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| Date: | Saturday 27 October 1956 |
| Time: | 20:55 |
| Type: | North American AJ-1 Savage |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 124852 |
| MSN: | 169-3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Heraklion, Crete -
 Mediterranean Sea
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| USS Randolph (CVA-15) |
Lost radio and visual contact while approaching carrier. Wreckage and two bodies found next day.
Pilot LCDR Orville S. Brownlee; crew LT(JG) Dewey F. Helms, AQ1 Basil M. Underwood, AO2 Jimmy R. Bailey.
(1) Ens. D. Franklin Helms, Jr died in a Navy plane which failed to return to the carrier from a routine training flight off North Africa; date as "last week" and "no trace found of aircraft or crew".
Sources:
- JF Baugher
(1) St. Petersburg Times 29 October 1956, p23
The Daily News-Telegram 29 October 1956, p6
USS Randolph (CVA-15) deck log
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2014 16:43 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 21-Jun-2014 16:48 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Apr-2022 12:44 | TB | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Apr-2022 12:44 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 08-Apr-2022 15:15 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, ] |
| 11-Apr-2022 17:58 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Apr-2022 18:19 | TB | Updated |
| 11-Apr-2022 18:53 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
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