ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115366
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 307th FES, 31st FEW, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2096 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Factory Point, 4 Miles East of Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Turner AFB, Albany, Georgia |
| Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia (LFI/KLFI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84E-1-RE Thunderjet 49-2096, 307th FES, 31st FEW, USAF: Written off (destroyed) April 28 1950 when collided with another F-84E Thunderjet (49-2107, also of the 307th FES, 31st FEW, USAF) off Factory Point, four miles east of Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia. The pilot of both aircraft were killed: the pilot of 49-2096 was 1st Lt Richard W Latham, USAF.
Factory Point is a land peninsula separating the Back River and the Chesapeake Bay in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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=3377
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5004.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Point,_Virginia
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley_Air_Force_Base#Cold_War
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