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| Date: | Thursday 6 November 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Grumman F9F-5 Panther |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 126257 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 0,5 mi ESE of NAS Oceana, VA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Coral Sea |
| NAS Oceana, VA |
Crashed into the sea after Cmdr Albert D. Pollock, Jr (37) bailed out due to a fire but did not survive when parachute did not open in time. He had just left the carrier to return to NATC Patuxent River, MD, when he radioed that one of his two engines blown some turbine blades and he would land at Oceana. He was just over the field for the emergency landing when a fire brocke out.
Sources:
The Free Lance-Star 7 November 1952, p4
AAIR (KBOF)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2022 13:09 | TB | Added |
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