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Date: | Saturday 30 July 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed A-12 |
Owner/operator: | Lockheed Aircraft Co |
Registration: | 60-6941 |
MSN: | 135 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off California coast -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Test pilot Michael Raymond Torick (30) drowned after he parachuted from a plane on "secret mission" over the Pacific Ocean. Reported after collision with a drone D-12.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 2 August 1966, p8
Air Enthusiast 52
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