ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84929
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 September 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 8th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-663 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saran-do, 10 miles South of Sunan-guyok, Pyongyang -
 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-30-RE Thunderjet 51-663, 8th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) September 18 1951 when lost in combat operations over North Korea. Hit by AAA, aircraft crashed 10 miles South of Sunan-guyok, Pyongyang, pilot bailed out 4 miles North West of Sunan. Pilot 1st Lt Henry D Wolz, bailed out successfully, but was captured and became a PoW. The pilot was awarded the Korean PoW Medal after his release from capture. According to the citation for this medal:
"Prisoner of War Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Korean War
Service: Air Force
Rank: First Lieutenant
Battalion: 8th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Division: Prisoner of War (North Korea)
GENERAL ORDERS:
CITATION:
First Lieutenant Henry D. Wolz, United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 18 September 1951, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 10 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war."
1st Lt Henry D Wolz returned to service, but was killed in service 29 May 1954 in the crash of TB-25J 44-31321 of the 2750th ABG, USAF, 1/2 miles East of Fall River Airport, Massachusetts (see separate entry)
Sources:
1. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5109a.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
6. https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/350243
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunan-guyok
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