinas AAB, 

CA, 2LT Clifford 

E. Randall 

LACSF, 

defective 

rudder. Rep. 


71 st Obs.Group, 

Rice AAF, CA 

6Sep42. Acc. 

5Sep42 six miles 

E of Rice Field, 

CA, 2LT Wesley 

H. Strawn, FLEF. 

To Class 26 

NA-25 O-47A 25-290 AC37-347 12Nov38 California 



17Nov38. Acc. 

23Aug41 Long 

Beach AAF, CA, 

2LT Marcus M. 

Elliott 

4 th Army, San 

Francisco, CA 

Morrow Fld., San 

Bernardino, CA 

5Apr42 

102 nd Obs.Sqdn., 


Ontario, CA 

1Jun42. Acc. 

11Jul42 at Camp 

Elliott, CA, 2LT 

David R. Stopher, 

FLEF. Rep. C-4 

March Field 

15Aug42. 

Condemned and 

surveyed 17Aug42, 

reasons not stated 

Page45

windlass 


NA-25 O-47A 25-291 AC37-348 12Nov38 120 th Obs. 



Denver, CO 

12Nov38 



Bliss, TX 

15Jan41. Acc. 

11Apr41 at 

Biggs Field, TX, 

2LT W. B. 

Hendrick, 

overshot field 

while landing. 

Rep. Acc. 

13Oct41 in San 

Andres 

Mountains, 60 

miles N of El 

Paso, TX, 2LT 

Willis B. Hunt. 

With 120 th 

Obs.Sqdn. at 

the time. Entire 

crew fatal. 




TX 30Nov38 

Brownwood, TX 

12Jan41 



Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY 

22Apr42. Acc. 

11Nov42 at 

Godman Field, 

2LT James G. 

Major, Jr., TAC. 

Rep. 

DeRidder, LA 

23Jul42 

Fort Devens, MA 

5Jun43 

15 th Recon Squadron, 

73 rd Recon Group, 

New Cumberland, 

Harrisburg, PA. Acc. 

27Apr43 Godman 

Field, Fort Knox, KY, 

2LT Roy L. Stahl, 

TAC. Rep. 

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Natchitoches, TX 

10Aug42 


Morris Field, Third 

Air Force 13Oct43 

DeRidder, LA 

25Aug42 

Godman 21Sep42 

To RFC as RO-47A, 

DPC, Bush Field, 

Augusta, GA 

16Feb45 

NA-25 O-47A 25-293 AC37-350 7Dec38 108 th Obs. 

Sqdn., Illinois 


Chicago Airport, 

IL 7Dec38. Acc. 

27Jun41, 

Murfreesboro, 

TN, 2LT Bernard 

M. McGowan, 

wheels 

retracted on 

landing. Rep. 



VA 15Nov41 

NA-25 O-47A 25-294 AC37-351 15Dec38 103 rd Obs.Sqdn., 

Pennsylvania 



by 14Dec38 

Air Corps 

Ferrying 

Command, 

Seattle, WA 

18Apr42. Acc. 

20Apr42 at 

Barksdale Field, 

LA, 1LT Albert D. 

Wickett, LACMF, 

crashed and 

burned on 

landing. Was 

actually assigned 

to Gray Field, 

Fort Lewis, WA at 

the time 

(unassigned to a 

unit) 

PROJECT X 

15Jan42 


19 th BG 

Surveyed and 

condemned 22Apr42 

Wr. 20Sep40 at 

Columbus, OH, 

MAJ S. Cowle, 

Jr. Landing gear 

retracted when 

landing. Rep. 

Page47


Maryland 


Logan Field, MD 

7Dec38. Acc. 

10Nov39 at 

Logan, 2LT 

Robert L. Gould, 

Take off acc. 

Rep. 



Fort Dix AAB, 

NJ. 

Frederick, MD 

6Aug41 

MAD 26Dec41 

Frederick, MD 

30Dec41 


9Jan42 

Mitchel Field, NY 

21Feb42 

Fort Dix, NJ 14Jun42 

Acc. 15/16Jun42 Fort 

Dix, NJ, 2LT Charles 

R. Sloan, taxiing 

accident. Rep. 

Hyannis, MA 3Sep42 

(possibly with the 

119 th Obs. Sqdn.) 

New Castle, DE 

7Mar43 



Davis, NC 16Mar43. 

Acc. 15Jun43 at 

Sanford, NC, James 

I. Mcerath, LAC. Rep. 


17Jun43 

Camp Davis 16Aug43 


McKellar Field, TN 

15Sep44 

NA-25 O-47A 25-296 AC37-353 11Dec38 101 st Obs. 

Sqdn., 

Massachusetts 


11Dec38 coded 

“7” 

PROJECT 

X/SUMAC/LEFT 

15Jan42 


21 st TCS 

Condemned and 

salvaged in Australia 

21Feb44 

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Camp Edwards, 

MA 1Aug41 


New Jersey 


Miller Field, NY 

25Dec38 

NA-25 O-47A 25-298 AC37-355 21Dec38 102 nd Obs.Sqdn., 

New York 


Miller Fld, NY 

26Dec38. Acc. 

14Mar40 West 

Palm Beach, FL, 

1LT Henry G. 

Silleck (?), III, 

private plane 

crashed into 

one wing. Rep. 

Reported 

suffered 

repairable 

damage on 

10Jan40 at 

Shushan Airport, 


but the IAHC 

states was 

surveyed at 


24Jan40 No 

known accident 

Fort McClellan 

26Oct40 

Morrow Field., 


CA 27Dec41 

March Field Sub- 

Depot, CA 4Jun42 


Airport, CA 26Jun42 

March Field Sub- 

Depot 26Jun42 


Airport, CA 16Jul42 

Laurel, MS 7Nov42 




29Jul43 


6Aug43 

1218 th BAS, Kelly 

Field, TX 

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3Nov44, McKellar 

Field, TN 


Connecticut 


Hartford, CT 

26Dec38 


16Mar41 


22Jan42 


19Dec42 

Fort Dix, NJ 31Jan43 

2 nd Ferry Group, 

Wilmington NCAAB, 

NC 7Feb43. Acc. 


DeWitt B. Baker, 

TOA. Rep. 

New Castle, DE 

14Mar43 


Squadron, Langley 

Field, VA. Acc. 

5May43 there, Albert 

C. Finberg, TAC 

[given as type ‘C- 

47A’]. Rep. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-300 AC37-357 20Dec38 107 th Obs. 

Sqdn., Michigan 


FAD 11Sep40. 

437 th Air Base 

Squadron, Suffolk 

County AAF, LI, NY. 

Acc. 22Dec43 ¾ mile 

S of Suffolk County 

AAF, LTC John V. 

Wallen, FLEF. Cited 

as type RO-47A. 

Surveyed 1Jan44 


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24Dec38. Wr. 

1Sep40 

Dowagiac, MI 

LT Ingenferty(?) 


Minnesota 


23Dec38 

109 th Obs. 

Sqdn., 67 th 

Obs.Group, 

Camp 


27Feb41 

Savannah, GA 

24Dec41. Acc. 

14Jan42 at 

Savannah AAFB, 

2LT Vincent J. 

Graves, ground 

looped. Rep. 


Ohio National 

Guard 1Jan39 

Miami, FL 7Mar42 

Savannah, GA 

6Apr42 

38 th Air Base Sq., 

Oklahoma AB, 

Will Rogers Field, 

OK 23Jul42. Acc. 

5Oct42 at Will 

Rogers Field, OK, 

Civilian Pilot Carl 

D. Williams, GAC. 

Rep. 


2Dec40 

Mitchel Field, LI, NY 

8Jan43 

Will Roger Field, 

Oklahoma City, OK 

31Jan43 

Mitchel Field, LI, NY 

20Mar43 To Class 26 

there 8Oct43 

Dover, DE 1Jan42 

(possibly with 18 th 

Obs.Sqdn.) 


28Feb42 


Dover, DE 3May42 


2Jun42 

Georgetown 10Jun42 

Lakeworth, FL 

27Sep42 

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Hamilton Field, CA 

26Dec42 

Steiner Field, CA 

17Jan43 

Sacramento AD 

20Jan43 


4Feb43 

Salinas, CA 4Mar43 

Santa Rosa, CA 

11Mar43 

McClellan Field, CA 

21Apr43 


Washington 



7Jan39 


Yakima, WA 

12May42 

Gray AAF, Fort 

Lewis, WA 

8Jun42. Acc. 

25Jul42 at Moon 

Island Airport, 

Hoquiam WA, 2LT 

Herbert T. Young, 

forced landing 

due to engine 

failure. Rep. 

Santa Rosa, CA 

22Apr43. To Class 26 

there 15Nov43 

Medford, OR 17Jan43 

Corvallis 11Mar43 

Salem, OR 7Jun43 

Corvallis 10Jun43 

Medford, OR 30Jun43 

Corvallis 9Jul43 

Redmond, OR 

27Jul43 

C-4 windlass 

installed 

15Sep42 

Corvallis, OR 31Jul43 

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Redmond, OR 

17Aug43 


SBASC 8Sep43 

To RFC, 3018 th BAS, 

Kingman, AZ as RO- 

47A September 1944 

NA-25 O-47A 25-304 AC37-361 12Jan39 106th 

Obs.Sqdn., 

Alabama 



13Jan39. Acc. 

26Jun39 there, 

MAJ Leonard D. 

Weddington, 

landing gear 

failed to remain 

in locked 

position. Rep. 

FAD 1Jul39 

Acc. 27Feb41 

Birmingham 

Airport, AL 1LT 

Ethelred L. 

Sykes. Rep. 

Savannah, GA 

21Dec41 

Camp 


28Jan42 


23Feb42 


21Apr42 


16May42 

26 th Wing, Mobile 

AD Group, New 

Orleans, LA 

13Jun42 


4Jun43 

Alamo Field, TX 

8Jul43 


Goodfellow Field, TX 

7Dec43 To Class 26 

there. 

4121 st BAS, Kelly 

Field 14Aug45, 

gained from Class 

26. To RFC but 

scrapped 

Acc. 22Oct41, 

Charlotte AAB, 

2LT Joe M. 

Deal, taxiing 


Acc. 23Oct41 

Augusta, GA 

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2LT Joe M. 

Deal. Still with 

106 th Obs.Sqdn. 

at the time. 

Landing gear 

mechanical 

failure. 


Arkansas 


14Jan39 


Sill, OK 3Oct40. 

Acc. 24Mar41 


15Dec41 

Savannah, GA 

22Dec41 

Camp 


28Jan42 


23Feb42 

Meridian, MS 

16May42 

21 st Antisubmarine 

Squadron, 26 th AWIG, 

New Orleans AAB, 

LA 23Jun42. Acc. 


Joseph W. Tresey, 

TAC, apparently 

collided with 

Aeronca L-3C 43- 

1739. Rep. 

Gulfport, MS 6May43 


4Jun43 



Tennessee 


18Jan39. Acc. 

8Apr39 

Richards Field, 

KO, CPT James 

H. Reed, Jr., 

LAC. Rep. 

Lawson Field 

13Jan42 


the 128 th 

Obs.Sqdn., 


Guard) 

Miami, FL 

17Jan42 



Field, Savannah, GA 

15Dec42. Acc. 

12Jan43 at Camp 

Stewart, GA, F/O 

Russell R. Farris, 

collided with another 

aircraft while trying 

to land. Surveyed 

17Jan43 

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Columbia, SC 

3Oct40 


25Aug41 




26Mar42 (on 

loan). Acc. 

5Apr42 at 

Jacksonville, 2LT 

Wendell F. 

Moseley, nosed 

up while taxiing. 

Rep. Acc. 

27Apr42 

Jacksonville, FL, 

1LT J. M. Deal, 

landed with 

wheels up. Rep. 

