ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115320
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| Date: | Saturday 23 June 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 148th FS, 113th FG, Pennsylviania ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 47-1548 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Georgetown Airport, Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware (DOV/KDOV) |
| Georgetown Airport, Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware (GED/KGED) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic P-84C-11-RE Thunderjet 47-1548, 148th FS, 113th FG, Pennsylviania ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) June 23 1951 when crashed at Georgetown Airport,Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware. Accident reported as "forced landing due to engine failure". Pilot Wilmer L Hepner USAF survived.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=16560
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5106a.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/148th_Fighter_Squadron#Pennsylvania_Air_National_Guard
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Air_Force_Base#Cold_War_and_Vietnam
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Coastal_Airport
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