The Crash of a U.S. Military Jet in Ishikawa,1959
On June 30, 1959, at 11:00 in the morning, an F-100D jet aircraft crashed into Miyamori Elementary School just as the students were preparing lunch.. Eleven children and six adults died and 121 persons were injured in this tragic crash.
Photograph courtesy of Okinawa Times Publishers "Shashin Kiroku, Okinawa Sengoshi"