ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 260408
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 September 1954 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: | Grumman F9F-5 Panther |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 126060 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chesapeake Bay, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Patuxent River, MD/NATC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in the Chesapeake Bay, 16 miles from NAS on a routine test flight. Chief Aviation pilot Robert Glen Kirschner (31), Armament Test Division, not found.
Sources:
The Evening Star 17 September 1954, pA12
AAIR (KHW)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2021 17:22 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jan-2022 15:48 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2022 19:35 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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