ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275728
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Date: | Tuesday 18 October 1960 |
Time: | evening |
Type: | Vought F8U Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off NAS Patuxent River, MD -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAFTD |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed in the Chesapeake Bay. Test pilot Lt Cmdr Henry Hewitt Dodd (36) drowned. Came in together with another F-8U but crashed into 15 to 20 feet of water, 0,25 miles from sea wall.
Sources:
The Evening Star 19 October 1960, pB7
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