Orlando, FL 

4May42 


19May42 

Orlando, FL 

27May42 

Savannah, GA 

20Jun42 


23Aug42 



Guard, 


22Jan39 

Meridian, MS 

25Jan41 

Camp 


14Jun41 

Meridian, MS 

28Jun41 

Miami, FL 23Dec41 



15Mar42 

Lawson Field 

30May42 

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loan) 


15Oct42 


Fort Lawson 

27Oct41 (on 

loan) 


25oct42 


11Nov42 

811 th BAS, Lawson 

Field 15Nov42. To 

RFC as RO-47A 

30Jan45 


Missouri 


Robertson, MO 

21Jan39 


3Jan41 


71 st Obs.Group, 

Salinas, CA 

16Dec41. Acc. 

23Jan42 two 

miles North of 

Santa Cruz, CA, 

2LT David B. 

Henderson, 

forced landing 

due to broken oil 

line. Rep. 

SAD 23Mar42 

To Class 26 6May42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-309 AC37-366 25Jan39 120 th Obs. 



7Jan39 


Bliss, TX 

15Jan41. Acc. 

31Mar41 Burfield, 

VA, MAJ Ivor 

Massey, brakes 

locked. Rep. 

DeRidder LA 

14Aug42 


Bliss, TX 2Oct42 


Bliss, TX 14Nov42 

Colorado Springs, CO 

1Feb43 


28Feb43 

Hereford, TX 8Mar43 


Obs.Group, Biggs 

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Laredo, TX 

15Nov42 

Field, Fort Bliss, TX 

27Mar43. Acc. 

14Apr43 75 miles E 

of Biggs Field, 2LT 

Clarence E. Evans, 

FLEF. 

Peterson Field, CO 

17May43 


Bliss, TX 23May43 

Abilene, TX 29Jun43 

324 th BFTS (7 th Sub- 

Depot), Minter Field, 

Lost Hills, CA 

21Dec43. Acc. 

28Feb44 there, John 

E. Adams, TOA. To 

RFC/DPC as RO-47A 

Jackson, MS 

30Aug44 

NA-25 O-47A 25-310 AC37-367 26Jan39 120 th Obs. 



28Jan39 


Bliss, TX 

15Jan41 


LA 14Aug42 


Bliss, TX 2Oct42 

Midland, TX 

15Oct42 


16Oct42 


Squadron, Alamo 


TX 26Jun43. Acc. 

16Aug43 at Hensley 

Field, Dallas, TX, 2LT 

Eugene O’Brien, LAC. 

Rep. 

Baseley (?) Field, TX 

17Aug43 


Squadron, Alamo 


TX. Acc. 28Jan44 

400 yards W of 

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Bliss, TX 

25Oct42 

Abilene, TX 

22Dec42 



Hachita Emergency 

Field, NM, CPT John 

E. Satterstrom, 

CBLEF. Cited as type 

RO-47A. Surveyed 

and reclamation 

complete Kelly Field, 

TX 23Jul45 


Oklahoma City, 

OK 23May43 

NA-25 O-47A 25-311 AC37-368 3Feb39 108 th Obs. 



Chicago, IL 

3Feb39 

Commanding 

General, 2 nd 

Army, Memphis, 

TN 5Jun41 (on 

loan) 

Camp Barkley, 

TX 21Jun43 

PROJECT 

MERCURY 

(Panama), 


20Jan42. C-4 

windlass 

installed 6May42 

Guatemala City, 

Guatemala 

9Jul42 

Surveyed PAD to FLC 

but salvaged 9Sep45 

as RO-47A 

Chicago, IL 

14Aug41 (return 

from loan) 

PAD 27May43 


Squadron, 

Howard Field, 

CZ. Acc. 

16Mar44, at 

Howard Field, 

2LT Massey J. 

Huber. 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-548 NG38-271 11Feb39 103 rd Obs.Sqdn., 

PA NG 11Feb39, 

Acc. 

23/24Feb39 at 

Merchantsville, 

NJ, LT V. G. 

Houston or MAJ 

John M. 

McCulloch, LAC. 

Rep. Acc. 

24Feb39 at 

Merchantville, 

NJ, 2LT Vincent 

G. Huston, 


Rep. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-549 NG38-272 1Mar39 118 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Hartford, CT, 

Connecticut 


1Mar39 

Hillsgrove, RI 

28Dec41. 

MAD 10Jan42 


9Feb42. Acc. 

19Apr42 at 

Hillsgrove, RI, 

2LT Bernard J. 

Mulloy, TOA. 


15Mar41 


25Jan42 


Group, 


31Aug42 

Windsor Locks, NY 

4May42 

MAD Sub-Depot 

14May42 

Boston 27Jun42. 

Condemned and 

surveyed 5Nov42, 

salvaged, reason not 

stated 

West Palm Beach, FL 

27Oct42. 




9Nov42 

Savannah, GA 

18Dec42. 


1Mar43 



Stewart, GA 16Mar43 

Napier Field, GA 

3May43 

Camp Stewart, GA 

15May43 

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Morris Field, NC 

10Aug43 

114 th Base Unit, 

Chatham Field, 

Savannah, GA. Acc. 

28May44 there, John 

W. Wuethrich, Jr., 

TACNU. Cited as 

type RO-47A. 

Surveyed 

NA-25 O-47A 25-550 NG38-273 3Mar39 101 st Obs.Sqdn., 

Massachusetts 


3Mar39. 

2 nd TS, 

Olmstead Fld., 

PA. Acc. 1Apr40 

at Harrisburg, 

PA, 2LT William 

H. McWhorter, 

Jr., taxiing acc. 

Camp Edwards, 

MA 1Mar41 


25Feb42 

MAD 15Apr42 


20Apr42 

Hyannis 14Jun42 

Manchester, NH 

2Nov42 


20Jan43 

114 th BAS, Baltimore, 

MD as RO-47A. To 

RFC but scrapped 

Nov44 


New Jersey 


1Mar39 

MAD 26Dec41 

Fort Dix, NJ 

29Dec41 


(?), Atlantic City, 

NJ 25Feb42 


Newark NJ 

7Mar42 


Fort Dix, NJ 

3Apr42 



5Apr42 

Fort Dix, NJ 

23May42 


5Jan43 

Wilmington, NC 

31Mar43 



Stewart, GA 2Apr43 


29May43 

331 st Sub-Depot 

Bradley Field, CT 

7Aug43. 

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11Nov42 

Chemical Weapons 

School, Edgewood 

Arsenal, MD as Class 

26 

NA-25 O-47A 25-552 NG38-275 27Feb39 102 nd Obs. 

Sqdn., New 

York National 

Guard 27Feb39 

152 nd Obs. 

Sqdn., Rhode 

Island National 

Guard, 23Oct40. 

Acc. Hillsgrove, 

RI 6Dec40, 2LT 

Louse (?), hit 

bank on side of 

runway. Rep. 


3Sep41 

Lawson Field 

13Jan42 


the 128 th 

Obs.Sqdn., 


Guard) 

Miami, FL 

17Jan42 


2Apr42 

Miami, FL 

14May42 

Lakeworth, FL 

5Sep42 

Orlando, FL 

5Oct42 

Lakeworth, FL 

7Nov42 



Municipal Airport, 

Chicago, IL 27Jan43. 

Sault St. Marie 

31Jan43 


28Apr43 

Chicago Municipal 

Airport, 24May43 

Acc. 19Apr43 at 

Brimley Bay, Marie, 

MI, F/O Keith L. 

Fuller, CREF. Rep. 


Squadron, Baltimore 

AAF, MD. Acc. 

14Dec43 FLEF in 

water off Mob jack 

Bay, VA, 2LT Charles 

P. Crowley. Cited as 

type RO-47A. 

Surveyed Dec43 

West Palm 

Beach, FL 

28Nov42 


Maryland 

Frederick, MD 

11Jun41 

Fort Detrick, MD 

12Dec41 

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21Mar39 

One source 

cites an 

accident 

5Aug40 at 

Wilmington, DE 

MAD 8Aug40 

Fort Dix, NJ 

20Jul41 (loan) 

Wright Field, OH 

12Oct41 (loan) 

Newark, NJ 

17Oct41 (return 

off loan) 

MAD 2Feb42 


20Feb42 

59 th Obs.Group, Fort 

Dix, NJ 26May42 

Hyannis, MA 

30Aug42 (possibly 

with 119 th Obs. 

Sqdn.) 


2Nov42 


7Nov42 


13Nov42 

Camp Edwards, MA 

21Dec42 

Otis Field 26Dec42 



Squadron) 

To Class 26 Dec43 

NA-25 O-47A 25-554 NG38-277 13Apr39. 

ACRNAA 

Mines Field, 

CA. Acc. 

2Mar39 

there, CPT 

John S. 

Griffith, MAC 

with Fleet 

NC-622M. 

Rep. 


Washington 


13Apr39 

SAD 3Mar41 


13Jul41 

Mines Field, CA 

21Sep42 


7Oct42 

Yakima, WA 10Jan43 

McChord Field, WA 

16Jan43 

Gray Field, WA 

25Jan43 


27Jan43 

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Gray Field, WA 

20Feb43 

Santa Ana, CA 

24Mar43 

450 th AABU, 

Hawthorn, CA 

28Apr43 

116 th Recon 




2LT Joseph R. 

Sipper, LACGL To 

RFC DPC Storage 

Depot #16, Gary 

Field, Blythe, CA as 

RO-47A and N4725V. 

To Planes of Fame 

Museum, Chino, CA 


Ohio National 

Guard. 


2Dec40 

MAD 19Nov41 

Hyannis 

30Jun42. C-4 

windlass 

installed, then C- 

5 18Jun42 

1 st Tow Target 

Squadron, Otis Field, 

MA. Acc. 13Mar43 at 

Duxbury, MA, 2LT 

William C. H. Holder, 

FLW 

Owns Field, 

Columbia, SC. 

Acc. 29Oct41 

between 

Lancaster and 

Monroe, SC, 

FLEF, 1LT John 

A. Vietor, Jr. 

Rep. 


3Aug42 

Hyannis, MA 

5Aug42 (possibly 

with the 119 th 

Obs.Sqdn.) 

Westover Field, 

MA 16Nov42 

Roosevelt Field, NY 

3Apr43. To Class 26 

there 17Mar43 

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Hyannis 23Nov42 

Camp Edwards, 

MA 7Dec42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-556 NG38-279 6Apr39 109 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Minnesota 


6Apr39 

Camp 


27Feb41 

Savannah, GA 

24Dec41 


LA 28Jan42 


16Apr42 

Kellogg Field 8Jun42 



Galveston, TX 

29Jul42 


Obs. Group, New 

Orleans AAB, LA 

18Sep42. Acc. 

7Mar43 2.5 miles SE 

of Donaldson, LA, 

2LT Eugene D. 

Kuhre, KCR. 


NA-25 O-47A 25-557 NG38-280 20Mar39 National Guard 

Bureau 20Mar39 


12Jan42 

Gulfport, MS 

15May43 

152 nd Obs. 

Sqdn., Rhode 


Guard 3Nov39 


31Jul41 


Savannah, GA 

16Jan42 

Camp 


28Jan42 

HHS, 5 th ASC, 

New Orleans 

AAB, LA 

20Feb42. FLEF 

19Mar42 20 miles 


31May43 to Class 26 

15Oct43 there 

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Alabama 


Birmingham, AL. 

Acc. 20Aug41 

Selman Field, 

Monroe, LA, 2LT 

Wendell F. 

Moseley. Nosed 

up. Rep. Wr. 

Monroe, LA 

23Aug41, 2LT 

Wendel 

Moseley. Rep. 


Arkansas 


22May39 

NW of Baton 

Rouge, LA, 2LT 

Edwin V. Balch. 

