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Date: | Monday 2 November 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle |
Owner/operator: | 59th TFS, 33rd TFW, USAF |
Registration: | 75-0051 |
MSN: | 0152/A131 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Panama City, Florida -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Eglin Air Force Base, near Fort Walton Beach, Florida. |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:McDonnell-Douglas F-15A-14-MC Eagle. 75-0051, of the 59th TFS, 33rd TFW, based at Eglin AFB, crashes near Panama City, Florida after mid-air collision with F-15A Eagle, 76-0048, during night refuelling. Pilot - Major John C. Booker - died as a result of that crash; his body was never recovered. The other F-15 landed safely.
Sources:
http://www.f-15.nl/wo.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1975%E2%80%931999)
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029221354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/f-15.htm
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1975.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Apr-2012 20:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |