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| Date: | Wednesday 21 December 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Newfoundland, Canada -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
Crashed in Atlantic Ocean during a fleet training exercise.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 23 December 1960, p7
El Siglo de Torreón 22 December 1960, p1
vpnavy.com
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