ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85095
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| Date: | Saturday 3 November 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 8th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-680 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hŭngnam Harbour, Heungnam-guyeok, South Hamgyŏng Province -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | K-2 Taegu AB, Dong District, Daegu, South Korea (RKTN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-30-RE Thunderjet 51-680, 8th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) November 3 1951 when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over North Korea. Hit by AAA/ground fire at Huichon. Aircraft crashed into Hŭngnam Harbour, Heungnam-guyeok, South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea.
Pilot First Lieutenant John Wesley Zwiacher (Service Number 2222083) (1927-2004) bailed out over water. Rescue effort successful. Pilot returned to service.
Pilot was shot down and captured to become a POW in a later incident on 30 April 1952, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 4 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war. He died on January 2 2004 aged 77.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5111.html
5. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
6. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
7. Pilots Obituary: https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/news/2004/01/04/john-wesley-zwiacher/62008541007/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungnam
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamhung#Economy
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