ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216990
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Date: | Thursday 22 September 1960 |
Time: | daytime |
Type: | Vought F8U-1 Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 145350 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Atlantic -
Atlantic Ocean
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Shangri-La/VF-62 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Bad catapulte shot. Bounced over a gun-turret inverted and plunged into the sea bottom. Cmr Jack E. Davis survived injured.
Sources:
Civil Airworthiness
The Daily News-Telegram 30 September 1960, p8 (photos)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Nov-2018 08:08 |
J155 |
Added |
28-Jul-2022 08:47 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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