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Date: | Monday 30 March 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86E-6 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | 51st FIGp /25th FISqn USAF |
Registration: | 52-2873 |
MSN: | 232 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Suwon (K-13) Air Force Base, (RKSW) -
South Korea
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Suwon (K-13) AFB, South Korea |
Destination airport: | Suwon (K-13) AFB, (RKSW) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-RCAF 19332: 29 April 1952 - Taken on strength by USAF for use in Korea, designated F-86E-6-CAN. USAF serial 52-2873. With 51st FIG, 25th FIS on 30 March 1953 when it crashed on return from a combat mission, dove into cloud cover and crashed near Suwon, South Korea; pilot, 1st Lt Allan P.Hunt KIA.
Sources:
1.
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,X.Zhang,Korwald,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
2.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19301_19350_detailed.html 3.
http://web.archive.org/web/20180422213653/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/F-86.html 4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1952.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Apr-2011 15:50 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Jan-2014 21:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Apr-2020 19:03 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |