Robert Tuck
The other air crashes
Originally published September 17, 2012
The
30th anniversary of the mysterious crash of an EC-135N aircraft on an
Advanced Range Instrumented Aircraft training mission from
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, that fell from the skies over
Walkersville, was duly noted and recounted by The Frederick News-Post in
its May 8, 2011, edition. Two other notable aircraft tragedies have
occurred in Frederick County.
Whatever happened aboard a Republic
F-84 Thunderjet, just shy of 10 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1950,
seems either to be undetermined, or, at least, officially undisclosed.
It was a routine weather training mission of two jets assigned to the
District of Columbia Air Guard's 121st Tactical Fighter Squadron.
The
sultry late summer air temperature was 80 degrees, and cloud cover
measured about 80 percent at the time. After passing south near
Gettysburg, Pa., the F-84C, piloted by 2nd Lt. Michael E. Alkire,
abruptly exploded in midair at tree height, less than a mile south of
the Pennsylvania border. Hence, the crash has been dubbed the "1950
Mason-Dixon Line F-84 crash."
Read more: http://www.fredericknewspost.com
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