ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255371
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 September 1951 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 107th PTS, 127th PTG, USAF |
| Registration: | 47-1579 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Buckeye Auxiliary Field, 7 miles North West of Buckeye, Arizona -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luke AFB, Maticopa County, Arizona (LUF/KLUF) |
| Buckeye Auxiliary Field, Buckeye, Arizona (BXK/KBXK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84C-16-RE Thunderjet 47-1579, 107th PTS, 127th PTG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) September 11 1951 when crashed at Buckeye Auxiliary Field, 7 miles North West of Buckeye, Arizona. Pilot was Hendrick M Themmen, USAF
Buckeye Municipal Airport (IATA: BXK, ICAO: KBXK) is a city-owned public-use airport located 7 miles (6.1 nautical miles 11 km) northwest of the central business district of Buckeye, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The field was originally an auxiliary airfield for Luke Air Force Base built during World War II. After the war it was obtained by the Town of Buckeye (now City of Buckeye) for use as a civilian airport.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5109.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckeye_Municipal_Airport
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Air_Force_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2021 08:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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