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Date: | Thursday 13 September 1951 |
Time: | c. 03:40 |
Type: | Douglas AD-1 Skyraider |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 09323 |
MSN: | 2151 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 mi SE of Petaluma, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NALF Santa Rosa, CA/VA-65 Det 2 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed in mud flats during night practice bombing run on Backer#59 target area. Lt (jg) Richard C. Messerschmidt (24) failed to pull out from a 350 mph dive from 35,000ft.
Sources:
Press Democrat 14 September 1951, p1
AAIR (KCR, out of USS Boxer)
Revision history:
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