ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59342
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| Date: | Monday 14 January 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2369 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 miles South West of Sinanju, South Pyongan Province -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu, South Korea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet, 49-2369, 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) January 14 1952 when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over North Korea. Hit by AAA and ditched in river during heavy snowstorm, 12 miles South West of Sinanju, South Pyongan Province, North Korea
Pilot Captain John D Beers USAF (AFSN: 0-1903049) posted as MIA, later confirmed as having bailed out and survived to be captured as a POW. According to the following citation for his POW Medal:
"Prisoner of War Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Korean War
Service: Air Force
Rank: Captain
Battalion: 371st Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Division: Prisoner of War (North Korea)
GENERAL ORDERS:
NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 - 10/6/1954
CITATION:
Captain John D. Beers (AFSN: 0-1903049), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 14 January 1952, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 5 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war"
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5201.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
6. https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/KoreaAccounting/korwald_acc_DATELOSS_20210129.pdf
7. https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/350008
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pyongan_Province
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinanju
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2013 20:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2013 20:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
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