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| Date: | Tuesday 1 November 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-80C (TO-1) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off NAS North Island, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The "TO-1" crashed into the ocean 100 yards off NAS during emergency landing. Test pilot Lt (jg) Walter Charles Hardbridge (31) trapped in pressured cockpit, salvaged dead after four hours.
Sources:
Daily News (Los Angeles) 1 November 1949, p2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2021 14:15 | TB | Added |
| 13-Jan-2022 13:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 13-Jan-2022 13:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 13-Jan-2022 13:54 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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