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| Date: | Thursday 4 November 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 39333 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Guemes, Vancouver Island, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Whidbey Island-NAS, WA (NUW) |
Flew into high ground. The wreckage was not located until 16 October 1961.
Sources:
Navy plans to seek remains of nine fliers
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
vpi.calgarywaterford.org
San Bernardino Sun 6 November 1948, p2
El Litoral 5 November 1948, p1/6 November 1948, p1
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