ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115378
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 309th FS, 31st FG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2070 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Avon Park AFB, Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Turner AFB, Albany, Georgia |
| Avon Park AFB, Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida (AVO/KAVO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Republic F-84E-1-RE Thunderjet 49-2070, 309th FS, 31st FG, USAF; Written off (damaged beyond repair) November 4 1950 when crashed at Avon Park AFB, Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida. Aircraft went out of control when it stalled and spun into the ground. Accident reported as "pilot killed in ground crash/collision". Pilot was Donald Floyd Whiston, USAF (1928-1950)
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=7370
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5011.html
5. https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/bmd_death/?name=Donald_Whiston&birth=1928&death=1950
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avon_Park_Executive_Airport#History
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