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| Date: | Saturday 13 December 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84G-15-RE Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 69th FBS (58th FBG) USAF |
| Registration: | 51-1136 |
| MSN: | 3235-1759 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Naktong Gunnery Range -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taegu AB (K-2), Korea |
Republic F-84G-15-RE Thunderjet 51-1136: 69th FBS (58th FBG) USAF. Written of (destroyed) 13.12.52 when crashed while making dive bomb run at the Naktong Gunnery Range, South Korea. Pilot 2nd Lt Jack Ross Helms (Service Number: AO2223628) killed
Sources:
1. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84G.html
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5212.html
5. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listpages/airforce/asp/AF_Monthly_1952.asp
6. https://www.koreanwar.org/html/34729/korean-war-project-iowa-ao2223628-2lt-jack-ross-helms/
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