ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 261090
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 February 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought F-8H Crusader |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 147919 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USS Hancock -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Skidded off the deck into the Gulf of Tonkin after a hard landing on carrier. Pilot Lt (jg) Paul Eugene Swigart, Jr (25) not recovered.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F8U.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2021 07:20 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Mar-2022 18:02 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2022 18:03 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
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