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| Date: | Friday 14 November 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Grumman F9F-6 Cougar |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Lake Michigan, between Lake Forest and Evanston, IL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Glenview, Illinois |
An F9F6 Cougar was ferried from New Orleans to Glenview when the pilot had radio/instrument trouble and low fuel, and sent an SOS signal that was picked up by 3 airports before it disappearing into Lake Michigan somewhere between Lake Forest and Evanston.
Sources:
The Daily Chronicle -De Kalb, Illinois · Saturday, November 15, 1958 Page 1 Headline “Search Lake for Wreckage” https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-chronicle/153729826/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22632103/clarence_leo_pickert
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2024 17:51 | jbollz | Added |
| 21-Aug-2024 17:53 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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