The 1959 Kadena Air Base F-100 crash occurred on June 30, 1959 in the Uruma area of then United States (US)-occupied Okinawa. In the crash, a US Air Force F-100 Super Sabre on a training flight from nearby Kadena Air Base suffered an engine fire. The aircraft crashed into Miyamori Elementary School and surrounding houses, killing 11 students and six other people in the neighborhood and injured 210 others, including 156 students at the school. The pilot ejected and was unhurt.

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  • The 1959 Kadena Air Base F-100 crash occurred on June 30, 1959 in the Uruma area of then United States (US)-occupied Okinawa. In the crash, a US Air Force F-100 Super Sabre on a training flight from nearby Kadena Air Base suffered an engine fire. The aircraft crashed into Miyamori Elementary School and surrounding houses, killing 11 students and six other people in the neighborhood and injured 210 others, including 156 students at the school. The pilot ejected and was unhurt. The tragedy contributed to ill-feelings from the Okinawan community towards the US occupation authorities and calls for the island to be returned to the control of the Government of Japan. A memorial statue for the victims of the disaster was erected at the crash site in 1965. On June 30, 2009 800 people, including former students of Miyamori Elementary and relatives of the victims attended a 50th-anniversary memorial service at the crash site. Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima spoke at the ceremony, saying, "The Okinawa people of the time were deeply saddened by the accident in which the lives of children having dreams and hopes for the future were lost."
  • 宮森小学校米軍機墜落事故（みやもりしょうがっこうべいぐんきついらくじこ）とは、1959年6月30日にアメリカ占領下の沖縄の石川市（現・うるま市）で発生した航空事故で、戦後の沖縄、日本で起きた最大の米軍機墜落事故である。
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  • 1 (survived)
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  • June 30, 1959
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  • 17 (on ground)
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  • Accident
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  • The 1959 Kadena Air Base F-100 crash occurred on June 30, 1959 in the Uruma area of then United States (US)-occupied Okinawa. In the crash, a US Air Force F-100 Super Sabre on a training flight from nearby Kadena Air Base suffered an engine fire. The aircraft crashed into Miyamori Elementary School and surrounding houses, killing 11 students and six other people in the neighborhood and injured 210 others, including 156 students at the school. The pilot ejected and was unhurt.
  • 宮森小学校米軍機墜落事故（みやもりしょうがっこうべいぐんきついらくじこ）とは、1959年6月30日にアメリカ占領下の沖縄の石川市（現・うるま市）で発生した航空事故で、戦後の沖縄、日本で起きた最大の米軍機墜落事故である。
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  • 1959 Kadena Air Base F-100 crash
  • 宮森小学校米軍機墜落事故
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