ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115426
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| Date: | Thursday 21 June 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 55th FBS, 20th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-534 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 9 miles West of Sunstar, South Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-25-RE Thunderjet 51-534, 55th FBS, 20th FBG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) June 21 1951 when crashed 9 miles West of Sunstar, South Carolina. Accident reported as "Pilot Killed when bailed out due to mechanical failure - failure of flight controls". Pilot John M Luther 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=16543
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5106a.html
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