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| Date: | Tuesday 5 June 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-80C-10-LO Shooting Star |
| Owner/operator: | USAF |
| Registration: | 49-820 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Chorwon -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Attached to 49th Ftr-Bmbr Gp. On armed recon mission, completed strafing pass, caught fire, crashed 5 mi NE of Chorwon (Pyongchon), no egress noted.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1949.html
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