Accident Douglas AD-4 Skyraider 129007,
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Date:Monday 29 March 1954
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic A1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas AD-4 Skyraider
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 129007
MSN: 8325
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:NAS Cecil Field, FL -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Oceana, VA/VA-85
Destination airport:NAS Cecil Field, FL
Narrative:
Lt (jg) John Jay Entstrasser, Jr (26) reported crashed while practicing an "idiot loop" loft bombing maneuver at the end of a several hour low level navigation training flight.

Sources:

AAIR (KSSP, VA-15 NAS Cecil Field)
Find a Grave (VA-85 NAS Oceana, VA)

Revision history:

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16-Oct-2022 19:11 TB Added

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