ALC Edward Robert Barrett - Chief Aviation Radioman, US NAVY
b: March 11, 1922 in Brooklyn, NY
d: Oct 27, 1950 died at sea aboard the USS Roosevelt
Aircraft - AJ1 - Savage
Squadron VC-5
Edward Barrett's aircraft crashed into the sea on its takeoff run from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. The accident occurred off Guantanamo Bay.
The VC-5 Plane Commander was LCDR Dave Prudon, the B/N was LTJG Edward A. Decker, and the Third Crewman was Chief Edward R. Barrett
Known details: The aircraft crashed into the sea on its takeoff run from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dave and the crewman, Chief Edward R. Barrett, were lost, but B/N LTJG Ed Decker escaped from the wreckage with minor injuries and was rescued by the plane guard helicopter. Analysis of witness statements and movie and still photos failed to positively identify the cause of the accident, but the most likely cause was determined to have been an inadvertent engagement of the flight control gust lock. The plane was an AJ-1
This is actual footage of the plane's final takeoff.
https://youtu.be/6zjd86uYUzs
b: March 11, 1922 in Brooklyn, NY
d: Oct 27, 1950 died at sea aboard the USS Roosevelt
Aircraft - AJ1 - Savage
Squadron VC-5
Edward Barrett's aircraft crashed into the sea on its takeoff run from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. The accident occurred off Guantanamo Bay.
The VC-5 Plane Commander was LCDR Dave Prudon, the B/N was LTJG Edward A. Decker, and the Third Crewman was Chief Edward R. Barrett
Known details: The aircraft crashed into the sea on its takeoff run from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dave and the crewman, Chief Edward R. Barrett, were lost, but B/N LTJG Ed Decker escaped from the wreckage with minor injuries and was rescued by the plane guard helicopter. Analysis of witness statements and movie and still photos failed to positively identify the cause of the accident, but the most likely cause was determined to have been an inadvertent engagement of the flight control gust lock. The plane was an AJ-1
This is actual footage of the plane's final takeoff.
https://youtu.be/6zjd86uYUzs
ALC Edward Robert Barrett - Chief Aviation Radioman, US NAVY
b: March 11, 1922 in Brooklyn, NY
d: Oct 27, 1950 died at sea aboard the USS Roosevelt
Aircraft - AJ1 - Savage
Squadron VC-5
Edward Barrett's aircraft crashed into the sea on its takeoff run from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. The accident occurred off Guantanamo Bay.
The VC-5 Plane Commander was LCDR Dave Prudon, the B/N was LTJG Edward A. Decker, and the Third Crewman was Chief Edward R. Barrett
Known details: The aircraft crashed into the sea on its takeoff run from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dave and the crewman, Chief Edward R. Barrett, were lost, but B/N LTJG Ed Decker escaped from the wreckage with minor injuries and was rescued by the plane guard helicopter. Analysis of witness statements and movie and still photos failed to positively identify the cause of the accident, but the most likely cause was determined to have been an inadvertent engagement of the flight control gust lock. The plane was an AJ-1
This is actual footage of the plane's final takeoff.
https://youtu.be/6zjd86uYUzs
b: March 11, 1922 in Brooklyn, NY
d: Oct 27, 1950 died at sea aboard the USS Roosevelt
Aircraft - AJ1 - Savage
Squadron VC-5
Edward Barrett's aircraft crashed into the sea on its takeoff run from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. The accident occurred off Guantanamo Bay.
The VC-5 Plane Commander was LCDR Dave Prudon, the B/N was LTJG Edward A. Decker, and the Third Crewman was Chief Edward R. Barrett
Known details: The aircraft crashed into the sea on its takeoff run from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dave and the crewman, Chief Edward R. Barrett, were lost, but B/N LTJG Ed Decker escaped from the wreckage with minor injuries and was rescued by the plane guard helicopter. Analysis of witness statements and movie and still photos failed to positively identify the cause of the accident, but the most likely cause was determined to have been an inadvertent engagement of the flight control gust lock. The plane was an AJ-1
This is actual footage of the plane's final takeoff.
https://youtu.be/6zjd86uYUzs
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