ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200560
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Date: | Sunday 8 March 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed T-33A |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Maxwell AFB, AL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Slapped back after cleared runway and retracted its landing gear. When skidded several hundred feet, pilot Lt Peter D. DeForrest shot free from the plan by seat ejection and but did not survive due to ground level.
Sources:
Toledo Blade 9 March 1959, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Oct-2017 15:56 |
TB |
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09-May-2022 19:15 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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