ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274423
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Date: | Friday 18 September 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell F2H Banshee |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Genesco, IL -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Oceana, VA |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Navy pilot J.A. Meder abandoned his jet in a thunderstorm and ejected, but parachute did not fully open. He found injured in a field next day.
Sources:
Evening Star 20 September 1953, pC10
not in AAIR
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jan-2022 21:17 |
TB |
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20-Aug-2022 17:51 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
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