ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85357
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| Date: | Saturday 26 January 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 7th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-585 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | K-14 Kimpo AB, Gangseo District, Seoul, South Korea (RKSS) |
| Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu, South Korea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84-E-25-RE, 51-585, 7th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed January 26 1952 at Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu. Aircraft provided extended RESCAP (REScue Combat Air Patrol) over downed pilot, but stayed airborne until fuel starvation forced a crash landing at K-2 Taegu AB, aircraft destroyed. Pilot 1st Lt Dee McCarter USAF (AFSN: AO-1911666) bailed out successfully and was rescued
The pilot, 1st Lt Dee McCarter USAF, was killed August 6 1964 when his F-101 Super Sabre of the 91st TFS, 81st TFW crashed on the Holbeach Bombing Range in Lincolnshire, England (see link #7)
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=118552
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/Daegu_International_Airport#Korean_War
7. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/07/archives/crash-kills-air-force-major.html
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