ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255345
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| Date: | Friday 5 May 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 82nd FS, 78th FG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2092 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Turner AFB, Albany, Georgia |
| Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia (LFI/KLFI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84D-5-RE Thunderjet 49-2092, 82nd FS, 78th FG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) May 5 1950 when crashed near Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia. Accident attributed to structural failure of the airframe in flight. Pilot was Herschel T Pascoe, USAF.
The same aircraft has been damaged seven days earlier, on 26 April 1950 in a landing accident at Pope AFB, North Carolina.
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=3359
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5004.html
5. https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/herschel-t-pascoe
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78th_Fighter_Group#Cold_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley_Air_Force_Base#Cold_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2021 08:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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