ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115323
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Date: | Wednesday 22 August 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 148th FS, 113th FG, Pennsylvania ANG, USAF |
Registration: | 47-1578 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Duck Creek, Kent County, 10 Miles NE of Smyrna, Delaware -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware (DOV/KDOV) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Republic F-84C-16-RE Thunderjet 47-1578, 148th FS, 113th FG, Pennsylvania ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) August 22 1951 when crashed at Duck Creek, Kent County, 10 Miles North East of Smyrna, Delaware, after mid-air collision with F-84C 47-1586 (also of 148th FS, 113th FG, Pennsylviania ANG, USAF). Pilots of both F-84Cs bailed out successfully. Pilot of 47-1578 was George Palovitch, USAF
Sources:
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http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html 2.
https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html 3.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=57457 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108a.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyrna,_Delaware 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Creek_(Smyrna_River_tributary)
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