This has been puzzling me for a while. My father won a photograph of an F-84E on the New Jersey boardwalk when he was a kid. I’ve had the photo now (nicely framed) for about 20 years, in fact it is hung right over this computer desk.
I was always curious as to whatever happened to the airframe. It’s a F-84E, s/n 49-2029. It’s flying with a pretty full warload, 16 rockets under the outer wings, 2 larger ones mounted near the fuselage. I’ve checked Joe Baughers site, but nothing on there tells me anything. Thanks in advance.
By: J Boyle - 18th November 2004 at 14:05
Interesting link but most European survivors are not listed
As I indicated in my post.:)
By: Arm Waver - 17th November 2004 at 11:20
A quick search on
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html
has revealed nothing as to the ultimate fate. No mention of export either.
F-84E-1-RE 49-2034 from the same batch however crashed in centre of the village of Beck after hitting a parked B-50 at Mildenhall 29 Aug 1951. The pilot was killed. (information from source above)
By: willy.henderick - 17th November 2004 at 10:38
Interesting link but most European survivors are not listed
By: J Boyle - 15th November 2004 at 23:57
Sorry, it’s not listed among the few straight-wing F-84 survivors on this pretty accurate website.
http://www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/oldafjet.htm
There’s a chance it went overseas to a NATO country and survived.
I don’t have ready access to a list of international survivors, but I believe there are several more in Europe than listed on the site.
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November 15, 2004 at 9:45 pm