Incident Republic F-84E Thunderjet FS-15,
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Date:Friday 23 May 1952
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic f84 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic F-84E Thunderjet
Owner/operator:Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: FS-15
MSN: 51-9602
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:EBFS Florennes -   Belgium
Phase: Landing
Nature:
Departure airport:EBFS Florennes
Destination airport:EBFS Florennes
Narrative:
c/n : 2335-1369
US SERIAL : 51-9602
BAF SERIAL : FS-15
BUZZ-Number: FS-602-C

1951-00-00: delivered to the USAF
1951-00-00: delivered from an American airbase near Munich (Germany)
1951-10-00: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force as FS-15
1951-10-00: to 2 Wing, 2 Squadron
1952-05-23: at EBFS Florennes Cat.5 crashlanding,
immediately after delivery, the aircraft made a heavy landing,
the nosewheel broke off and the aircraft slid hundreds of meters over de runway
pilot: Sgt-Vl Cauwenberghs A. OK,
1952-05-23: written off
1952-09-11: to To Technical School at Saffraanberg, used as instructional airframe (tt: 184:15 hrs)
1956-00-00: date out
: returned MAAG (project Swapshop)

Sources:

1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/republic-f-84e-thunderjet
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html


Revision history:

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26-Jun-2023 05:17 Peter Ziegler Added

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