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Date: | Saturday 13 October 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
Registration: | 49-2364 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Yalu River, 5 miles South West of Sinuiju, North P'yŏngan Province -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu, South Korea |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2364, 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) October 13 1951 when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over North Korea. Shot down by AAA and ditched into the Mouth of the Yalu River, off Pidan-Som, 5 miles South West of Sinuiju, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. Pilot Captain Leonard USAF bailed out successfully
Sources:
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http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html 2.
https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html 3.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5110.html 5.
https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/KoreaAccounting/korwald_acc_DATELOSS_20220211.pdf 6.
https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalu_River 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidansom Media:
U.S. Air Force Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet fighters from the 27th Fighter Escort Group in flight over Korea, circa 1951. The F-84E 49-2364 (foreground) was shot down by flak south-west of Sinanju, North Korea on 13 October 1951 while assigned to the 136th FBW.
A U.S. Air Force Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet (s/n 49-2364) from the 27th Fighter Escort Wing is loaded onto the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Bataan (CVL-29) at San Diego, California (USA), in November 1950.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jun-2013 20:29 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |