ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57264
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Date: | Thursday 28 September 1978 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman EA-6B Prowler |
Owner/operator: | VAQ-137, US Navy |
Registration: | 158817 |
MSN: | P-47 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | USS Ranger (CVA-61) Pacific Ocean, 110 miles W of San Diego, Californi -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Ranger (CVA-61) off coast of Californa |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:EA-6B Prowler BuNo. 158817/'NE' of VAQ-137, US Navy, on board the USS Ranger. Crashed and destroyed September 28, 1978: Night catapult launch off the USS Ranger on workups. Flew into the water about 7 miles from the carrier, after launch. Crashed into the Pacific Ocean 110 miles west of San Diego, California. Pilot and ECMO 2 killed on impact.
Crew were named as (Pilot) Lt Commander Clark Bruce (killed), ECMO 1 Lt Commander W. L. Waterman (seat fired on impact and he survived) and ECMO 2 Lt (jg) John R. Babione (killed)
Sources:
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http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries20.html 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm 3.
http://www.ea6bprowler.org/BUNOS 4.
http://www.ea6bprowler.org/aircrew-lost Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
22-Mar-2016 23:23 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Mar-2016 19:10 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
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