ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78166
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| Date: | Monday 12 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vought SBU-2 |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 0824 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean Off Cape May, New Jersey -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA |
Lost control after catching fire and crashed into sea off Cape May, New Jersey; pilot (LT C.E. Rieben, Jr) rescued with serious burns; observer (Seaman First Class William Charles Sayers) killed. The wreckage of the aircraft and the body of Seaman Sayers was recovered four miles off the coast near NAS Wildwood.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/secondseries1.html
Paterson (NJ) News 12 August 1940, p. 2
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156672603/william-charles-sayers
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2022 06:12 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2022 12:34 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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