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Date: | Monday 12 July 1954 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman F9F-2 Panther |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 127176 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off USS Boxer -
Pacific Ocean
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Boxer/VF-124 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Crashed into the South China Sea, 300yards from carrier, after a bad launch. Lt Kirk Chase Wilkins (28).
Sources:
AAIR (KTOA)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-May-2021 17:22 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Sep-2022 13:42 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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