ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 81834
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Date: | Monday 19 March 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vought F4U-1D Corsair |
Owner/operator: | US Marine Corps - USMC |
Registration: | 82683 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 807 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | USS Franklin, 80 km off Japan -
Japan
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Lost in fire aboard CV-13.
USS Franklin (CV-13) was bombed by a single Japanese aircraft and caught fire.
Total of 807 onboard killed (Wikipedia).
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/navyserials.html - JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Nov-2010 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-Apr-2013 12:19 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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