ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115386
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| Date: | Thursday 21 December 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 308th FES, 31st FEG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2326 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Williamsburg, Calhoun County, 7 Miles South of Albany, Georgia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Turner AFB, Albany, Georgia |
| Turner AFB, Albany, Georgia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2326, 308th FES, 31st FEG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) December 21 1950 when crashed near Williamsburg, 7 Miles South of Albany, Georgia. Accident reported as "crashed due to mechanical failure", and as a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain). Aircraft crashed on a post overhaul test flight; The pilot - Lt Col Bascom A Brooks, USAF - was killed. At the time he was the Commanding Officer of the 31st FEG USAF (from October 14 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=7656
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5012.html
5. https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434112/31-operations-group-usafe/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg,_Calhoun_County,_Georgia
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