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Date: | Monday 20 May 1957 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | North American F-86F Sabre |
Owner/operator: | JASDF |
Registration: | 72-7712 |
MSN: | 231-12 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 32 km from Chitose AFB -
Japan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hamamatsu AFB |
Destination airport: | Chitose AFB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Four F-86 ran into bad weather. Two crashed out of fuel, one pilot bailed out, other pilot killed, two force-landed.
Sources:
El Litoral 20 May 1957, p1
Youngstown Vindicator 20 May 1957, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Jul-2021 13:56 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
28-Jul-2021 13:57 |
TB |
Updated [Time] |
01-Aug-2021 10:21 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |