Accident Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer 8F-7,
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Date:Tuesday 23 September 1952
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic P4Y model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
Owner/operator:Aéronavale
Registration: 8F-7
MSN: 59839
Fatalities:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Saigon -   Vietnam
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Saigon/Tan Son Nhut
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed at An Nhon Xá shortly due to a fire in the right outboard engine shortly after take-off. There was only one injured survivor.

Sources:

Passauer Neue Presse 25 September 1952, p2
http://www.netmarine.net/aero/unites/28f/memoriam.htm
Diário de Lisboa 24 September 1952, p12
https://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries6.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Sep-2014 19:10 TB Added
14-Jun-2015 19:56 TB Updated [Operator]
15-Jun-2015 10:14 TB Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source]
15-Jun-2015 10:16 TB Updated [Registration]
12-Jun-2017 20:48 TB Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Jul-2020 08:13 The2ndBaron Updated [Narrative]
03-Oct-2020 13:38 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
31-Mar-2024 08:04 Tetrapack Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]

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