Accident Burgess K flying boat D-1,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234238
 
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Date:Monday 16 February 1914
Time:
Type:Burgess K flying boat
Owner/operator:US Navy
Registration: D-1
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Pensacola Bay off Pensacola, FL -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Pensacola, aeronautic station
Destination airport:Pensacola, aeronautic station
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed into Pensacola Bay from 200 ft, killing the pilot Lieutenant (junior grade) James M. Murray. The U.S. Navy’s first aviation fatality.

Sources:

Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
18-02-1914

Revision history:

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