ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115357
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Date: | Wednesday 11 July 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84D Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 82nd FS, 78th FG, USAF |
Registration: | 48-693 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | San Francisco Bay, 3 Miles West of the Golden Gate Bridge -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hamilton AFB, Novato, Marin County, California |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Republic F-84D-1-RE Thunderjet 48-693, 82nd FS, 78th FG, USAF: Written off (presumed destroyed) July 11 1951 when went missing on a flight along the Northern California coast. Aircraft last sighted over San Francisco Bay, 3 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. Pilot Victor H Kupferer USAF posted as missing believed killed.
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=23093 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107.html 5.
http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/airplane_crashes/airplane_accidents.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge Revision history:
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