Date & Time:
Mar 21, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Corpus Christi – Alameda
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
10
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Corpus Christi NAS, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. All ten occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt William Ervin Dozier,
Lt Bertram Magna Roeder,
Lt Delangton Ernest Ruttledge,
Lt Rodney Gwynn Williams,
Richard Wilfred Augrain,
Robert Benedict Nye,
Richard Charles Chase,
John Leonard Daffenberg,
Donald Jarrell Givens,
Robert Herman Steinbaugh.
Crew:
Lt William Ervin Dozier,
Lt Bertram Magna Roeder,
Lt Delangton Ernest Ruttledge,
Lt Rodney Gwynn Williams,
Richard Wilfred Augrain,
Robert Benedict Nye,
Richard Charles Chase,
John Leonard Daffenberg,
Donald Jarrell Givens,
Robert Herman Steinbaugh.
