Accident North American T-6G Texan MM53668, Saturday 21 March 1959
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Date:Saturday 21 March 1959
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic T6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American T-6G Texan
Owner/operator:Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI
Registration: MM53668
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Galatina (LE) -   Italy
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Galatina
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Collided with MM53664 during initial take off run. Instructor Magg Adolfo Pulcri safe and student S.Ten AUPC Giorgio Basini (23) killed. MM53664 suffered minor damage.

Sources:

unknown
http://www.aeronautica.difensa.it/storia/Documents/interc_%20F_Albo%20d_oro.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Mar-2017 12:37 j155 Added
08-Jun-2017 17:09 TB Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Jan-2020 14:35 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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