ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115406
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 May 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 158th FBS, 116th FBG, Georgia ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-563 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Adelanto,11 Miles NNW of George AFB, Victorville, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | George AFB, Victorville, California |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-25-RE Thunderjet 51-563, 158th FBS, 116th FBG, Georgia ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written off (destroyed) May 2 1951 when collided with another F-84E (51-547, also of the 158th FBS, 116th FBG, Georgia ANG) near Adelanto, 11 Miles North North-West George AFB, Victorville, California. Pilot of 51-563 was William A Winburn III, USAF
Adelanto (Spanish for "Advance") is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Victorville in the Victor Valley area of the Mojave Desert, in the northern region of the Inland Empire.
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=16212
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5105.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelanto,_California
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Air_Force_Base
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