Editing Blue Angels (section)

==Team accidents and deaths==
A total of 20 Blue Angels pilots and one crew member have died while assigned to the flight team.<ref name="Navy">{{Cite web |url=https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/history/ |title=History Of The Blue Angels |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/rutherford/2016/06/02/smyrna-blue-angels-fatal-crash-one-few-history-last-07/85315330/ |title=Smyrna Blue Angels fatal crash one of few in history; last in '07 |first=Dave |last=Boucher |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |location=Nashville |date=2 June 2016}}</ref> Four other pilots died in combat action after their service with the Blue Angels.<ref name="Navy" />

===Deaths===
* Lt. Ross "Robby" Robinson{{snd}}29 September 1946: killed during a performance when a wingtip broke off his [[Grumman F8F Bearcat|F8F-1 Bearcat]], sending him into an unrecoverable spin.
* Lt. Bud Wood{{snd}}7 July 1952: killed when his [[Grumman F9F Panther|F9F-5 Panther]] collided with another Panther jet during a demonstration in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]].<ref name=teams/> The team resumed performances two weeks later.
* Cmdr. Robert Nicholls Glasgow{{snd}}14 October 1958: died during an orientation flight just days after reporting for duty as the new Blue Angels leader.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipAxGUkLKt7E55ff4uZ-UAMMiQ0QD96MHOK00 |title=Blue Angels crash artifacts found 50 years later |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=3 March 2009 |last=Kaczor |first=Bill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310231414/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipAxGUkLKt7E55ff4uZ-UAMMiQ0QD96MHOK00 |archive-date=10 March 2009}}</ref>
* Lt. Anton M. Campanella (#3 Left Wing){{snd}}14 June 1960: killed flying a [[Grumman F-11 Tiger|Grumman F-11A Tiger]] that crashed into the water near [[Fort Morgan (Alabama)|Fort Morgan, Alabama]] during a test flight.<ref name=teams>{{cite web |url=https://aerobaticteams.net/en/resources/i39/Blue-Angels-History.html |title=History of the Blue Angels |website=Aerobatic Teams |access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref>
* Lt. George L. Neale{{snd}}15 March 1964: killed during an attempted emergency landing at Apalach Airport near [[Apalachicola, Florida]]. Lt. Neale's F-11A Tiger had experienced mechanical difficulties during a flight from [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]], to [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]], causing him to attempt the emergency landing. Failing to reach the airport, he ejected from the aircraft on final approach, but his parachute did not have sufficient time to fully deploy.<ref>Basham, Dusty, "''Blue Angel Pilot Killed{{snd}}Jet Fighter Falls Near Apalachicola''", ''Playground Daily News'', Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Monday Morning, 16 March 1964, Vol. 18, No. 27, pp. 1, 2.</ref>
* Lt. Cmdr. Dick Oliver{{snd}}2 September 1966: crashed his F-11A Tiger and was killed at the [[Canadian International Air Show]] in Toronto.
* Lt Frank Gallagher{{snd}}1 February 1967: killed when his F-11A Tiger stalled during a practice Half Cuban Eight maneuver and spun into the ground.
* Capt. Ronald Thompson{{snd}}18 February 1967: killed when his F-11A Tiger struck the ground during a practice formation loop.
* Lt. Bill Worley (Opposing Solo){{snd}}14 January 1968: killed when his Tiger crashed during a practice double Immelmann.
* Lt. Larry Watters{{snd}}14 February 1972: killed when his [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4J Phantom II]] struck the ground, upright, while practicing inverted flight, during winter training at NAF El Centro.
* Lt. Cmdr. Skip Umstead (Team Leader), Capt. Mike Murphy, and ADJ1 Ron Thomas (Crew Chief){{snd}}26 July 1973: all three were killed in a mid-air collision between two Phantoms over Lakehurst, New Jersey, during an arrival practice. The rest of the season was cancelled after this incident.
* Lt. Nile Kraft (Opposing Solo){{snd}}22 February 1977: killed when his Skyhawk struck the ground during practice.
* Lt. Michael Curtin{{snd}}8 November 1978: one of the solo Skyhawks struck the ground after low roll during arrival maneuvers at [[Marine Corps Air Station Miramar|Naval Air Station Miramar]], and Curtin was killed.
* Lt. Cmdr. Stu Powrie (Lead Solo){{snd}}22 February 1982: killed when his Skyhawk struck the ground during winter training at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, just after a dirty loop.
* Lt. Cmdr. Mike Gershon (Opposing Solo #6){{snd}}13 July 1985: his Skyhawk collided with Lt. Andy Caputi (Lead Solo #5) during a show at Niagara Falls, Gershon was killed and Caputi ejected and parachuted to safety.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usmilitary.about.com/library/weekly/aa102899.htm |title=Navy Blue Angel Aviators Die in Crash |date=28 October 1999 |website=Usmilitary.about.com |access-date=3 March 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041717/http://usmilitary.about.com/library/weekly/aa102899.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Lt. Cmdr. Kieron O'Connor and Lt. Kevin Colling{{snd}}28 October 1999: flying in the back seat and front seat of a Hornet, both were killed after striking the ground during circle and arrival maneuvers in [[Valdosta, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/28/missing.angel.04/ |title=Blue Angel crash victims identified |work=CNN |date=28 October 1999 |access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>
* Lt. Cmdr. Kevin J. Davis{{snd}}21 April 2007: [[2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash|crashed his ''Hornet'']] near the end of the [[Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort]] airshow in [[Beaufort, South Carolina]], and was killed.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2122401820070421 U.S. Navy "Blue Angels" jet crashes]. ''Reuters''.</ref>
* Capt. Jeff Kuss (Opposing Solo, #6){{snd}}2 June 2016: died just after takeoff while performing the Split-S maneuver in his F/A-18 Hornet during a practice run for The Great Tennessee Air Show in [[Smyrna, Tennessee]].

