ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78284
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Date: | Thursday 4 June 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas TBD-1 Devastator |
Owner/operator: | US Navy |
Registration: | 1518 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Midway Atoll -
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Hornet (CV-8) |
Destination airport: | USS Hornet (CV-8) |
Narrative:Lost during the Battle of Midway. Crashed after Torpedo Attack on Japanese Carrier Soryu. George Gay escaped and was rescued by PBY Catalina 30 hours later. Robert Huntington who was already dead from gunfire from the Zeros went down with the plane.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/secondseries1.html https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/douglas-tbd-1-devastator/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Mar-2021 20:45 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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