ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209037
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| Date: | Sunday 29 September 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Grumman F-8F-1 Bearcat |
| Owner/operator: | Blue Angels US Navy |
| Registration: | 94986 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NAS Jacksonville, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed during an airshow just after an eight cuban in unrecoverable spin, Lt(JG) Ross Forest"Robby" Robinson killed in the crash. He was the first "Blue Angel" loss.
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3494807/ross-forest-robinson
http://web.archive.org/web/20180422220129/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/F8FBearcat.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2018 18:43 | j155 | Added |
| 10-Feb-2020 10:22 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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