ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173534
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 November 1959 |
| Time: | 15H15 |
| Type: | McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 56-0208 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Nogent-les-Sermiers -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Laon-Couvron AFB |
| Laon-Couvron AFB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On Wednesday, Nov 4, 1959, around 15.15 hrs, residents of Nogent-les-Sermiers, near Riems, heard a jet aircraft then an explosion. When they arrived at the place called La Noel, on the road that crosses the town, a huge smoke column was rising from a plane had just crashed. Local hunters saw the pilot, Lt. R.O. Swanson,who had ejected, descend unharmed under his parachute. The twin-engine RF-101C Voodoo aircraft from Laon-Couvron AFB, reportedly suffered a pitch-up.
Sources:
Est Republican du 07 novembre 1959
La Dépêceche de l’Aisne du 07 novembre 1959
Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War by Doug Gordon
http://www.france-air-otan.net/STRUCTURE/Pages_web/Laon-Couvron_Archives-Depeche-Aisne-1959_Fr.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1956.html
http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-101.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2015 21:30 | PHIL54 | Added |
| 02-Feb-2015 21:30 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities] |
| 30-Sep-2015 17:36 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jul-2020 06:32 | Cosmo | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2020 06:07 | Cosmo | Updated [Registration, Source] |
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