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| Date: | Saturday 18 June 1955 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Grumman F9F-7 Cougar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 130873 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 8 mi from Leoti, KS -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Hensey Field/Dallas, TX |
| NAS Buckley, CO |
Five Cougar jets caught in a violent storm in a night formation flight. Marine Reserve pilot Maj Patrick Dugan (33), VMF-111, bailed out and found dead in a field next day. The four other pilots brought there jets down in Kansas and northeast Colorado and escaped injury.
Sources:
Sweetwater Reporter 20 June 1955, p3
AAIR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2022 08:42 | TB | Added |
| 07-Jul-2022 08:43 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2022 13:18 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2022 13:29 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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