Rep. 

Miami, FL 

16Jan42 


2Feb42 


17Apr42 


Savannah, GA 

1Jun42 

15 th 

Antisubmarine 

Squadron 

(ASRON), 


7Nov42 

Savannah, GA 

13Dec42 






15Dec41 

Camp Forrest 2Feb43 

Camp Stewart 

1Mar43 



Field, GA 7Apr43 


15Apr43 

10th Tow Target 


Field, VA 27May43. 

Acc. DTCMF into 

Back River near 


22Jul43, 2LT Charles 

A. Whittock [given as 

s/n ’48-281’]. To 

Class 26 there 

25Jul43 


31Mar42 

Panama City, FL 

Apalachicola, 

FL11Dec42 


19Dec42 


28Mar43. To Class 

26 there 19May43 

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Tennessee 




15Jul41 



Guard, 


28Apr39 

MERCURY 

20Jan42. 



Howard Field, 

CZ. Acc. 7Jun42 

in bay at St. 

Elmo’s Point, 

South end of Rey 

Island, Bay of 

Panama, 8º13’- 

78º54’30” 1LT 

James E. Walch, 

cause 

undetermined but 

assumed FLEF 

Meridian, MS 

28Jan41 



12Nov41 


Obs.Group, Gray 


26Apr42. Acc. 


Raymond H. Kehl, 

TAC. Rep. 




Group, Burns AAF, 

OR. 

Salinas, CA 8Apr43 

Estrella, CA 19May43 

Acc. 20Oct43 6 miles 

SE of Hayfork, CA, 

2LT Byron C. Tunnell, 

BOoG. RFC 12Oct45 

to N4725V but given 

as msn 25-554. Now 

under restoration to 

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flight at the Planes 

of Fame, Chino, CA 

(but see entry for 

MSN 25-554). 

NA-25 O-47A 25-562 NG38-285 7Apr39 110 th Obs. 

Sqdn., Missouri 


7Apr39 

9 th Obs. Sqdn. (?), 

Fort Dix, NJ 

10Jan42 

To Class 26 11Nov42 

126 th Obs. 

Sqdn., 

Wisconsin 


5Jan41 

Fort Dix, NJ 

11Jun41 

MAD 7Jan42 


25Feb42 

Fort Dix, NJ 

23May42 

Hyannis, MA 

30Aug42 

(probably with 

the 119 th Obs. 

Sqdn.) 

518 th Bomb 


Bomb Group, 

Grenier Field, 


2Nov42. Acc. 

31Oct42 at Old 

Sky Harbor 

Airport, 

Rochester, NH, 

1LT Milton A. 

Love, FLW. 


Tennessee 

National Guard. 

Columbia, SC 

3Oct40 


15Jul41 



Gray field, Fort 

Lewis, WA 

18Apr42. 



Guard Acc. 

Medford, OR 30Jun43 

Salinas AB, CA 

10Jul43 


Portland, OR 15oct43 

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VA 15Nov41 

NA-25 O-47A 25-564 NG38-287 23Apr39 120 th Obs. 



23Apr39 



Guard 27Apr39. 

Acc. 14Mar41, 

Battle Creek, 

MI, CPT William 

Westlake. 

Nosed over. 

Rep. 

25May42 Moon 

Island, Hoquiam, 

WA, 2LT Joseph 

M. Aitken, ran off 

runway. Rep. 


77 th Obs. Grp., 


Bliss, TX 

15Jan41. 

Taxi accident 

19Oct42 at Biggs 

Field, starboard 

main gear folded, 

Crew Chief M/Sgt 

John R. Ludwig. 

(Reported in 

error on the 

actual Accident 

Report and in 

other sources as 

“AC37-387”) 

Repaired 

MERCURY 

20Jan42. 



Howard Field, 

CZ. Acc. 18Sep42 

10 miles E of Rio 

Hato, RdeP, 1LT 

Charles Abbuhl, 

Jr., MAC with O- 

47A 37-321 (q.v.). 

Rep. 

81 st Sub-Depot, 

Muroc AB, CA and 

surveyed 31Dec43 as 



1Feb43 

Hereford, TX 8Mar43 


Bliss, TX 27Mar43 



Tonopah 21Dec43. 



28Nov44 




15May43 at Howard, 

ground crew, PFC 

Edmund Ruszkowski 

TAC. Rep. 

1 st Recon Sqdn. (Sp) 

by 1Nov43. 


Squadron 1Nov43 

Condemned and 

surveyed PAD 

28May45 

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Washington 



25Apr39 




Lewis, WA 

21Dec42. Acc. 

21Dec42 at 

Yakima WA, 2LT 

Holman C. 

Massey, LACNO. 


Lewis, WA 27Jan43. 

Corvallis 3May43 


Portland, OR 

412 th Fighter Group, 

Muroc AB, CA by 

16May44 


Ohio National 

Guard 


2Dec40 



18 th Obs.Sqdn.) 


28Feb42 


Dover, DE 

5May42 

81 st Sub-Depot, 

Muroc AB, CA 

To RFC Storage 

Depot #16, Gary 

Field, Blythe, CA 

4Jan45 as RO-47A 

and registered as 

N4717V by 20Apr51 

to Allen I. Dyer, Long 

Beach, CA. Canc. 

24Mar53 


17Jan43 


8Feb43 

Santa Rosa CA 

19Mar43 

To Class 26 Nov43 


25May42 

Lakeworth 

7Sep42 

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NA-25 O-47A 25-568 NG38-291 18May39 109 th Obs. 

Sqdn., 

Minnesota 

National Guard. 

Camp 


27Feb41 

SAD 21Dec41. 

Wr. 25Dec41 

Savannah AB, 

GA, transient 

aircraft crew. 

Rep. 

Hamilton Field, 

CA 26Dec42 

Camp 


24Feb42. 


TX 30Apr42. Acc. 

15Jul42 near 

Eagle Point in 

Galveston Bay, 

TX, CPT Berle 

Sampson. 

Surveyed and 

condemned 

21Jul42 


Bliss, TX 

27Dec41. 

109 th 

Obs.Sqdn., 67 th 

Obs.Group, 

Esler AAF, LA. 

Cr 28Feb42 at 

Esler AAF, 2LT 

Leon R. 

McMullen, 

TACNU 

NA-25 O-47A 25-569 NG38-292 16May39 107 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Michigan NG, 

Romulus, MI 

16May39. Acc. 

5Apr40 at Ann 

Arbor, MI, CPT 

Melville C. 

Robinson, 

landing acc. 


21Jan42 

Morris Field, 

Charlotte, NC 

6Feb42. Acc. 

There 17May42, 

2LT John O. 

Gaskin. Plane 

went into bank at 

Surveyed 19May42 

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18May39. Acc. 

10Jul40 

Maxwell Field, 

AL, CPT J. I. 

Woodward, 

fatal, complete 

wreck. 




TX 

150 feet then 

crashed, fatal to 

pilot 

Brownwood, TX 

12Jan41 

Surveyed Dec1940 


7Mar42 


21Jun42 


Stinson Airport, TX 

3Jul42 

Natchitoches, TX 

10Aug42 

DeRidder AAF, LA 

9Sep42 

Houston, TX 6Oct42 

SAAD 27Nov42 


15Dec42 

San Antonio TX 

9Jun43 

Peterson Field, 


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HHS, SASC, 


21Dec43 

4121 st BAS. To RFC 

as RO-47A McKellar 

Field, TN 8Sep44 



Guard, 


21May39 

Miami, FL 

11Jan42 


15Mar42 

2 nd Ferry Group, 


31Jan43 

Otis Field 5Apr43 


Meridian, MS 

28Jan41 


11May42 

Tow Target 

Squadron); 


Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, 

GA 7Nov41. 

Acc. 7Nov41, 

Key Field, 

Meridian, MS 

1LT Donald D. 

Stowell, nosed 

up. Rep. 

Acc. 5Dec41 at 

Larson Field, 

Robert E. 

Bracken, TAC. 

Rep, 



19May42 


22Aug42 

Fort Dix, NJ 

28Aug42 



19Sep42 

517 th Bomb Sqdn. 

(H), 25 th AS Wing, 

Camp Edwards, 

MA 21Dec42 



Davis, NC 30May43. 

Acc. 29Jul43 BLEF in 

swamp near Camp 

Davis, 1LT Herbert O. 

Evans. Surveyed 

10Sep43. No 

evidence to RFC, 

however, cited as To 

USMC Air Ground 

Museum but on loan 

to Minnesota Air 

Guard Museum but 

cited as msn 25-565. 

Now held by The 

Planes of Fame 

Museum, Chino, CA 


Tennessee 


25May39 


26Aug41 

Lawson Field 

13Jan42 (possibly 


Obs.Sqdn., Georgia 

National Guard) 

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Miami, FL 17Jan42 



(loan) 


Savannah, GA 

1Jun42 


23Aug42 

Atlanta, GA 4Oct42 




31Oct42 

Camp Davis 21Dec42 

Morris Field 15Apr43 

Camp Davis 22Apr43 

Morris Field 10Aug43 


MD. To RFC Nov44 as 

RO-47A but scrapped 


Sqdn., Missouri 


31May39 

126 th Ob. Sqdn., 

Wisconsin 


21Dec40 

Fort Dix, NJ 

11Jun41 

PROJECT 

X/SUMAC 

15Jan42 


21 st TCS 

Condemned Fifth Air 

Force 3Sep44 

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25May39 

153 rd Obs. 

Sqdn., 

Mississippi 


Meridian, MS 

15Oct41. 

Nicknamed 

“Sno Ball” 


15Jan42 

Meridian, MS 

4Feb42 

Camp 


17Feb42 


TX 16Apr42 

Brownwood, TX 

8Jun42 


14Jul43 

Gainsville 23Jul43 

Perrin Field, TX 

3Aug43 

HHS SAASC, Kelly 

Field, TX 23Sep43 



Galveston, TX 

29Jul42 




29May39 


18Sep42 


Mississippi 


Meridian, MS 

15Oct41 


15Jan42 

Meridian, MS 4Feb42 



LA 8Apr42 


16Apr42 

Galveston, TX 

29Jul42 


18Sep42 

Savannah, GA 

9Nov42 

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Stewart 

Patterson Field 

16May43 

Knoxville, KY 

20May43 



27May43 


MD 


Nov44 but scrapped 


New Jersey 


Newark, NJ 

25May39 

MAD 26Dec41 

Newark, NJ 

3Feb42. C-4 

windlass 

installed 4Feb42 


24Feb42 


Newark, NJ 

2Mar42 


9Apr42 (loan) 

Fort Dix, NJ 

23May42 


Squadron, Biggs 


15Jan43. Wr 20Apr43 

Biggs Field, TX, 2LT 

Alton E. McQueen, 

engine failure. 

Caught fire after 

striking bank about 

35 miles NNW of 

Biggs Field and was 

demolished. Was 

completing a strafing 

training mission at 

Condron Field at the 

time. (Often cited in 

error elsewhere as 

“ac38-350”) 

Page75


16Jun42 

Surveyed 25 May 

1943 

Fort Dix, NJ 

26Jun42 

Hyannis, MA 

3Sep42 (possibly 


Obs. Sqdn.) 


2Nov42 




IL 31May39 

MERCURY 

19Jan42 



Howard Field, 

CZ. Acc. 2Dec42 

at Chame No.2, 

RdeP, 1LT 

Rodman L. 

Crawford, MACB. 

To the 531 st BAS, 

Barksdale Field, LA, 

the only O-47 known 

to have returned to 

CONUS from an 

overseas 

assignment. To RFC 

4Sep44 McKellar 

Field, TN 

NA-25 O-47A 25-579 NG38-302 31May39 Maryland 


31May39 



Key Field, 

Meridian, MS 

5Feb41. Acc. 

