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Date: | Tuesday 5 July 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed T-33A |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 58-0677 |
MSN: | 580-1646 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 12 mi S of Colorado Springs, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Peterson AFB, CO |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The T-33 suffered an engine failure at 1200 ft, 12 miles south of Colorado Springs. Both crew ejected, but Air Vice Marshall Keith Hodson (RCAF) was killed when he became entangled in the shroud of his parachute. Colonel Harry Allen ejected safely, but with injuries.
Sources:
ipeg Free Press, 6 July 1960, p1/8
La Nacion 6 July 1960, p17
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159649993/keith-louis_bate-hodson https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-casualties-air-miscellaneous-units/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jan-2017 08:40 |
TB |
Added |
08-Jul-2024 05:11 |
Cosmo |
Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |