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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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| 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) |
| Duke Field, Eglin, Florida (EGI/KEGI) |
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:
1. 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
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-May-2021 08:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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