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Old 5th February 2017, 23:20
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Re: Need help finding some serials and codes - post war accidents in/off Norway

Check your PMs. I sent you the BuNo and lat/long for my Great Uncle's crash.

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Old 8th February 2017, 01:50
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Check your PMs. I sent you the BuNo and lat/long for my Great Uncle's crash.

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Very much appreciated, Paul. Now, to find time for all the planes I want to build ...
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Old 9th February 2017, 03:44
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Very much appreciated, Paul. Now, to find time for all the planes I want to build ...
Kyrre:

I wasn't sure if you saw this prior thread on the board, but it has some interesting info on the NATO operation in which my Great Uncle died (http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=40168), including mention of a Norwegian news article that you may be in a better position to track down.

For your modeling purposes, I'm attaching four pictures. The first two are of VF171 Banshees on the FDR. The first picture looks to have been taken from FDR's island/bridge and is of planes parked on the deck during the storm the day prior to my Great Uncle's accident. The weather looks horrendous and the planes are tied down. The second is a more placid picture from deck level that should give you a good idea of the paint work on the front ends and undersides of the wings of these Banshees.

The final two pictures are from the official report on my Great Uncle's accident. The first shows his plane as it traveled down the deck and began to cant to the port side of the deck. The last picture shows the plane nose down and inverted seconds before it hit the water. In this last picture you can clearly see the a/c number (111) on the top of the starboard wing as well as the white tip of the tail, which you can also see on some of the aircraft in the first two pictures.

Hope this helps.

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Old 13th February 2017, 23:11
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Re: Need help finding some serials and codes - post war accidents in/off Norway

Wow,
Those two photos are amazing! Thank you very much for filling in the blanks in this story. (Though I can't really see the 111 on the wing. I can see the large R, though)

I understand you did get access to the accident report from some governmental archives? Is it so that anyone can request information from there?
The reason I ask is I would really like to find out more about the events on the 24th of September 1957, during Exercise Strikeback. As mentioned earlier there were Three Skyrays off he Saratoga and two Trackers off Essex within hours. Would like to find out the modex for the different aircraft. This was the only operational cruise for VF-101 with Skyrays.
Edit: Yes, I did go to that linked website, but the site is very confusing. Is it at all possible for a foreigner to request information about a particular ship or operation?
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Old 20th February 2017, 23:43
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Re: Need help finding some serials and codes - post war accidents in/off Norway

Kyrre:

I got a copy of the report from (I think) http://www.accident-report.com. I had to pay a fee and probably could have gotten it myself from the archives if I had time to call around myself.

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Old 21st February 2017, 13:39
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I got a copy of the report from (I think) http://www.accident-report.com. I had to pay a fee and probably could have gotten it myself from the archives if I had time to call around myself.

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Thanks. I did contact them now, we'll see what they can come up with regarding Operation Strikeback in September 1957.
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Old 11th April 2018, 09:39
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Re: Need help finding some serials and codes - post war accidents in/off Norway

In the hope that someone can come up with a serial I've come back to this post to update question 6.
I got information on a facebook forum that the incidident was with a plane from VF-32. This would be from a crew member at JFK.

6. This one is a mystery, was it VF-14 or 32?
04.10.1973 F-4B Phantom II VF 32 or 14 USN Bodø A Soviet Tu-16*Badger*overflew the USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) in the Norwegian Sea. While attempting to escort the bomber away from the area, a US Navy F-4 Phantom II collided with it. The Tu-16 safely returned to its base and the F-4 landed at Bodø Norway.


From another website I've got these serial/code correlations from this cruise:
F-4B VF-32 153067 AB-201, 153016 AB-202, 153010 AB-203, 155208 AB-204, 152221 AB-206, 151504 AB-207, 151002 AB-210, 150490 AB-211, 152321 AB-212, 152968 AB-214

I have yet to find which individual aircraft was involved in this incident, so if anybody can help here I'd appreciate it.

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Re: Need help finding some serials and codes - post war accidents in/off Norway

A photo that I hope will be helpful.


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...eback_1957.jpg


And other information:

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/aircrew2.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20060517...entsPage2.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20060619...BuNoPage2.html
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Old 13th April 2018, 04:44
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Re: Need help finding some serials and codes - post war accidents in/off Norway

Finally, you may want to contact this archive:

https://www.history.navy.mil/researc...-commands.html



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