Fuel exhaustion Accident Grumman F9F Panther (3x) ? ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173834
 
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Date:Saturday 6 June 1953
Time:
Type:Grumman F9F Panther (3x) ?
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kairouan (Qairawan) -   Tunisia
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43)/VF-83
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Three Navy jets from aircraft carrier force-landed on land or ditched in sea due to fuel exhaustion. One crashed, killing the pilot Lt (jg) Robert Hughes Wade (27).

Sources:

Evening Star 8 June 1953, pA18
L'Echo d'Oran 7 June 1953

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Feb-2015 16:51 TB Added
14-Oct-2019 20:14 TB Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
12-Jul-2020 13:27 TB Updated [Source]
20-Jan-2022 20:55 TB Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2022 13:34 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]

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