ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85052
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 October 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 50-1220 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing in Combat, North Korea -
 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 50-1220, 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF; Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over North Korea. On bomber escort mission, downed by MiGs. Reported that 2 F-84s attacked by 2 MiG-15s, 50-1220 last observed on fire and spiraling down into heavy overcast, no egress noted. Pilot 1st Lt John William Shewmaker USAF posted as missing in action/killed in action.
According to a rough translation from Russian into English of a Russian published source (see link #6 for the original Russian text):
October 23, 1951, 18 GIAP, 303 IAD Lev K. Shchukin shot down the F-84E 50-1220 of 1st Lt John Shewmaker (MIA) of the 136th FBW, 111th FBS".
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1950.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5110a.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
6. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-22379.html
7. https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/KoreaAccounting/korwald_acc_DATELOSS_20210129.pdf
8. https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=AssignmentExt&ID=216065
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