Incident Vought O3U-1 A-8864,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291061
 
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Date:Tuesday 11 October 1938
Time:
Type:Vought O3U-1
Owner/operator:US Navy
Registration: A-8864
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Clear Springs, FL -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Pensacola
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mid air collision with another O3U-1, while flying in a nine ship formation. Crashed in a field and caught fire. The pilot bailed out safely, the other aircraft made an emergency landing in a field.

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/352808949/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Oct-2022 09:01 Cobar Added
07-Oct-2022 09:04 Cobar Updated [Location]

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