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| Date: | Thursday 11 April 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman UF-1 Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ridgeland, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Atlantic City Naval Air Station, NJ (ACY/KACY) |
| Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP/KNIP) |
The aircraft crashed in a swamp. The wreckage was found on April 14.
Candidate UF-1 131903 (cn 273) with date given "about FEB 57".
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times 13 April 1957, p32/15 April 1957, p4
The Panama American, April 16, 1957
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