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Date: | Monday 23 May 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought F-8E Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 150901 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gulf of Tonkin -
Pacific Ocean
|
Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Hancock/VA-211 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Ditched into the Gulf of Tonkin due to battle damage. Pilot ejected and rescued.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F8U.html VA-211
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-May-2021 07:20 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Mar-2022 20:28 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
01-Mar-2022 20:37 |
TB |
Updated [Departure airport] |
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