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

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Lockheed P-38G-5-LO Lightning 42-12800 W/O on the 3rd of April 1944 at Murder Point, AK.

 

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Lockheed P-38G-5-LO Lightning 42-12908 W/O on the 21st of December 1943, at Attu Island, AK.

 

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Lockheed P-38G-5-LO Lightning 42-2909 W/O on the 3rd of April 1944, at Murder Point, AK.

 

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Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning 42-13544 W/O on the 28th of April 1944, at Alexai, AK.

 

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Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning 42-13545 W/O on the 18th of March 1945, at Casco, AK.

 

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Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning 42-3546 W/O on the 29th of October 1943, at Shemya, AK.

 

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Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning 42-3549 W/O on the 26th of April 1944, at Charlie Strip, AK.

 

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Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning 42-13550 W/O on the 6th of July 1945, at Casco Field, AK.

 

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Lockheed P-38G-10-LO Lightning 42-3551 W/O on the 3rd July 1945, at Casco Field, AK.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-30-CO Liberator 42-40080 (28th Composite Group, 404th BS) ditched off Herbert Island, Aleutians on the 18th of June 1943.
1 missing, 1 died of injuries, 11 injured and rescued by PT boat.
Condemned Jul 19, 1943.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-140-CO Liberator 42-41152 (404th BS, 28th Composite Group, 11th AF) shot down by A6M2 and crashed in Shumushu Straits, Kurile Islands on the 23rd of January 1945.
All 12 crew killed.

 

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North American B-25C-5 Mitchell 42-53345 (77th BS, 28th BG, 11th AF, based at Attu Airfield, Attu Island, Alaska)
Shot down Sep 11, 1943 By Anti-Aircraft fire and crashed 3 miles off Kotomari Point, Shumshu Island, Kuril Islands while on a mission on shipping in the Paramushiru Straits, Kuril Islands. Right engine caught fire causing aircraft to catch fire and crashed into the water and exploded on impact.
All (5) crew were killed.

 

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North American B-25C-5 Mitchell 42-53348 (77th BS, 28th BG, 11th AF, based at Amchitka Army Airfield, Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska)
Lost on the 23rd of November 1943 from unknown cause 30 miles northeast of Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska while on an administrative flight.
All (8) onboard (6) crew and (2) passengers were killed.

 

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North American B-25C-5 Mitchell 42-53349 (77th BS, 28th BG, 11th AF, based at Attu Airfield, Attu Island in The Aleutian Islands Alaska)
Crashed on the 9th of September 1944 off the Kuril Islands after horizontal stabilizer struck the mast of a vessel during an attack on Japanese boats while on an offensive sweep at the Kuril Islands.
(2) crew were killed. (4) crew survived and were rescued....

 

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North American B-25C-5 Mitchell 42-53351 (77th BS 28th BG, 11th AF, based at Attu Airfield Attu Island in The Aleutian Islands, Alaska)
Landed on the 10th of September 1944 for unknown cause at Petropavlovsk, Russia while on a mission.
All (6) crew survived and were interned in Russia.
Released in 1945.
Fate of Aircraft Unknown.

 

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North American B-25C-5 Mitchell 42-53354 (77th BS, 28th BG, 11th AF, based at Attu Airfield, Attu Island in The Aleutian Islands, Alaska)
Shot dow on the 11th of September 1943 by Anti-Aircraft fire on the Paramushiru Straits, Kuril Islands while on a mission on shipping in the Paramushiru Straits.
Aircraft axploded and disintegrated in mid Air.
5 Crew Were Killed.
(1) crewman was blown out and in the water and was rescued by a Japanese boat and captured and became a POW.
Released in 1945.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-1-CF Liberator 42-63782 (404th BS, 28th Composite Group, 11th AF) made forced landing at Petropavlovsk USSR after engine failure on the 16th of December 1944.
All 13 crew survived and were interned and returned.

 

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N.A.S. ADAK, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, ordnance men prepare to load bombs on a PBY-5A patrol plane, circa Spring 1943.

Source: Naval History and Heritage Command

 

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P-40 Warhawk fighters of the 18th Fighter Squadron escorting B-24 Liberator bombers of the 21st Bomb Squadron over the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, July, 1943.

Source: ww2dbase

 

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PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane flying past Segula Island (just east of Kiska), Aleutians, Summer 1942.

Source: ww2dbase