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US Navy Bailout October 9, 1930
Can anyone please confirm details of the following
Lieut (jg) Harry Donald Hale on October 9, 1930 Curtis Hawk F6C-3 A-7140 Pensacola, Fla. 9am Leutenant Hale's plane went into a spin at 5,000 feet he continued trying to right the machine until it had fallen half the distance to the earth. He then took to his parachute The plane crashed to the north of of the field and was totally wrecked DoB 2 April 1904 DoD 30 May 1962 Thanks Paul |
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Re: US Navy Bailout October 9, 1930
The type and serial number are confirmed. It was actually an inverted spin.
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