ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84739
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| Date: | Sunday 22 July 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 50-1140 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rukkyori -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-20-RE Thunderjet 50-1140, 182nd FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) July 22 1951 when failed to return from combat operations. Hit by heavy ground fire at low altitude, exploded in mid-air near Rukkyori, North Korea, no egress noted.
Pilot - 1st Lt Billie B Watson USAF - posted as missing in action/presumed killed in action
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1950.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107a.html
5. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Air_National_Guard#History
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