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| Date: | Tuesday 12 November 1963 |
| Time: | c. 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  North American F-86F Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Portuguesa |
| Registration: | 5343 |
| MSN: | 191-961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Figueira da Foz -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA5 Monte Real |
Crashed after caught fire while flying in three chip formation. Alf Pil Av Hermínio Rosa de Sousa (23) ejected but did not survive when it fell into river Mondego.
Sources:
Diário de Lisboa 12 November 1963, p16
Scramble
http://especialistasdaba12.blogspot.com/2016_11_01_archive.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 06-Aug-2014 14:14 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2014 18:57 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, ] |
| 08-Aug-2014 14:00 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 12-Jan-2017 13:25 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2018 18:43 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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