ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172951
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 March 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 33rd FG, USAF |
| Registration: | 47-1417 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mount Baldy, 50 miles northwest of Bakersfield, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Roswell AFB, New Mexico |
Republic P-84C-2-RE Thunderjet 47-1417(?), 33rd FG: Written off (damaged beyond repair) March 2 1949. The military plane crashed under in a snowstrom, at Mount Baldy, 50 miles North West of Bakersfield, California. The pilot survived the crash.
Mount Baldy or Mount Baldy Village, formerly Camp Baynham and Camp Baldy, is an unincorporated community in the San Gabriel Mountains, in San Bernardino County near the eastern border of Los Angeles County, in Southern California. It is located below Mount San Antonio, commonly known as "Mount Baldy", hence its name.
Sources:
1. https://likemike.smugmug.com/Plane-Wrecks/Mt-Baldy-Plane-Wrecks/
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194113/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1949.htm
3. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
4. http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php?topic=9884.0
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Operations_Group#Cold_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Baldy,_California
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2015 13:10 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-Jul-2017 20:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Location, Source] |
| 16-Apr-2021 19:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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