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USS BENNINGTON
World War II
Overseas Losses
Operational and Combat
DATE TYPE BUNO SQUADRON DOWN AREA PILOT FATE
This is the date that the aircraft was lost. This is the type of aircraft that was lost. This is the aircraft's Bureau Number, or Serial Number, used by the Navy and Marine Corps. This is the squadron to which the aircraft lost had been attached. This is a listing of the area in which the aircraft was lost. In almost every case the best that could be identified is the nearest island to where the ship was when the plane attached to the ship was lost (e.g., Pearl), the location over the land when the plane was lost (e.g., Tokyo). This is a generalized area of the world where the aircraft was lost. For example, Hawaii and Midway are in the Western Central Pacific (WCENPAC). EMPIRE is for the Empire of Japan and PHIL is the Philippines. This is the pilot's name and rank that was with the aircraft when it was lost. Many of the names may be incomplete or misspelled as the reference materials used were poorly reproduced. In some instances, no pilot is listed, but rather a statement such as (DECK LOSS- TYPHOON). In some cases the field is left blank. That is because no data was available at that time when the report was made. The blanks will eventually, with time, be filled in. This is the fate of the pilot reported at the time the plane was lost.
It is a single letter represented as follows:

U - Unknown

S - Saved

M - Missing

D - Dead

Although the fate of many of those reported Missing were actually changed to Dead, what is represented here was the status of the pilot's fate when the original report was made.
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1/16/45 F6F-5 70355 VF-82 Pearl ECENPAC Ens. F. M. Howell S
1/22/45 SB2C-4E 20577 VB-82 --- WCENPAC Ltjg W. E. Murphy S
1/23/45 SB2C-4 20583 VB-82 --- WCENPAC --- ---
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2/4/45 F6F-5 71940 VF-82 Enr Ulithi WCENPAC Lt B. F. Linehouse, Jr. S
2/11/45 F6F-5 72014 VF-82 Enr Ulithi WCENPAC --- ---
2/12/45 TBM-3 68245 VT-82 --- WCENPAC Ens. Paul Cochran S
2/13/45 F4U-1D 82413 VMF-112 Ulithi WCENPAC --- ---
2/14/45 F4U-1D 82522 VMF-123 Enr Honshu EMPIRE 2nd Lt Wendell Browning S
2/16/45 F4U-1D 82297 VMF-123 Tokyo EMPIRE 2nd Lt Harry Bearlund S
2/16/45 F6F-5 71998 VF-82 Honshu EMPIRE Lt D.O. Puckett, Jr M
2/16/45 F6F-5 72008 VF-82 Honshu EMPIRE Lt B.B. Gear S
2/16/45 TBM-3 68239 VT-82 Hacayo Jima EMPIRE Lcdr D. Sarmo S
2/16/45 TBM-3 22959 VT-82 Hacayo Jima EMPIRE Ens. H.S. Flickenger M
2/16/45 F6F-5 71890 VF-82 Honshu EMPIRE Lt B.A. Ingraham M
2/16/45 F6F-5 71960 VF-82 Honshu EMPIRE Ens P.K. Spradling M
2/16/45 F4U-1D 82344 VMF-123 Tokyo EMPIRE 2nd Lt Robert M. Cies M
2/16/45 F6F-5 71351 VF-82 Honshu EMPIRE Lt J.F. Carroll M
2/16/45 F6F-5 71978 VF-82 Tokyo EMPIRE Ens J.A. Mcann M
2/16/45 F4U-1D 82346 VMF-123 Tokyo EMPIRE 2nd Lt W.R. Hathcox M
2/16/45 F4U-1D 82430 VMF-112 Tokyo EMPIRE 2nd Lt J.M. Hamilton S
2/17/45 FG-1D 76446 VMF-123 Tokyo EMPIRE --- ---
