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01-03-2009, 04:11 PM
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Dominican Born US Marine Fighter Pilot - RIP
Rest in Peace!
Caution light rerouted Marine in fatal jet crash | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
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The Associated Press
HAVELOCK, N.C.
A Marine pilot killed in a crash this week began having problems shortly after takeoff, prompting him to try to return to his North Carolina base, the military said Wednesday.
Capt. Alberto N. Bencosme, 27, was piloting the AV-8B Harrier that crashed Monday in an unpopulated area near the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Officials said that Bencosme was instructed back to base shortly after takeoff by a cockpit caution light that came on, indicating that aircraft canopy latches may not have been secured.
Bencosme crashed just east of the airstation near NC Highway 101, about a mile from the runway. No one else was injured.
Bencosme was a member of Marine Attack Training Squadron 203, based at Cherry Point.
Bencosme enlisted in the Marine Corps in November 1997 and was commissioned as an officer in November 2004. He was promoted to captain on Dec. 1. While in the service, he was awarded two Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medals, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
Bencosme's cousin H.L. Peralta told WNCT-TV of Greenville in a telephone interview that Bencosme always wanted to be a pilot. He said Bencosme, born in the Dominican Republic, moved to the United States at a young age and felt the country "gave him so much."
Bencosme had been told he was too tall to fly, Peralta said, but figured out a way to fit into the cockpit. Cherry Point spokesman Michael Barton said Wednesday that he did not know how many flights Bencosme had been on, but said the crash wasn't because of any lack of skills.
"He wasn't a new pilot by any means," Barton said.
Barton said the cause of the crash is still under investigation, and that an official report could take up to a year to complete.
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01-05-2009, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
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Semper Fi Marine!
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01-05-2009, 08:39 PM
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He sounds like a son parents would be proud of. My thoughts are with his family.
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01-05-2009, 11:56 PM
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Greed takes another talented life
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Originally Posted by ForeignNative
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A true tragedy, a good brave Aviator meets his death because the DOD insists on feeding McDonnell Douglass and flying those useless deathtraps (HArriers)
A plane that "fought" meeting certification, has never performed anywhere’s near projections and is inherently unstable, all to satisfy a defense contractor
Put a competent pilot in a Korean War Mig 19 ans he will wax that multi million dollar flying dumptruck evertime
Had the Argentinians used properly trained pilots, the poor Brits would have lost not only thier Air Wing but likle thier expeditionary fleet to the Mirages and Entendards, the Sea Harriers were no match in trained hands
My condolences to The Captain and his loved ones.
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01-09-2009, 10:56 PM
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As a fellow Marine, fellow pilot and compatriota, may you rest in peace, Marine. Semper Fi!
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01-10-2009, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by IslandDreaming
A true tragedy, a good brave Aviator meets his death because the DOD insists on feeding McDonnell Douglass and flying those useless deathtraps (HArriers)
A plane that "fought" meeting certification, has never performed anywhere’s near projections and is inherently unstable, all to satisfy a defense contractor
Put a competent pilot in a Korean War Mig 19 ans he will wax that multi million dollar flying dumptruck evertime
Had the Argentinians used properly trained pilots, the poor Brits would have lost not only thier Air Wing but likle thier expeditionary fleet to the Mirages and Entendards, the Sea Harriers were no match in trained hands
My condolences to The Captain and his loved ones.
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The Argentine pilots are very skilled.Every time they would take off from air fields in Argentina the traitor Chileans would report it to the British.The Sea harriers would take off and guide in the missiles against the Argentine pilots.
They were very brave.Hitting 75% of British shipping.But some of the bombs did not detonate.We will never forgive what the Chileans did to the Argentine's.Fellow Latin's should not be traitors.
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01-10-2009, 11:36 PM
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Capo
Please accept my apology.
I should have said :'Poor planning and tactics, lack of competent command, lack of assets (Air to air refueling and AA to missiles), lack of avionics and not least, lack of experience by the pilots
It should also be considered the Argentine pilots lacked ELINT and were woefully unprepared for a "long distance" war where the Mirage and Daggers could employ their speed over the Harriers
This post was about the loss of a good Marine pilot, I again apologize for taking it to a issue of complaining about the "Junk" Harrier
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Originally Posted by Capo
The Argentine pilots are very skilled.Every time they would take off from air fields in Argentina the traitor Chileans would report it to the British.The Sea harriers would take off and guide in the missiles against the Argentine pilots.
They were very brave.Hitting 75% of British shipping.But some of the bombs did not detonate.We will never forgive what the Chileans did to the Argentine's.Fellow Latin's should not be traitors.
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