Show Plane Crashes On Test Hop HopEL EL SECUNDO Ca Cal Feb 5 UP One One of ot the navys navy's latest hush- hush hush jet bombers the bombers the ap ap apparently disintegrated on a test flight over the Pacific and crashed Into the sea Friday killing two pilots aboard The victims were Albert V. W. Conover Jr 28 Torrance Cal Cat project pilot and Copilot Charles E. E Brown 25 Hawthorne Cal Cat North American Aircraft builder build build- er of the highly secret three- three engine experimental plane was unable unable un un- able to determine immediately what happened But Private Pilot Walter Vatter B B. Ton in the air at the time said the jet came apart er Conover credited with flying the navys navy's first Jet plane had a along along along long career as test pilot Brown shot down 15 planes as an air forces fighter pilot over Europe The J was vas one of ot three experimental experimental ex ex- bombers built specIfically specifically cally for tor navy carrier use It had one Jet and two reciprocating en en- gines The navy which has ordered ordered or or- dered 28 from North American Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican has not permitted further details of ot the craft |