ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115338
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 May 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic F-84D Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 79th FS, 20th FG, USAF |
| Registration: | 48-744 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near South Congaree, 10 Miles West of Columbia, South Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
| Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic,F-84D-5-RE Thunderjet 48-744, 79th FS, 20th FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) May 31 1950 when crashed near South Congaree, Lexington County, 10 Miles West of Columbia, South Carolina. Accident reported as "forced landing due to engine failure". Pilot of 48-744 was 1st Lt William Chenault, USAF.
South Congaree is a town in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States.
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=5031
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5005.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Operations_Group#Cold_War
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Congaree,_South_Carolina
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina
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