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Date: | Wednesday 26 August 1959 |
Time: | 17:15 |
Type: | Grumman F11F-1 Tiger |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 138610 |
MSN: | 7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Patuxent River, MD -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NATC Patuxent River NAS, MD |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Jet fighter plane crashed in Chesapeake Bay, four miles southeast of Point Loockout. Lt Kenneth Bocock (30). Body recovered 30 AUG.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 27 August 1959, p16
The Evening Star 31 AUG 1959, pB2
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Dec-2017 16:43 |
TB |
Added |
03-Jan-2022 14:54 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Departure airport] |
05-Jan-2022 14:21 |
TB |
Updated [Narrative] |
21-Feb-2022 13:42 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |