ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241202
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| Date: | Friday 11 March 1949 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  North American SNJ-5 Texan |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Bend, WA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, WA (10:00) |
The US Navy trainer plane went missing during a routine two hour training flight. Both occupants are deemed to have died in the crash. Ens. Gaston Eugene Mayes (22) and Lt Berg O. Vreeland vanished in the Cascades and never found.
Sources:
https://www.covingtonreporter.com/news/seven-decades-later-the-search-for-two-missing-navy-pilots-continues/
San Bernardino Sun 2 August 1959, p33
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2020 11:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Feb-2022 16:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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