ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85087
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 October 1951 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 9th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-530 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | K-2 Taegu AB, Dong District, Daegu -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu, South Korea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-25-RE Thunderjet 51-530, 9th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) on combat operations October 30 1951 at Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu, South Korea. Tyre burst on take off run, and pilot jettisoned bombs in an attempt to abandon takeoff. One bomb 'bounced' and struck horizontal fin, aircraft ran off end of runway, caught fire and burnt out. Pilot 1st Lt Glenn D Dean USAF survived with minor burns injuries.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=72512
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5110a.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu_International_Airport#Korean_War
Media:
Testing of the 12.7 mm machine guns of a U.S. Air Force Republic F-84E Thunderjet fighter from the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing in Korea, 1951.Revision history:
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