Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
Aeronautica Militare, 155 Gruppo, 1959

F-84F-61-RE s/n 53-6642 [6-37] S.Ten Ernesto De Majo
155 Gruppo, 6 Stormo
Ghedi, 12. October 1959

Itailan Airforce F-84F en route to West Germany, got lost and wandered over communist Czechoslovakia. Ten czechoslovakian MiGs (MiG-17PF, MiG-19P and MiG-19S) intercepted the italian almost over the Krkonoše mountains, forced him to land on the Hradec Králové Airbase. Pilot was deported and his Thunderstreak dismantled, scrutinized and sent back to Italy in the freight train.