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| Date: | Monday 12 October 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM53-6642 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hradec Králové -
 Czechia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ghedi AB |
Forced-landed by two MiG's. Pilot S.Ten Ernesto De Majo (24).
Sources:
Scramble
http://web.archive.org/web/20171106232030/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/italy.htm
https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1959/10/15/page_002.pdf
https://www.idnes.cz/technet/vojenstvi/zabloudily-italsky-stihac-de-majo.A191015_134240_vojenstvi_mla
https://www.idnes.cz/technet/vojenstvi/zbloudily-italsky-pilot-stihacky-f-84-general-ernesto-de-majo.A191017_140455_vojenstvi_mla
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2013 20:15 | TB | Added |
| 19-Oct-2019 17:49 | bob | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Jan-2020 19:27 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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