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Date: | Wednesday 16 July 1952 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 125503 |
MSN: | 409 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Santa Ana, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS China Lake, CA/NOTS |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The "F-2J Banshee" fell out from formation flight with another plane (2) "after lost a wing" and crashed into houses. Pilot Lt Robert N. Andersen.
Sources:
Daily News (Los Angeles) 17 July 1952, p2+12
(2) Napa Valley Register 17 July 1952, p1
Forgotten Jets (10 JUL 52)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Aug-2022 12:33 |
TB |
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29-Aug-2022 12:40 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |