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Date: | Tuesday 7 April 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star |
Owner/operator: | 51th FIGp /25th FISqn USAF |
Registration: | 51-4486 |
MSN: | 580-5780 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off coast of South Korea -
South Korea
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Suwon AB (K-13) South Korea |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Attached to 51st Ftr-Int Gp. Aircraft crashed while on a local area familiarization flight over local land marks. Aircraft had taken off from, and was based at, Suwon AB (K-13), South Korea. Local Korean National reported seeing an aircraft in a steep dive off the coast, and exploding on impact. This aircraft was confirmed as a T-33 but not as 51-4486.
Both crew - 1st Lt Daniel J Evans Jr and 2nd Lt Raymond S Kerenk - were killed, but their bodies were not found in or near the aircraft: posted as MIA/BNR
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html http://www.cieldegloire.com/batailles_coree_pertes04.php
https://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/korean-war-archives.11930/
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_384.htm
http://koreanwarpowmia.net/Missing/MIA_IND.asp?SERV_NO=AO-2224072
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?offset=71300
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2012 21:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Feb-2012 05:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
19-Apr-2020 08:44 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |