ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84858
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| Date: | Friday 31 August 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 8th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-526 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu, South Korea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-25-RE Thunderjet 51-526, 8th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) August 31 1951 when failed to return from combat operations over North Korea. Hit by AAA ground fire over Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea: left wing tank came off, aircraft exploded. Pilot 2nd Lt Ronald W Reed was killed in action.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108a.html
5. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
6. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Fighter_Squadron#Korean_War
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_Operations_Group#Lineage
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu_International_Airport#Korean_War
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sariwon
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