ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115380
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| Date: | Friday 24 November 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 526th FBS, 86th FBW, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2211 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ilshofen, Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Neubiberg AB, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany ( |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-5-RE Thunderjet 49-2211, 526th FBS, 86th FBW, USAF: Written off (destroyed) November 24 1950 when crashed in bad weather at Ilshofen, West Germany. Accident recorded as a CFIT - Controlled Flight Into Terrain. Aircraft came out of clouds at steep angle, hit ground, and exploded. The pilot - William R Stade, USAF - was killed
Ilshofen is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 15 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall. Note that 49-2211 came down near Ilshofen; the references to Neubiberg AB in Munich (in some published sources) are where the aircraft took off from, not where it came down!
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=7495
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5011.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/526th_Fighter_Squadron#Cold_War
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neubiberg_Air_Base#86th_Fighter-Bomber_Wing
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilshofen
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