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| Date: | Wednesday 11 January 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought AU-1 Corsair |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | MCAS Opa Locka, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Single seater Corsair fighter plane crashed when tyre blow on landing. Ripped a fence, flipped over a railroad embankment and came to rest inverted. UNSR Lt (jg) Orin Edward Henry was seriously injured.
Sources:
Lakeland Ledger 12 January 1956, p2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2022 14:11 | TB | Added |
| 26-Jun-2024 21:20 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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