ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84467
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Date: | Monday 23 April 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 49-597 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 8 mi SSW of Kumhwa -
South Korea
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Attached to 51st Ftr-Int Gp. Hit by AAA, tumbled to earth and crashed 10 mi NE of Chokhyongdong, 8 mi SSW of Kumhwa, SAR effort negative.
CAPT CORNELIUS ELLIOTT SCOTT was the pilot of a F-80C number 49-597 Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group. On April 23, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames 10 miles northeast of Chokhyongdong and 8 miles southwest of Kumhwa, Korea.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Nov-2019 17:33 |
Cornelius Strong |
Updated [Country, Narrative] |
11-Nov-2019 17:34 |
harro |
Updated [Location, Country] |
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