ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272302
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Date: | Tuesday 1 November 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed P-80C (TO-1) |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off NAS North Island, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The "TO-1" crashed into the ocean 100 yards off NAS during emergency landing. Test pilot Lt (jg) Walter Charles Hardbridge (31) trapped in pressured cockpit, salvaged dead after four hours.
Sources:
Daily News (Los Angeles) 1 November 1949, p2
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28-Dec-2021 14:15 |
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13-Jan-2022 13:32 |
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13-Jan-2022 13:52 |
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13-Jan-2022 13:54 |
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