Accident Convair F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1235, Tuesday 5 March 1963
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Date:Tuesday 5 March 1963
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic f102 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 56-1235
MSN: 8-10-452
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Illesheim AAF -   Germany
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed after abandoned the emergency landing on the helicopter airfield.

Sources:

AAIR (KLACEF)
http://web.archive.org/web/20180422214312/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/F-102A.html
DEWEZET 7 March 1963, p9

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Jun-2013 15:28 Uli Elch Added
25-Jun-2013 15:49 Uli Elch Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Narrative, ]
13-Jan-2020 17:17 JF Updated [Operator, Source, ]
03-Feb-2020 21:02 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
07-Apr-2021 08:16 TB Updated [Other fatalities, Location, ]
16-May-2025 17:47 TB Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Jul-2025 17:47 TB Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]

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