ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85088
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 October 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 8th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-615 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ryongbung-ri, Sunan District, Pyongyang -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | K-2 Taegu AB, Dong District, Daegu, South Korea (RKTN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-30-RE Thunderjet, 51-615, 8th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) October 30 1951.
Heavily damaged by MiG in air to air combat over the Ryongbung-ri, Sunan District, Pyongyang area, aircraft crashed in a forced landing due to damage. According to a rough translation from Russian into English of a Russian published source (see link #6 for the original Russian text):
"October 30, 1951, F-84E 51-615 of the 49th FBG heavily damaged in Sunan area by Kapt Sergei Kramarenko of the 176th GIAP. The Thunderjet crashed in a forced landing" .
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/1951/5110a.html
5. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
6. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-22379.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_International_Airport#Early_years
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