28 May 1957 – F-100C

On Tuesday 28 May 1957 around 2:30 in the afternoon the F-100C with serial 54-1923 from the 32nd crashed on the grounds of the “Willem Arndshoeve” in the city of Den Dolder.

The aircraft returned to Soesterberg AB together with another F-100C after a standard navigational training mission. After the landing of the first aircraft the 54-1923 made a normal but slow turn toward the airfield. Suddenly the aircraft made a sharp turn to the right and appeared to stall.

The aircraft crashed near buildings of a mental institution in Den Dolder where it missed a building. First Lt. Alan N. Rea who flew his seventh mission in a F-100 was unable to use his ejection seat and was killed in the crash.

Read the Official Accident Report