ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255294
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Date: | Tuesday 1 February 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84B Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 55th FS, 20th FG, USAF |
Registration: | 46-569 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Shaw AFB, 8 miles WNW of Sumter, South Carolina -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
Destination airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
Narrative:Republic F-84B-26-RE Thunderjet 46-659, 55th FS, 20th FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) February 1 1949 when crashed at Shaw AFB, 8 miles WNW of Sumter, South Carolina. Accident attributed to "crash landing - out of gas". Pilot was John C Strothers, USAF
NOTE: Some published sources wrongly give the date of the accident as February 10 1949.
Sources:
1.
http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html 2.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html 3.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4902.html 4.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=106962 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base#20th_Fighter_Group Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-May-2021 08:49 |
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