ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255300
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 July 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84C Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 59th FS, 33rd FW, USAF |
| Registration: | 47-1475 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Monomoy Point, Monomoy Island, Chatham, Massachusetts. -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Otis AFB, Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (FMH/KFMH) |
Republic F-84C Thunderjet 47-1475, 59th FS, 33rd FG, USAF: On July 12, 1949, 2nd Lt. William M. King, 25, of Kenmore, N.Y., was piloting an F-84C Thunderjet (47-1475) on a gunnery practice mission over Cape Cod, Massachusetts, when he crashed at Monomoy Point in the town of Chatham, Massachusetts and was killed. King was assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing at Otis Air Force Base.
Sources:
1. New York Times, “Pilot Killed In Jet Crash”, July 12, 1949 p 23: https://www.nytimes.com/1949/07/12/archives/pilot-killed-in-jet-crash.html
2. https://newenglandaviationhistory.com/tag/f-84-47-1475/
3. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomoy_Point_Light
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base#Cold_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Operations_Group#Cold_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-May-2021 08:49 | ASN archive | Added |
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