ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84972
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 October 1951 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 50-1166 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | K-13 Suwon AB, Suwon -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) |
| K-13 Suwon AB, Suwon, South Korea (RKSW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-20-RE Thunderjet 50-1166, 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) when caught fire in midair October 2, 1951 and crashed at K-13 Suwon AB, Suwon, Korea. Pilot Adam J Wisniewski, USAF bailed out and was rescued. Accident reported as "Crashed Belly Landing due to Engine Failure or Fire".
Accounts of this incident vary between Russian/North Korean claims and US claims. According to a rough translation from Russian into English of a Russian published source (see link #6 for the original Russian text):
"October 2, 1951 Collision between F-84E 50-1166 (136th FBW, 182th FBS) and the MiG of N.Volkov (17 IAP, 303 IAD). Pilot of the F-84 ejected and rescued (Capt Adam J.Wisniewske).
October 2, 1951: The Crash and Preliminary Accident Report for 50-1166, gives details: mission abort because of vibration, a/c returned to K-13 and attempted to land, explosion, ejection, pilot picked up by ground ambulance 12 miles from K-13 (i.e. in South Korea), at 15:45, preliminary conclusion engine bearing failure. The Soviet claim was in northern North Korea in window 16:15-16:45. It therefore corresponds to the loss of RF-80 45-8472 recorded at 16:35, while being escorted by F-84's. The Soviet F-80 claim that day occurred at 10:10 and is an over claim. F-84's evaded MiG attacks without damage at around that time (per Daily Intel Situation Report of 5th AF)."
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1950.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=72345
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5110.html
5. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
6. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-22379.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwon_Air_Base#Korean_War
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