ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307304
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Date: | Saturday 2 October 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84B Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 55th FSqn /20th FGp USAF |
Registration: | 46-613 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 miles north of Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Republic P-84B-31-RE Thunderjet 46-613, 55th FS, 20th FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) October 2 1948 due to forced landing in adverse weather conditions, 5 miles North of Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia. Reported as "crash landing/belly landing - out of gas". Pilot named as 1st Lt Richard W Williver, USAF (AO-27505). Aircraft was severely damaged, but recovered to become a grounded instructional airframe at Keesler AFB, MS
On October 2 1948 no fewer than five F-84s were wrecked in forced landings due to a storm over Georgia: 46-613, 46-630, 46-635, 46-642, and 46-643, all from the 55th FS, 20th FG at Shaw AFB, SC
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=113905 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4810.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milledgeville,_Georgia Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-May-2023 21:28 |
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