ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 108863
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Date: | Sunday 1 July 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 44-85017 |
MSN: | 080-1038 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Long Beach AAF, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Long Beach AAF, CA |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The initial accident rate for the Lockheed P-80A (F-80A) Shooting Stars was alarmingly high. On 1 July 1945, Lt. Joseph Mandl was killed when his P-80A Shooting Star (44-85017) stalled on takeoff and plowed through a fence and struck a parked A-26”
Sources:
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp 2.
http://uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/Page11702.htm 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_6.htm]l
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http://www.accident-report.com/world/namerica/US/CA8.html 5.
http://www.accident-report.com/world/namerica/slist/longbeach.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Nov-2014 02:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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