ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115410
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| Date: | Sunday 20 May 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 55th FS, 20th FG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-568 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 Miles North East of Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
| Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 51-568, 55th FS, 20th FG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) May 20 1951 when crashed 7 miles North-East of Louisville, Georgia due to fire and explosion in flight. Pilot Orin E Nutting was killed. Accident reported as "pilot killed in bail out due to engine failure/engine fire".
Louisville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Georgia, United States, and also a former state capital of Georgia. It is located southwest of Augusta on the Ogeechee River,
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=16332
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5105a.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Georgia
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