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Date: | Thursday 3 June 1954 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas AD-5 Skyraider |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
Registration: | 132679 |
MSN: | 9536 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 20 mi W of Homestead Radio range station, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS Miami, FL/VMA-332 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Collided with AD-5 132422 over the Everglades and crashed into the water about 20 miles west of Homestead. Pilot 2° Lt Ray M. Holton (21) and Pfc John Costa (21) killed.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times 4 June 1954, p1/5 June 1954, p2
AAIR (KMAC)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Oct-2022 18:15 |
TB |
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20-Oct-2022 18:28 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |