Crash of a Grumman UF-1G Albatross off Salem: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 18, 1957
Registration:
1278
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
G-287
YOM:
1953
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed into the Salem Harbor while performing a JATO system demo flight. Two crew members were killed while four others were rescued. The aircraft was destroyed.
Those killed were:
LCDR Albert P. Hartt Jr.,
AO2 William J. Tarker Jr.
Those killed were:
LCDR Albert P. Hartt Jr.,
AO2 William J. Tarker Jr.
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