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Date: | Friday 9 January 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas AD-1 Skyraider |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 09149 |
MSN: | 1977 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 10 mi from Elisabeth City, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Norfolk, VA/VA-3B |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed in Albamerle Sound. Lt (jg) Thomas Pownall Griest (24).
Sources:
AAIR (KCR) 8 JAN 48
Find a Grave (9 JAN 48)
The Pittsburgh Press 10 January 1948, p1
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