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Date: | Wednesday 20 July 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought F-8E Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 150334 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off San Diego coast, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Ticonteroga/NAS Miramar, CA |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Disappeared from carrier screen while practice instrument approaches to the carrier. Lt (jg) Galen E. Gilbert (23) missing. Decleared dead 2 AUG.
Sources:
Stephensville Daily Empire 4 AUG 1966, p1
Forgotten Jets (20 JUN 66)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Mar-2022 15:13 |
TB |
Added |
28-Jul-2022 15:01 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |