ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255281
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| Date: | Friday 10 September 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84B Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 37th FS, 14th FG, USAF |
| Registration: | 46-546 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dow AFB, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine, USA (GBR/KBGR) |
| Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine, USA (GBR/KBGR) |
Republic P-84B-21-RE Thunderjet 46-546, 37th FS, 14th FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) September 10 1948 when crashed on landing at Dow AFB, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Pilot Edward B Eden, USAF
In July 1947, the 14th FG deployed to Muroc AFB, California, to perform acceptance tests on the new F-84B Thunderjets. (The 14th Fighter Group became the 14th Fighter Wing in August 1947.) First operational production USAF F-84Bs arrived at Dow AFB on 7 November; the last P-84B was delivered in February 1948. Throughout the winter of 1947–48, the 14th Fighter Wing lost three F-84s at Dow. Investigators found that the aircraft performed better in the cold Maine climate than during testing in the California desert, yet accidents continued even as spring arrived in 1948.
On 25 August 1948, Dow Air Force Base was assigned to one of ADC's first Air Divisions, the 26th Air Division. Its new mission was defending the northeastern United States from New York City to the Maine-New Brunswick during daylight and fair weather
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=113762
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4809.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base#Air_Defense_Command
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2021 08:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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