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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Grumman F9F Panther (3x) ? |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kairouan (Qairawan) -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43)/VF-83 |
Three Navy jets from aircraft carrier force-landed on land or ditched in sea due to fuel exhaustion. One crashed, killing the pilot Lt (jg) Robert Hughes Wade (27).
Sources:
Evening Star 8 June 1953, pA18
L'Echo d'Oran 7 June 1953
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2015 16:51 | TB | Added |
| 14-Oct-2019 20:14 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jul-2020 13:27 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-Jan-2022 20:55 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2022 13:34 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
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