ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255317
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| Date: | Friday 29 July 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84B Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 46th FS,14th FG, USAF |
| Registration: | 45-59568 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Olamon, Greenbush, 9 miles East of Milford, Penobscot County, Maine -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine (BGR/KBGR) |
| Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine (GBR/KBGR) |
Republic P-84B-16-RE Thunderjet 45-59568, 46th FS,14th FG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) July 29 1949. Crashed near Johnson Brook Trail, St. Regis Road, Olamon*, 9 miles East of Milford, Penobscot County, Maine, after mid air collision with towed target. Pilot on this occasion was Major Archie A Tower, USAF (Service Number: O-798180).
However, some published sources (see link #4) claims that F-84B 45-59568 collided with not a towed target, but another F-84B (#45-59530) also of the 14th FG, USAF in this incident. F-84B #45-59530 was piloted by Edward L Booze, USAF. If this is the case, then 45-59530 survived the encounter, as it crashed after take-off from Alexandria AFB, Louisiana due to engine failure on November 2 1951, when with 125th FBS, Kansas ANG (Air National Guard)(see separate entry).
*Olamon is an unincorporated village in the town of Greenbush, Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 2 23.5 miles (37.8 km) north-northeast of Bangor
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1945.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=107946
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4907.html
5. https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/media/media-12895jpeg [Major Archie A Tower USAF in front of P-51D 44-73074 6N-D "Lucky Boy" of 339th Fighter Group, 505th Fighter Squadron in 1945]
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olamon,_Maine
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-May-2021 08:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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