Incident Grumman F9F-6 Cougar 127427,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 260631
 
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Date:Tuesday 18 August 1953
Time:
Type:Grumman F9F-6 Cougar
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 127427
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:15 mi SW of NAS Barbers Point, HI -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS Yorktown/VF-24
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
Lost control and crashed after Calvin A. Merryman had parachuted into the sea.

Sources:

AAIR (BOCR)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-May-2021 19:26 ASN archive Added
17-Sep-2022 15:44 TB Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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