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| Date: | Wednesday 6 January 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Grumman F11F-1 Tiger |
| Owner/operator: | "Blue Angels" United States Navy |
| Registration: | 141871 |
| MSN: | 188 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near NAS Key West, FLorida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
(1) Mid-air collision during Echelon Roll in a formation flying practice. Blue Angels pilot Lt Donald Ronald "Bob" McKee killed. Crashed in 60 feet of water off the Dry Tortugas.
Note: (2) date of dead given as 6 DEC 60
Sources:
(1) https://www.geocities.ws/blue-angels-history/accident%20history.html (12 JUN 60)
(2) https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/82886791/donald-robert-mckee (6 DEC 60)
(3) Scramble (6 JAN 60)
(4) Lakeland Ledger 7 January 1960, p8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2022 09:01 | TB | Added |
| 04-Jan-2022 09:40 | TB | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 04-Jan-2022 15:46 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 24-May-2022 15:31 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jul-2023 20:43 | Nepa | Updated |
| 30-Jul-2023 13:53 | TB | Updated |
| 10-Apr-2024 22:12 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 31-Jan-2025 10:47 | J155 | Updated [Operator, Phase, ] |
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