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| Date: | Thursday 25 October 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | FU-25 |
| MSN: | 52-7161 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Florennes AFB, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | EBFS Florennes (B) |
1955-10-00: transferred to the belgian Air Force
1955-10-00: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force as 3R-W
1956-10-25: at EBFS Florennes Cat.5 crash, the pilot ignores the correct starting procedure
the controls remain electrically blocked
the aircraft loses landing gear, scrapes the ground and breaks into pieces
pilot: ? badly injured,
1957-01-00: written off (tt 182.50 hr)
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84F.html
2. https://www.belgian-wings.be/republic-f-84f-thunderstreak-part-1
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1952.html
BOOK:
Belgie onder de wapens 8
De Republic F-84F Thunderstreak in dienst van de Belgische Luchtmacht
door André Van Haute
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-May-2021 15:42 | harro | Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2022 22:57 | J155 | Updated [Country, ] |
| 06-Nov-2022 21:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 15-May-2023 04:54 | Peter Ziegler | Updated |
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