26Jan42 at 

Maxwell Fld, AL, 

2LT Rulon D. 

Blake, LACGL. 

Rep. 


15Jan42 


30Jan42 

Meridian, MS 

7Feb42 

Camp 


26Feb42 

Brookley Field 

26Apr42 


Lawson Field, Fort 

Benning, GA 

27Sep42. 

Patterson Field 

19Nov42 


19Nov42. Acc. 

7Feb43 at Lawson 

Field, CPT Garnet B. 

Palmer, TAC. To RFC 

as RO-47A but 

scrapped 13Nov45 

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Camp 


11May42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-580 NG38-303 9Jun39 118 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Connecticut 


Hartford, CT, 

4Jun39. 



Jacksonville 

AAB, FL 

16Mar41. Acc. 

15Jan42 at 

Gunnery Range, 

Camp Blanding, 

FL, 2LT Walter 

R. Young, 

MACO. Rep. 



20Jun42. Acc. 

27Sep42 at 

Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, GA, 

Philip J. Marino, 

TACNU. Rep. 

Savannah, GA 

19Jan42 




2Feb42. Acc. 

23May42 at 

Charleston AAB, 

1LT Joseph B. 

Moorman, Jr., 

LACNO. Rep. 


7Jun42 


29Sep42 


17Mar43. To Class 

26 15Oct43 

West Palm 

Beach, FL 

7Oct42 

15 th 

Antisubmarine 

Squadron 

(ASRON), 


21Oct42 

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Arkansas 


5Jun39\ 




15De41 

NA-25 O-47A 25-582 NG38-305 13Jun39 103 rd Obs.Sqdn., 

Pennsylvania 


Harrisburg PA 

15Jun39. Acc. 

12Oct39 at 

Pittsburgh, PA, 

LTC John V. 

Dallin, LAC. 

Rep. 

Camp Rulan 

21Dec42 


6Apr42 

344 th Flexible 

Gunnery 

Squadron, 

Tyndall Field, FL. 


Apalachicola 

Flexible Gunnery 

Base, FL, 2LT 

Franklin D. 

Rollins, GAC. 



9Mar43 


Harrisburg 

Airport, PA. 



2LT G. Ramsey 

with 103 rd 

Obs.Sqdn. at 

the time. Rep. 

Harrisburg, PA. 

Acc. 4Nov41 5 

miles SW of 

Auxiliary Field, 

Bennettsville, 

Page78

SC, 1LT Robert 

B. Womble, Jr., 

KTOA. Still with 

103 rd Obs.Sqdn. 

at the time. 

Crashed on 

take-off. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-583 NG38-306 12June39 102 nd Obs. 

Sqdn., New 

York National 

Guard 16Jun39 

152 nd Obs. 

Sqdn., Rhode 


Guard 15Oct40 

Fort Devens 

Field, MA 

31Jul41. Acc. 

18Aug41 Boston 

Harbor, MA, 1LT 

John F. Barrett, 

ran out of fuel. 

MAD 9Sep41 


3Jan42 


25Feb42 

Fort Dix, NJ 

23May42 


18Nov42 

Camp Davis 19Jan43 

518 th Bomb 

Squadron, Grenier 

Field 31Jan43 

4 th Ferry Group, 

Nashville TN 2Feb43 


Group, Camp Davis 

5Feb43 


Camp Davis 1Apr43 


MD 


but scrapped by 

24Nov44 

NA-25 O-47A 25-584 NG38-307 13Jun39 101 st Obs.Sqdn., 

Massachusetts 


East Boston, MA 

15Jun39 

Camp Edwards, 

MA 1Aug41 


27Dec41 

Camp Edwards, 

MA 28Jan42 


25Feb42 

New Castle AAB, 


11Feb43. Acc. 

10Feb43 at New 

Castle AAB, DE, crew 

chief Kennard A. 

Johnson, TAC. Rep. 

Palacios 29Mar43 

Foster Field 7Apr43 

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12Mar42 

Kelly Field, TX 

24Apr43 


26May42 

Hyannis, MA 

7Jul42 (possibly 


Obs. Sqdn.) 


2Nov42 

Palacios, TX 9May43 

Foster Field 2Jun43 

HHS, SASC, 

McClellan Field, 

Sacramento AAF, CA 

10Oct43. Acc. 

3Apr44 at Oakland 


CA, CPL Fred Mollo, 

GAC. Cited as type 

RO-47A. 


Washington 



8Jun39 



19May42 

To RFC 5Oct44 as 

RO-47A McKellar 

Field, TN 

Lyndon 11Jan43 

Gray AAF, WA 

31Jan43 


Squadron, Palacios 


TX. Acc. 24Feb43 

there, 1LT Albert A. 

Zupan, MACOB. Rep. 


Obs.Group, Corvallis, 

OR. Acc. 19Mar43, 

DTC into Fern Ridge 

Lake, 14 miles NW of 

Eugene, OR, 2LT 

Walter G. McLeod. 

Rep. 

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Portland, OR 

20Mar43. Awaiting 

survey 31Mar43 


Ohio National 

Guard 17Jun39 


2Dec40. Acc. 

20Mar41 at 

Myrtle Beach 

AAF, SC, 1LT W. 

E. Leisy, overran 

runway. 

Rep. 

Pope Field, NC. 

Acc. 5Aug41 

Pope Fld., NC, 

2LT Rodney 

Freeman, 

collided with 

tractor and 

mowing 

machine. 

MAD 27Aug41 

Fort Bragg, NC 

10Dec41 



25May42 

Pope Sub-Depot 

6Jun42 


29Jul42 

MAD 9Sep42 

Lakeworth 

Municipal 

Airport, FL 

14Sep42 

Camp Davis 

26Dec42 

Morris Field 19May43 

[error?] 

Charlotte, NC 

22Jan43 


23Jan43 

522 nd Bomb 

Squadron, Lantana 

AP, FL 31Jan43 

Camp Davis To Class 

26 as RO-47A 

To RFC 6Sep44 as 

RO-47A McKellar 

Field, TN 


Minnesota 


St. Paul, MN 

25Jun39. Acc. 

4Dec39 Duluth, 

MN 1LT H. S. 

Paul. Hit power 

pole. 

Surveyed 28Feb40 

and dropped from 

records 

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Michigan 


17Jun39 



Camp 


4Nov40. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-589 NG38-312 29Jun39 106 th Obs. 



29Jun39 


TX 12Dec41 

Savannah, GA 

22Dec41 

Savannah, GA 

21Dec41 

Miami, FL 

16Jan42 

Savannah, GA 

28Feb42 

Camp 


8Apr42 

Cam Beauregard, LA 

28Jan42 

SAAD 9Mar42 


LA 8Apr42. Acc. 

23Apr42 at 

Citronelle, AL, 2LT 

Stanley E. Marsh, 

BOoG. Parachute 

used successfully. 

Surveyed 15Jul42 



Field, VA 6Jan43. 

Acc. 29Nov43 there, 

2LT Irving H. Selber, 

TACNO. 


but scrapped 2Nov44 


TX 16Jun42. 

Kellogg Field, MI 


the 21 st 

Obs.Sqdn.) 

16Jun42. C-5 

windlass 

installed 

28Jun42 

Selfridge Field, 

MI 2Oct42 

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8Nov42 

Camp Davis 

29Nov42 


Arkansas 


Adams Field, 


30Jun39. Acc. 

4May40 

Bowman Field, 

KY, 1LT Edward 

Garbacz, taxiing 

acc. Rep. Acc. 

30Jun40 at 

Adams Fld, 1LT 

John Dordyce, 

landing acc. 

Rep. 

NA-25 O-47A 25-591 NG38-314 30Jun39 108 th Obs. 



Chicago, IL 

30Jun39 



Acc. 14Jul41 Fort 

Sill, OK, 2LT 

Timothy A. Shea, 

collided with 

power line. 

However, the 

accident was 

also reported at 

Brownwood, TX 

the same day, 

same pilot, 

collision with 

unknown object. 

Rep. 

PROJECT 

MERCURY 

(Panama) 

19Jan42. 


15Dec41. Acc. 

24Nov42 at Tyndall 

Field, FL, Corporal 

Rueblin D. Hartley, 

GAC. 

344 th Flexible 

Gunnery Squadron, 


31Jan43 

Condemned per G. & 

L. Report 27Feb43 

having amassed 

2,210:7 flying hours 

108 th Recon 

Squadron, 72 nd recon 

Group, Howard Field, 

CZ. Acc. 7Sep43 at 

APO832 (Howard), 

Christian J. Singer, 

TAC. Rep. 

Howard Field, 

CZ. C-4 windlass 

installed 6May42 

1 st Recon Sq (Sp) by 

1Nov43 


Squadron 1Nov43 

NA-25 O-47A 25-592 NG38-315 19Jul39 110 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Missouri 


3Jan41 

Condemned and 

surveyed as RO-47A 

Sixth Air Force 

12Oct45 

Salinas, CA 16Dec41 

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Robertson, MO 

24Jul39 

Rice, CA 21Sep42 

Needles 16Oct42 

Salinas, CA 25Oct42 

SAD 15Nov42 

Salinas, CA 20Nov42 

Abilene, TX 5Feb43 


Muskogee, OK 

20Feb43 

Abilene, TX 10Mar43 


8Apr43 


6Aug43 

Perrin Field, TX, 

11Aug43 


12Aug43 

HHS, SAASC, and 


Field, TX 21Dec43. 


30Jan45 

NA-25 O-47A 25-593 NG38-316 29Jul39 105 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Tennessee 


3Aug39. 


TX 15Apr42. Acc. 

11Jul42 on the 

beach 14 miles 

21 st Antisubmarine 

Squadron, 26 th AWIG, 


18Sep42 

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Columbia, SC 

3Oct40 

SE of Grand 

Chenier, LA. Rep. 

Camp Forrest 

13Dec42 


15Jul41 

Fort 

Leavenworth, 

KS 24Feb42 

Oklahoma AB 

8Mar42 


Fort 

Leavenworth, 

KS 12Mar42 

NA-25 O-47A 25-594 NG38-317 25Aug39 Was originally 

designated for 

delivery to the 

Tennessee 


but was 

changed to 

Alabama 

16Aug39 

106 th Obs, 



26Aug39 

Lake Charles, LA 

Sub-Depot 

13Jul42 

Miami, FL 

16Jan42 


2Feb42 



26Sep42 

25 th 

Antisubmarine 

Wing, Camp 

Davis 26Dec42 


14Dec42 




6Mar43 


19Mar43. Acc. 


Joseph W. Tresey, 

TOA. Surveyed and 

condemned 5Apr43 

12 th ASRON, 

Greenville, SC 

4Jan43 


Sqdn., Langley Field, 

VA 4Jan43 



Davis, NC 22Jan43 

Morris Field 24Feb43 

Camp Davis 26Feb43 

Otis Field 27Mar43 


Tow Target 

Squadron) 



Davis 30May43. Acc. 

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NA-25/NA-60 O-47A 25-595 NG38-318 22Aug39 120 th Obs. 



23Aug39 [Note: 

this aircraft had 

been modified 

by 15Aug39 

with a much 

deeper and 

heavily glazed 

observer’s 

enclosure. It is 

not clear if this 

was retained] 

25Aug43 there, David 

C. Krath, LACMF. To 

RFC as RO-47A but 

scrapped 24Nov43 

Albuquerque, NM 

25Jan43 


Bliss, TX 29Jan43 


1Feb43 

Hereford, TX 

13Mar43 





Abilene, TX 14Apr43. 

Muskogee, OK 

3May43 

Cox Field, TX 

19May43 

Greenville, TX 

26May43. Acc. 

