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c/n 539
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52-6145 on Bramah edge, Peak District, England.
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Photo: Ashton-under-Lyme Reporter © December 1956 - via Alan Johnson
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c/n 539 52-6145 x • Delivered 04/09/53 • 52-6145 USAF • #1307 • L-20 No:308 • Crashed Bramah Edge, Peak District, England 05/12/56 • Final disposition unknown • Note: Correspondent Alan Johnson wrote >> According to a UK website, the aircraft was being operated by the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing (UK-based at that time) and was flying from RAF Sculthorpe to RAF Burtonwood to collect a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak after maintenance and to fly it back to Sculthorpe. The Beaver was misidentified by a GCA controller at RAF Burtonwood and was 'guided' into the hillside. Both persons on board were killed and the website names them as 1st Lt. John R Tinklepaugh (pilot) and 1st Lt. Guy Waller (passenger/F-84F ferry pilot).
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