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Date: | Friday 21 November 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86F-1 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 51-2889 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over Yellow Sea -
North Korea
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RKSW |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F-86F-1 51-2889 (51th FIW, 25th FIS)Enemy action, bailed out successfully over Yellow Sea, pilot Maj Vernon J. Lyle rescued by H-19 helicopter. Also listed as hit and damaged by MiG-15bis of the 878th IAP (216th IAD).
Note: sometimes wrong listed as 51-2489
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 |
20-Apr-2011 02:04 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
02-May-2011 09:56 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |