Date:	Wednesday 29 August 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Republic F-84E-1-RE Thunderjet
Owner/operator:	560th FSqn /12th FEWg USAF
Registration:	49-2034
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	St. Johns Street, Beck Row, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Manston, Kent (MSE/EGMH)
Destination airport:	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk (MHZ/EGUN)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Republic F-84E-1-RE Thunderjet 49-2034, 560th FS, 12th FEW, USAF: Written off (destroyed) August 29 1951: Struck a parked B-50 on approach to RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, and crashed into St. John Street, in the centre of nearby village of Beck Row, killing the pilot. According to a local newspaper report ("Ely Standard" 29 August 1951):

"An American F.84 Thunderjet hurtled out of control between the houses on either side of St John’s Street, Beck Row and finally crashed outside the police station, killing the pilot. Several houses were damaged by pieces of wreckage but there were no civilian casualties. The aircraft, carrying out a routine flight over Mildenhall airfield, struck the runway with a wing when doing a banking turn.

The pilot attempted to regain control but the aircraft hit the wing of a bomber standing near, ripping it off. It flew down the road with bits of wreckage falling off it. Then the tail plane fell off and it crashed".

Pilot of 49-2034 was Wayne R Finch USAF, who was killed

1. Ely Standard 29 August 1951/Cambridgeshire Aviation Scrapbook 1897 to 1990 by Mike Petty: www.mikevettv.ore.itk bit.ly/CambsColIection
2. http://joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
4. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1951Aug.htm
5. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/airplane_crashes/airplane_accidents.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck_Row .

Republic F-84E-1-RE Thunderjet 49-2034 (USAF Museum/Public Domain)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Feb-2013 19:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
19-Aug-2020 15:56	Jixon	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
23-Jan-2021 13:21	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
25-Jan-2021 18:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
09-Feb-2021 16:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
12-Jun-2023 08:13	Nepa	Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative]]