Accident North American AJ-1 Savage 124852,
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Date:Saturday 27 October 1956
Time:20:55
Type:North American AJ-1 Savage
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 124852
MSN: 169-3
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Heraklion, Crete -   Mediterranean Sea
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:USS Randolph (CVA-15)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Lost radio and visual contact while approaching carrier. Wreckage and two bodies found next day.

Pilot LCDR Orville S. Brownlee; crew LT(JG) Dewey F. Helms, AQ1 Basil M. Underwood, AO2 Jimmy R. Bailey.

(1) Ens. D. Franklin Helms, Jr died in a Navy plane which failed to return to the carrier from a routine training flight off North Africa; date as "last week" and "no trace found of aircraft or crew".

Sources:

- JF Baugher
(1) St. Petersburg Times 29 October 1956, p23
The Daily News-Telegram 29 October 1956, p6
USS Randolph (CVA-15) deck log

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jun-2014 16:43 Uli Elch Added
21-Jun-2014 16:48 Uli Elch Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Narrative]
08-Apr-2022 12:44 TB Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Apr-2022 12:44 TB Updated [Location]
08-Apr-2022 15:15 TB Updated [Registration, Cn]
11-Apr-2022 17:58 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
11-Apr-2022 18:19 TB Updated [[Source, Narrative]]
11-Apr-2022 18:53 TB Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]

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