ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 261439
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 December 1948 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | North American FJ-1 Fury |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 120370 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km off Coronado Island, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ream Field, CA |
Flamed out and ditched off the mainland side of Colorado Island. Pilot Ensign M.E. Bail floated in a life jacked untile picked up by a North Island crash boat.
Sources:
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/FJ.html
Colorado Compass 10 December 1948, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2021 11:07 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Dec-2021 17:58 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2021 17:58 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Dec-2021 18:49 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Feb-2022 17:41 | TB | Updated [Departure airport] |
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