Date:	Tuesday 7 April 1953
Time:
Type:	Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
Owner/operator:	51th FIGp /25th FISqn USAF
Registration:	51-4486
MSN:	580-5780
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	off coast of South Korea -   South Korea
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Suwon AB (K-13) South Korea
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Attached to 51st Ftr-Int Gp. Aircraft crashed while on a local area familiarization flight over local land marks. Aircraft had taken off from, and was based at, Suwon AB (K-13), South Korea. Local Korean National reported seeing an aircraft in a steep dive off the coast, and exploding on impact. This aircraft was confirmed as a T-33 but not as 51-4486.

Both crew - 1st Lt Daniel J Evans Jr and 2nd Lt Raymond S Kerenk - were killed, but their bodies were not found in or near the aircraft: posted as MIA/BNR

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
http://www.cieldegloire.com/batailles_coree_pertes04.php
https://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/korean-war-archives.11930/
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_384.htm
http://koreanwarpowmia.net/Missing/MIA_IND.asp?SERV_NO=AO-2224072
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?offset=71300

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Feb-2012 21:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Feb-2012 05:04	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
19-Apr-2020 08:44	Reno Raines	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]