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One person died and two more were injured when a Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye crashed in the water near Chincoteague, Virginia.

Friends and colleagues fondly remember Lt. Hyrum Hanlon, the U.S. Navy pilot who was killed last week in the crash of a E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft in Virginia.

The Navy identified the service member killed in a plane crash Wednesday near Chincoteague in Accomack County, Virginia, as Lt. Hyrum Hanlon.

The Navy E-2D Hawkeye out of Naval Station Norfolk crashed just a few miles off of Wildcat Marsh in Chincoteague. Two sailors were rescued, while a third perished.

The Navy has identified the sailor killed in a Wednesday crash of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye on Chincoteague Island, Va., just south of the Maryland border, the service announced on Friday. Lt. Hyrum Hanlon, assigned to the “Greyhawks” of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 120, was one of three sailors aboard the Advanced Hawkeye […]

The crash involving a Navy E-2D Hawkeye aircraft happened off the Wildcat Marsh, which is near Chincoteague on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

The crash scene is located off the Wildcat Marsh, which is near Chincoteague, Virginia, and involved an Osprey military plane.

The U.S. Coast Guard received a call at 7:32 p.m. of a Navy plane down in the Chincoteague River near Wildcat Marsh north of Wallops, USGS Petty Officer Kimberly Reaves said.

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed it is assisting with a military plane crash near Wallops on Wednesday night, according to WVEC.

A military aircraft crashed Wednesday evening near the Eastern Shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland, killing 1 person and injuring 2 others.