ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 86392
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 May 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American AT-6D Texan |
| Owner/operator: | 6148th TCSqn /6147th TCGp USAF |
| Registration: | 49-3571 |
| MSN: | 168-725 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 miles South South-East of Chorwon, Gangwon Province -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chuncheon AB (K-47), Yeongseo, Gwandong |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
AT-6D Texan 49-3571 (MSN 168-725) Accepted by USAF at Downey, CA 31 October 1951. To Air Materiel Command, Long Beach, CA 1 November 1951. Sacramento Air Materiel Area (SMAAR), McClellan AFB, CA 14 November 1951. To San Francisco Port of Embarkation 5 December 1951. To 601st ACR Squadron, 13th Air Materiel Group, Kisarazu AB, Japan 8 January 1952.
To 6147th Tactical Control Group, Fifth Air Force, Pyeongtaek AB (K-6), South Korea 8 January 1952. To 6149th Tactical Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Control Group, Fifth Air Force, Chuncheon AB (K-47), South Korea 4 May 1952. 6148th Tactical Control Squadron.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when force landed with fuel exhaustion at an emergency airstrip four miles SSE of Chorwon, Gangwon Province, South Korea 26 May 1953.
Cheorwon County (Cheorwon-gun), also spelled Chorwon, is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. It is located right next to the border with North Korea.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheorwon_County
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2021 18:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2021 18:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-May-2021 11:47 | Dandy | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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