ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147630
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| Date: | Thursday 4 December 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | 91st FISqn /81st FIGp USAF |
| Registration: | 48-307 |
| MSN: | 151-43676 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | one mile south of Orford Ness, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre 48-307, 91st FIS, 81st FIG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) 4/12/1952 when ran out of fuel, and was wrecked in a forced landing, one mile South of Orford Ness, Suffolk. Pilot Harold E. Howard (aged 32, from Pinebluff, Arkansas) ejected safely.
The reported crash location is one mile south of Orford Ness, a cuspate foreland shingle spit on the Suffolk coast in Great Britain, linked to the mainland at Aldeburgh and stretching along the coast to Orford and down to North Weir Point, opposite Shingle Street. It is divided from the mainland by the River Alde, and was formed by longshore drift along the coast.
Sources:
1. Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Friday 5 December 1952, Page 1: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10903634/star-tribune/
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
3. http://www.accident-report.com/world/europe/uk/uk52.html
4. http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/f86a-sabre_47605-491339.html
5. F-86A Sabre 48-307 at Misawa Air Base Japan in June 1950: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dewey4219/14559824724
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford_Ness
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2012 21:57 | Daniel Nole | Added |
| 08-Feb-2014 02:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2014 17:47 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2021 02:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 20:41 | Gagarin | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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