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| Date: | Tuesday 11 January 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed TV-2 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131841 ? |
| MSN: | 580-6830 ? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 mi N of NAS Kingsville, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Kingsville, TX/ATU-200 |
Two TV-2 Navy jet trainer (131838 ?/131841 ?) collided. One crashed. Lt (jg) Peter Charles Bascom (24) killed. Other landed safely (w/o ?).
Note: (2) TV-2 131838/41 noted as "Crashed in Texas ?" 2 MAY 1955, but no entries in AAIR on this date and on 11 JAN 1955. Also possible this was TV-2 136837 noted as w/o "11 JAN 1956" but no AAIR entries avaiable for this year.
Sources:
The Evening Star 12 January 1955, pA3
The Victoria Advocat 12 JAN 1955, p7
not in AAIR JAN 55
(2) Forgotten Jets
Peter Charles Bascom 11 JAN 55/Find a Grave
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2022 21:19 | TB | Added |
| 03-Sep-2022 16:56 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Sep-2022 18:30 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Sep-2022 18:49 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2024 22:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 05-May-2025 11:52 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2025 11:54 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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