ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115428
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 107th PTS, 127th PTG, USAF |
| Registration: | 46-565 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 miles South of Gila Bend Gunnery Range, Maricopa County, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luke AFB, Maricopa County, Arizona (LUF/KLUF) |
| Gila Bend AFB, Maricopa County, Arizona (GXF/KGXF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84B-21-RE Thunderjet 46-565, 107th PTS, 127th PTG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) June 26 1951 when flew into the ground 10 miles South of Gila Bend Gunnery Range, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Pilot 2nd Lt Edouard P. Durand USAF was killed. Accident reported as a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) - "pilot killed in ground collision"
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=16584
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5106a.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_Bend_Air_Force_Auxiliary_Field
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