2/17/45 F4U-1D 82505 VMF-123 Tokyo EMPIRE 2nd Lt E.H. Rehricht M
2/18/45 SB2C-4 20594 VB-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE Lt A.W. Lundblade M
2/18/45 TBM-3 22977 VT-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE --- ---
2/18/45 TBM-3 22889 VT-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE Ens Cosbie D
2/18/45 TBM-3 22904 VT-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE Ens R.T. King M
2/21/45 TBM-3 23157 VT-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE --- ---
2/21/45 F6F-5 72413 VF-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE --- ---
2/22/45 F4U-1D 82405 VMF-123 Iwo Jima EMPIRE Capt Donald C. Owen S
2/22/45 TBM-3 68173 VT-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE --- ---
2/22/45 SB2C-4 20581 VB-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE --- ---
2/22/45 F4U-1D 82422 VMF-112 Iwo Jima EMPIRE 2nd Lt William C. Webb S
2/23/45 F4U-1D 82356 VMF-123 Iwo Jima EMPIRE 2nd Lt Warren E. Vaughn M
2/24/45 F4U-1D 82424 VMF-123 Iwo Jima EMPIRE --- ---
2/25/45 F4U-1D 82300 VMF-123 Iwo Jima EMPIRE Major Everett V. Allward M
2/25/45 F6F-5N 72384 VF-82 Iwo Jima --- --- ---
2/25/45 F4U-1D 82410 VMF-123 Iwo Jima EMPIRE 2nd Lt Vincent A. Jacobs M
2/25/45 TBM-1C 45677 VC-82 Iwo Jima EMPIRE --- ---
2/28/45 F4U-1D 57848 VMF-123 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
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3/1/45 F6F-5 71226 VF-82 Myake Shima EMPIRE Lt B.F. Linehouse, Jr. M
3/1/45 F6F-5 71256 VF-82 Myake Shima EMPIRE Ens F.P. Hahn S
3/15/45 SB2C-4 20578 VB-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Ens E.E. Matt S
3/15/45 F4U-1D 82345 VMF-112 Enr.Kyushu EMPIRE 2nd Lt G.J. Murray S
3/15/45 SB2C-4E 20699 VB-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Ens R. L. Cory U
3/18/45 F6F-5 71448 VF-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Ltjg T.B. Chandler M
3/18/45 SB2C-4 20555 VB-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Lt Carlyle Neston M
3/18/45 TBM-3 22895 VT-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Ens Schouboe S
3/18/45 F4U-1D 82357 VMF-112 Kyushu EMPIRE 2nd Lt Timothy C. Clark D
3/18/45 F6F-5 72464 VF-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Lt Jack R. Sessions M
3/19/45 F4U-1D 28350 VMF-123 Honshu EMPIRE Capt William Cantrell S
3/19/45 SB2C-4E --- VB-82 Honshu EMPIRE Lt Donald Worden M
3/19/45 F4U-1D 57903 VMF-123 Honshu EMPIRE Major T.E. Mobley S
3/19/45 F6F-5 72004 VF-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Ltjg R.L. Pfeifer M
3/19/45 F6F-5 72209 VF-82 Honshu EMPIRE Ltjg E.A. McAllister M
3/19/45 F4U-1D 82339 VMF-123 Honshu EMPIRE Lt Claude B. Barnhill S
3/19/45 F4U-1D 82362 VMF-123 Honshu EMPIRE 1st Lt Gordon Wooster M
3/19/45 F6F-5N 72740 VF-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Lt R.I. Bruce S
3/19/45 F4U-1D 82473 VMF-123 Honshu EMPIRE Lt Dwight Mayo S
3/19/45 F4U-1D 82518 VMF-123 Honshu EMPIRE 2nd Lt R.A. Russell M
3/24/45 SB2C-4 20127 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
