Morocco

List being compiled

Chronological Listing of Moroccan
Losses & Ejections

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
16 August 1972	Morocco	F-5A		Kenitra AB	Ran out of fuel following an attack on a Moroccan Boeing 727 during an attempted coup	Maj. Kouera E. Ouael ejected and captured		Northrop
4th December 1976	Morocco	C-130H	CN-AOB, c.n. 4537 "B",		Engine failure over Sahara. Some reports suggest that it was shot down by Polisario rebels
18 February 1978	Morocco	F-5A			shot down over Aguerguer
10th September 1978	Morocco	F-5A		Meknès Air Base, Lâayoune, Morocco	Hit by ground-to-air missile fired by Polisario, 50 km in the north of Smara. Crashed on return to	Ali Najab ejected. Captured. POW for 25 years		Northrop
1979	Morocco	F-5E	69120		shot down by Sahrouis over West Sahara
2 August 1979	Morocco	Mirage F.1CH			shot down by ZPU-23 anti-aircraft guns
19th November 1979	Morocco	Mirage						Martin-Baker
27th February 1980	Morocco	Mirage				Lt. Houari		Martin-Baker
13th October 1981	Morocco	Mirage			Enemy Action			Martin-Baker
12th October 1981	Morocco	C-130H(command & control)	CNA-OH c.n 4717 "H", "17"		Shot down over the Western SAM-6 Hit by Polisario
14th October 1981	Morocco	Mirage			Enemy Action			Martin-Baker
post 1981	Morocco	OV-10A			shot down during the fighting with the ALPS
post 1981	This loss now seems to have been due to engine failure on during transit flight to Morocco
9th August 1982	Morocco	Mirage						Martin-Baker
27th September 1982	Morocco	Mirage			Enemy Action	ejected		Martin-Baker
11th October 1982	Morocco	Mirage				Lt. Hamri		Martin-Baker
12 January 1985	Morocco	F-5E			shot down by a SAM near the Algerian border
21st January 1985	Morocco	OV-10			shot down near the Algerian border
27 December 1985	Morocco	Alpha Jet
16th March 1987	Morocco	Mirage						Martin-Baker
21 August 1987	Morocco	F-5E
by 1987	"In total . . . the FARM lost seven Mirages shot down and six others crashed due to different mishaps. Three Mirage-pilots went down with their aircraft, three were captured, one killed by the guerilla after ejecting." Tom Cooper ACIG
25th August 1988	Morocco	Mirage				STDT Tazerny		Martin-Baker
2nd August 1991	Morocco	Mirage			Enemy Action	CPT B. E. Alaoui		Martin-Baker
12th April 1995	Morocco	Mirage			engine problems			Martin-Baker
13 June 1995	Morocco	F-5E			engine problems
?? May 2001	Morocco	Mirage F1
?? May 2001	This loss is now disputed


Acknowledgements	Dave Allport of AFM Scramble.nl Tom Cooper ACIG (Link to ACIG Article) correspondence received

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