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Date: | Monday 3 November 1952 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
Registration: | 80417 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pamlico Sound, NC -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS Cherry Point, NC/VMF(N)-20 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Went missing during a night strafing and bombing mission. Capt Thomas Dennison Grinnell, Jr. Body was found by a fisherman near Judas Island on 10 December 1952.
Sources:
The Dispatch 6 November 1952, p1
Richmond Times-Dispatch 12 December 1952, p3
AAIR
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Sep-2022 18:03 |
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Added |
10-Sep-2022 16:48 |
TB |
Updated [Registration] |
25-Jan-2024 09:13 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |