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Okinawa F-100 crash
Accident
The crash site in Ishikawa.
Date	June 30, 1959
Summary	Mechanical failure leading to in-flight fire
Site	Ishikawa, Okinawa Prefecture
Aircraft
Aircraft type	North American F-100 Super Sabre
Operator	United States Air Force
Registration	55-3633A
Flight origin	Kadena Air Base
Passengers	0
Crew	1 (survived)
Fatalities	18 (17 on ground, 1 known residual death)
Injuries	210 (on ground)

The 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash (Japanese: 宮森小学校米軍機墜落事故), also known as the Miyamori Elementary School crash (宮森小学校米軍機墜落事故), occurred on June 30, 1959, when a North American F-100 Super Sabre of the United States Air Force crashed in Ishikawa, in United States-occupied Okinawa, killing 18 people.