ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85280
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| Date: | Sunday 6 January 1952 |
| Time: | 11:10 LT |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 7th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-637 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hyophong-ni, Pyŏngsŏng, South Pyongan -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taegu AB (K-2), Dong District, Daegu, South Korea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-30-RE Thunderjet 51-637, 7th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) January 5 1951. Hit by AAA in combat operations over North Korea near Hyophong-ni, crashed into mountain at 11:10 LT.
Pilot 1st Lt Donald G Grey, USAF (Service Number AO-943903) killed
First Lieutenant Grey was the pilot of a F-84E Thunderjet fighter with the 7th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter-Bomber Group. On January 6, 1952, while on a combat mission near near Hyophong-ni, Pyŏngsŏng, South Pyongan, North Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed into a mountain and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. Originally from North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania. Son of Mrs. Helen Grey of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Final Disposition Date: January 30, 1952 when declared officially "Killed In Action"
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5201.html
5. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
6. https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/grey%3Ddonald
7. https://www.koreanwar.org/html/11440/korean-war-project-pennsylvania-ao943903-1lt-donald-gordon-grey/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongsong
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