Date:	Monday 3 January 1966
Time:
Type:	Northrop T-38 Talon
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	59-1599
MSN:	N.5112
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	off Point Jefferson, WA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Edwards AFB, CA/Air Force Flight Test Center
Destination airport:	Boeing Field, Seattle

Narrative:
Wreckage and an oil slick were found in Puget Sound 800ft offshore off Point Jefferson 5 JAN. Crash killed Major General Irving Lewis "Twig" Branch (53), commander of Edwards AFB.

Eureka (California) Humboldt Standard 1/4/1966, p. 12 "General Branch Feared Lost in Plane Crash"
Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 1/4/1966, p. 3 "Gen. Irving L. Branch Killed in Plane Crash"
https://wreckchasing.websitetoolbox.com/post/maj-gen-branch-t38-crash-4018743

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Dec-2015 12:07	JINX	Added
16-Dec-2016 20:33	TB	Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
09-Dec-2019 19:20	kolibriforensics	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
17-Jan-2022 13:36	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Jan-2022 13:39	TB	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
17-Nov-2023 15:30	J155	Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ]