ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255296
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Date: | Tuesday 22 March 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 59th FS, 33rd FG, USAF |
Registration: | 47-1453 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 6 miles North North-East of Falmouth, Barnstaple County, MA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Otis AFB, Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (FMH/KFMH) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Republic P-84C-2-RE Thunderjet 47-1453, 59th FS, 33rd FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) March 22 1949 when Crashed 6 miles North North-East of Falmouth, Barnstaple County, Massachusetts due to engine failure. Accident reported as "take off accident" [from Otis AFB, Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts] "due to engine failure". Some published sources report that the aircraft ditched into the Atantic Ocean off Cape Cod. Pilot was William C Knoy, USAF
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=107243 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4903.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falmouth,_Massachusetts Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-May-2021 08:49 |
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