United States Air Force 3555th  Combat Crew Training Group

North American F-86D

51-8488

Monday 18th April 1955
Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman
1st Lt. Thomas Leigh Hosch

 

Mid-air collision at 7,000 ft with LockheedT-33A 50-422  10 miles south west of Gainesville, Texas

 


                                                                                                                                               photo via Rick Hosch

1st Lt. Thomas Leigh Hosch

 
1st Lt. Hosch's account of the mishap
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Details and photographs provided thanks to Thomas Hosch's son Rick