ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 106145
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| Date: | Saturday 22 January 1944 |
| Time: | 11:44 |
| Type: |  Vought FG-1 Corsair |
| Owner/operator: | VMF-115 USMC |
| Registration: | 13217 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 miles east of Camp Cooke, near Lompoc, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | MCAS Goleta, CA |
360th FG, Santa Maria, piloted by Lieutenant Allen D Owen, collided in mid-air at 1144 hrs, three miles east of Camp Cooke, near Lompoc, California. Lt Owen bailed out and was uninjured, but Lt Kovach was killed. Both planes were demolished.
Sources:
Headquarters Western Sea Frontier war diary, January 1944 (available online at https://www.fold3.com/image/274558126)
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1944S.htm
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/FG.htm
http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/206985609/Joseph-Michael-Kovach
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.732500&lon=-120.568056&z=12
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2013 11:54 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2013 12:52 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2013 13:01 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2013 13:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2013 12:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2013 21:43 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2016 11:39 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2019 17:59 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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