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Navy Jet Airman Lost
In Caribbean Landing

NORFOLK - Lt. Cmdr. William Glenn Moore, 
of Virginia Beach, was lost Friday night in the 
Caribbean when his Navy Jet fighter crashed 
during night operations off the carrier Forrestal.

A Navy spokesman here Monday, said the carrier 
air control operator lost voice contact with the 
Douglas F4D Skyray after the pilot had made a 
turn into the final approach for landing.

"The pilot reported that he was at 5,000 feet, his 
fuel load was okay and he was turning on final," the 
spokesman said.  "Thirty seconds later the ship lost
 radio contact with the plane and it diappeared from 
radar."  This was about 8 p.m., Friday, he added.

No Trace Found

An immediate search pattern of AD5W aircraft was
instituted by the ship.  Other units also participated 
in the search operations but no trace of the plane or 
pilot was found.  The search was resumed Saturday 
morning, the spokesman said, with the same results.

Cmdr. Moore was attached to Fighter Squadron 102 
at Oceana Naval Air Station.  He is survived by his
 wife, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Moore, of the 6900 block of 
Atlantic avenue.

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