ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68197
Last updated: 5 November 2020
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| Date: | 09-JAN-1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American F-86F Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | JASDF |
| Registration: | 62-7515 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Hamamatsu -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Two F-86F jets (62-7494 and 62-7515) collided over the city of Hamamatsu. The pilot of one of the aircraft ejected, but was killed when his parachute did not open. The aircraft crashed into the sea. The other aircraft crashed into the mouth of the Tenryuugawa River, Shizuoka Prefecture.
The fate of the second pilot is unknown*
** General Hachiro Setoyama ejected and suffered injuries.
Sources:
Scramble 352*
Diário de Lisboa 9 January 1957, p16 **
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2009 11:40 | harro | Added |
| 02-Jul-2017 15:31 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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