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Date: | Tuesday 11 January 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed TV-2 |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 131841 ? |
MSN: | 580-6830 ? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 mi N of NAS Kingsville, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Kingsville, TX/ATU-200 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two TV-2 Navy jet trainer (131838 ?/131841 ?) collided. One crashed. Lt (jg) Peter Charles Bascom (24) killed. Other landed safely (w/o ?).
Note: (2) TV-2 131838/41 noted as "Crashed in Texas ?" 2 MAY 1955, but no entries in AAIR on this date and on 11 JAN 1955. Also possible this was TV-2 136837 noted as w/o "11 JAN 1956" but no AAIR entries avaible for this year.
Sources:
The Evening Star 12 January 1955, pA3
The Victoria Advocat 12 JAN 1955, p7
not in AAIR JAN 55
(2) Forgotten Jets
Peter Charles Bascom 11 JAN 55/Find a Grave
Revision history:
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21-Jan-2022 21:19 |
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03-Sep-2022 16:56 |
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03-Sep-2022 18:30 |
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03-Sep-2022 18:49 |
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Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |