ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122978
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| Date: | Monday 1 August 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American F-86F Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
| Registration: | PX-O |
| MSN: | 191-869 / 25173 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lier/Drammen -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rygge Air Station, Norway |
| Rygge Air Station, Norway | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The 336 Skv Sabre was participating in a NATO exercise with Sabres from 434 Squadron, RCAF Zweibrücken, Germany, that had deployed to Rygge Air Station. During a day exercise, RNoAF F-86F PX-O (25173) and RCAF Sabre 23546 collided mid-air at 40,000 feet over the Inner Oslo Fiord. Both pilots ejected safely near Lier; Norwegian pilot Fen Trond Ivar Laache (22) and Canadian pilot F/O Robert M. McNichol (24). PX-O crashed between three houses 100 meters apart in Drammen. Fortunately, no one was killed.
Sources:
http://zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=1033
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/f86f-sabre_524305-525530.html
Calgary Herald 2 August 1960, p2
Montreal Gazette 2 August 1960, p13
Joe Baugher 1952 – F-86F 52-5173
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2011 01:20 | whiteshark | Added |
| 26-Aug-2011 04:59 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2011 06:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Nov-2015 18:01 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2017 09:05 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2021 07:42 | Cosmo | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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