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Date: | Monday 20 September 1954 |
Time: | c. 10:40 |
Type: | Douglas AD-6 Skyraider |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 135262 |
MSN: | 9906 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 24 mi from NAS Moffett Field, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Moffett Field, CA/VF-195 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Separating from a three ship formation and ditched about 400yards offshore, off the coast of Davenport, after engine failure. Lt (jg) Frederick John Kondzella (25) seen jumping from the floating plane but not found.
Sources:
Santa Cruz Sentinel 21 September 1954, p1/23 September 1954, p1
AAIR (KDTCEF)
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