airplane crashes

Airplane Crashes in Rossmoor

August 10, 2011 by Larry Strawther

1966 Jet Bomber crash between Yellowtail and Rowena probably the worst One of the hazards of residing so close to a major (at least, at one-time) military airport is that sometimes the planes that are going up have on very rare occasions gone down — that has happened at least three times in Rossmoor.l There … Read more

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

June 26, 2011 by Larry Strawther

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