Accident McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee 123277,
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Date:Thursday 17 April 1952
Time:
Type:McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee
Owner/operator:United States Marine Corps (USMC)
Registration: 123277
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:MCAS Cherry Point, NC -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:MCAS Cherry Point, NC/VMF-122
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed and burned. Pilot 2°Lt Marion Eliot "Bob" Coward (22). Reached only 20 ft before nosed down at the end of the runway.

Sources:

The Times-News 18 April 1952, p5
AAIR

Revision history:

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