Accident airplane , Thursday 27 June 1963
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Date:Thursday 27 June 1963
Time:
Type:airplane
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Red Sea -   Sudan
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
A US Marine airplane ditched into the Red Sea, about 150 nm south of Port Sudan. Four crew members rescued by a british destroyer next morning.

Sources:

Honnefer Volkszeitung 29 June 1963, p6

Revision history:

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