Incident Vought SU-3 A-9078,
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Date:Monday 16 September 1940
Time:
Type:Vought SU-3
Owner/operator:US Navy
Registration: A-9078
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Chevalier Field, NAS Pensacola, FL -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Pensacola, FL
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Midair collision at 3000ft with another SU-3 while the planes were joining up in formation and crashed. The pilot bailed out safely.

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/352789963/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2022 09:49 Cobar Added
12-Nov-2022 09:55 Cobar Updated [Other fatalities]

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