ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277014
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 November 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-80C (TV-1) ? |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Corpus Christi, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Kingsville, TX |
| NAS Corpus Christi, TX | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Navy jet training plane crashed into a pavement of a four-lane highway after a dive at 500 mph and "loss of its auxilliary fuel tanks" and exploded. Pilot aviation machinist mate 1/c Grant Leefe Deming (31) on a ferry flight was killed.
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun 8 November 1951, p1
The Daily News-Telegram 9 November 1951, p1+8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2022 19:31 | TB | Added |
| 01-Apr-2022 19:36 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
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