1964 Machida F-8 crash
The 1964 Machida F-8 crash (町田米軍機墜落事故 lit. "Machida American Military Aircraft Crash") occurred on 5 April 1964 in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. In the crash, a United States Marine Corps Vought RF-8A Crusader, BuNo 146891, returning from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, to its home base of Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, suffered a mechanical malfunction and crashed into a residential neighborhood in the Hara-Machida area of Machida City (near present-day JR Machida Station). The crash killed four people and injured 32 others on the ground. The aircraft's pilot successfully ejected and was not seriously injured.
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1964 Machida F-8 crash
The 1964 Machida F-8 crash (町田米軍機墜落事故 lit. "Machida American Military Aircraft Crash") occurred on 5 April 1964 in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. In the crash, a United States Marine Corps Vought RF-8A Crusader, BuNo 146891, returning from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, to its home base of Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, suffered a mechanical malfunction and crashed into a residential neighborhood in the Hara-Machida area of Machida City (near present-day JR Machida Station). The crash killed four people and injured 32 others on the ground. The aircraft's pilot successfully ejected and was not seriously injured.
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The 1964 Machida F-8 crash (町田 ...... idential area before ejecting.
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町田米軍機墜落事故(まちだべいぐんきついらくじこ)とは、1964年4月5日に発生した航空事故である。
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Three U.S. Marine Corps Vought ...... rier USS Forrestal , ca. 1960.
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1964-04-05
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The 1964 Machida F-8 crash (町田 ...... and was not seriously injured.
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町田米軍機墜落事故(まちだべいぐんきついらくじこ)とは、1964年4月5日に発生した航空事故である。
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1964 Machida F-8 crash
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町田米軍機墜落事故
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