Date: | Thursday 17 February 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 128399 |
MSN: | 426-5245 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 55,6 km NW of Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF) -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kodiak NAS, AK (ADQ/PADQ) |
Destination airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
Narrative:A Lockheed Neptune of the U.S. Navy impacted a mountainside, killing all aboard.
The aircraft departed Kodiak at 16:31 and was expected to arrive at Elmendorf Air Force Base two hours later. Last contact with the flight was at 18:22.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher Youngstown Vindicator 18 February 1955, p1
San Bernardino Sun 18 February 1955, p1
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