Accident Bell P-59B Airacomet 64108, Monday 8 December 1947
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Date:Monday 8 December 1947
Time:
Type:Bell P-59B Airacomet
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 64108
MSN: 44-22658
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Patuxent River, MD (NHK/KNHK)
Destination airport:NAS Patuxent River, MD (NHK/KNHK)
Narrative:
Crashed. Circumstances unknown.

Sources:

http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/P-59.html

http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries7.html

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