Accident North American F-100D Super Sabre 56-3297, Tuesday 25 June 1963
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Date:Tuesday 25 June 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SSAB model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American F-100D Super Sabre
Owner/operator:US Air Force
Registration: 56-3297
MSN: 235-369
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Vosges Mountains -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Hahn AFB, Germany
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Two USAF F-100 fighter planes crashed into a vived peak of the Vosges Mountain range. 1°Lt William R. Whittington (23) and 1°Lt William J. Evans (24).

Sources:

Youngstown Vindicator 27 June 1963, p8
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/airforce/asp/AF56_Years60-69.asp

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

7 December 1961 56-3271 United States Air Force (USAF) 0 Kawasaki, Okinawa w/o

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