Accident Grumman F9F-7 Cougar 130873,
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Date:Saturday 18 June 1955
Time:night
Type:Grumman F9F-7 Cougar
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 130873
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:8 mi from Leoti, KS -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Hensey Field/Dallas, TX
Destination airport:NAS Buckley, CO
Narrative:
Five Cougar jets caught in a violent storm in a night formation flight. Marine Reserve pilot Maj Patrick Dugan (33), VMF-111, bailed out and found dead in a field next day. The four other pilots brought there jets down in Kansas and northeast Colorado and escaped injury.

Sources:

Sweetwater Reporter 20 June 1955, p3
AAIR

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Jul-2022 08:42 TB Added
07-Jul-2022 08:43 TB Updated [Narrative]
08-Sep-2022 13:18 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative]
08-Sep-2022 13:29 TB Updated [Narrative]

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