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| Date: | Wednesday 27 July 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American F-100C-1-NA Supersabre |
| Owner/operator: | Thunderbirds USAF |
| Registration: | 53-1740 |
| MSN: | 214-32 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 50M NNW of Nellis AFB, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed for unknow reasons during solo flight 50M NNW of Nellis AFB, Capt. John Richard Crane killed.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds#Accidents
My sources
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2018 08:53 | j155 | Added |
| 10-May-2018 16:44 | j155 | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2018 16:48 | j155 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 10-May-2018 16:49 | j155 | Updated [Operator, Nature, ] |
| 22-May-2018 12:43 | j155 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 08-Feb-2020 17:54 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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