ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115359
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| Date: | Thursday 18 October 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84D Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 79th FS, 20th FG, USAF |
| Registration: | 48-767 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 Miles North West of Sumter, South Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84D-10-RE Thunderjet 48-767, 79th FS, 20th FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) October 18 1951 when Crashed on takeoff from Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina. Aircraft came down 5 Miles North West of Sumter, South Carolina. Pilot James B Moreland, USAF was killed. Accident reported as "Pilot Killed in a Take Off Accident" and as a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) as the aircraft hit terrain in flight for unknown reasons.
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=72441
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5110a.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base#20th_Fighter_Group
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