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

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Lockheed P-38E Lightning 41-2219 w/o on the 10th of July 1942 at Cold Bay, AK, condemned on the 11th of December 1943.

 

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Lockheed P-38E Lightning 41-2289 wrecked at Atka Island, AK on the 30th of November 1942.

 

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..understandably , a hazardous theatre

Most definitely so....

 

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Curtiss P-40E 41-5709 crashed on landing at Fort Randall, Cold Bay, Alaska on the 26th of September 1942.
Hulk stripped and abandoned on airfield dump.
Found buried in Alaska in 1983 and excavated in 1987.
Restored to airworthy 1996-2009.
Registered as N2416X.
Now with Texas Flying Legends Museum. The P-40E wears the colors of Colonel Robert L. Scott Jr's aircraft while he commanded the 23rd FG in the China-Burma-India Theatre during WWII.

 

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Curtiss P-40E 41-5716 crashed after takeoff from Cold Bay, AK on the 31st of July 1942.
SOC on the 7th of August 1942.

 

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Curtiss P-40E 41-5722 w/o on the 16th of September 1942 at Fort Glenn, AK.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator 41-11777 W/O on the 6th of September 1942 at Fort Glenn, AK, condemned on the 7th of September 1942.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator 41-11783 (36th BS) damaged by AAA on mission to Kiska Iskland, Alaska on the 25th February 1943, killing the bombardier.
Attempted landing at short fighter runway on Amchitka Island.
Aircraft rolled the length of the field where the landing gear bogged down in the soft soil and the plane nosed over.
Rest of crew were not seriously injured. Plane condemned Feb 25, 1943.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator 41-11850 4th (44?) BS, 28th Composite Group, 121th AF, based at Adak Army Airfield, Adak Island in The Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Made forced landing 13 Aug 1944 on Ilak Island in The Aleutian Islands while returning from a mission with 1 engine out and low on fuel. All (10) Crew Survived and were rescued by a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina. Aircraft condemned on the 13th of August 1944.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-10-CO Liberator 41-23884 W/O on the 27th of February 1944 at Shemya, AK.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-10-CO Liberator 41-23908 21st BS, attached to 28th Composite group, 11th AF, based at Fort Glenn Army Airfield, Umank Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Made a forced landing on the 18th of January 1943 on Great Sitkin Island in The Aleutian Islands after running low on fuel while returning from a mission to locate Japanese supply ships bound for Kiska. All (10) crew survived and were rescued by U.S Navy destroyer USS Hulbert DD-342.
Aircraft recovered in 1995 and restored with some parts from a PB4Y-2.
Fuselage on display at Hill Aerospace Museum, Utah.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-10-CO Liberator 41-23890 404th BS, 28th Composite Group, 11th AF, shot down by Japanese fighter on the 11th of September 1943, and crashed 51 mi E of Arahata Cape on Paramushiru Island, Kuriles.
All 11 crew killed.

 

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Consolidated B-24D-15-CO Liberator 41-23970, 36th BS, 28th Composite Group, 11th AF, shot down by AAA over Kiska Island, Aleutians on the 15th of April 1943. 1 crewman killed, 10 fate unknown.

 

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North American B-25D Mitchell 41-29741 W/O on the 17th of May 1943 at Umnak, AK.

 

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North American B-25D Mitchell 41-29742 W/O on the 2nd of December 1942 at Fort Glenn, AK.

 

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North American B-25D Mitchell 41-29747, 77th BS, 28th Composite Group (Med), 11th AF, shot down by Japanese AAA during raid on Kiska Harbor on the 30th of December 1942.
All 6 crew MIA.
The lost crewmembers are,

1st Lt. Jules Joseph Constantin, Jr., Pilot
1st Lt. Thomas Pfeiler, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward A. Supinski, Bombardier
1st Lt. Sam P. Couris, Navigator
S/Sgt. Henry S. Jones, Jr., Gunner
S/Sgt. Andrew A. Malchau, Radio Operator

A PBY sent to search for the crew, but it was also lost.

 

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North American B-25D Mitchell 41-29750 W/O on the 4th of April 1944 at Glenn AB, AK.

 

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North American B-25D Mitchell 41-29753 lost on the 16th of August 1944 at Tanaga Bay, AK.

 

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North American B-25D Mitchell 41-29782 W/O on the 8th of January 1943 at Fort Glenn, AK.

 

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North American B-25D Mitchell 41-29785 W/O on the 23rd of January 1943 at Adak, AK.