Accident North American F-86E-10 Sabre 51-2796,
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Date:Monday 26 January 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F86 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American F-86E-10 Sabre
Owner/operator:United States Air Force (USAF)
Registration: 51-2796
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:"MiG Alley", NW part of North Korea -   North Korea
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Seoul/Kimpo (RKSS)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
F-86E-10 51-2796 flown by 2th Lt Bill J. Stauffer(4th FIW, 336th FIS).
Hit in combat with six MiGs, his aircraft was observed to have crashed into a small hill in an inverted position. No bail out observed. Bill J. Stauffer declared as MiA. Victory credited to one MiG of the 913th IAP(32th IAD) flown by Alexei I. Shliapin.

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,Korwall,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Apr-2011 01:52 Daniel Nole Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2011 09:18 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]

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