ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 250478
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Vought F4U-1A Corsair |
| Owner/operator: | VRF-1, USN |
| Registration: | 49708 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Fort Worth, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
On 22 February 1944 2nd Lt Ervin Lonnie Branning USMCR, of Marine Corps Air Depot Miramar and on temporary duty with VRF-1 (US Navy Ferry Squadron 1) was killed at about 1530 hrs CWT when the F4U-1A Buno 49708 he was ferrying from NAS New York to San Diego, California, crashed in the immediate vicinity of Fort Worth, Texas.
Sources:
War diary of VRF-1, February 1944 (https://www.fold3.com/image/272840919)
https://www.fold3.com/record/643051599/ervin-lonnie-branning-us-marine-corps-casualty-indexes
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/F4U.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas
http://www.maplandia.com/united-states/texas/tarrant-county/fort-worth/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2021 18:05 | ASN archive | Added [, ] |
| 24-Feb-2022 09:44 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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