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| Date: | Tuesday 3 January 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought Y8U-1C Crusader |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 147040 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NAS Patuxent River, MD -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Patuxent River, MD/NATC |
Crashed. Navy test pilot Lt Cmdr William Francis Whalen, Jr (36) died when parachute did not open and fell onto a taxi way. Aircraft crashed offshore from Cedar Point.
Sources:
The Evening Star 4 JAN 1961, pB2
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2022 09:09 | TB | Added |
| 25-Feb-2022 14:45 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
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