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This post lists the US Coast Guard (USCG) aircraft and their stations on 7 December 1941.  The post is divided into three parts, i.e., Part 1 lists the various categories of aircraft, Part 2 is a complete list of aircraft sorted by serial number and Part 3 lists the Coast Guard Air Stations (CGASs) and the aircraft assigned.


PART I: AIRCRAFT CATEGORIES

Total aircraft: 51

14 General Utility (J) aircraft
  8 Grumman J4F-1 Widgeons
  6 Grumman JF-2 Ducks
10 Patrol (P) aircraft
  5 Hall PH-2s
  5 Hall PH-3s
10 Utility Transport (JR) aircraft
  7 Grumman JRF-2 Gooses
  3 Grumman JRF-3 Gooses
9 Transport (R) aircraft
  7 Douglas RD-4 Dolphins
  1 Lockheed XR3O-1
  1 Lockheed R5O-1 Lodestar
4 Trainer (N) aircraft
  4 Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3s
3 Scout Observation (SO) aircraft
  3 Curtiss SOC-4 Seagulls
1 Patrol Bomber (PB)
  1 Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina

PART II: LIST OF AIRCRAFT SORTED BY SERIAL NUMBER

V125  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1268
V127  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1270
V128  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1271
V129  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1272
V132  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1275
V133  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1276
V134  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1277
V137  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 190
V138  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 191
V139  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 192
V140  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 193
V143  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 196
V148  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 267
V151  Lockheed XR30-1 Electra, msn 1053
V166  Hall PH-2
V167  Hall PH-2
V168  Hall PH-2
V169  Hall PH-2
V170  Hall PH-2
V171  Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull, msn 12412
V172  Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull, msn 12413
V173  Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull, msn 12414
V174  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1063
V175  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1064
V176  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1065
V177  Hall PH-3
V178  Hall PH-3
V179  Hall PH-3
V180  Hall PH-3
V181  Hall PH-3
V184  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1076
V185  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1077
V186  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1078
V187  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1079
V188  Lockheed R5O-1 Lodestar, msn 182008
V189  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina, exBuNo 2290
V190  Grumman JRF-3 Goose, msn 1085
V191  Grumman JRF-3 Goose, msn 1086
V192  Grumman JRF-3 Goose, msn 1087
V193  Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
V194  Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
V195  Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
V196  Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
V197  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1222
V198  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1223
V199  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1224
V200  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1225
V201  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1226
V202  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1227
V203  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1228
V204  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1229


PART III: STATIONS AND AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED

Air Patrol Detachment, Traverse City, Michigan
  V192  Grumman JRF-3 Goose, msn 1087
  V204  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1229

CGAS Biloxi, Mississippi
  V137  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 190
  V143  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 196
  V168  Hall PH-2
  V170  Hall PH-2
  V184  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1076
  V202  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1227

CGAS Brooklyn, New York
  V151  Lockheed XR30-1 Electra msn 1053
  V177  Hall PH-3
  V179  Hall PH-3
  V188  Lockheed R5O-1 Lodestar, msn 182008
  V190  Grumman JRF-3 Goose, msn 1085
  V191  Grumman JRF-3 Goose, msn 1086
  V196  Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
  V198  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1223

CGAS Elizabeth City, North Carolina
  V161  Fairchild J2K-1
  V175  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1064
  V183  Hall PH-3
  V186  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1078
  V193  Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
  V199  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1224

CGAS Miami, Florida
  V132  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1275
  V167  Hall PH-2
  V169  Hall PH-2
  V171  Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull, msn 12412
  V172  Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull, msn 12413
  V173  Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull, msn 12414

CGAS Port Angeles, Washington
  V148  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 267
  V176  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1065
  V203  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1228

CGAS Saint Petersburg, Florida
  V125  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1268
  V134  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1277
  V194  Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
  V195  Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
  V200  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1225

CGAS Salem, Massachusetts
  V129  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1272
  V185  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1077
  V197  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1222

CGAS San Diego, California
  V127  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1270
  V139  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 192
  V166  Hall PH-2
  V178  Hall PH-3

CGAS San Francisco, California
  V128  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1271
  V133  Douglas RD-4 Dolphin, msn 1276
  V140  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 193
  V180  Hall PH-3
  V181  Hall PH-3
  V189  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina, exBuno 2290
  V201  Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon, msn 1226

Coast Guard Officer, 7th Naval District, Charles, South Carolina
  V174  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1063

Coast Guard Officer, 14th Naval District, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
  V187  Grumman JRF-2 Goose, msn 1079

USCGC Taney, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
  V138  Grumman JF-2 Duck, msn 191


Jack McKillop
 

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