Accident Republic F-84F Thunderstreak MM53-6657, Friday 8 February 1963
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Date:Friday 8 February 1963
Time:c. 14:00 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: MM53-6657
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Villasor/Cagliari, Sardinia -   Italy
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Decimomannu AB (CA)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed after take-off. Pilot Ten Mario Giovanni Storello (26) died.

Sources:

Scramble
http://web.archive.org/web/20140218120051/http://www.decimomannuairbase.com:80/Accident%20database/accident%20database.htm
La Stampa 9 February 1963, p7

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Aug-2013 16:44 TB Added
17-Feb-2016 13:40 TB Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Feb-2020 19:53 TB Updated [Source, ]

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