ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115362
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| Date: | Saturday 22 April 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | Allison Corporation |
| Registration: | 49-2119 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Weir-Cook Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Weir-Cook Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana (IND/KIND) |
| Weir-Cook Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana (IND/KIND) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-1-RE Thunderjet, 49-2119: Delivered January 1950 to 2750th ABW, USAF. Bailed to Allison Corp for tests later in 1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) April 22 1950 - crashed while landing at Weir-Cook Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana, Reported as "crash landing due to mechanical failure". Pilot on this occasion was Charles P Barnett.
Indianapolis Municipal Airport opened in 1931. In 1944, it was renamed Weir Cook Municipal Airport, after US Army Air Forces Col. Harvey Weir Cook of Wilkinson, Indiana, who became a flying ace during World War I with seven victories and died flying a P-39 over New Caledonia in World War II.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=3341
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5004.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_International_Airport#Beginnings
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