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Date: | Saturday 28 February 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86F-30 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | South African Air Force (SAAF) |
Registration: | 52-4348 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over K-8 Kunsan AFB -
South Korea
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RKSO |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F-86F-30 52-4348(2th SAAF Sq) 608/M, Fuel exhaustion while escorting lost pilot, bailed out over K-8, which was socked in, pilot Lt R.L Van Rooyen rescued.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,X.Zhang,Korwald,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Apr-2011 17:25 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |