ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57860
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| Date: | Saturday 16 August 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | USAF |
| Registration: | 68-0395 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cairo West, Egypt -
 Egypt
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
According to Maj Gen(r) Bob Thomas, "The success of our deployment was marred by one tragic event. During the final two sorties on the last day of flying before we boarded C-141’s for the flight home, one of our field grade pilots, who had little experience flying fighters, became disoriented on a low level flight over the desert and flew his airplane into the ground. He and his WSO were both killed. Of course, this cast a pall over our trip home, but it didn’t change the fact that the overall mission had been a great success. "
Sources:
“WHAT’S YOUR STORY MR. THOMAS?” “SIR, THIS IS MY STORY.”
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Sep-2020 19:52 | rhalljr68 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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