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| Date: | Friday 23 January 1953 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 126317 |
| MSN: | 3/27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Virginia Capes, VA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| USS Coral Sea/VC-4 |
Crashed into the after flight deck ramp. USNR pilot Lt Cmdr Kenneth G. Carlson.
Sources:
Evening Star 29 January 1953, pB12
AAIR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2022 20:51 | TB | Added |
| 15-Aug-2022 08:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 29-Aug-2022 18:57 | TB | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 29-Aug-2022 19:02 | TB | Updated [Cn, ] |
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