USS Chester (CA-27) - SOC Seagull losses - October 1942

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by twocee

Stig, you asked about the legibility of the accident reports. This varies from very good to unreadable, both as regards particular aircraft types and time periods. However, in the present case there are no accident reports---nor would one expect any---as the losses were as a result of combat, not accident.

Thanks George
I was afraid you were going to say that. Handwritten I suppose....
I was not aware the USN made a difference between combat losses and accidents.
To me it is the loss itself that is important and it is easy enough so separate them when you make
your statistics, daily, weekly or monthly.

From what you say, it seems to me that 9881 was not involved but the two dumped SOCs were 0399
and 9861

Cheers
Stig