ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84870
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Date: | Monday 3 September 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman F9F-2 Panther |
Owner/operator: | US Navy |
Registration: | 125122 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near K-3 -
South Korea
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Essex |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Operated out of USS Essex (CV-9) aircraft carrier. Damaged by AAA, lost elevator control, forced to eject near K-3. Pilot, Ensign Neal A. Armstrong, was rescued and became first man to walk on the moon.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ Hansen, James: First Man. p. 96
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Mar-2012 13:41 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
05-Nov-2018 22:12 |
j155 |
Updated [Narrative] |
14-May-2021 17:57 |
harro |
Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport] |
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