ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59349
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| Date: | Friday 12 October 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2351 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South of Sinuiju, North P'yŏngan Province -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | K-2 Taeugu Airfield, South Korea (RKTN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2351, 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) October 12 1951 when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over North Korea. Reported as Shot down by AAA South of Sinuiju, North P'yŏngan Province. Pilot 1st Lt Frank J Kuzmech USAF bailed out successfully, but was captured alive and taken PoW. According to the Tucson Daily Citizen (Tucson, Arizona Wednesday 19 Dec 1951 Page 18 - see link #6) he was released from captivity in mid-December 1951 in a PoW exchange.
Sources:
1. 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. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
6. Tucson Daily Citizen (Tucson, Arizona Wednesday 19 Dec 1951 Page 18): https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36109846/tucson-daily-citizen/
7. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinuiju
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2013 20:47 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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