Incident Republic F-84F Thunderstreak MM53-6642,
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Date:Monday 12 October 1959
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic f84f model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
Owner/operator:Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)
Registration: MM53-6642
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hradec Králové -   Czech Republic
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Ghedi AB
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Forced-landed by two MiG's. Pilot S.Ten Ernesto De Majo (24).

Sources:

Scramble
http://web.archive.org/web/20171106232030/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/italy.htm
https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1959/10/15/page_002.pdf
https://www.idnes.cz/technet/vojenstvi/zabloudily-italsky-stihac-de-majo.A191015_134240_vojenstvi_mla
https://www.idnes.cz/technet/vojenstvi/zbloudily-italsky-pilot-stihacky-f-84-general-ernesto-de-majo.A191017_140455_vojenstvi_mla

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Aug-2013 20:15 TB Added
19-Oct-2019 17:49 bob Updated [Source]
25-Jan-2020 19:27 TB Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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