Lafferty, co-pilot; Lts. Marshall H. Jones and Walter E. Paul and enlisted men Warren E. Thomas, Thomas S. Daniel and Raymond Wigninton." Just before 14 June "TOKYO, June 14 (UP) - The U. S. Air Force today disclosed the names of six airmen killed or missing when a rescue squadron crash boat caught fire recently near Sendai, Japan. The missing included: First Lt. Ralph L. Fish, officer in charge of the boat section, Casa Grande, Ariz." 15 June Sole prototype reconnaissance Gloster Meteor FR Mk. 5 VT347 broke up in the air during its first flight, killing pilot Rodney Dryland. The version was abandoned. July–December 1949 11 July Midshipman Virgil O. Gillette, 20, a U.S. Navy pilot trainee, was killed when his Vought F4U-4 Corsair struck a parked North American SNJ Texan at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Corry Fieldin Florida when returning from field-carrier landing practice. The port wing struck an SNJ in a parking area; the Corsair cartwheeled onto its back, killing the pilot instantly. Midshipman Hampton F. Hobson, in the rear cockpit of the SNJ, escaped injury. 13 July"SAN DIEGO, July 13 (AP) - A Navy pilot crash landed his Douglas Sky Raider plane in the ocean two miles south of Coronado today after a fire developed in the cockpit. The pilot, Lt. (jg) Claude B. Whittle, 22, of Coronado, escaped injury, the Navy said. He brought the plane down near a tuna boat, which picked him up and took him to North island naval air station.[sic] He was attached to attack squadron 114." VA-114 was re-designated from VA-11A on 15 July 1948, and was disestablished on 1 December 1949. 14 JulyFairchild C-82A-15-FA Packet 44-23014 (c/n 10058) crashed in an Area B parking lot at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. While conducting routine drop testing in Area C of the base, the C-82 attempted an emergency landing in Area B. With its electrical system down and the right engine on fire, the plane landed about three-quarters down the runway. It ran off the end of the runway across a grassy area, plowed through a steel fence, and ran over a number of cars in the main parking lot near Highway 4 before flipping onto its back. Fire crews were on the scene immediately. The only person killed was MSgt Lubitz of the Flight Test Division, who jumped from the plane just before it hit the fence. The other four