3/25/45 F6F-5 71026 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens J.B. Hoag S
3/25/45 F6F-5 71922 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt R.B. Dalton S
3/27/45 F6F-5P 70825 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ltjg B.P. Smith S
3/27/45 F4U-1D 82307 VMF-112 Okinawa EMPIRE 2nd Lt N.F. Whittredge M
3/27/45 F6F-5 71943 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt E. S. Heim M
3/28/45 F6F-5 72289 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens P.M. Budinger S
3/28/45 F6F-5 72689 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens F.W. Stallings S
3/28/45 F4U-1D 82613 VMF-112 Okinawa EMPIRE 2nd Lt R.W. Koons S
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4/2/45 F6F-5 71982 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ltjg C.A. McCrea S
4/2/45 F4U-1D 82345 VMF-112 Okinawa EMPIRE 2nd Lt Deane E. Erickson S
4/2/45 F6F-5 72088 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens E.H. Schmutzler S
4/3/45 F4U-1D 82397 VMF-123 Iwo Jima EMPIRE 1st Lt Randolph Smith S
4/3/45 F4U-1D 82341 VMF-112 Iwo Jima EMPIRE 2nd Lt H.J. Steele, Jr. S
4/3/45 F4U-1D 82463 VMF-123 Iwo Jima EMPIRE Capt W.E. Roques D
4/3/45 F4U-1D 82425 VMF-112 Iwo Jima EMPIRE Capt H. J. Deal D
4/5/45 F4U-1D 82464 VMF-112 Nansei Shoto EMPIRE 1st Lt Junie B. Lohan S
4/5/45 F4U-1D 82328 VMF-112 Nansei Shoto EMPIRE 2nd Lt Deane E. Erickson D
4/6/45 F6F-5 72298 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens G.M. Huffman S
4/6/45 F4U-1D 57617 VMF-123 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
4/6/45 F6F-5 72262 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens H.W. Benson S
4/7/45 TBM-3 68198 VT-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Lt N.A. Wiese S
4/7/45 SB2C-4 20060 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens Jack C. Fuller M
4/9/45 FG-1D 76502 VMF-112 Okinawa EMPIRE 2nd Lt V. Byerlein, Jr. S
4/12/45 F6F-5 72315 VF-83 Ie Shima EMPIRE Ens Terry Mills S
4/12/45 FG-1D 76574 VMF-112 Ie Shima EMPIRE --- ---
4/13/45 F6F-5 77521 VF-82 Ie Shima EMPIRE Ens Charles Carty S
4/13/45 F4U-1D 82398 VMF-123 Ie Shima EMPIRE Capt George C. Defable D
4/13/45 F4U-1D 57857 VMF-112 Ie Shima EMPIRE 2nd Lt Victor N. Rusling D
4/13/45 F6F-5 71736 VF-82 Ie Shima EMPIRE Ens Richard Chute S
4/13/45 F4U-1D 82419 VMF-123 Ie Shima EMPIRE 1st Lt Franklin R. Kurshinski D
4/13/45 FG-1D 76675 VMF-112 Ie Shima EMPIRE 2nd Lt K.E. Huntington S
4/13/45 F4U-1D 82411 VMF-112 Ie Shima EMPIRE 2nd Lt E.M. Dennis S
4/14/45 F4U-1D 82599 VMF-112 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
4/15/45 F6F-5 71248 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt J.M. Forbes S
4/17/45 F6F-5 72277 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
4/17/45 F6F-5 71456 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
4/17/45 F6F-5N 72003 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
4/18/45 F6F-5N 77670 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens P. H. Dorse S
4/20/45 SB2C-4 20551 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt H.A. McBride D
