ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115312
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| Date: | Friday 23 March 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 107th PTSqn /127th PTGp USAF |
| Registration: | 47-1468 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 miles west of Litchfield Park Airport, Phoenix, Arizona -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luke AFB, Maticopa County, Arizona (LUF/KLUF) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic Thunderjet 47-1468: Written off (destroyed) March 23 1951 when crashed near Luke AFB, Arizona after a collision with F-84C 47-1460. Pilot of 47-1460 was Earl A Hoag, USAF who survived: his aircraft landed safely at Luke AFB. The pilot of F-84C 47-1468 was Robert E Welch, USAF who was killed.
Note that one published source (see link #4) gives the crash location of "3 miles West of Litchfield Park Airport". Phoenix Goodyear Airport (IATA: GYR, ICAO: KGYR) (formerly Goodyear Municipal Airport) is a public airport 1.15 miles (1.00 nm; 1.85 km) southwest of Goodyear, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
It was built during World War II as a naval air facility, NAF Litchfield Park, then upgraded to naval air station status and renamed NAS Litchfield Park. Its primary role after the end of World War II was storage and preservation of obsolete or excess U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard aircraft. In 1968, all Department of Defense and U.S. Coast Guard aircraft preservation and storage was consolidated at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson and NAS Litchfield Park was slated for closure.
Following the closure of NAS Litchfield Park in 1968, the city of Phoenix purchased the airport as a general aviation reliever airport for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Sources:
1. The Indian Express 27 March 1951, p.5
2. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
3. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
4. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=15928
5. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5103a.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Air_Force_Base#Air_Training_Command
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Goodyear_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2017 07:15 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 31-Dec-2018 21:34 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2023 21:31 | Nepa | Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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