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94th Aero Squadron Restaurant, San Diego, California Web site. Military and aviation relics. Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection at The Museum of Flight Digital Collections - materials related to the wartime experience of Hamilton Coolidge, a fighter ace who served with the 94th Aero Squadron and who was killed in action.
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A Douglas A-4F Skyhawk—Bureau Number 152101, tail number '2101', c/n 13489, assigned to the US Navy Top Gun school, crashed short of the runaway at NAS Miramar, north of San Diego, California. The cause of the crash was loss of power to the engine. The pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Stanley R. O'Connor, an instructor in the Top Gun school, ejected safely ...
Pacific theatre pilot Lt. Col. John C. "Pappy" Herbst (18 credited victories) was fatally injured at age 36 in front of 30,000 spectators at the San Diego County Fair when his Lockheed P-80A-1-LO Shooting Star 44-85083 [269] of the 445th Fighter Squadron, 412th Fighter Group, March Field in California [270] crashed after failing to pull up in a ...
A California Air National Guard North American F-86A Sabre of the 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Ontario International Airport, explodes over the eastern city limits of San Diego and crashes in open country a mile north of Lake Murray Reservoir. The pilot, Capt. Robert E. Dixon, of Spring Valley, California, is killed.
U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, BuNo 66237, c/n A-1257, 'Z 11', suffers engine failure on functional check flight out of Naval Air Station San Diego, North Island, California, pilot Ens. Robert F. Thomas ditches in the Pacific Ocean ~12 miles (19 km) from the base, gets clear of sinking airframe and survives to become an ace in the Pacific ...
A Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) Cessna 182S Skylane crashed during takeoff near San Diego de Alcalá, Chihuahua, resulting in three injuries and two fatalities. [24] 24 February A Philippine Air Force (PhilAF) North American OV-10 Bronco crashed during training at 1455 hrs. Two Philippine Air Force pilots were killed. [25] 25 February
A United States Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter-attack jet crashes, killing a student pilot and injuring a flight instructor. The aircraft had taken off from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma but was from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, stationed in San Diego. Capt. Douglas F. Aguilera, 33, of Paso Robles, Calif., was killed. Maj.