ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115385
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 December 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 527th FBS, 86th FBW, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2259 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, off coast of Tunisia -
 Tunisia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Neubiberg AB, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84E-10-RE Thunderjet 49-2259, 527th FBS, 86th FBW, USAF: Written off (presumed destroyed) when went missing off the coast of Tunisia on December 19 1950, at approximate coordinates 37.11 North, 11.08 East. Aircraft presumed to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, with the pilot - 1st Lt Rudolph Ort, USAF - posted as "missing presumed killed".
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=7647
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5012.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/527th_Fighter_Squadron#Cold_War
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neubiberg_Air_Base#86th_Fighter-Bomber_Wing
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