Accident Grumman F9F-5 Panther 125983, Thursday 3 September 1953
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Date:Thursday 3 September 1953
Time:
Type:Grumman F9F-5 Panther
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 125983
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:40 mi E of Parafrugell -   Spain
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS Coral Sea/VF-83
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed off the northeast coast of Spain after he blacked out due oxygen trouble at 32,000ft. Lt Louis Herbert Sugg (32).

Sources:

AAIR (KSSP)

Revision history:

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