Accident North American F-100 Super Sabre ,
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Date:Friday 1 June 1962
Time:11:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SSAB model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American F-100 Super Sabre
Owner/operator:Türk Hava Kuvvetleri
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Eskişehir AB -   Turkey
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
F-100 fighter airplane exploded while making aerobatics during parade and crashed into two airplane on ground. At least five spectators were killed and several others injured. Pilot Ütgm Orhan Cemil Okçu (27).

Sources:

La Stampa 2 June 1962, p14
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1962_06/19620602_0014.pdf
http://www.tayyareci.com/hvsehitleri/cilt2-1948-65/1961-1965/276.htm
Milliyet Gazete Arşivi 2 June 1962, p1
Diário de Lisboa 1 June 1962, p1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
27-Jul-2014 19:05 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
20-Sep-2014 19:19 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
08-Nov-2014 17:30 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative]
08-Nov-2014 17:34 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
09-Nov-2014 17:09 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
24-Dec-2014 18:57 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2017 09:29 TB Updated [Time, Source]

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