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Date: | Sunday 7 December 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat |
Owner/operator: | US Navy |
Registration: | 3909 |
MSN: | 791 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near MCAS Ewa, Oahu, HI -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Ford Island, Oahu, HI |
Narrative:Hit by friendly fire near Ford Island while trying to land after a combat air patrol. Tried to land at Ewa USMC airfield but engine quit 4 miles away. Pilot bailed out safely.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/secondseries1.html https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/Navy/asp/USN_Type_F4F.asp Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jun-2023 06:19 |
Ron Averes |
Updated |
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