ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85441
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| Date: | Saturday 23 February 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 9th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-551 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoengsong AB (K-46), Hoengseong County, Gangwon province -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hoengsong AB (K-46), Hoengseong County, Gangwon province, South Korea (RKNW) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-25-RE Thunderjet 51-551, 9th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) February 23 1952 when collided with F-84E 51-493 during take-off run from Hoengsong AB (K-46), Hoengseong County, Gangwon province, South Korea then F-84 51-551 collided with it.
Pilot of F-84E 51-551 was Lloyd R Leavitt, USAF
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=122917
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5202a.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonju_Airport
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