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Date: | Wednesday 21 July 1954 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas AD-4N Skyraider |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 126971 |
MSN: | 7771 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | USS Antietam -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Antietam/VC-33 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed into the ocean while making touch and go landings on the carrier off Atlantic City, NJ. Pilot Lt (jg) Jean Parker Couch (27) went down with the plane and body not recovered. AEM 3/c Richard Obenhock managed to free himself from the compartment of the plane and rescued by a helicopter in serious conditions.
Sources:
The Evening Star 23 July 1954, pA2
AAIR (KCRT)
Revision history:
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