ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115414
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| Date: | Sunday 27 May 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-554 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chesapeake Bay, 9 Miles East of Hampton, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia (LFI/KLFI) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84E-25-RE Thunderjet 51-554, 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) May 27 1951 when crashed at sea into Chesapeake Bay, 9 Miles East of Hampton, Virginia. Crash location reported as 37.053 N, 76,1354 W. The pilot Eugene Murphy USAF was killed
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=16384
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5105a.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia
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