ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255666
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| Date: | Saturday 4 August 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2338 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea of Japan, 110 miles West of Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) |
| Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2338, 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) 4 August 1951 when went missing (failed to return) from combat operations over North Korea. Some published sources give the crash location as "110 miles West of Brady Field". Pilot Thomas William Trimble, USAF (Service Number: AO842156) posted as "missing in action, believed killed in action"
First Lieutenant Thomas William Trimble, who entered the U.S. Air Force from New Jersey, was a member of the 111th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing. On August 4, 1951, he piloted an F-84E Thunderjet (tail number 49-2338) that took off from Itazuke Air Base, Japan, with one other aircraft on an aerial support mission over Korea. While over the Sea of Japan, radio and visual contact were lost with 1st Lt Trimble's aircraft, and it failed to return to base. An aerial search was dispatched but failed to locate the missing aircraft or pilot. 1st Lt Trimble remains unaccounted-for.
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=57317
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/html/36284/korean-war-project-new-jersey-ao842156-1lt-thomas-william-trimble/
Media:
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet Serial 49-2338 of the 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Korea 1951Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2021 10:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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