USMC R4Q NROTC crash

When

17 Jul 1953

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

30.75° N, 87.04° W

Description

1953 aviation incident in Florida, United States

Deaths

43

1953 aviation incident in Florida, United States

USMC R4Q Packet BuNo 131663 was one of twenty aircraft airlifting 1,600 Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) second-class (2/c) midshipmen between summer aviation training in Texas and amphibious warfare training in Virginia in July 1953. Shortly after midnight, the plane crashed and burned following a refueling stop in Florida.

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