ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84810
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 August 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2370 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 miles South of K-9 Pusan East AB, Suyeong River, Haeundae District -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) |
| K-9 Pusan East AB, Suyeong River, Haeundae District | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2370, 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) August 14 1951 aircraft sustained engine compressor failure, pilot Merton B Knox, USAF bailed out and was rescued. Aircraft came down 5 miles South of K-9 Pusan AB
Pusan East (K-9) Air Base was a United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) air base adjacent to the Suyeong River in Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea. It was redeveloped in the 1990s as Centum City, a commercial and residential area.
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=57395
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108.html
5. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusan_East_(K-9)_Air_Base#Korean_War
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