1943 — Dec 13, USN PBM-3S, BuNo 48126, lost on patrol 34M off coast of NC            —     18     

Compiled by Wayne Blanchard; last edit 4-22-2024 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

–18  Associated Press. “18 Are Missing.” Wilmington Morning Star, NC. 12-15-1943, p. 9, c. 8.

–18  Baugher. US Navy…Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (39999 to 50359). Aug 7, 2011.

–18  Hoffman, Richard Alden.  The Fighting Flying Boat.  2004, p. 203.

Narrative Information

Baugher: “Martin PBM-3S Mariner 48126 (VP-213) missing on routine patrol 12/13/1943. 18 MIA.” (Baugher. US Navy…Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (39999 to 50359). Aug 7, 2011.)

Hoffman: “13 December 1943.  BuNo 48126: PBM3S, VP-213.  BuNo 48126 disappeared during a routine patrol at 36 [degrees] N, 75 [degrees] W.”[1] (Lists 18 names and rank of fatalities.) (Hoffman, Richard Alden.  The Fighting Flying Boat.  2004, 203)

Newspaper

Dec 14, AP: “Norfolk, Va., Dec. 14 – (AP) – Four naval officers and fourteen enlisted men are missing in a Navy patrol plane which failed to return yesterday from a routine training flight at sea, the Fifth Naval District announced today.” (Associated Press. “18 Are Missing.” Wilmington Morning Star, NC. 12-15-1943, p. 9, col. 8.)

Sources

Associated Press. “18 Are Missing.” Wilmington Morning Star, NC. 12-15-1943, p. 9, col. 8. Accessed 4-22-2024 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/wilmington-morning-star-dec-15-1943-p-9/

Baugher, Joseph F. US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (39999 to 50359). 8-7-2011 revision. Accessed at: http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries5.html

Hoffman, Richard Alden.  The Fighting Flying Boat: A History of the Martin PBM Mariner.  Annapolis, MD:  Naval Institute Press,  2004. Partially digitized by Google at:  http://books.google.com/books?id=nCGF2rnDif8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

[1] 36 degrees N by 76 degrees W is 15.2 miles east northeast of Columbia, Tyrrell, NC.  36 degrees N by 75 degrees W is 34 miles from land.  (Confluence.org.)