More detail on this person: CAPT. ROY R.
DOUGHERTY Call Sign: Shank 47 Died:
Oct.9,1974
The landing gear of Dougherty's AV-8A Harrier
collapsed on touchdown at the Marine corps Air
Station at Cherry Point,
N.C. The plane skidded off the runway and flipped
into a drainage ditch, where it burst into flames.
As the plane flipped over, the ejection seat was
thrown from the cockpit and slammed to the ground
with Dougherty still
strapped in. He was flown by helicopter to the
base hospital, where he died two hours after the
crash. He was 30 years old.
He had been assigned to the Harrier for just two
months and it was only his third training flight.
He left behind a pregnant wife and a 3-year-old
son.
Source:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=77
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