ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173185
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Date: | Tuesday 12 May 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bell X-2 Starbuster |
Owner/operator: | Bell Aircraft Corp |
Registration: | 46-675 |
MSN: | 2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 15 mi N of Rochester, NY -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Niagara Falls, NY |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:In-flight explosion over Lake Ontario. Pilot Jean Ziegler and observer of mothership Boeing EB-50A (46-11) Frank Wolko died. Damaged mothership managed to land.
Sources:
El Litoral 13 May 1953,p1
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ Revision history:
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