ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85348
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| Date: | Saturday 26 January 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 154th FBS, 136th FBS, Arkansas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 50-1155 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Cho-do (K-54) Ch'odo island, Hanggu-guyok, Nampo, South Pyongan -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu, South Korea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-20-RE Thunderjet 50-1155, 154th FBS, 136th FBS, Arkansas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) January 26 1952 when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over North Korea.
Ran out of fuel while providing CAP (Combat Air Patrol) for SAR (Search and Rescue) effort.
Pilot Major Drew F Holbrook, USAF (AFSN: AO-711836) rescued at Cho-do (K-54) Ch'odo island, Hanggu-guyok, Nampo, South Pyongan - ironically by the very same SAR team that he had been proving CAP for!
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=118553
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5201a.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chodo_Airport#Korean_War
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