Accident Vought F4U-1 Corsair 57754,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65722
 
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Date:Wednesday 13 December 1944
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic CORS model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vought F4U-1 Corsair
Owner/operator:ABU-1, US Navy
Registration: 57754
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Momote, Los Negros Island, Manus -   Papua New Guinea
Phase: Take off
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Momote Airfield, Los Negros
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed on T/O from Momote Airfield, Los Negros.
Flight Sergeant Kenneth McGowan RNZAF, R.I.P.

Sources:

NZ Archives.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Jun-2009 03:02 angels one five Added
08-Oct-2009 23:34 angels one five Updated
05-Mar-2011 03:02 angels one five Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Oct-2011 00:08 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
30-Oct-2011 00:09 angels one five Updated [Country]
07-May-2013 09:06 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
29-Jun-2023 06:47 Ron Averes Updated [[Aircraft type, Narrative]]
16-Jan-2024 19:08 angels one five Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport]

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