ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115437
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| Date: | Friday 3 August 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 77th FBS, 20th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 50-1224 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Walterboro Airport, Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
| Walterboro Airport, Walterboro, South Carolina (RBW/KRBW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-25-RE Thunderjet 50-1224, 77th FBS, 20th FBG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) August 3 1951 when belly landed at Walterboro Airport, Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina. Undercarriage unable to lower on approach, aircraft made a "gear up" landing. Emergency landing also reported as "Crashed, Belly Landing due to Engine Failure or Fire". Pilot Claude R Burton USAF survived with minor injuries.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1950.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=57306
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowcountry_Regional_Airport#History
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