ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274580
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Date: | Friday 15 December 1967 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman TF-9J Cougar |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 142955 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 40 mi S of Kingsville, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Kingsville, TX/VT-2. |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Made a safe landing in a marsh, resting in two feet of water after Marine Capt F.A. McCaughan and Navy Ens. W.L. Taylor ejected safely after engine failure. The wreckage was lifted by a CH-54 from Ft Still virtually undamaged.
Note: 142955 VT-21 w/o 1 DEC 67, no report found, date error ?
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 21 DEC 1967, p11A
Forgotten Jets
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jan-2022 17:03 |
TB |
Added |
23-Jan-2022 17:44 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Departure airport, Narrative] |
30-Jan-2022 13:38 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Source, Damage] |
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