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| Date: | Monday 30 November 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas A-1 Skyraider |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 20 mi from Fallon, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Alameda, CA |
During a formation flight, one Skyraider crash-landed in salt flats after engine failure. Lt (jg) D.W. Edson escaped unhurt. Lt (jg) Richard Key Whitney apparently stalled and crashed while circling over the downed Edson plane and was killed.
Sources:
Madera Tribune 2 December 1964, p5
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