On 25 July 1957, a Republic F-84G Thunderjet operated by the Turkish Air Force crashed in the city center of Bursa in northwestern Turkey.
A Republic F-84G Thunderjet (registration number 51-11176) of the Turkish Air Force departed from Balıkesir Airport on 25 July 1957.
Without the pilot, the burning jet fighter flew on and crashed into a housing block in the city center of Bursa and exploded.
[1] The wife of the Haşal family was able to escape from one of the burning houses, but her husband and all her seven children who were younger than 15 years old died.
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