ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115394
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| Date: | Saturday 3 March 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 527th FBS, 86th FBW, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2272 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, 37 Miles South of Luqa -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya (MJI/HLLM) |
| RAF Luqa, Valetta, Malta (MLA/LMML) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-10-RE Thunderjet 49-2272, 527th FBS, 86th FBW, USAF: Written off (destroyed) March 3 1951 when ditched into the Mediterranean Sea, 37 Miles South of Luqa, Malta. Pilot forced to bail out of the aircraft, 35-37 miles south of Malta, due to engine failure, on a Wheelus AFB (Tripoli, Libya) to RAF Luqa (Malta) flight.
Involved in the rescue operation were three RAF Lancasters and two RAF Sea Otters from Malta, and two USAF HU-16 Albatross and twelve US Navy Corsair fighters from Wheelus AFB in Libya. Pilot spotted by a Corsair pilot, and picked up by one of the HU-16’s, and flown back to Libya. Pilot was Joseph M Pelter, USAF
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=15813
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5103.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Luqa#Post_war
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelus_Air_Base#Cold_War_usage_by_the_USAF
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