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Date: | Sunday 10 March 1963 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Vought F-8C Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
Registration: | 147032 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 15 mi W of Richmond, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Andrews AFB, MD |
Destination airport: | MCAS Beaufort, SC |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Dived out from three ship formation flying at 39,000 feet and crashed in a field. Capt John V. Bancroft.
Sources:
The Evening Star 11 May 1963, pA2
Scramble
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2022 09:51 |
TB |
Added |
25-Feb-2022 14:54 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |