OS2U-3 BuNo 5810 - loss discrepancies?
 

AAIR, Joe Baugher et al have OS2U-3 Kingfisher BuNo 5810 lost on 5 August 1942 while serving on the cruiser USS Cincinnati in the Atlantic.
Killed pilot is given as (no rank stated) Robert G. Long.
No such loss or name in the war diary of that cruiser, apparently on her way to Norfolk, VA that day.

However, on 5 July 1942 Ens. Robert G. Long (from Boise, Idaho) got killed in a plane crash in Alaska, with a newspaper in late August 1942 writing that his body was found 'in the Aleutian Islands'.

Mix-up of accidents? I wonder what accident really caused the death of Ens. Long (and crew?) and perhaps real fate of BuNo 5810.

Thanks for info.

Regards,

Leendert

Re: OS2U-3 BuNo 5810 - loss discrepancies?
 

Apparently posted twice, please disregard this one. Leendert

Re: OS2U-3 BuNo 5810 - loss discrepancies?
 

Yes, Cincinnati was not involved.

On 5 July 1942, OS2U-3, BuNo 5810, assigned to VS-1D13 at NAS Kodiak went missing from a local patrol. Wreckage was later found in a bay at Chiniak Island, off the east coast of Kodiak. Only the body of the pilot was recovered.

The pilot was Ens. B.B. Brandel, with Ens. R.G. Long in the rear cockpit.

Re: OS2U-3 BuNo 5810 - loss discrepancies?
 

George

Since your answer involves a different BuNo can you please advise what happened to BuNo 5810?

Cheers
Stig

Re: OS2U-3 BuNo 5810 - loss discrepancies?
 

Sharp eyed as usual, Stig, as I did indeed mean 5810.

Re: OS2U-3 BuNo 5810 - loss discrepancies?
 

No worries George

It's this time of the year....I also wear gloves.....:)
Thanks for the correction, since I am updating the AAIR data

Take Care
Stig

Re: OS2U-3 BuNo 5810 - loss discrepancies?
 

Thanks for all updates. Same here: checking or trying to match AAIR data with available USN ship war diaries on NARA.
Corrections here and there warranted, I found.

Regards,
Leendert