Accident Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider 126977,
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Date:Wednesday 14 January 1953
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic A1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 126977
MSN: 7777
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:27 mi from March AFB, CA -   United States of America
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS San Diego, CA/VC-35
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed after became separated from the leader of a three ship night formation flight. The burned wreckage found on Horse Creek Ridge in the San Jacinto mountains 10 miles east of Hemet. Howard E. Clarke.

Sources:

Daily Times (Los Angeles) 15 January 1953, p12
AAIR (KCR)

Revision history:

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