ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 260803
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Date: | Friday 20 February 1970 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought F-8H Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 148647 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | W of Oxnard, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Point Mugu/NATC |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into the Pacific on a flight connected with missile testing. Pilot Cmdr Ralph L. Button (35) was killed.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F8U.html San Bernardino Sun 21 February 1970, p2
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-May-2021 07:20 |
ASN archive |
Added |
27-Feb-2022 17:19 |
TB |
Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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