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Date: | Saturday 22 November 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86E-10 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 51-2758 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Cho-do Island -
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-86E-10 51-2758 (51th FIW, 16th FIS)Hit and damaged by MiG-15bis of the 224th IAP(32th IAD),shot off canopy, pilot 2th Lt Edmund G.Hepner bailed out near Cho-do Island, rescued by H-19 helicopter. Victory credited to St/Lt P. Mironov.
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 |
02-May-2011 18:37 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-May-2011 18:39 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Location] |