ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 259983
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Date: | Thursday 23 March 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | LTV A-7E Corsair II |
Owner/operator: | U.S. Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 157520 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Phuoc My -
Laos
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Kitty Hawk |
Destination airport: | USS Kitty Hawk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed due to engine failure while returning to carrier in Gulf of Tonkin. Pilot was killed.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/A-7.html The Victoria Advocat 27 March 1972, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-May-2021 17:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
31-Jan-2022 15:03 |
TB |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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