ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84842
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Date: | Sunday 26 August 1951 |
Time: | 05:15 |
Type: | Douglas AD-4Q Skyraider |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 124051 |
MSN: | 7357 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off North Korea -
Pacific Ocean
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Essex/VF-54 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Operated out of USS Essex (CV-9) aircraft carrier. Burst into flames and crashed five minutes after takeoff. Pilot Lt (jg) Loren Dickerson Smith. Aviation Electronics Technician Airman, ATAN Philip Kendall Balch. LAT: 38-31N; LONG: 129-30E
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ AAIR (KCR)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Oct-2022 17:21 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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