ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66163
Last updated: 3 August 2020
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| Date: | 18-MAR-1963 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Grumman S-2A Tracker |
| Owner/operator: | Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD (Dutch Navy) |
| Registration: | 152 |
| C/n / msn: | 713 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sea off Gibraltar -
 Gibraltar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gibraltar |
| Gibraltar |
The Grumman S-2A Tracker 152 of MLD VSQ 2 crashed into the sea during an combined anti submarine exercise with two Dutch 'Friesland'-class destroyers and a Dutch submarine 'Walrus'.
Sources:
Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
19-03-1963
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2009 12:48 | harro | Updated |
| 29-Oct-2009 08:57 | WOUDE | Updated |
| 05-Jun-2019 17:31 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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