ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115377
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| Date: | Sunday 1 October 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 524th FES, 27th FEG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2227 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, Michigan -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW/KDTW) |
| Bergstrom AFB, Austin, Texas (AUS/KAUS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-10-RE Thunderjet 49-2227, 524th FES, 27th FEG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) October 1, 1950 when crashed on take off from Romulus AFB, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, Michigan (en route to Bergstrom AFB, Austin, Texas). Pilot of 49-2227 was William P Martin Jr, USAF
From 1931 until 1945, the airport hosted Michigan Air National Guard operations gained by the United States Army Air Forces. It was named Romulus Field during the war; it was then all east of Merriman Road and north of Goddard Road. Which explains why several published sources give the crash location as "Romulus Field AFB".
Wayne County expanded the airport to become Detroit's primary airport. It renamed it Detroit-Wayne Major Airport in 1947, and in the next three years expanded threefold as three more runways were built. In 1949 the airport added runways 3L/21R and 9L/27R, followed by runway 4R/22L in 1950
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=7187
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5010.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Metropolitan_Airport#History
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