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*15 May - An errant [[United States Air Force|USAF]] [[F-84 Thunderjet]] collides with 2 USAF [[C-119 Flying Boxcar]]s flying in formation near [[Weinheim]], Germany, sending all 3 planes down in flames. C-119C-70-FA, ''51-8235'', c/n 10783, struck by the fighter, which then struck C-119C-70-FA, ''51-8241'', c/n 10789, 3 Flying Boxcar crew KWF, 3 injured. F-84 pilot parachutes to safety. |
*15 May - An errant [[United States Air Force|USAF]] [[F-84 Thunderjet]] collides with 2 USAF [[C-119 Flying Boxcar]]s flying in formation near [[Weinheim]], Germany, sending all 3 planes down in flames. C-119C-70-FA, ''51-8235'', c/n 10783, struck by the fighter, which then struck C-119C-70-FA, ''51-8241'', c/n 10789, 3 Flying Boxcar crew KWF, 3 injured. F-84 pilot parachutes to safety. |
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*18 June - A [[United States Air Force]] [[C-124 Globemaster II|C-124A Globemaster II]], ''51-137'', crashes at [[Kodaira, Tokyo|Kodaira, Japan]] after engine failure on take-off at [[Tachikawa, Tokyo|Tachikawa Air Force Base]], Tokyo, Japan. 129 die, making this the deadliest recorded disaster in aviation history at the time. |
*18 June - A [[United States Air Force]] [[C-124 Globemaster II|C-124A Globemaster II]], ''51-137'', crashes at [[Kodaira, Tokyo|Kodaira, Japan]] after engine failure on take-off at [[Tachikawa, Tokyo|Tachikawa Air Force Base]], Tokyo, Japan. 129 die, making this the deadliest recorded disaster in aviation history at the time. |
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*21 June - Two crew of the 3200th Fighter Test Squadron, Air Proving Ground Command, [[Eglin AFB]], Florida, are KWF in a [[Lockheed]] [[F-94C Starfire]] when it crashes at [[Fairfax Field]], [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. Fighter had departed the airfield on a routine training mission for a flight to [[Scott AFB]], Illinois, when the pilot Capt. William C. Sharp, 34, from Cleveland, Ohio, attempted to return shortly after the 1330 hrs. CST take-off. Fighter struck a dike short of the runway, hitting ~10 feet below the top, and caromed onto the runway. Radar operator 1st Lt. Ray P. Tucker, 32, of Tipton, Indiana, was killed on impact and the pilot died later of injuries. Tucker had seen combat in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre in World War II, and Sharp had 25 combat missions in P-40 and P-51 fighters in the China-Burma-India Theatre. <ref>Fort Walton Beach, Florida, "''Jet Plane Crash In Kansas (sic) Fatal For 2 Eglin Men''", Playground Daily News, Thursday 25 June 1953, Volume 8, Number 22, page 1.</ref> |
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*6 August - [[Israel]]i [[Israeli Air Force|IDF/AF]] [[de Havilland Mosquito|Mosquito]] FB.6 ''2113'', ex-[[RAF]] ''PZ183'', disappeared in flight over the Mediterranean, Lt. Uriel Ashel and 2nd Lt. Oded Shatil missing.<ref name="Aloni">Aloni, Shlomo, "''Last of the Fighting 'Wooden Wonders': The DH Mosquito in Israeli Service''", Air Enthusiast No.83, Stamford, Lincs., UK, September/October 1999, page 44.</ref> |
*6 August - [[Israel]]i [[Israeli Air Force|IDF/AF]] [[de Havilland Mosquito|Mosquito]] FB.6 ''2113'', ex-[[RAF]] ''PZ183'', disappeared in flight over the Mediterranean, Lt. Uriel Ashel and 2nd Lt. Oded Shatil missing.<ref name="Aloni">Aloni, Shlomo, "''Last of the Fighting 'Wooden Wonders': The DH Mosquito in Israeli Service''", Air Enthusiast No.83, Stamford, Lincs., UK, September/October 1999, page 44.</ref> |
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*30 August - Second prototype [[Sud-Ouest]] [[SO.9000 Trident I]] -''002'' makes first and last flight, crashing and being a total write-off. <ref>Jackson, Robert, "Combat Aircraft Prototypes since 1945", Arco/Prentice Hall Press, New York, New York, 1986, Library of Congress card number 85-18725, ISBN 0-671-61953-5, page 89-90.</ref> |
*30 August - Second prototype [[Sud-Ouest]] [[SO.9000 Trident I]] -''002'' makes first and last flight, crashing and being a total write-off. <ref>Jackson, Robert, "Combat Aircraft Prototypes since 1945", Arco/Prentice Hall Press, New York, New York, 1986, Library of Congress card number 85-18725, ISBN 0-671-61953-5, page 89-90.</ref> |
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