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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1959 |
| Time: | 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Fiat/North American F-86K Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM53-8280 |
| MSN: | 207-8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Tirrenia (LI) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pisa AB |
Pilot Cap Oreste Cascione (28) radioed some trouble, annuouncing he's going to eject. Never heard from him again. Floating debris recovered the day after in the Mediterranean Sea near Torre della Meloria. His body found by fisherman about 5 km off coast on 4 August 1959.
Sources:
Scramble
http://www.alatricolore.it/alatricolore/incivolo/incivolo.htm
La Stampa 5 August 1959, p5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2009 10:25 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 28-Jun-2013 14:58 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2014 20:20 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Apr-2017 17:22 | j155 | Updated [Location, ] |
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