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| Date: | Wednesday 18 July 1956 |
| Time: | 15:44 |
| Type: |  Douglas AD-6 Skyraider |
| Owner/operator: | VA-85 US Navy |
| Registration: | 139646 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stromboli island -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Intredid CVA-11 |
Two US Navy dive bombers airplanes collided over Stromboli and crashed on the shore. LTJG John R. KOMAR killed in the crash
Sources:
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1956_07/19560719_0002.pdf
Youngstown Vindicator 19 July 1956, p2
Joe Baugher.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-Jan-2014 19:06 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2014 19:34 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2019 15:47 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Feb-2020 18:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 06-Apr-2022 20:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 25-Mar-2024 11:42 | j155 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, ] |
| 04-Sep-2024 12:41 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 28-Apr-2025 13:43 | TB | Updated |
| 20-May-2025 10:41 | J155 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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