ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 256018
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| Date: | Saturday 25 August 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 196th FBS, 116th FBG, California ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-555 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Uzurakuboyama, 4.5 miles SE of Misawa AB, Misawa, Aomori, Honshu -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Misawa AB, Misawa, Aomori, Honshu, Japan (RJSM) |
| Misawa AB, Misawa, Aomori, Honshu, Japan (RJSM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84E-25-RE Thunderjet 51-555, 196th FBS, 116th FBG, California ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) August 25 1951 when crashed near Uzurakuboyama, Oirase, Kamikita District, 4.5 miles South East of Misawa AB, Misawa, Aomori, Honshu, Japan due to engine fire. Accident reported as "forced landing due to engine failure/engine fire, aircraft destroyed by fire". Pilot of 51-0555 was Billy D Burnett USAF, who bailed out successfully
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=57481
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108a.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misawa_Air_Base#Korean_War
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-May-2021 10:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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