===Other incidents===
* Lt. John R. Dewenter{{snd}}2 August 1958: landed wheels up at [[Buffalo Niagara International Airport]] after experiencing engine troubles during a show in [[Clarence, New York]]. The [[Grumman F-11 Tiger]] landed on Runway 23, but exited airport property, coming to rest in the intersection of Genesee Street and Dick Road, nearly hitting a filling station. Lt. Dewenter was uninjured, but the plane was a total loss.
* Lt. Ernie Christensen{{snd}}30 August 1970: belly-landed his F-4J Phantom at [[The Eastern Iowa Airport]] in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]], after he inadvertently left the landing gear in the up position.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v91VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A9gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6426,63638&dq=threshold+the+blue+angels+experience&hl=en |title=Living 'Angels' Make No Fluffs |first=Dan |last=Sellard |newspaper=[[Eugene Register-Guard]] |date=1 February 1974 |page=12A |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> He ejected safely, while the aircraft slid off the runway.
* Cmdr. Harley Hall{{snd}}4 June 1971: safely ejected after his F-4J Phantom jet caught fire during practice over [[Quonset Point Air National Guard Station|NAS Quonset Point]] in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and crashed in [[Narragansett Bay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newenglandaviationhistory.com/tag/commander-harley-hall/ |title=Narragansett Bay{{snd}}June 4, 1971 (May 30, 2015) |website=New England Aviation History |access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref>
* Capt. John Fogg, Lt. Marlin Wiita, and Lt. Cmdr. Don Bently{{snd}}8 March 1973: all three survived a multi-aircraft mid-air collision during practice over Superstition Mountain,<!-- NGIS ID 250147. Not to be confused with the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, Arizona. --> near El Centro, California.
* Lt. Jim Ross (Lead Solo){{snd}}April 1980: unhurt when his Skyhawk suffered a fuel line fire during a show at [[Roosevelt Roads Naval Station]], Puerto Rico. Lt. Ross stayed with the plane and landed, leaving the end of the runway and rolling into the woods after a total hydraulic failure upon landing.
* Lt. Dave Anderson (Lead Solo){{snd}}12 February 1987: ejected from his Hornet after a dual engine flame-out during practice near El Centro, California.
* Marine Corps Maj. Charles Moseley and Cmdr. Pat Moneymaker{{snd}}23 January 1990: their Blue Angel Hornets suffered a mid-air collision during a practice at El Centro. Moseley ejected safely and Moneymaker was able to land his airplane, which then required a complete right wing replacement.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clausen |first1=Christopher |url=http://moneymaker.rootsweb.com/newspapers/clip08.htm |title=Pilot Blamed in Blue Angel Crash |newspaper=Pensacola News Journal |date=13 June 1990 |access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>
* Lt. Ted Steelman{{snd}}1 December 2004: ejected from his F/A-18 approximately one mile off Perdido Key after his aircraft struck the water, suffering catastrophic engine and structural damage. He suffered minor injuries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/blue-angels-pilot-ejects-before-plane-crashes |title=Blue Angels Pilot Ejects Before Plane Crashes |date=2 December 2004 |work=Fox News |access-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211131128/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140233,00.html |archive-date=11 December 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>