Incident Grumman XF7F-1 Tigercat 03549,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 282700
 
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Date:Saturday 29 July 1944
Time:
Type:Grumman XF7F-1 Tigercat
Owner/operator:Grumman Aircraft
Registration: 03549
MSN: C-01
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:8 mi E of Chincoteague, VA -   United States of America
Phase:
Nature:Test
Departure airport:NAS Patuxent River, MD
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Prototype crashed after pilot Lewis H. Baurer had parachuted to safety due to a fire.

Sources:

AAIR (BOF)

Revision history:

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