1956 – Sep 30 – 3 Flyers Die in Crash; Bombers misses Rossmoor model homes by 200 yards

30 SEP 1956 — 3 FLYERS DIE IN CRASH. — a twin-engine Navy anti-submarine plane from VS 772 crashed into a sugar beet field shortly after taking off from the NAS Los Alamitos at 10:30am Saturday. The three men in its crew were killed instantly.  The plane was a Grumman S2F Sentinel radio training mission. Killed … Read more