Accident Grumman F9F-8 Cougar ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 282185
 
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Date:Thursday 1 December 1955
Time:
Type:Grumman F9F-8 Cougar
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
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MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:35 mi NE of Brawley, CA -   United States of America
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Nature:Military
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Narrative:
Crashed and burned in the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range. Pilot didn't survive.

Sources:

San Bernardino Sun 2 December 1955, p19

Revision history:

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