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| Date: | Saturday 11 May 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing F4B-4 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | A-8917 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 200 miles east of Hawaii -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Saratoga |
Crashed on manuevers from USS Saratoga -caught in airplane slipsteam while taking off and crashed in the Pacific.
No remains found of plane or of pilot Lt Matthias B. Wyatt.
Sources:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 13 May 1935, p1
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19350513&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/navy/asp/USN_1935.asp0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2015 08:12 | noman | Added |
| 05-Dec-2015 14:13 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2017 17:28 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2022 18:02 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Phase, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 29-Aug-2022 17:33 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2023 03:27 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 10-Apr-2024 18:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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