ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255309
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Date: | Thursday 26 May 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Republic F-84B Thunderjet |
Owner/operator: | 49th FS, 14th FG, USAF |
Registration: | 45-59537 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dow AFB, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine, USA (GBR/KBGR) |
Destination airport: | Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine, USA (GBR/KBGR) |
Narrative:Republic P-84B-11-RE Thunderjet 45-59537, 49th FS, 14th FG, USAF: Written off (destroyed by fire) May 26 1949 when crashed and burned while landing at Dow AFB, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Accident noted as "landing accident due to mechanical failure" but more likely to have been an engine failure/engine fire on final approach. Pilot - Albert H Bull, USAF - Survived
Sources:
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http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html 2.
https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1945.html 3.
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=107605 4.
http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4905.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base#Air_Defense_Command Revision history:
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