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Date: | Monday 20 June 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Northrop F-89D Scorpion |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 51-11367 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Portland AB, OR -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Parked jet fighter plane fired accidentally 12 rockets into the Air Base and a row of jets, destroying two F-89 and damaging two others. One wreckage seeing on a photo with "111367" on tail and code ".X-367". One C-46 transport plane also hit.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 21 June 1955, p8 (photo)
Toledo Blade 21 June 1955, p3
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jun-2019 14:36 |
TB |
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15-Jun-2019 14:46 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |