ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273833
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 June 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-80A (TO-1) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 29668 |
| MSN: | 080-1028 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near NAS Patuxent River, MD -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NATC Patuxent River, MD |
Crashed in the Chesapeake Bay, 500yards off the beach of Patuxent NAS, due to structural failure. During a review before Marine Corps officers from Quantico, VA., pilot Lt Donald Eugene Umphres (25) was doing a low altitude "fly-by" at high speed when suddenly nosed into the water.
Sources:
The Vitoria Advocat 5 June 1947, p7
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2022 17:32 | TB | Added |
| 07-Jan-2022 14:53 | TB | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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