Accident Lockheed F-80C-10-LO Shooting Star 49-702,
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Date:Monday 2 October 1950
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic f80 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-80C-10-LO Shooting Star
Owner/operator:16th FISqn /51st FIGp USAF
Registration: 49-702
MSN: 080-2650
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 miles SE of Singosan, province of Kangwon-do -   North Korea
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Teagu, South Korea
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hit by AAA, 2 October 1950. Pilot, Captain Thomas E. Myers bailed out 5 miles SE of Singosan, posted as MIA, presumed KIA

Sources:

1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://dtic.mil/dpmo//korea/reports/air/korwald_info_1665.htm]
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20120622190520/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-80.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Nov-2014 01:50 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Nov-2014 05:50 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Apr-2020 15:39 Reno Raines Updated [Operator, Operator]

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