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| Date: | Thursday 18 October 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American FJ-3 Fury (F-86E) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | W of Hawaii -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Bennington |
Crashed into the sea while being catapulted from carrier. Aircraft and pilot Lt Jackson Ray Robinson (33) disappeared immediately.
At 1610 GMT Commenced launching 1 aircraft. The FJ-3 aircraft BN 136123 piloted by Lt Jackson Robinson, 447862, USN, crashed into the sea on the starboard side on an attempted catapult take-off, at latitude 21 degrees 42 minutes N, longitude 156 degrees 47 minutes W, and sank in 775 fathoms of water. The USS Radford (DDE-446) and the helicopter commenced search for the pilot. At 1630 GMT Search for pilot concluded, results negative. Lt Jackson Robinson,447862, USN, presumed dead.
Sources:
Breckenridge American 21 October 1956, p3
USS Bennington Deck Logs October 18, 1956
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2022 20:09 | TB | Added |
| 28-Aug-2022 13:59 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 05-Dec-2024 18:24 | adolfoenrique | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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