Aleutian Islands in WWII, 1/72-1/48-1/32....

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7271 (VP-61) missing on patrol flight out of Adak, AK, on the 18th of May 1943.
10 MIA.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7275 (VP-42) failed to return from patrol out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on the 9th of May 1942.
9 crew MIA.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7279 (VP-43) lost on administrative flight from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak, Alaska, on the 10th of Mar 1943.
All crew and passengers killed.
Aircraft SOC Mar 14, 1943.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7280 (VP-42) ran out of fuel on return from mission out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska and made landing in open sea on the 3rd of June 1942.
Crew rescued by Coast Guard cutter, aircraft sunk by gunfire when attempt to tow it failed.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7282 (VP-42) shot down by Japanese fighters during attack on Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on the 3rf of June 1942.
Wreckage found on side of Kiska volcano 60 year later.
All 8 crew killed.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7283 (VP-42) damaged on takeoff at Cold Bay, Alaska on the 7th of September 1942. Crew uninjured.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7286 (VP-42) crashed and burned on takeoff Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on the 23rd of April 1942.
4 killed, 3 injured.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7287 (VP-42) damaged in landing at Dutch Harbor, Alasks on the 23rd of March 1942.
Crew was unhurt, aircraft was repaired.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7289 (VP-43) crashed after takeoff on the 18th of May 1943 at NAS Sitka, AK and sank.
SOC.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7290 (VP-4) crased NAS Dutch Harbor on the 16th of June 1942.
2 killed, 4 survived.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7291 (VP-42) flew into water Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on the 30th of July 1942.
5 crew killed, 3 injured.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7292 (VP-42) shot down by Japanese fighters off Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on the 4th of June 1942.
All 7 crew killed.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7294 (VP-42) deliberately burned when military hastily evacuated Atka on the 11th of June 1942.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7297 crashed on the 10th March 1943 into mountain slope on northeast Shore of Lake Becharof, AK.
8 crew killed.
Wreckage located Jun 25, 1945.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 7298 (VP-41) hit Carlisle Mountain in Aleutians on the 16th of June 1942 after picking up a hospital patient from a Navy ship.
3 killed, 6 injured.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 48427 (VP-61) failed to return from search mission on the 15th of June 1944 in Aleutians.
7 killed.
Flew into water during bad weather landing.

 

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Lockheed PV-1 Ventura 48934 (VB-135) missing on the 13 of May 1944, from Attu, AK, after bombing mission off Paramshiro in north Pacific.
6 MIA.

 

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Lockheed PV-1 Ventura 48937 (VB-135) missing off Alaska during LORAN training flight on the 27th April 1944 from Adak, AK. 7 crew MIA.

 

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Lockheed PV-1 Ventura 49654 (VPB-131) from Attu lost off Alaska on the 20th of February 1945.

 

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Martin JM-1 Marauder 66773 assigned to FAW-4 Attu lost off Alaska on the 15th of November 1944.