Accident Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat 80568,
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Date:Wednesday 23 April 1947
Time:night
Type:Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat
Owner/operator:United States Marine Corps (USMC)
Registration: 80568
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:35 mi W of Del Mar, CA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:MCAS Miramar, CA
Destination airport:San Clemente Island, CA
Narrative:
Went missing. Forest T. Clary.

Sources:

Blade Tribune 25 April 1947, p1
AAIR

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