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| Date: | Tuesday 7 June 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed TV-2 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 136823 |
| MSN: | 580-7927 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 37 mi SE of NAS Kingsville, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Kingsville, TX/ATU-200 |
Jet trainer crashed in the Gulf of Mexico after the foreign student pilot attempted to parachute. His body was recovered next day. David Pritchett Parton.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 8 June 1955, p2
AAIR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2022 15:26 | TB | Added |
| 03-Sep-2022 17:50 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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