Anza-Borrego F-8J #150850 2/19/19
Read MoreOn 11/2/68, Navy pilot Lt. Michael C. Emmett was killed when his Vought F-8J Crusader BuNo 150850 with the VF-124 crashed 25 minutes after taking off from Miramar NAS on a routine combat tactics training mission. The instructor-leader observed the aircraft in a spin at 10,000 feet and called for the pilot to eject, he never responded or ejected. The aircraft continued spinning all the way to the ground impacting in rugged terrain.
Most of the wreckage in this area appears be from the cockpit section. The flags were placed here by Pat Macha's Project Remembrance Team when they guided the pilot's family members to the site. Their visit was on 11/2/18 which was the 50th anniversary of the accident.
I have placed the links to his videos at the end of the photos.