ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84468
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| Date: | Monday 23 April 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 522nd FES, 27th FEG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2426 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Morooka, 2 miles South West of Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) |
| Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2426, 522nd FES, 27th FEG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) April 23 1951. when crashed on approach to Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Returning to base for emergency landing, aircraft caught fire (reportedly engine fire) and exploded. Pilot killed in unsuccessful low altitude bail out near Morooka, 2 miles south west of Itazuke.
Pilot of 49-2426 was Walter C Stewart, USAF
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=16156
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5104a.html
5. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka_Airport#Korean_War
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