ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84109
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| Date: | Sunday 17 December 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American AT-6F Texan |
| Owner/operator: | 6148th TCSqn /6147th TCGp USAF |
| Registration: | 44-81691 |
| MSN: | 121-42413 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kwangju -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taegu East AB (K-2), South Korea. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
44-81691 (MSN 121-42413) 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, Fifth Air Force, Ashiya AB, Osaka, Japan. Damaged in a ground collision at Ashiya AB 25 April 1947. 21st Air Service Group, Fifth Air Force, Ashiya AB, Osaka, Japan. Damaged landing at Ashiya AB 5 March 1948. To 6148th Tactical Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Control Group, Fifth Air Force, Taegu East AB (K-2), South Korea.
Force landed after fuel exhaustion near Kwangju, South Korea 17 December 1950. The aircraft was salvaged and taken to Chinhae ROK Naval Shipyard. It was modified with a central float specially manufactured by the ROK Navy and wing tip floats modified from Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star tip tanks. Designated by the ROK Navy as the KN-1, the ROK Navy’s first aircraft. The aircraft was used in an anti-smuggling campaign for several months before a fatal crash near Chinhae naval base in late November 1951.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_5.html
2. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1950Dec.htm
3. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2021 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2021 15:32 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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