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| Date: | Monday 20 February 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Boeing F4B-4 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 9258 |
| MSN: | 1772 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near McDavid, Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| NAS Pensacola, FL |
Eight aiplane of twelve ship formation crashed in dense fog and darkness. Six pilots bailed out. Two killed. Pilot Lt N.M. Ostergreen crashed and killed.
Sources:
Folha da Manhã 23 February 1939, p3
http://www.accident-report.com/USN/aircraft.html
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/navy/asp/USN_1939.asp
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 March 1937 | 9256 | US Navy | 0 | Pacific Ocean Off Point Loma, CA | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2014 10:45 | TB | Added |
| 22-Aug-2014 10:54 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, ] |
| 05-Aug-2022 18:29 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, Phase, Source, ] |
| 09-Oct-2022 13:37 | Cobar | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 17:31 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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