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Old 3rd June 2020, 15:57
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US Navy Collison and Bailout Oct 7 1931

Crew

Oct 7 1931 (Oct 10 1931 also quoted)
Lt Philip 'Phil' Aloysius Tague
Chief Aviation Pilot Eric Scott Whitman
Type and Serial: Vought O2U-4 Corsair A-8327

Hampton Roads, Va

Collision

The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 1
'CHUTES SAVE TWO NAVY FLIERS IN AIR COLLISION NORFOLK. Va., Oct. 7 (AP).
Parachutes saved the lives of two navy airmen this afternoon when Lieutenant Philip A. Tague and Chief Aviation Pilot E. S. Whitman "bailed out" of their two-seated observation plane after a collision with a single-seated fighter, nearly a mile in the air.

'Phil” Tague son Jr born jan 6 1931


Ensign William M. Walsh, piloting the single - seater, gambled with a broken strut and brought his little craft to a
safe landing on the naval air station field, while the other ship crashed.

-> This is believed to be Boeing F5B-1 A-8640

I would like to confirm Walsh on Boeing F5B-1 A-8640 if possible please
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