ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216657
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Date: | Monday 22 May 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought F8U-1P Crusader |
Owner/operator: | US NAVY VFP-62 |
Registration: | 146839 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | USS Franklin D. Roosevelt -
Mediterranean Sea
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Franklin |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Right wheel collapsed during catapuly shot, after a successfull ejection the pilot Lt WG Offerman was unable to get free from flight harness and drowned.
Sources:
www.vfp62/Offerman.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Oct-2018 17:20 |
J155 |
Added |
26-Feb-2022 19:22 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location] |
26-Feb-2022 19:25 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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