ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218247
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| Date: | Saturday 16 January 1943 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat |
| Owner/operator: | VGS-18, US Navy |
| Registration: | 03406 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
On 16 January 1943 two Wildcats attached to Fleet Air Wing Six crashed, killing both pilots. The F4F-4 Buno 03406 of VGS-18 crashed and burned at 1430 hrs on NAS Whidbey Island, Washington. The plane was completely demolished and the pilot, Ens Hugo Murton Wildenradt, was killed. He was 24 years old and his parents lived in Ft. Bragg, Mendocino, California.
Sources:
Commander Northwest Sea Frontier War Diary, January 1943 (available online at https://www.fold3.com/image/268731066)
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island War Diary, 10-16 January 1943 (available online at https://www.fold3.com/image/267843293)
http://www.accident-report.com/USN/aircraft.html
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAMENDOC/2001-06/0991696090
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Whidbey_Island
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=48.351944&lon=-122.655833&z=14
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2018 15:59 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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