BLUE IMPULSE

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
21st July 1961	JASDF	F-86F-40 Sabre	02-7976	Blue Impulse 1st Koukuudan, JASDF	Crashed during aerobatic training into sea, near Irago Cape, Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture.	Major Katou Matsuo killed		NAA
24th November 1965	JASDF	F-86F-40 Sabre	02-7975	Blue Impulse Hamamatsu AB, Shizuoka Prefecture.	Crashed crashed near west end of runway during aerobatic training.	First Lieutenant Joumaru [was he OK ??]		NAA
Saturday, 4th November 1972 Afternoon	JASDF	F-86F-40 Sabre	72-7773, 773	Blue Impulse Hamamatsu AB, Shizuoka	Returning to base after demo flight. Crashed at or near Iruma River	First Lieutenant Kaneko ejected safely at 700 feet		NAA
14th November 1982 About 13:43	JASDF	Mitsubishi T-2B	Blue Impulse 19-5174	21st Hikoutai Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture	crashed into civilian house, Takaoka Town, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, north of Hamamatsu AB, during AB 30th anniversary air show.13 civilians wounded. 28 civilian houses and about 290 cars damaged	Captain Takashima Kiyoshi killed		Daicel license built Weber ES-7J zero-zero ejection seats
4th July 1991	JASDF	Mitsubishi T-2A	59-5112	Blue Impulse, 21st Hikoutai, JASDF, based at Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture	collided and crashed into sea having flown flown into sea fog, near Kinkazan Mountain, Miyagi Prefecture. Or, about 45 km east of Matsushima AB.	Captain Hamaguchi Seiji, killed Captain Shikichi Yutaka killed		Daicel license built Weber ES-7J zero-zero ejection seats
4th July 1991 About 12:00	JASDF	Mitsubishi T-2B	19-5172	Blue Impulse, 21st Hikoutai, JASDF, based at Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture				Daicel license built Weber ES-7J zero-zero ejection seats
4th July 1991 About 12:00	JASDF	Mitsubishi T-2B	19-5172			NEED TO MATCH PILOT TO AIRCRAFT
20th March 2002	JASDF	T-4			Bird strike
Saturday, 14th October 2006	JASDF	T-4	#5	Gifu AB	Bird strike during training before air show. Landed safely