ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115424
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| Date: | Friday 8 June 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 22nd FBS, 36th FBW, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2148 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, 1.5 Miles North of Wheelus AB, Tripoli -
 Libya
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya (MJI/HLLM) |
| Furstenfeldbruck AB, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany (FEL/ETSF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-5-RE Thunderjet 49-2148, 22nd FBS, 36th FBW, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) June 8 1951 in a take off accident due to engine failure. Aircraft came down in the Mediterranean Sea, 1.5 Miles North of Wheelus AB, Tripoli at approximate coordinates 32.52 N, 13.17 E. Pilot Robert M Merck, USAF bailed out, survived, was rescued and taken back to Wheelus AB
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=16466
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5106.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelus_Air_Base#USAFE_use
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