25May43 three miles 

W of Camp Maxey, 

TX, Max Price, 

KCRGC. Condemned 

1Jul43 

NA-25 O-47A 25-596 AC38-319 11May39 12 th Obs.Sqdn., 


Sill, OK 

13Jun39. Acc. 

10Jul39 there, 


France Field, CZ 

(Panama) 

13Jun40. 


and dropped from 

records June 1941, 

378:40tt. 

Page86

2LT James C. 

Barham, LAC. 

Rep. 

SAAD 27Jul39 


18Dec39 

Wr. Rio Hato, 

RdeP 2Nov40, 

2LT J. R. 

Reynolds, 

collided with 

bomb shelter. 


Godman Field. 

Acc.4Jan40 at 

Godman Fld., 

1LT Harry N. 

Burkhalter, Jr., 

landing acc. 

SAAD 6May40 

NA-25 O-47A 25-597 AC38-320 15May39 91 st School 

Squadron, 

Maxwell Field, 

AL 17May39 

Augusta, GA 

10Feb42 

Langley field, VA 

1Apr42 


20Jun42 

Portland, OR 

23Aug42 

Flight “B,” 16 th 

Obs.Sqdn. 

(C&D) Lawson 

Field, Fort 

Benning, GA 

18Dec39 [coded 

number ‘3’]. 

Acc. 11Jun41 

Lawson Field, 

GA, 2LT William 

H. Bennis, 

struck 

surveyers level 

while landing. 

Rep. 

7 th Ferry Sq., 

ACFC, Seattle, 

WA (also cited as 

Northwest 

Sector, AAF 

Ferrying 

Command), Fort 

Lewis, WA 

18Apr42. Acc. 

25Apr42 (also 

given as 

18May42) at Red 

Bluff Municipal 

Airport, CA, 2LT 

Raymond H. 

Mitchell, nosed 

over on take-off. 


29Aug42 

Astoria, OR 29May43 


2Jun43 

Paine Field, Everett, 

WA 18Jul43 


21Jul43 

Yakima Airport, WA 

23Jul43 

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SAD 18Jun42 


28Nov44 but 

scrapped 

NA-25 O-47A 25-598 AC38-321 29Jun39 12 th Obs.Sqdn., 


Godman field, 

Fort Knox, KY 

29Jun39. 

To Inglewood, 

CA by 10May39. 

Acc. 10May39 

at Mines Field, 

CA, 2LT Howard 

M. Means, LAC. 

Rep. Acc. 

12Jan42 at 

Wood Lake, KY, 

10 miles East of 

Frankfurt, KY, 

2LT J. V. 

Rambeau. 

FLEFMF 




21Oct42. Acc. 

26Oct42 at 

Florence, KY, 

1LT Billy 

Robinson, FLEF. 



Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY 

16May39. Acc. 

30Jun41 at 

Godman Field, 

2LT Leon 

Lincoln, taxiing 


Camp 


16Jan42 


TX 5May42 

Galveston, TX 

29Jul42 


LA 18Sep42. Acc. 

25Jan43 8 miles NW 

of New Orleans AAB 

in Lake Pontchartain, 

2LT Harold E. 

Watson, CRGC. 



Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY 

15May39 

Camp 


16Mar42 


TX 16Apr42 

Brownwood, TX 

15Jun42 

Camp Barkley, TX 

24May43 

Laurel, MS 26May43 

317 th Base HQS and 

AB Squadron, 

DeRidder AAB, LA 

7Oct43. Acc. 

Page88



Abilene, TX 

23Jun42 


LA 2Aug42. Acc. 

30Sep42 at Tulsa 

Municipal 

Airport, OK, 1LT 

Joseph G. Manyo, 

TACNO. Rep. 

28Jan44 there, T/Sgt 

John H. Heusser, 

TAC. Cited as type 

RO-47A. To RFC 

5Feb44, McKellar 

Field, TN 

Abilene, TX 

2Oct42 

Tulsa, OK 

(School) 24Oct42 


Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY 

16May39. Acc. 

11Jul39 at 

Bowman Field, 

KY, 2LT Charles 

S. Marshall Rep. 

Abilene, TX 

25Oct42 

Surveyed 7Apr42 but 

apparently to Class 

26 at Mobile, AL as 


Godman Field, 

KY. Acc. 

6Aug41, 

Godman Field, 

KY, 2LT Donald 

E. Lange, struck 

pick-up pole. 

Rep. 

Page89


TX. Acc. 

11Sep41 

Marshall, TX, 

2LT Gordon E. 

Smith. Failed to 

put prop into 

flat pitch. 


Godman Field, 

Fort Knox, KY 

19May39. Acc. 

5Jun41 at Fort 

Knox, CPT 

Charles F. 

Kidwell, taxiing 



Godman Field, 

KY, James A. 

Glendenin, 

taxiing 


Camp 


26Mar42 

MOAD 28Apr42 

Camp 


5May42 

Brookley 

15May42 

Camp 


20May42 


DeRidder AAB, LA 

16Jun43. Acc. 

26Aug43 there, 

Civilian Walter M. 

Dowlearn, collided 

with O-47A 37-334, 

TACGC. To RFC and 

RO-47A 4Sep44 at 



23Sep42 


LA 12Oct42 

Camp Forrest 

10Nov42 

Baton Rouge, LA 

17Nov42 

NA-51 O-47B 51-978 AC39-65 17Aug39 Flying Branch, 


New Orleans AB, 

LA 31Jan43 

Luke Field, AZ 

27Apr42 

Wright Field, OH. 

Acc. there 5Apr43, 

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4Sep39. Acc. 

6Jan40, Buffalo, 

NY, CPT Price, 

landing gear 

failed during 

landing. Rep. 


Wright Field, 

CPT E. K. 

Warburton(?), 

hard landing 

during tests. To 

factory for 

major repairs. 

NA-51 O-47B 51-979 AC39-66 9oct39 97 th Obs.Sqdn. 


Field, LI, NY 

13Oct39 

Lawson Field, 

Fort Benning, 

GA 26Oct40. 

Acc. 3Sep41 2.5 

miles SW of 

Opelousas, LA, 

2LT David W. 

Clay. Cause 

unknown. Rep. 


9May42 

Sub-Depot, Baer 

Field, IN 3Jun42 


16Jun42 

Patterson Field, 

OH 31Jan43 

SAAD 1Oct41. 


Duncan Fld., TX, 

2LT John L. 

Shipman, LACMF. 

Rep. 

Lawson Field 

2Apr42 (possibly 


Obs.Sqdn., 


Guard) 

Miami, FL 

15Apr42 

CPT H. M. Campbell, 

TACW. Rep. 

Lowry Field, CO 

23Jul43 


12Aug43 

To RFC 5Dec44 Bush 

Field, Augusta, GA as 

RO-47B 


squadron, Biggs 


21Dec42. Acc. 

14Jun43 there, 2LT 

Thomas P. Griffin, 

TAC. Rep. 

215 th Base Unit, 

Pueblo AAB, CO. 

Acc. 1Jul44 there, 

WASP Irene E. Kinne, 

but also given as 

Hubert H. Whitlock, 

no injuries. Surveyed 

there as RO-47B 


23May42 

Savannah, GA 

1Jun42 


25Aug42 

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Orlando, FL 

21Oct42 

NA-51 O-47B 51-980 AC39-67 23Oct39 97 th Obs.Sqdn. 


Field, LI, NY 

28Oct39. 

15 th 

Antisubmarine 

Squadron 

(ASRON), 


9Nov42 


26Oct40. Acc. 

10Jul41, 

Fairmont, GA, 

2LT William H. 

Kemble, engine 

failure. Rep. 


FAD 28Jul41 

Miami, FL 30Jun42 

Hialeah, FL 2Sep42 

Lakeworth, FL 

5Sep42 

Orlando, FL 19Oct42 



“8”, Lakeworth, FL 

7Nov42 

Otis Field, MA 

27Mar43 (possibly 

with the 1 st Tow 

Target Squadron) 

Westover Field, MA 

10May43 

Otis Field, MA 

24May43 

Memphis, TN 2Jun43 

Hondo, TX 4jun43 

Brookley Field, AL 

27Sep43 Surveyed 

14Feb44 

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Field, LI, NY 

2Nov39 


26Nov39 

Miami, FL 

23Dec41 


23May42 


Savannah, GA 

1Jun42 


28Aug42 



Davis, NC 20Jul43. 


2LT Rexford L. 

Dollinger, BLEF. To 

RFC 5Jan44 at 

McKellar Field, TN as 

RO-47B. Registered 

as NC73717 to Aero 

Exploration Co., 

Tulsa, OK 10Nov47. 

Canc. 10May49 

MAD 14Sep42 

15 th 

Antisubmarine 

Squadron 

(ASRON), 


23Sep42 


21Nov42 

Camp Davis 

21Dec42 

Charlotte, NC 

2Feb43 

Nashville, TN 

5Mar43 

Camp Davis 

6Mar43. Acc. 

16Apr43 at Camp 

Davis, 2LT 

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Robert H. 

Wanner, landing 


Morris Field 

3Jun43 



Field, LI, NY 

6Nov39 


12Nov40 

Brooks Field 

31Aug41 


12Jan42 


Miami, FL 

13Jan42. Wr. 

15Feb42 East of 

Dry Tortugas 

Lighthouse, 2LT 

M. W. Hemenway, 

aircraft lost; 

search turned up 

nothing. KMIS. 

However, the 

subsequent 

assignment 

below were 

reflected on the 

IAHC! 

Columbus, MS 

25Jan43 


19Mar43 

Mitchel Field, LI, 

NY 7Aug40 



Field, LI, NY 

26Nov39. Acc. 

4Mar40 at 

Lawson Field, 

GA, LT B. W. 

Vestal, landed 

with wheels up. 

Rep. 


26Nov40. Acc. 

14Jul41 Lawson 

Field, LT John T. 

Snyder, landing 

gear folded. Rep. 


Wing, c.6Dec42 

111 th Air Base Unit, 


20Dec42. Acc. 

17Apr44 at Mitchel 

Field, NY, CPT 

Norman A. Trapp, 

TAC. Cited as type 

RO-47B. To RFC but 

Page94

Engineering 

Department, 

Middletown Air 

Depot, PA 

15Apr40 

Fairfield, OH 

13Jan42 

Barry Field 

2Apr42 

scrapped and 

Reclamation 

complete 12Nov44 

Miami, FL 2Apr42 

Fort Dix, NJ 

29Aug42 



12Nov42 

NA-51 O-47B 51-984 AC39-71 31Oct39 97 th Obs. Sqdn. 


Fld, NY 

10Nov39. Acc. 

26Apr40 

Barksdale Fld., 

LA, 2LT Franklin 

E. Schreck, 

landing gear 

collapsed. Rep. 


26Nov40 


Oklahoma 


Tulsa, OK 

18Jun41 


Sill, OK 20Sep41 


15Dec41 

343 rd Flexible 

Gunnery Squadron, 


3Jul42. 

Apalachicola, FL 

11Nov42 


16Nov42 




15Dec42 

NA-51 O-47B 51-985 AC39-72 29Dec39 97 th Obs.Sqdn. 


Lawson Field, 


26Nov40 


5jan42. Acc. 

24Feb43 there, 

Kenneth C. Sullivan, 

LACBL. To Class 26 

Gulf Coast Flying 

Training Command 

5Mar43 

2 nd Tow Target 

Squadron, Mitchell 

Field, NY 19Jan43. 

Page95

Field, LI, NY 

10Nov39 

This aircraft 

was at Wright 

Field incident to 

tests of the 

Thompson 

Turret 

sometime 

between initial 

fielding and 

movement to 

Georgia 

NA-51 O-47B 51-986 AC39-73 7Nov39 97 th Obs.Sqdn. 


