Accident Douglas AD-2Q Skyraider 122376,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290594
 
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Date:Friday 21 April 1950
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic A1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas AD-2Q Skyraider
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 122376
MSN: 6839
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:10 mi S of Elizabethtown, NC -   United States of America
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Norfolk, VA/VC-4
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed during night exercice "Swarmer". Lt Emmet T. McNair (33) and his radarman.

Sources:

The Evening Star 21 April 1950, pA22
AAIR (KCR)

Revision history:

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