Accident McDonnell F2H-4 Banshee 127686,
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Date:Wednesday 1 September 1954
Time:
Type:McDonnell F2H-4 Banshee
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 127686
MSN: 4/320
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:off USS Coral Sea -   Mediterranean Sea
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS Coral Sea/VF-11
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed into the sea after catapult launch. Lt Cmdr Robert James Fossum (34).

Sources:

AAIR (KSSP)

Revision history:

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