Field, LI, NY 

10Nov39 

Miami, FL 

15Jan42 

West Palm 

Beach, FL 

7May42 

Miami, FL 

14May42 

Fort Dix, NJ 

29Aug42 

Lawson Field, 


20Nov40 

Acc. 10Feb43 

between Bradley 

Field and Mitchell 

Field, NY, F/O 

Talmadge J. 

Simpson, LAS/MDTC. 

Condemned 11Feb43 



27Jan42 


20Jul42 




9Sep42 

MAD 14Sep42 


20Sep42 


21Nov42 


21Dec42 

Nashville, TN 

31Jan43 

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2Mar43 



Field, LI, NY 

29Nov39 

Acc. 5Apr41 

Lawson Field, 

GA, John T. 

Snyder. Rep. 

Lawson Field, 


20Nov40. Acc. 

there 7Apr41, 

John T. Snyder, 

nosed up while 

taxiing. Rep. 

Acc. 18Jul41 at 

Lawson Field, 

2LT Augustus E. 

Rickenbacker, 

struck boundary 

marker on 

landing. Rep. 


2Mar43 


MD (Dover, DE) To 

RFC as RO-47B but 

changed to Class 26. 

Also reported 

scrapped at Bolling 

Field, DC 29Oct44 




20Apr42 


20May42 


9Jun42 

12 th ASRON, Fort Dix, 

NJ 4Sep42 


Sqdn., Mitchel Field, 

NY 28sep42 


19Dec42 


27Jan43 



VA 30Jan43 

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(C&D), Wheeler 

Field, TH 

23Feb40 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 

Bellows Field, TH 

To RFC as RO-47B 

23Sep44, McKellar 

Field, TN 

Condemned, HAD, 

4Jan43, reason not 

stated. 

Destroyed by Enemy 

Action in depot 

shops, 7Dec41 

Bellows Field, 

TH. Acc. 

29Oct41 at 

Hickam Field, 

TH, 2LT Robert 

B. Wright 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 

NA-51 O-47B 51-991 AC39-78 21Nov39 Hawaiian Air 

Depot, Luke 

Field, TH 

23Feb40 


(C&D), Bellows 

Field, TH. 



Field, TH 

23Feb40. 


TH. Acc. 


HHS, Hickam 

Field, TH. Acc. 

7Nov41 100 

yards off Fort 

Weaver, TH, 2LT 

Charles A. Olson, 

forced landing in 

the water due to 

engine failure 


Barbers Point, Oahu, 

TH, 1LT Zareth A. 

Pachanian, KMAC. 

[cited as s/n ’39- 

770’]. Condemned 

13Jan44 

Condemned HAD 

19Dec41 

Destroyed in depot 

shops to Enemy 

Action 7Dec41 

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25Sep41 at 


TH, 2LT John F. 

Wolfe, 

undershot field 

when landing. 

Rep. 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 


TH Acc. 

14Jul41, 


TH, Robert B. 

Wright. 

Condemned 

30Dec41 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 



Picked up from 

Condemned and to 

Class 26 28Mar42. 

Finally salvaged, 

Seventh Air Force 

(Hawaii) 20Oct44 

Condemned HAD 

29May43 

Condemned HAD 

25May42 

Surveyed 29Aug41 

Hawaii 


TH. Acc. 

12Aug41 four 

miles offshore 

Haleiwa Field, 

TH, 2LT John J. 

Thornhill, 

apparently 

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collided with o- 

47B 39-86 (q.v.). 

Parachute used 

successfully. 



Field, TH 

23feb40. Acc. 

17Nov41 300 

yards offshore 


2LT Millard C. 

Shibley, Jr., 

KTOACR 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 Acc. 

8Jan41 at 

Haleiwa Field, 

TH, 2LT Rolle E. 

Stone, Jr., 

wheels-up 

landing. Rep. 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 

Reported 

assigned to the 

71 st ABS, 18 th 

ABG at Wheeler 

Field, TH as of 

7Dec41 


Hawaii 

Condemned and 

salvaged, Seventh 

Air Force (Hawaii) 

20Oct44 

Condemned and 



31Jul44 


TH. Acc. 

12Aug41 four 

miles offshore, 

Haleiwa, TH, 

2LT Raymond E. 

Nelson, 

apparently 


47B 39-83 



Destroyed by Enemy 

Action in depot 

Page100

Field, TH 

23Feb40 

shops, HAD, 7 

December 1941 


TH. Acc. 

12Sep41 


TH, 2LT 

Raymond E. 

Nelson, blew 

left tire on 

landing. Rep. 



Field, TH 

23Feb40 


Hickam Field, TH 

Condemned and 



20Oct44 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1002 NG39-89 31Oct39 Chief of the 



Field, 

Anacostia, DC 

6Nov39 

Baer Field, IN 

10Mar42 


7Apr42 

Windsor Locks 

8Dec42 



329 th BAS, Columbia, 

SC 7Sep43 

TO RFC/DPC as RO- 

47B 8Apr45, Bush 

Field, Augusta, GA 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1003 NG39-90 2Dec39 106 th Obs. 



Montgomery, AL 

2Dec39. Acc. 

17Dec41 at 

Daytona Beach, 

FL, LT C.E. 

Morris, nosedover 

while 

taxiing. Rep. 



Lantana 

(Lakeworth?), FL 

14Sep42. Acc. 

8Oct42 27º30’- 

80º10’ off Fort 

Pierce, FL, 1LT 

George S. 

Twiggs, forced 

landing in the 

sea. Sank while 

being recovered. 

Surveyed 12Oct42 

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Miami Airport, 

FL 15Jan42. 


Key West, FL, 

2LT W. F. 

Moseley, nosed 

up on landing. 

Rep. Acc. 

7Mar42 at 

Miami Airport, 

2LT Dan 

Preston, belly 

landing. Rep. 

FAD 25Mar42 

Berry Field, TN 

16May42 

FAD 11Jun42 

Georgetown 

23Jun43 


Depot 26Jun42 

Georgetown 

15Sep42 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1004 NG39-91 1Dec39 154 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Arkansas 



1Dec39 

Brownwood, TX 

9Dec41 


15Dec41 


3Jul42 


11Nov42 


12Nov42 


17Nov42 

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22Nov42 



4Mar43 



Haven, CT 26Oct43 

To RFC 2Oct44 as 

RO-47B at McKellar 

Field, TN 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1005 NG39-92 5Dec39 120 th Obs., 



Denver, CO 

5Dec39 


Bliss, TX 

15Jan41 

Brownwood, TX 

30May42 

SAAD 28Jun42 



Abilene, TX 

19Jul42 


26Aug42 

Atlanta, GA 27Aug42. 

Wr. 27Aug42 College 

Park, GA, MAJ John 

H. Chick, lost oil 

pressure, engine 

seized. 


LA 19Aug42 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1006 NG39-93 7Dec39 108th 

Obs.Sqdn., 


Guard, 

Rockford, IL 

7Dec39 

PROJECT 

MERCURY 

(Panama) 

19Jan42 

47 th Air Base 

Squadron, 

Salinas, Ecuador 

8Jul42 (APO 

661). 

PECAN 16Oct42. 


Guayaquil, Ecuador, 

MAJ Charles L. 

Northstein, TOA. 

Rep. 

Quito, Ecuador 

2Nov42 

PECAN 1JAN43 

Surveyed, 

condemned and 

salvaged Sixth Air 

Page103

Force as RO-47B 

3Sep45. However, 

this aircraft was 

listed on the surplus 

sales list of the FEA 

in Panama as in 

condition E-1 (nonflyable) 

and valued 

at $28,915 as of 

30Sep45 



Guard, 


8Dec39 

Meridian, MS 

28Jan41 

Camp 


14Jun41 (on 

loan) 

Meridian, MS 

28Jun41 


loan) 


31Dec41 


LA. Acc. 6Jan43 

there, 2LT John A. 

O’Connor, fatal, 

CREFTO. 


97 th Obs. 

Sqdn.(?), Fort 

Lawson 27Oct42 

(temporary loan) 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1008 NG39-95 25Dec39 101 st Obs.Sqdn., 

Massachusetts 


Boston Airport, 

MA 25Dec39. 

Acc. 12Jun41 

Boston Airport, 

MA, 1LT 

Norman W. 

Bertelsen. 

Brakes grabbed. 

Rep. 

Camp Edwards, 

MA 1Aug41 


6Jan42. Acc. 

6Mar42 at State 

Airport, RI, 

taxiing accident. 

Rep. 

Miami, FL 15Jan42 

Meridian, MS 

28Jan42 


4Feb42 

Windsor Locks, CT 

2May42 


4May42 

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Providence, RI 

9May42 


15May42 

Quonset Point, RI 

7Jul42 

Hyannis, MA 13Jul42 

Fort Dix, NJ 30sep42 

Rome AD, NY 7Dec42 

Godman Field, KY 

28Spr43 



Airport, IL 7May43 


7May43 


3Jun43 

Morris Field, NC 

8Jul43 

4138 th BAS, Laurel, 

MS 


Michigan 


5Sep45 McKellar 

Field, TN. To N73715 

[given by FAA in 

error as “38-95”] 

Surveyed 6May41. 

Remains bailed to 

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Lansing, MI 

9Jan40 

Camp 


4Nov40 

Acc. 11Apr41, 

Camp 

Beauregard, LA, 

2LT Wilmer 

Esler, fatal. 

Engine failure. 

Issac Delgado 

Central Trade 

School, New Orleans, 

LA after 21Oct41 


Minnesota NG, 


Paul Airport, MN 

26Dec39. Acc. 

21Jan40 at 


Paul Airport 

CPT Peter S. 

Rask during 

warm-up 

Camp 


3Feb41 

SAD 21Dec41 


21 st TCS 

PROJECT X (Fifth Air 

Force, Australia) 

15Jan42 

Condemned 

SUMAC/Fifth Air 

Force 4Apr42 


Missouri 


Robertson, MO 

5Jan40 

Texarkana, AR. 


Texarkana, AR, 

2LT Carl E. 

Guell apparently 



(q.v.). Rep. 



Salinas AAB, CA 

16Dec41. Acc. 

31Dec41 at 


CA, CPT E. B. 

Smart, no 

injuries. Rep. 

Rice, CA 

21Sep42 

Fresno, CA 

22Oct42 


Laurel, MS 7Feb43 



Esler Field, 

Alexandria, LA 

25Apr43 

DeRidder, LA 

30Jun43 


18Jul43. Acc. 

1Feb44 there, CPT 

Allen P. Waltz, 

TACGC, apparently 

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Maryland 


Detrick Field, 

Frederick, MD 

12Jan40 

. Acc. 11Dec41 

at Chestertown, 

MD, 1LT Henry 

E. Wheeler, 

FLEF 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1013 NG39-100 29Dec39 102 nd Obs.Sqdn., 

New York 


State Arsenal, 

Brooklyn, NY 

7Jan40 

Salinas, CA 

23Oct42 

Muroc Dry Lake, 

CA 

MAD 26Dec41 

MAD 12Dec40 

Fort McClellan, 

AL 5Jan41 

collided with Bell p- 

39D 41-6912. To RFC 

Sep45 at Esler Field, 

LA. Sold to NC73716 

to Aero Exploration 

Co., Tulsa, OK 

17Sep46 for $250. 

Briefly NX73716 by 

24Oct47.To the 

Combat Air Museum, 

Topeka, KS, on loan, 

now privately owned 

and under 

restoration 


MAD 

102 nd Obs.Sqdn., 69 th 

Obs.Group, Morrow 

Fld., San Bernardino, 

CA 27Dec41. Acc. 

16Mar42 at Morrow 

Field, 2LT A. F. 

