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Date: | Sunday 13 April 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86E-1 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 50-636 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | South of Yalu -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RKSW |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F-86E-1 50-636 (51th FIW HQ)flown by Maj George Wendling was shot down by one MiG-15bis of the 494th IAP(190th IAD).Victory credited to Kapt Yevgeni A. Pomaz.Oil sick was seen on water near Liaotung, China. Wendling declared as MIA. A second F-86(49-1316)was damaged this day. Three MiGs were downed by the 51th FIW(claims were for seven).
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,X.Zhang,Korwald,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2011 20:14 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |