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Date: | Wednesday 15 June 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman F9F-8 Cougar |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 138865 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 20 mi E of Virginia Beach, VA -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Oceana, VA/VF-74 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed into the sea 60 miles off Cape Henry after pilot Stanley Gregory bailed-out. He was injured and picked up by USS Stickell.
Sources:
The Evening Star 16 June 1955, p33 (photo)
AAIR (BO)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Sep-2022 08:47 |
TB |
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