Briggs, taxiing 


SAD 21Jun42 


Ontario, CA 10Jul42 

Rice, CA 11Sep42 

(on loan) 

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Ontario Municipal, 

CA 17Oct42 

Laurel, MS 11Nov42 



Tulsa, OK 30dec42 

Laurel, MS 2feb43 


29Apr43 


Memphis, TN 

11Oct43 


New Jersey 


Newark, NJ 

5Jan40 

To RFC after 

12Jan44 as RO-47B, 

apparently at 

Memphis, TN. To 

WAA and sold as NC- 

73719, with the MSN 

given in error at the 

time as “51-103,” 

resulting in 

numerous 

misrepresetentations 

Surveyed 30Jan42 at 

MAD 


Fort Dix, NJ 

9Sep41 on 

temporary loan. 

Acc. 29Nov41, 

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Marston Strip, 

NC, no crew, 

parked. LAC. 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1015 NG39-102 29Dec39 103 rd Obs.Sqdn., 

Pennsylvania 



5Jan40 


29Dec41 

Hyannis, MA 

17Jun42 

Westover Sub-Depot, 

MA 15Jul42 

Hyannis, MA 

17Sep42 (possibly 


Obs.Sqdn.) 


7Nov42 



20Nov42 

1 st Service Group, 

Fort Dix, NJ 23Nov42 

12 th ASRON, Camp 

Davis 26Dec42 


Camp Davis 31Mar43 

Morris Field 22Apr43 


Davis 5May43 


Sep44 at McKellar 

Field, TN. Rgt as 

NC73720 to Aero 


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NA-51 O-47B 51-1016 NG39-103 29Dec39 112 nd Obs.Sqdn., 

Ohio National 

Guard, 

Columbus, OH 

12Jan40 


2Dec40 


District of 

Columbia 


Washington, DC 

16Jun41 


Canc. 10May49 


25Sep41 

Columbia, SC 

27Sep41 


6Jan42 




14May42 

65 th Obs.Group. 



Depot, NC 2Jun42 

Georgetown 25Jun42 


11Sep42 


3Dec42 


18Dec42 


23May43 


Connecticut 


To Class 26 26May43 

Surveyed 10Apr40 

Connecticut National 

Guard 

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Brainard Fld., 

Hartford, CT 

9Jan40. Acc. 

13Mar40 5mi. 

SE of Crandale, 

Crandall, or 

Crawfield, MS, 

CPT Harry W. 

Generous, 

abandoned 

aircraft, 

parachuted 

successfully. 

w/o 


Tennessee 


Nashville, TN 

5Jan40 

Columbia, SC 

3Oct40 



5Jan42 


25Nov42 


21Dec42 

Nashville, TN 

31Jan43 


25May43 


27Jun43 


18Aug43 


MD 

To RFC 14Feb44 as 

RO-47B, McKellar 

Field, TN 

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TX 12Jan40 

SAAD 25Oct41 

Condemned and 

salvaged 13Dec41, 

Duncan Field, TX 

Brownwood, TX 

12Jan41. Acc. 

6Sep41 at 

Houston Airport, 

TX, 2LT John R. 

Dyas. 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1020 NG39-107 17Jan40 116 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Washington 



27Jan40. Wr. 

19Nov41 Eagle 

Point, OR, 1LT 

Donald 

Hennajir. 

Encountered 

heavy icing 

conditions and 

bailed out. 

Reportedly 

landed on the 

ranch of Ginger 

Rogers! 

Accident also 

cited as 

19Nov43, but 

see last column 

[The following data 

was found on an 

USAF accident index 

card, but cannot 

agree with the loss 

data of 15Nov41 for 

this aircraft]: 





123rd Obs. Sqdn., 


Guard Acc. 27Aug43 

one source says the 

19 th ) by Eagle Point, 

Oregon, pilot Charles 

L. Way bailing out 

successfully - and 

landing on Ginger 

Rogers ranch!. 


To Class 26 8oct42 

probably at Fort Dix 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1021 NG39-108 17Jan40 106 th Obs. 




25Jan40 

Miami, FL 

15Jan42 


16Apr42 

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Hunter Field, 

Savannah, GA. 

Acc. 25Aug41 

Hunter Field, 

GA, 2LT Jack D. 

Ledbetter 


13Jun42 

Savannah, GA 

5Aug42 


Arkansas 



20Jan40 





Fort Dix, NJ 

22Aug42. Acc. 

23Sep42 at 

Manalapan 

Township, NJ, 

2LT Frederick W. 

Millen, FLEF. 


15Dec41 


6Jan42 

SAAD 24Jan42 


4Feb42 



Bliss, TX 27Feb42 

Brownwood, TX 

30May42 



LA 17Aug42 


23Sep42 

DeRidder, LA 

13Oct42 

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Camp Forrest 

9Nov42 


17Nov42 


3Jan43 


15Apr43 

HHS, MASC 8Oct43 

Sub-Depot, Mitchel 

Field, NY 9Nov43 


MD 14Jun44 

To RFC 22Sep44, 

McKellar Field, TN. 

Regt NC73723 to 

Aero Exploration Co., 


Canc. 10May49 




Denver, CO 

18Jan40 


Bliss, TX 

15Jan41 


LA 14Aug42 

Hattiesburg 

19Sep42 

Camp 


6Oct42 


1Feb43 



Peterson Field, CO 

17May43 




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Love Field, 

Dallas, TX 

16Oct42 


Bliss, TX 18oct42 

Laredo, TX 

23Nov42 


Bliss, TX 

24Nov42 

36 th SS, 31 st SG, 

Herbert Smart Field, 

GA. Acc. 6May44 7 

miles NE of 

Columbus, TN, John 

H. Roy, FLEF. Cited 

as type RO-47B. 

Condemned and 

salvaged as RO-47B 

19Oct45 probably at 

Brookley Field 




IL 18Jan40. 


Chicago 

Municipal 

Airport, IL, 2LT 

Rodman L. 

Crawford, 

collided with a 

truck while 

landing. Rep. 

PROJECT 

MERCURY 

(Panama) 


Field, CZ) 


Ponce Field, PR 


Losey Field, PR 

9Oct42. Acc. 

30Sep43 there, 

George M. Ries, LAC. 

Condemned and 

salvaged BARN FEA 

10Jan46 



Guard, 


24Jan40. 

Meridian, MS 

28Jan42 


4Feb42 

384 th Bomb 

Squadron, 311 th Dive 

Bomb Group, 

Waycross, GA 

14Nov42. 

Meridian, MS 

26Jan41 


Lafayette Field, 

LA, 2LT Emmit 

C. Gravitt, 

landing gear 

collapsed on 

takeoff. Rep. 


4Feb42 


12Jun42 

Stinson Act. 

3Jul42 


17Feb43 

Waycross, GA 

26Feb43. Acc. 

11Apr43 there, 2LT 

Harold Paige, TAC. 

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MacDill Field, 

FL 17Dec41 

SAAD 26Dec41 

Camp 


10Aug42. Acc. 

5Sep42 at 

Shreveport 

Municipal 

Airport, LA, 2LT 

David W. 

Allerdice, TOAEF. 

Rep. 

Barksdale Field, 

LA 8Sep42 


Smyrna, TN 28Jul43 

To RFC 16Dec44 at 


RO-47B. Sold to 

NC73722. Registered 

to Condor Aviation, 

Tulsa, OK. To XB- 

YUW. To USAF 

Museum but 

displayed as “37- 

328” 

Savannah, GA 

16Nov42 




LA 


Michigan 


Lansing, MI 

19Jan40 

Camp 


4Nov40 


20Jan42 

Camp 


31Jan42 

Geiger Field, WA 

24Mar42 


6Jul42. 

Acc. 3May43. 

Departed Louisville, 

KY for Lawson Field, 

GA, reported missing 

5 hours after fuel 

exhausted. 

[apparently was 

found, as following 

entries were on 

IAHC]. Lawson Field 

11May43 

16 th Photo Squadron, 

1 st Photo Charting 

Group, Bolling Field, 

DC 20May43 

Olmstead Field 

27May43 

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29May43 

Roanoke, VA 1Jun43 


4Jun43 

343 rd Sub-Depot, 

New Castle AAB, DE 

22Oct43. 


Minnesota 


St. Paul, MN 

24Jan40 


Missouri 


Robertson, MO 

25Jan40 

Camp 


27Feb41 

SAD 21Dec41 


3Jan41 

To RFC as RO-47B, 


after 12Apr44 

PROJECT X (Fifth Air 


15Jan42 

21 st TCS 

Condemned, SUMAC, 

accident, 29Mar44 

Salinas, CA 5Jan42 

C-4A windlass 


Rice, CA 24Aug42 


15Oct42 

Salinas, CA 21Oct42 

77 th Obs. Group, San 

Antonio, TX 9Feb43 

Abilene, TX 10Apr43 


17Apr43 

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Abilene, TX 21Apr43 


2May43 

Wills Rogers Airport, 


31May43 

Cox, TX 5Jun43 


HHS, Brookley Field, 

AL 14Jan44. No final 

disposition cited on 

IAHC, 1528:20tt 


Maryland 


Baltimore, MD 

25Jan40 

Frederick, MD 

11Jun41. Acc. 

21Jul41 at Logan 

Field, Boston, 

MA, 2LT R. G. 

Darelus, applied 

brakes too hard. 

Rep. 

SAC.D. 4Jan42 

PROJECT X/SUMAC 

15Jan42 (Fifth Air 


Condemned Fifth Air 

Force 27Mar44 

MAD 26Dec41 


Ohio National 

Guard 2Feb40 


2Dec40. Acc. 

11Sep41 3 miles 

NW of 

Albermarle, NC, 


5Apr42 

Hyannis, mA 

7Jul42 


30Oct42 

518 th Bomb 

Squadron, Grenier 

Field, NH 31Jan43 



Davis, NC 21Feb43. 

Acc. 4Mar43 at Pope 

Field, NC, CPT 

James P. Warren, 

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2LT Claude 

Sledd, Jr. Rep. 

MAD 25Sep40 

landing gear 

collapsed on landing. 

Rep. 



Davis, NC. Acc. 

6Aug43 there, WASP 

Elsie E. Dyer, 

collided with 

Douglas A-24A 42- 

6692, TACGC. To 

RFC Oct44 at 


Registered as 

NC73721 to Aero 



Canc. 10May49 


Tennessee 


29Jan40 

Columbia, SC 

3Oct40 


21Aug41 


14Jan42 

Camp 


13Feb42 


13Apr42 

Camp 


23Apr42 

Greenville Sub- 

Depot, MS 6Jul42 

Salinas, CA 28Apr43 


1May43. Acc. 

17Jun43 2 nd Air 

Force area, Home 

Station 8540, 

location of accident 

85-439, Donald O. 

Castle, major injuries 

to all three crew. 

Salvaged as RO-47B 

at Fort Worth, TX 

after 20Oct43 

However, the 

USAFHRA Accident 

Index Cards show 

39-118 as suffering 

an accident 21Apr44 

at old Biggs Field, TX 

while being handled 

Page119

Camp 


21Aug42 

by Corporal John A/ 

Hoeniger, cited as 

type RO-47B! 




TX 26Jan40 

Brownwood, TX 

12Jan41 


7Mar42 

Atlanta, GA 

30May42 

Camp Forrest 

10Jun42 



Bowman AP, 

Louisville, KY 

26Aug42. Acc. 

22Sep42 at Key 

Field, MS 2LT J. 

H. Bradley, LAC. 

Rep. 

Meridian, MS 

23Sep42 


2Nov42 

Tarrant 21Nov42 


5Dec42 

Gulfport, MS 5Mar43 

Memphis, TN 

12May43 

Materiel Command, 


13Mar43. 


Squadron, Baltimore, 

MD 13May43 

Wright Field, Materiel 

Command 16May43 

Acc. 5Nov43 there, 

MAJ Orville E. 

Mohler, TACNU. To 

RFC 22Sep44 at 


Regt as NC73718, 

Aero Exploration Co., 


Canc. 10May49 


Washington 



9Feb40 

Oakland, CA 

9Dec40 


Obs.Group, McChord 

8Apr42. Acc. 8Apr42 

at Gray Field, WA, 

CPT Roland C. 

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Alabama 



8Feb40 


Arkansas 


31Jan40 


CA 7Oct41 (on 

loan) 


Lewis, WA 

14Dec41 


loan) 

Miami, FL 

15Jan42. Acc. 

14Mar42 North of 

Fort Lauderdale, 

FL, forced 

landing on beach. 


15Dec41 

Campbell, engine 

failure on take-off. 


and to Class 26 

Geiger Field, 

Spokane, WA 

26May42 

To Class 26 8Jun42 

at Palm beach, FL 

1279:10TT 


6Jan42 



Bliss, TX 1Jun42(?) 


LA 28Jul42 


26Sep42 


LA 7Oct42 


14Nov42 


3Jan43 

Laurel, MS 16Mar43 

DeRidder, LA 7Apr43 

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Rockford, IL 

2Feb40 

HQS, 2 nd Army, 

Memphis, TN 

17Oct41 (on 

loan). Acc. 

28Nov41 at CAA 

Site No.60, Rolla, 

MO 2LT Hubert J. 

Routzong. Takeoff 

accident from 

muddy field. 


Squadron, 100 th Sub- 

Depot, Smyrna AAF, 

TN 11Oct43. Acc. 

27Apr44 at Joliet, IL, 

1LT Aaron R. 

LaReau, LAC. Cited 

as type RO-47B. To 

RFC 30Aug44 as RO- 

47B, Jackson, MS. 

Registered as 

NC73714 Aero 


Tulsa, OK 

Fairfield, OH 

28Jan42 

Memphis, TN 5Feb42 

Selfridge Field, MI 

24Apr42 

Memphis, TN 

16May42 


4Dec41. 


3Dec42 

Westover Field, MA 

3Jun43 

New Castle Ferry, DE 

19Jun43 


12Jul43 


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Laurel, MS 4Aug43 


14Aug43 



Guard, 


1Feb40 

Meridian, MS 

28Jan41 


17Dec41 


Field, TX Salvaged 

there as RO-47B no 

date cited and one 

source cites the date 

as 9Jun47! 


31Jan43 


5Feb43 


4Feb42. Acc. 

6Jun42 75 miles 

S-SW of New 

Orleans, LA, LTC 

R. W. Stewart, 

bird hit 

windscreen and 

broke it. Rep. 


23Jun42 


Stinson Airc., 

3Jul42. C-4 

windlass 


Abilene AAB, TX 

10Apr43. 


15Apr43 


1May43 

Cox AAF, TX 

17May43 



7Jun43 Acc. 7Jun43 

10 miles N of Prague, 

OK, 1LT Clarence L. 

Odum, FLEF. Rep. 

SAAD 18Jul42 

Stinson Aircraft 

1Aug42 

Tinker Field, OK 

10Jun43. Last report 

awaiting survey at 

Tinker 11Jul43 

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DeRidder, LA 

29Jul42 

Camp 


22Sep42 

Alamogordo, NM 

30Sep42 


30Oct42 

DeRidder, LA 

8Dec42 


Michigan 


2Feb40 


12Dec42 

Camp 


4Nov40 


17Jan42 

MERCURY (Panama) 

20Jan42 

(rescinded?) 


LA 5Feb42 


28Feb42 

Atlanta, GA 30May42 

Camp Forrest 7Jul42 


18Jul42 



2May43 

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Morris Field 29May43 

478 th BAS, Patterson 

Field, OH 14Feb44 

To WAA probably at 


RO-47B (date not 

noted) and 

registered as NC- 

73507 Truck & Auto 

Sales Co., St. Louis, 

MO 21Nov46, Canc. 

10May49 


Minnesota 


Little Falls, MN 

31Jan40 

Surveyed 10Jan42, 

Savannah, GA 

Esler Field, LA. 

Acc. 16Nov41 

two miles NE of 

Ellerse, NC, 1LT 

Carlyle J. 

Morey, FLEFDF, 

complete 

engine failure. 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1040 NG39-127 31Jan40 110th 

Obs.Sqdn., 

Missouri 


Robertson, MO 

5Feb40 


3Jan41 

Salinas, CA 

16Dec41 

Rice, CA 

24Aug42 


15Oct42 

Salinas, CA 30Mar43 

Estrella Field, CA 

20May43 

Salinas, CA 29Jul43 


Squadron, Stockton 

Field, CA. Coded K- 

55 and named 

“Vanciel Special” 

Page125

Salinas, CA 

23Oct42 

Muroc, CA 

12Nov42 

Salinas, CA 

21Nov42 


Lewis, WA 

25Dec42 

Acc. 15Jan44 there, 

MAJ Jack J. 

Spielberg, GAC. 


47B. To RFC/DPC as 

RO-47B 30Aug44. 

Rgt. as NC73683 to 

Dugo Herman, St. 

Louis, MO 28Oct47. 

Canc. 10May49 


Ohio National 

Guard, 

Columbus, OH 

8Feb40 

Columbia SC 

10May41 (on 

loan) 


25Jun41 


loan) 



Dover, DE 

1Jan42. Acc. 

12Jan42 on the 

beach one-mile 

South of Ocean 

City, MD, 2Lt 

George S. 

Twiggs, FLEF. 

Alighted on a 

sandbar 


Dover, DE 


Sqdn., 

Washington 



6Feb40 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1043 NG39-130 12Feb40 106 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Alabama 

Yakima WA 

12Mar42 



19Mar42 

Miami, FL 

13Jan42 

Yakima, WA 31Jan43 


Camp Fiske 17feb43 


Obs.Group, Corvallis, 

OR 10Mar43. Acc. 


Thomas H. Lang, 

LACGL. To Class 26 

at Portland, OR 

4May43 


19Mar43 

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14Feb40. Acc. 

25Jun40 

Atlanta, GA, 

nosed up while 

taxiing. Prop 

damaged. Rep. 



24Mar42 

Savannah, GA 

3Jun42 



VA 21Mar43 


13Jun43 

Fort Dix, NJ 

7Nov42 


15Jun43 



26Nov42 


22Jun43 

12 th ASRON, 


26Dec42 


23Jun43 


MD 


19May45 but 

scrapped 


Arkansas 



19Feb40 

SAAD 6Feb41 


Sill, OK 6May41 


Bliss, TX 24Jan42 

SAAD 24Jan42 


Sill, OK 3Oct40. 


Paris, TX, 1LT 

Luther M. 

Bivins, forced 

landing due to 

bad weather. 

Rep. 


15Dec41 




LA 22Jul42 


14Nov42 


31Jan43 

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Guard, 

Rockford, IL 

22Deb40 

MERCURY 

(Panama) 

20Jan42, Howard 

Field, CZ 


Memphis, TN 

30Jun43. Cr. 5Aug43 

three miles SW of 

Haynesville, LA, CPT 

Herman W. Brann, 

CREF. To Class 26 at 



12Aug43 

Ponce Field, PR. 

Assigned to 4 th 

Tactical 

Reconnaissance 

Squadron (SP) as 

Tactical Number 18 

at Vega Baja, PR by 

1944. 



Guard, 


22Feb40 

Meridian, MS 

22Jan41 

Camp 


26Jul41 (on loan) 

Meridian, MS 

19Jun41 


loan) 

PRAD. To FEA and 

salvaged, BARN (PR) 

10Jan46 


Obs.Group, MacDill 

Field, FL 17Dec41. 


MacDill, 2LT Emmett 

C. Gravitt, ground 

looped after landing. 

Rep. 

Meridian, MS 

29Jan42 


4Feb42 


21Jun42 


Stinson Airc., 3Jul42 

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Natchitoches 

10Aug42 

DeRidder, LA 3Sep42 

Alamogordo NM 

30Sep42 


22Oct42 


9Nov42 

DeRidder, LA 

26Nov42 


12Dec42 


4139 th BAS, 

Birmingham, AL as 

RO-47B 2Aug44. To 

RFC/DPC as RO-47B 

Bush Field, Augusta, 

GA 13Mar45 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1047 NG39-134 19Feb40 107 th Obs.Sqdn., 

Michigan 


Lansing, MI 

21Feb40 

Camp 


4Nov40 


20Jan42 

Esler Field, LA. 

Acc. 12Feb42 

approximately 10 

miles South East 

of Esler Field 

near Big Island, 

Rapids Parish, 

LA, 2LT James J. 

Armstrong on a 



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night navigation 

training flight. 

Crew of three all 

bailed out 

successfully. 

Engine failure 

due to runaway 

prop. 

Remains 

Administratively 

assigned to 

Camp 


13Feb42 

NA-51 O-47B 51-1048 NG39-135 15Feb40 Initially 


Minnesota 


Little Falls, MN. 

This was 

changed 1Feb40 

to go to: 

Oakland, CA 

24Nov41 

Hamilton Field, CA 

31Jan43 

Desert Center, Rice, 

CA 16May43 

Victorville, CA 

19Mar43 


California 



15Feb40 

Rice, CA 24May43 

Tempe, AZ 3Jun43 

Blythe, CA 17Jul43. 

To Class 26 Dec43 



Missouri 


Jefferson City, 

MO. This was 


to go to: 


California 

Morrow Field, 


CA 21Jan42 



1 st ASC, 

Observation 

Airdrome 

Ontario, CA 

1Jun42. Acc. 

SAASC, ASC, Kelly 

Field, TX. Acc. 

14Dec43 at Memphis 


TN, MAJ George R. 

Herrman, LACGL. 


47B. 

One source claims 

the aircraft went to 

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26Feb40 



Ohio National 

Guard, 

Columbus, OH. 

This was 


to go to: 


California 



29Feb40 



Washington 


Fort Lewis, WA. 

This was 


to go to: 


California 



29Feb40 

15Aug42 at 

Ontario, SGT 

Russel Weckel, 

TACNU. Rep. 

Morrow Field, 


CA 21Jan42 




Airport, CA 

1Jun42 

Rice, CA 

11Sep42 (on 

loan) 

Ontario, CA 

17Oct42 

Morrow Field, 


CA 14Jan42 



Ontario, CA 

(school) 


12Jun42 

Ontario, CA 

10Sep42 

Class 26 at Stuttgart, 

AR 31Dec43 but no 

indication on IAHC 

Laurel AAB, MS 

7Nov42. Acc. 

14Jan43 at Laurel 

AAB, 2LT Ernest R. 

Blakesley, TAC. Rep. 

115th Obs.Sqdn., 


Laurel AAB, MS. Acc. 

13Mar43 14 miles E 

of Laurel off highway 

84, MS, 2LT John K. 

White, KCR/MACOB. 

To Class 26, HHS 

323 rd Sub-Depot, 

Stuttgart, AR 


Obs.Group, Laurel 

AAB, MS 12Feb42. 

Acc. 21Mar43 there, 

1LT John D. Reid, 

TAC. Rep. 

10 th Recon 

Squadron, 69h Recon 

Group, Esler Field, 

LA 6Apr43. Acc. 

7Aug43 at DeRidder 

AAB, LA, 2LT William 

O. Cannon, LACGLMF 

Salinas, CA 

16Oct42 

Ontario, CA 

2Nov42 

DeRidder, LA 

10Aug43 To Class 26 

there 28Aug43 

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Laurel, MS 

11Nov42 

Atlanta, GA 

3Dec42 

Laurel, MS 

8Dec42 

Atlanta, GA 

24Dec42 

Warner-Robins 

AD 31Dec42 

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