ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255297
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Date: | Thursday 31 March 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84B Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 49th FS, 14th FG, USAF |
Registration: | 46-548 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile South of Dow AFB, Penobscot County, ME -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine, USA (GBR/KBGR) |
Destination airport: | Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine, USA (GBR/KBGR) |
Narrative:Republic P-84B-21-RE Thunderjet 46-548, 49th FS, 14th FG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) March 31 1949 when crashed one mile south of Dow AFB, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME due to engine failure. Aircraft stalled and dived into the ground on approach. Pilot - George L McMillan Jr USAF - was killed.
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=107299 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4903.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base#Air_Defense_Command Revision history:
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