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| Date: | Tuesday 5 April 1938 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Grumman F3F-2 |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 1005 |
| MSN: | 403 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Knelling Farm, Princess Anne County, VA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Yorktown |
Got into a spin at 2000ft, lost control and crashed.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1938-04-06/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=04%2F05%2F1938&sort=date&date2=04%2F08%2F1938&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=10&words=Boyd&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Boyd&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2022 10:14 | Cobar | Added |
| 03-Oct-2022 11:29 | Cobar | Updated [Time, ] |
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