ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84767
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| Date: | Sunday 29 July 1951 |
| Time: | 14:10 LT |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 154th FBS, 136th FBS, Arkansas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2339 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kyomip'o, Taedong River in North Hwanghae Province -
 North Korea
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| 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-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2339,154th FBS, 136th FBS, Arkansas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) July 29 1951 on combat operations. Aircraft plowed into the ground while on dive bomb run at 14:10 LT near Kyomip'o, Taedong River in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. Pilot Captain James R Overstreet, USAF was killed. Soviet records claim 49-2339 was shot down in combat by a MiG-15 of the 523rd IAP, 303rd IAD, PLAAF piloted by Mijail S. Ponomariev (see link #6)
Kyomip'o was later renamed Songrim
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107a.html
5. https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-274626&fid=3344&c=north_korea
6. http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/doc/soviet.union-air-to-air.victories.korean.war-by.name.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songrim
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