ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255319
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Date: | Sunday 7 August 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84D Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 79th FS, 20th FG, USAF |
Registration: | 48-734 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois, USA |
Destination airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
Narrative:Republic F-84D-5-RE Thunderjet 48-734, 79th FS, 20th FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) August 7 1949 when crashed on take-off from Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois. Pilot on this occasion was Cesar J Martinez, USAF
NOTE: Some published sources (see links #1 & #2) give the crash date as August 11 1949, and that the aircraft was with the 3345th TTW USAF.
Sources:
1.
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html 2.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html 3.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4908.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanute_Air_Force_Base#United_States_Air_Force Revision history:
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