ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94257
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter |
| Owner/operator: | Iraq Air Force (IrAF) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | H-2/al-Wallid AB -
 Iraq
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shot down by an Israeli Dassault Mirage IIICJ. In the so-called "Six Day War", the IrAF's main fighters were still Hunters and MiG-21F-13s. Detachments of these were initially stationed at the H-2/al-Wallid AB, in western Iraq, from where the Hunters flew a single strike against Israel, on the late morning of 5 June. After the first Israeli counter attack against this base, on the afternoon of 6 June, however, all the aircraft that remained operational were evacuated to Habbaniyah/ Tahmouz AB, some 200km further to the east, where from 7 June also a group of surviving Jordanian and Pakistani Hunter-pilots was stationed
Sources:
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_261.shtml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2012 17:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2024 17:57 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
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