ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 260839
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Date: | Saturday 6 July 1968 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought F-8A Crusader |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 143684 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near NAS Dallas, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Dallas, TX |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed in residential area of Grand Prairie shortly after take-off due to engine failure. Pilot Navy Reservist Lt Gery Gretter (31) was killed.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F8U.html The Victoria Advocat 7 July 1968, p6A
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-May-2021 07:20 |
ASN archive |
Added |
23-Jan-2022 21:06 |
TB |
Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Mar-2022 20:40 |
TB |
Updated [Narrative] |
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