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Date: | Wednesday 8 January 1975 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
Registration: | 153296 |
MSN: | 65-073 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Whaleyville, MD -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS New River, NC (NCA/KNCA) |
Destination airport: | Wrightstown-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI/KWRI) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed on a farm near Whaleyville during a routine training mission from New River, NC to McGuire AFB, NJ.
Killed:
* 1st Lt. Granville D. Pullen
* 1st Lt. Edwin J. Ruff Jr.
* LCpl. John V. Cataldi
* Sgt. Ralph C. Schlectic
* A1C Mark D. Lamascus
Sources:
Obituary of one of the occupants:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=PULLEN&GSfn=GRANVILLE&GSmn=D.&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=74292992&df=all& Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Mar-2017 17:37 |
skonesam |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
20-Jul-2023 16:36 |
nhofmann54 |
Updated |
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