ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249977
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Date: | Friday 19 June 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher |
Owner/operator: | VN17D8 US Navy |
Registration: | 5678 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Off Port Aransas, Texas -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The observation plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during a training mission. The crew-- Chester T. Bruce (25, Chico, California) and Kenneth Whitney Shearer (21, Hollywood, California)-- were both killed.
Sources:
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USNrptsType.htm#Database%20Notes El Paso Times, 21 June 1942, p.1 "Two Navy Air Cadets Killed in Gulf Crash"
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Apr-2021 18:05 |
ASN archive |
Added [, ] |
21-Apr-2022 05:27 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
10-Apr-2024 18:32 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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