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Date: | Tuesday 17 March 1964 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Vought F-8E Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 150874 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | ca 15 mi W of La Jolla, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Miramar, CA |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed after collision with F-8E 150873. Pilot Lt (jg) Ernest M. Colvin III (26) was killed.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F8U.html Youngstown Vindicator 18 March 1964, p27
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-May-2021 07:20 |
ASN archive |
Added |
08-Feb-2022 12:56 |
TB |
Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Feb-2022 12:58 |
TB |
Updated [Time] |