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| Date: | Tuesday 15 March 1949 |
| Time: | c. noon |
| Type: | Chance Vought XF7U-1 Cutlass |
| Owner/operator: | Chance Vought |
| Registration: | 122473 |
| MSN: | 02 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chesapeake Bay, MD -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
2d prototype lost on test flight over the Chesapeake Bay, near Bloodsworth Island, out of NAS Patuxent River. Chief test pilot William H.B. Millar was killed.
Sources:
The Evening Star 16 March 1949, pA5
AAIR
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries13.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2011 08:26 | ThW | Added |
| 17-Aug-2022 11:24 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Aug-2022 11:28 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 17-Aug-2022 11:38 | TB | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 18-Aug-2022 06:09 | nhofmann54 | Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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