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| Date: | Saturday 20 May 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off St. Augustine Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP/KNIP) |
| Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP/KNIP) |
Crashed into the water 300 feet offshore during a training flight with six Navy Reservists (VP-742).
Sources:
Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, 1940-2000: An Illustrated History
Lakeland Ledger 21 May 1961, p1
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