ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59442
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| Date: | Monday 31 March 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | 92nd FISqn /81st FIGp USAF |
| Registration: | 49-1186 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Shepherds Grove, 9 miles NE of Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Shepherds Grove, Suffolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre 49-1186, 92nd FIS, 81st FIG, USAF: Written off 31.3.52 when undershot the runway on landing at RAF Shepherds Grove, Suffolk. Pilot, Lieutenant Robert K Fluitt, survived this incident (but was involved in another, fatal, crash of a USAF T-33 near Lubbock, Texas, on 31.3.55 - exactly three years later to the very day)
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbahb.asp?HB=af&offset=35450
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. http://www.accident-report.com/world/europe/uk/uk52.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2014 23:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2020 18:47 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Mar-2021 17:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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