Date:	Tuesday 19 December 1950
Time:	day
Type:	Republic F-84E Thunderjet
Owner/operator:	527th FBS, 86th FBW, USAF
Registration:	49-2153
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Beach, 20 miles South of Bellavista, Sardinia -   Italy
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Neubiberg AB, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
Destination airport:	Cagliari, Sardinia (CAG/LIEE)

Narrative:
Republic F-84E-5-RE Thunderjet 49-2153, 527th FBS, 86th FBW, USAF: Written off (destroyed) December 19, 1950 when crashed onto a beach, 20 miles South of Bellavista, Sardinia, Italy. Aircraft ran out of fuel due to adverse weather conditions and force landed/belly landed. Pilot of 49-2153 was Captain Richard Carl Bender, DFC, USAF

1. L'Echo d'Oran 21 December 1950
2. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
3. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5012.html
5. https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/99258
6. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/airplane_crashes/airplane_accidents.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Feb-2016 15:47	TB	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Feb-2016 15:48	TB	Updated [Location, ]
30-Jul-2020 14:08	TB	Updated [Source, ]