ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59293
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Date: | Thursday 21 May 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American LT-6G Texan |
Owner/operator: | 6147th TCGp /6148th TCSqn USAF |
Registration: | 49-3591 |
MSN: | 168-745 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Paekhyon-ni -
North Korea
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Chuncheon AB (K-47), Yeongseo, Gwandong |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:LT-6G Texan 49-3591 (MSN 168-745): Accepted by USAF at Downey, CA 13 November 1951. To Air Materiel Command, Long Beach, CA 11 November 1951. To Sacramento Air Materiel Area (SMAAR), McClellan AFB, CA 19 November 1951. To San Francisco Port of Embarkation 17 December 1952. To 601st ACR Squadron, 13th Air Materiel Group, Kisarazu AB, Japan 21 January 1952.
To 6148th Tactical Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Control Group, Fifth Air Force, Pyeongtaek AB (K-6), South Korea 21 January 1952. To 6148th Tactical Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Control Group, Fifth Air Force, Chuncheon AB (K-47), South Korea 4 May 1952.
Written off (destroyed) when Shot down by ground fire near Paekhyon-ni, North Korea 21 May 1953 (at approximate co ordiantes Latitude: 40 36' 00'' Longitude: 125 51' 00'') while conducting FAC (Forward Air Controller) operations. Both crew killed
Sources:
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http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html 2.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1953May.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jun-2018 17:28 |
A.J. Scholten |
Updated [Cn, Phase] |
25-Apr-2021 20:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Apr-2021 16:09 |
Cliford |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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