ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280596
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Date: | Friday 15 April 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas AD-6 Skyraider |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chesapeake Bay, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Oceana, VA/AS 42 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed into the sea just off Tangier Island. Lt Elwood L. Nielson (31) was on a full-power climb after a low-level approach to the Tangier bomb targed when his plane stalled.
Sources:
The Evening Star 16 April 1960, pA3
Revision history:
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