ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82172
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Date: | Thursday 25 July 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman TBM-3 Avenger |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 69095 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Bikini Atoll -
Marshall Islands
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Saratoga |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Destroyed aboard USS Saratoga during Baker nuclear test; vessel was 4 miles off the Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific Ocean and sank as a result of damage to the ship by the nuclear explosion, taking all the aircraft on board with it. The Avenger was damaged considerably and made dangerously radioactive
Sources:
www.nuclearflower.com/baker.htm http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries7.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Nov-2010 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Jan-2013 15:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Jun-2022 07:22 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
22-Sep-2022 17:35 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
03-Jul-2023 18:17 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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