List of a few crashes by Buro numbers
This is by no mean a complete list of crashes nor can I say that these aircraft were assigned to NAS Grosse Ile, MI, but the crashes listed did occur at the base. Notice the spelling of the name of the base.
| Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver |
Bureau Number:
20040 (VB-97) force landed after takeoff 6/8/1945 |
| Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver |
Bureau Number:
82966 VB-97 Ens. F. E.
Campbell 10/9/1945 Pa, Waterford |
| Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
Bureau Number:
34003 (VP-ML-55) nosed over and sank in landing accident 5 miles south of Grosse Island NAS, MI 6/17/1948. Plane never recovered. |
| Martin AM-1 Mauler |
Bureau Number:
122411 leveled off high during landing at Grosse Isle NAS, MI 10/21/1950. |
| Goodyear FG-1D Corsair |
Bureau Number:
88256 engine fire out of NAS Grosse Isle, MI Jul 1, 1950, pilot bailed out OK. |
| Goodyear FG-1D Corsair |
Bureau Number: 92008 Date of Accident: August 5th 1950 Pilot Name: 1st Lieutenant Dean O. Delong (USMCR) Rescue Pilot Aircraft: PBY,Rescue Pilot Name: Mike Erard Wingman in Corsair Squadron: Whitey Potter Flight Leader in Corsair Squadron: Whitaker Corsair Squadron preparing for Korean Conflict |
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