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| Date: | Monday 9 March 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vought OS2U-2 Kingfisher |
| Owner/operator: | VS-5D4, US Navy |
| Registration: | 2207 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3.5 miles north from Mount Hill Light -
 Bermuda
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
In the morning of 9 March 1942, the OS2U-2 BuNo 2207 of VS-5D4, US Navy, crashed on patrol 3.5 miles north from Mount Hill Light, Bermuda, killing both crew, Ens Richard Earl Brown (pilot) and AMM1C Chester Hayes Locke (observer).
The destroyer USS Wainwright recovered the body of Ens Brown and it was latter returned to the States and lay in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey. The body of Locke was not found and he is commemorated on the East Coast Memorial.
The aircraft was totally destroyed. It was pulled off submerged reef and allowed to sink.
Sources:
US Naval Operating Base Bermuda war diary, March 1942 (available online at https://www.fold3.com/image/268216121/war-diary-39-3142-page-2-us-world-war-ii-war-diaries-1941-1945)
https://web.archive.org/web/20210519111513/https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/OS2U.htm
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/103475293/richard-earl-brown
https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNbyNAMEB.htm
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/140902004/chester-hayes-locke
https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNbyNameL.htm
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/gibbshill.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2021 18:05 | ASN archive | Added [, ] |
| 14-May-2022 03:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-Jun-2022 19:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 01-Oct-2024 16:39 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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