ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172951
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| Date: | 02-MAR-1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 33rd FG, USAF (33rd FG, United States Air Force) |
| Registration: | 47-1417 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mount Baldy, 50 miles northwest of Bakersfield, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Roswell AFB, New Mexico |
Republic P-84C-2-RE Thunderjet 47-1417(?), 33rd FG: Written off (damaged beyond repair) March 2 1949. The military plane crashed under in a snowstrom, at Mount Baldy, 50 miles North West of Bakersfield, California. The pilot survived the crash.
Mount Baldy or Mount Baldy Village, formerly Camp Baynham and Camp Baldy, is an unincorporated community in the San Gabriel Mountains, in San Bernardino County near the eastern border of Los Angeles County, in Southern California. It is located below Mount San Antonio, commonly known as "Mount Baldy", hence its name.
Sources:
1. https://likemike.smugmug.com/Plane-Wrecks/Mt-Baldy-Plane-Wrecks/
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194113/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1949.htm
3. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
4. http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php?topic=9884.0
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Operations_Group#Cold_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Baldy,_California
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2015 13:10 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-Jul-2017 20:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Location, Source] |
| 16-Apr-2021 19:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Jan-2023 04:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2023 04:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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