ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115286
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 April 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84B Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 125th FBS, 137th FBG, Oklahoma ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 46-547 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 14 Miles North-West of Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Alexandria AFB, Alexandria, Louisiana (AEX/KAEX) |
| Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic P-84B-21-RE Thunderjet 46-547, 125th FBS, 137th FBG, Oklahoma ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) April 4 1951 when crashed near Diamondhead, 14 Miles North-West of Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi. Pilot Harry C Davis USAF was killed. Accident reported as "Pilot killed due to structural failure of airframe in flight"
Wreckage recovered to Alexandria AFB, Alexandria, Louisiana April 5 1951 (next day) for accident investigation, after which the airframe was broken up for scrap and components
Bay St. Louis is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Mississippi, in the United States. Located on the Gulf Coast on the west side of the Bay of St. Louis, it is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area.
One published source (see link #4) gives the crash location as "38 miles West of Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi".
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=16011
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5104.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_St._Louis,_Mississippi
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamondhead,_Mississippi
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keesler_Air_Force_Base#Cold_War
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