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Date: | Wednesday 9 November 1927 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss F6C-3 Hawk |
Owner/operator: | US Navy |
Registration: | A7132 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Tanners Creek, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hampton Roads NAS, VA |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Mid-air collision over Tanners Creek, Virginia
US Navy LT Addis D. Nelson of VF-5 (Fighter Squadron 5) was killed; his body was returned to Brookline, Massachusetts for burial.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp De Maasbode 10-11-1927
Newport News (VA) Daily Press, 11 November 1927, p. 2
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2021 19:29 |
Cobar |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
05-Apr-2022 19:19 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
10-Aug-2022 12:41 |
Cobar |
Updated [Departure airport] |