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| Date: | Wednesday 25 September 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman S2F-2U Tracker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 133332 |
| MSN: | N4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Norwegian coast -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | carrier Essex/VS-36 |
Two antisubmarine airplane collided during NATO maneuvre between Icland and English Cannel and crashed into the ocean.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 27 September 1957, p2
El Litoral 26 September 1957, p1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 25-Apr-2011 01:46 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2014 15:49 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2015 18:33 | TB | Updated [Date, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2015 18:40 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 05-Jan-2018 13:06 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Jan-2018 13:07 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 23-Jul-2022 19:54 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2022 15:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 13-Aug-2022 08:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
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