Air disaster

1959 Okinawa F-100 crash

30 Jun 1959 · 26.43° N, 127.82° E

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When
30 Jun 1959
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
26.43° N, 127.82° E
Description
1959 aviation accident
Deaths
18
Injured
210
Cause
loss of control

1959 Okinawa F-100 crash

Military aviation accident

The 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash, also known as the Miyamori Elementary School crash (宮森小学校米軍機墜落事故), occurred on June 30, 1959, when a North American F-100 Super Sabre of the United States Air Force crashed in Ishikawa, in United States-occupied Okinawa, killing 18 people.

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