Aircraft Photo of 47-1421 / 71421 | Republic F-84C Thunderjet | USA - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	47-1421
Alternate Serial:	71421
Aircraft Original Type:	Republic F-84 Thunderjet
Aircraft Generic Type:	Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak/Thunderflash
Aircraft Version:	Republic F-84C Thunderjet
C/n (msn):	[ 47-1421 ]
Operator Titles:	USA - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan InternationalMap
Region / Country:	Massachusetts, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KBOS IATA: BOS Local: BOS Other: -

Photo Date:	August 1953
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	639321

Photo Comment
August 1953 and kids are allowed to climb on this F-84C. The Boston Daily Globe of 8 August 1953 does not confirm there was an airshow, but does carry an article on the 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing of the Massachusetts ANG, with a photo showing probably the same F-84. The unit had been 'stripped of jets' three years earlier, because these 'early model jets were lacking in performance' and 'difficult to service, too'. Wikipedia says the wing flew F-84Bs and then Mustangs again until they were replaced by the F-94 Starfire in 1954. Photo by: Edmund Mitchell / Boston Public Library This photo was added on 7 January 2024, and has since been viewed 220 times.

Photo Comment

August 1953 and kids are allowed to climb on this F-84C. The Boston Daily Globe of 8 August 1953 does not confirm there was an airshow, but does carry an article on the 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing of the Massachusetts ANG, with a photo showing probably the same F-84. The unit had been 'stripped of jets' three years earlier, because these 'early model jets were lacking in performance' and 'difficult to service, too'. Wikipedia says the wing flew F-84Bs and then Mustangs again until they were replaced by the F-94 Starfire in 1954. Photo by: Edmund Mitchell / Boston Public Library

This photo was added on 7 January 2024, and has since been viewed 220 times.

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