Republic F-84 plane crash in Darmstadt
| Republic F-84 plane crash in Darmstadt | |
|---|---|
 An identical aircraft from the same squadron, photo from 1951 |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | crash |
| place |
Darmstadt , Rheinstrasse 322 Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '57 " N , 8 ° 36' 10.1" E |
| date | March 11, 1952 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Fatalities on the ground | 2 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Republic F-84E |
| operator | United States Air Force , 36th Fighter Bomber Wing |
| Mark | 49-2313 |
| Departure airport | Fürstenfeldbruck |
| crew | 1 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
Three people were killed in a plane crash in Darmstadt on March 11, 1952.
Course of events
A squadron of the Republic F-84 jet fighter of the US Air Force took off on March 11, 1952 at the Fürstenfeldbruck airfield for a flight towards Darmstadt. One of the machines swerved out of the bandage and fell down in a left turn. The sound of the crashing machine caused many people present to take cover. The aircraft crossed the high-voltage line and the Tann settlement from a south-easterly direction at low altitude. The machine pulled a plume of smoke behind it.
The pilot Robert F. Thorton catapulted himself out of the crashing machine with the ejection seat . Approx. The pilot hit the Lengefeld lane one kilometer from the plane crash site . He was fatally injured in the process. His parachute probably had n't opened.
The plane hit the property at Rheinstrasse 322 in the Tann settlement at 10:36 am and exploded immediately. A carriage house and the property's garden were destroyed. There was rubble on Bundesstrasse 26 Rheinstrasse , about 50 meters away , and the overhead line of the tram had been torn down. Debris from the crashed machine was found up to about 600 meters away.
The 54-year-old postal inspector Alfred Langohr was killed on the ground. The Griesheim wood cutter August Meyer, who was also present, suffered life-threatening head injuries and severe burns and died a few days later from the injuries he had suffered. The cause of the accident is not known.
Web links
- Accident report at aviation-safety.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annette Wannemacher Hall. In: Darmstädter Echo, Wednesday, March 13, 2019, p. 10.