US Navy Major Patrick Dugan, 33, of Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, pictured above with General William O. Brice, USMC, was killed in the skies above Wichita County when his ejection seat failed during a massive storm. (Photo appeared in The Leoti Standard.)
Above: An F9F-8 Cougar aboard the USS Intrepid in April, 1956. (Wikimedia
Jet Pilot Is Killed Here Saturday Night In Violent Wind and Rainstorm After Bailing Out; Wild Plane Roars To Earth 8 Mi. Away Near Crouch Farm Home
The body of a Marine jet pilot who was killed when he bailed out shortly before 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening near Leoti was found crumpled by his parachute in a wheat field farmed by Chet Lytle one mile west and five miles north ...
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