ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279607
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Date: | Saturday 7 December 1968 |
Time: | night |
Type: | LTV A-7E Corsair II |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off San Diego, CA -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Enterprise |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Lt Cmdr Robert Joseph Simonic (35) drowned after he had accidential ejected from his jet five miles from the carrier during a Navy exercise. His body later recovered by a destroyer.
Sources:
Santa Cruz Sentinel 9 December 1968, p14
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jun-2022 07:04 |
TB |
Added |
25-Jun-2022 07:14 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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