ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274142
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Date: | Saturday 7 January 1961 |
Time: | 21:15 |
Type: | Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 142705 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off USS Independence -
Mediterranean Sea
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Independence |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Douglas A4D Skyhawk, pilot CDR John W. Shuff, crashed into the sea approximately one mile astern from the USS Independence in the North Tyrrhenian Sea at Latitude 41-17N, Longitude 10-56E and sank in 775 fathoms of water.
Sources:
Evening Independent 9 January 1961, pA6
http://skyhawk.org/article-unit/va86 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jan-2022 19:04 |
TB |
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16-Jan-2022 08:14 |
harro |
Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
16-Jan-2022 08:18 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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