ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85396
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 February 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2406 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Paengnyong-do AB (K53), Ongjin County, Incheon -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) |
| Paengnyong-do AB (K53), Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2406, 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) February 6 1952 during combat operations over North Korea. Hit by AAA, belly landed at Paengnyong-do AB (K53), Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea. Pilot - 1st Lt Alan J Rice, USAF - survived and rescued
Baengnyeong Island (sometimes spelled Baekryeong) is a 45.8-square-kilometre (17.7 square mile), 8.45-kilometre (5.25 mile) long and 12.56-kilometre (7.80 mile) wide island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea, located near the Northern Limit Line.
During the Korean War, the USAF designated the airfield on Paengyong-do as K-53.The island was defended by the West Coast Island Defense Task Unit composed of men of the 2nd Korean Marine Corps Regiment under the direction of US Marines
The 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement which ended the Korean War specified that the five islands including Baengnyeong Island would remain under United Nations Command and South Korean control. This agreement was signed by both North Korea and the United Nations Command. Since then, it has served as a maritime demarcation between North and South Korea in the Yellow Sea.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5202.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baengnyeongdo#Korean_War
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