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| Date: | Friday 27 July 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 7th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF |
| Registration: | 51-622 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) |
| Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan (FUK/RJFF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Republic F-84E-30-RE Thunderjet 51-622, 7th FBS, 49th FBG, USAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) July 27 1951. Took off on combat mission, engine quit, unsuccessful attempted emergency landing at Itazuke AB, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Pilot 1st Lt Donald E Glidden USAF was killed. Accident reported as"Pilot killed due to landing accident caused by engine failure".
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=23213
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107a.html
5. https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/KoreaAccounting/korwald_acc_DATELOSS_20210129.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Fighter_Training_Squadron#Korean_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka_Airport#Korean_War
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