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| Date: | Saturday 20 January 1962 |
| Time: | c. 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17R |
| Owner/operator: | Bulgarian Air Force |
| Registration: | 22 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Acquaviva delle Fonti (Bari) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gabrovnitsa Air Base, Bulgaria |
Hit tree and fell to the ground during emergency landing in farm field out of fuel. Pilot Milius Solakov (24) sustained injuries.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20140415003634/http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/1961-1970/1963/
Passauer Neue Presse 22 January 1962, p1
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/26632/ (photo)
La Stampa 22 January 1962, p1
La Nacion 21 January 1962, p52 (photo)
British Pathe
https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/MEDIA-4/archive/4P7J/2016-08-21T200749Z_1_LVABWS5DSO9V8RNJOD7PL822J7P4_RTRWNEV_F_SOUTHERN-ITALY-BULGARIAN-MIG-FIGHTER-CRASHES-NEAR-NATO-BASE.MP4.m3u8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2014 17:57 | jollyroger | Added |
| 02-Oct-2014 19:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2015 19:23 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 15-Feb-2016 14:26 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 30-Dec-2016 18:27 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, ] |
| 12-Dec-2018 17:51 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, ] |
| 03-May-2024 15:40 | Cobar | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, ] |
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