AeroQuest
  • Home
  • Projects
    • TBM-3 Avenger (BuNo:53118)
    • AD-4 Skyraider (BuNo:128988)
    • Lost Planes of Salton Sea
    • Flight 19 >
      • Flight 19: Has mystery of Lost Patrol been solved?
      • While tracking one warplane mystery, sleuths solve another
      • Were two dead pilots part of Lost Patrol?
  • Info
  • Links

TBM-3 Avenger (BuNo: 53118)

BuNo: 53118
Model: TBM-3E Avenger
Pilot:  Ens. Ralph N. Wachob, USNR
Assigned Unit: NAS- Miami Florida  CNARESTA
Date of Crash: March 16, 1947
Location: Approximately 30 Miles NW Master Field (NAS Miami)
Injury to Pilot: FATAL
Specific Type Accident: Vertigo in low visibility

Discovered in the Florida Everglades in 1989  it's identity remained a mystery for 25 years .

AeroQuest Status: SOLVED- CASE CLOSED
Picture

AD-4 Skyraider (BuNo: 128988)

BuNo:128988
Model: AD-4  (A-1) Skyraider
Pilot: Norman, M Dolsen
Assigned Unit:: VMA-324   MCAS Miami, FL
Date of crash: May 19, 1955
Location: 33 mi 330 from MCAS Miami, F
Injury to Pilot: FATAL
Specific Type Accident:
Blackout (High G Stress)


AeroQuest Status: IDENTIFIED-CASE CLOSED
Picture

Copyright © 2014 -2022  Andy Marocco / AeroQuest  All rights reserved