Accident Republic F-84F Thunderstreak MM53-6829,
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Date:Wednesday 15 April 1959
Time:12:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic f84f model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
Owner/operator:Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)
Registration: MM53-6829
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Marina di Ravenna (RA) -   Italy
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:San Giorgio di Cesena (FC)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Exploded during interception exercise of three ship formation and crashed into the Adriatic Sea near refinery SAROM. Pilot Giuseppe Gottarelli (32) ejected too late and killed.

Sources:

http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1959_04/19590416_0002.pdf
http://web.archive.org/web/20180422213306/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/F-84F.htm]l

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Jul-2013 18:33 TB Added
26-Aug-2013 18:24 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Source]
24-Jul-2018 14:21 j155 Updated [Narrative]

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