ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255288
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Date: | Saturday 2 October 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84B Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 79th FS, 20th FG, USAF |
Registration: | 46-561 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Duke Field, Crestview, near Eglin Aux Field #3, Okaloosa County, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Shaw AFB, Sumter, South Carolina (SSC/KSSC) |
Destination airport: | Duke Field, Eglin, Florida (EGI/KEGI) |
Narrative:Republic P-84B-21-RE Thunderjet 46-561, 79th FS, 20th FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) October 2 1948 when crashed near Duke Field, Crestview, near Eglin Aux Field #3, Okaloosa County, FL - forced landing due to engine failure. Pilot Major Edwards E Edwards, USAF (AO-25555)
Duke Field (IATA: EGI, ICAO: KEGI, FAA LID: EGI), also known as Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #3, is a military airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Crestview, in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States.
Sources:
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http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html 2.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html 3.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=113906 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4810.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Field#Cold_War Revision history:
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