Accident Grumman F9F-5 Panther 126257,
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Date:Thursday 6 November 1952
Time:
Type:Grumman F9F-5 Panther
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 126257
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:0,5 mi ESE of NAS Oceana, VA -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS Coral Sea
Destination airport:NAS Oceana, VA
Narrative:
Crashed into the sea after Cmdr Albert D. Pollock, Jr (37) bailed out due to a fire but did not survive when parachute did not open in time. He had just left the carrier to return to NATC Patuxent River, MD, when he radioed that one of his two engines blown some turbine blades and he would land at Oceana. He was just over the field for the emergency landing when a fire brocke out.

Sources:

The Free Lance-Star 7 November 1952, p4
AAIR (KBOF)

Revision history:

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14-Sep-2022 13:09 TB Added

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