ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80918
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 March 1943 |
| Time: | 13:09 |
| Type: |  Grumman TBF-1 Avenger |
| Owner/operator: | VC-29 US Navy |
| Registration: | 06068 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of Recife, Brazil -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Santee |
| USS Santee |
On 16 March, the escort carrier CVE-29 Santee was returning to Norfolk, United States, with the other ships of TF 41 (the light cruiser Savannah and the destroyers Eberle and Livermore), after two months of anti-blocade runners patrols in the South Atlantic. Troughout the day, starting at 0658 hrs, the carrier aircraft conducted search operations for a distance of 100 miles on either side of and 180 miles along base course 264°. At 1309 hrs, The TBF-1 BuNo 06068 of VC-29 went overboard at frame 70, starboard side, while landing, damaging the sights and shoulders bars to gun 1 and 2 of 20mm group 3, carrying away the receiving antennas and about 20' of starboard lifeline. The three crew of the TBF, Ensign C N Barton (pilot), ARM3c Melchoire Cirami and AMM3c John O Weawer, were all rescued uninjured by the destroyer Eberle at 1323 hrs.
The precise location of the accident is not known but at noon the Santee was at 07° 39' S 28° 12' W, east of Recife, Brazil.
Sources:
USS Sante War Diary, 16 March 1943 (https://www.fold3.com/image/269441944)
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLMar43.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Mar-2021 08:49 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2022 18:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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