4/22/45 F6F-5 71759 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens W.L. Stallings S
4/23/45 F6F-5 72272 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt S.P. Sturgis S
4/27/45 F6F-5 77602 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt R.T. Hayes D
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5/9/45 F4U-1D 82479 VMF-112 Okinawa EMPIRE 2nd Lt C.O. Barnhill U
5/11/45 SB2C-4E 20787 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE LCDR Hugh Wood Jr. S
5/11/45 SB2C-4E 20701 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
5/13/45 F6F-5 71780 VF-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Ens J.B. Hoag S
5/13/45 F4U-1D 82594 VMF-112 Kyushu EMPIRE 2nd Lt R.B. Hamilton D
5/13/45 F6F-5 72448 VF-82 Kyushu EMPIRE Lt Phil Perabo, Jr. M
5/14/45 FG-1D 76506 VMF-123 Kyushu EMPIRE 1st Lt Herbert Pfremmer S
5/15/45 F6F-5 72671 VF-82 Shikoku EMPIRE Ens R.A. McDonald S
5/16/45 F6F-5 77943 VF-82 Mindanao Sea PHIL LCDR E.W. Hessel S
5/18/45 SB2C-4E 20542 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt R. A. Knopf S
5/22/45 F6F-5 78153 VF-82 Ie Shima EMPIRE Ens J.C. Dressel M
5/22/45 F6F-5 78286 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ens P.M. Budinger S
5/24/45 FG-1D 76711 VMF-123 Kyushu EMPIRE 1st Lt Robert J. McInnis S
5/25/45 F6F-5 72193 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt W.L. Stallings S
5/26/45 F4U-1D 82325 VMF-112 Okinawa EMPIRE Capt Donald C. Owen D
5/28/45 SB2C-4E 20708 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Ltjg Kreger S
5/28/45 SB2C-4E 20893 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt D.E. Arnholt S
5/29/45 SB2C-4 20579 VB-82 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
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6/1/45 TBM-3E 68845 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt W.G. Reed S
6/1/45 F6F-5N 77514 VF-82 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
6/1/45 F4U-1D 82628 VMF-112 Okinawa EMPIRE --- ---
6/3/45 TBM-3 68478 VT-82 Okinawa EMPIRE Lt E.E. DeGarmo S
6/5/45 SB2C-4 19986 VB-82 --- EMPIRE Deck Loss - Typhoon ---
6/5/45 SB2C-4E 20539 VB-82 --- EMPIRE Deck Loss - Typhoon ---
6/5/45 SB2C-4E 20558 VB-82 --- EMPIRE Deck Loss - Typhoon ---
6/5/45 SB2C-4E 20707 VB-82 --- EMPIRE Deck Loss - Typhoon ---
6/5/45 SB2C-4 20983 VB-82 --- EMPIRE Deck Loss - Typhoon ---
6/5/45 SB2C-4E 20751 VB-82 --- EMPIRE Deck Loss - Typhoon ---
6/7/45 F6F-5 77581 VF-82 Kyushu EMPIRE --- ---
6/8/45 F6F-5 78224 VF-82 Kyushu EMPIRE --- ---
6/9/45 F4U-1D 82460 VMF-123 Kyushu EMPIRE --- ---
6/29/45 F6F-5 72750 VF-1 Leyte Gulf PHIL --- ---
6/29/45 FG-1D 88374 VBF-1 Leyte Gulf PHIL Ens Peter Parthemos D
6/29/45 SB2C-4E 82961 VB-1 Leyte Gulf PHIL Ens Allen C. Davis S
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7/3/45 FG-1D 88307 VBF-1 Enr Kure EMPIRE Ltjg F.B. Phillips S
7/10/45 FG-1D 87802 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg Walter Henshaw S
7/10/45 TBM-3 68129 VT-1 Kure EMPIRE --- ---
7/10/45 SB2C-4E 65212 VB-1 Kure EMPIRE Ens Harold J.E. Meyer S
7/10/45 FG-1D 88323 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg F.B. Phillips S
7/10/45 FG-1D 76720 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg Thomas McBride S
7/14/45 F4U-1D 82512 VBF-1 Hokkaido EMPIRE Ltjg Frank G. Kingston S
7/15/45 TBM-3E 86132 VT-1 Hokkaido EMPIRE Joseph Dortsch M
7/15/45 FG-1D 88295 VBF-1 Hokkaido EMPIRE Lt R.F. Morgan S
7/18/45 FG-1D 76494 VBF-1 Kure Kure Lt R.M. Lang S
7/18/45 SB2C-4E 20920 VB-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg J.M. Bardelmeier S
7/18/45 TBM-3E 53206 VT-1 Kure EMPIRE Lt W.R. Eddins S
7/18/45 FG-1D 88321 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Lt Richard B. Eason M
7/18/45 FG-1D 88312 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ens William M. Carney M
7/18/45 TBM-3E 86110 VT-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg R.L. Puget S
7/18/45 SB2C-4E 21000 VB-1 Kure EMPIRE Ens R.E. Christ M
7/24/45 F4U-1D 82468 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg R.M. Applegate M
7/24/45 TBM-3E 69397 VT-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg George A. Gustin D
7/24/45 SB2C-4E 21034 VB-1 Kure EMPIRE Ens Allen C. Davis M
7/24/45 SB2C-4E 20762 VB-1 Kure EMPIRE Lt K.C. Hall S
7/24/45 SB2C-4E 20636 VB-1 Kure EMPIRE Ens William Troyan M
7/24/45 FG-1D 88224 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ens R.J. Speckman M
7/24/45 FG-1D 82245 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Lt J.W. Rowley S
7/24/45 FG-1D 88062 VBF-1 Kure EMPIRE Lt R.C. Tabler M
7/25/45 FG-1D 88308 VBF-1 Nagoya EMPIRE Ens Frank A. Kopf S
7/25/45 FG-1D 92116 VBF-1 Nagoya EMPIRE Ltjg Frank G. Kingston S
7/25/45 F6F-5 77593 SVF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ens Charles J. Statler S
7/25/45 F6F-5N 77660 VF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg J. Daniels U
7/25/45 F6F-5 78222 VF-1 Kure EMPIRE --- ---
7/28/45 SB2C-4E 20747 VB-1 Kure EMPIRE Ltjg J.R. Wagner Jr. S
7/28/45 SB2C-4E 21152 VB-1 Kure EMPIRE LCDR A.B. Hamm M
7/28/45 F6F-5 78715 VF-1 Kure EMPIRE Ens R.J. Bonsinger S
7/28/45 FG-1D 88434 VBF-1 Nagoya EMPIRE Ens O.P. Fisher D
7/28/45 FG-1D 92102 VBF-1 Nagoya EMPIRE Ens J.A. Lundgren S
7/30/45 F6F-5 78044 VF-1 Nagoya EMPIRE Ens E.J. Murphy S
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8/9/45 F6F-5 72265 VF-1 --- EMPIRE Ens Charles J. Statler D
8/9/45 FG-1D 92087 VBF-1 --- EMPIRE Ens Vincent L. Landall D
8/9/45 F6F-5 78596 VF-1 --- EMPIRE LCDR M.C. Hoppman S
8/13/45 FG-1D 76667 VBF-1 Tokyo EMPIRE Lt Searcy S
8/13/45 SB2C-4E 65222 VB-1 Tokyo EMPIRE Ens Bedman S
8/13/45 FG-1D 88387 VBF-1 Tokyo EMPIRE Ens J.A. Lundgren S
8/13/45 FG-1D 88227 VBF-1 Tokyo EMPIRE Ltjg Charles B. Moxley D
8/13/45 TBM-3E 69272 VT-1 Tokyo EMPIRE Ltjg Lee M. Pasley M
8/14/45 F6F-5N 77904 VF-1 --- EMPIRE --- ---
8/15/45 FG-1D 88360 VBF-1 --- EMPIRE Lt R.P. Ross S

(The information above was provided by SK3 Joe Pires, USS Bennington Historian and formatted for viewing on our website by ETR3 Lonnie Whittaker, USS Bennington Webmaster)


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