Accident Douglas AD-4L Skyraider 123963,
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Date:Tuesday 18 January 1955
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic A1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas AD-4L Skyraider
Owner/operator:United States Marine Corps (USMC)
Registration: 123963
MSN: 7269
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:26 mi from MCAS Cherry Point, NC -   United States of America
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:MCAS Cherry Point, NC/VMAT-10
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Disappeared while practicing night bombing runs over Brandt Island bombing range in the Pamlico Sound. Marine Lt Charles Bryan Manning (22).

Sources:

The Dispatch 20 January 1955, p7
AAIR (KHW)

Revision history:

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