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Date: | Saturday 20 January 1962 |
Time: | c. 13:30 LT |
Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17R |
Owner/operator: | Bulgarian Air Force |
Registration: | 22 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Acquaviva delle Fonti (Bari) -
Italy
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hit tree and fell to the ground during emergency landing in farm field out of fuel. Pilot Milius Solakov (24) sustained injuries.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20140415003634/http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/1961-1970/1963/ Passauer Neue Presse 22 January 1962, p1
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/26632/ (photo)
La Stampa 22 January 1962, p1
La Nacion 21 January 1962, p52 (photo)
British Pathe
https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/MEDIA-4/archive/4P7J/2016-08-21T200749Z_1_LVABWS5DSO9V8RNJOD7PL822J7P4_RTRWNEV_F_SOUTHERN-ITALY-BULGARIAN-MIG-FIGHTER-CRASHES-NEAR-NATO-BASE.MP4.m3u8 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Feb-2014 17:57 |
jollyroger |
Added |
02-Oct-2014 19:11 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
04-May-2015 19:23 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
15-Feb-2016 14:26 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
30-Dec-2016 18:27 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source] |
12-Dec-2018 17:51 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |