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Date: | Monday 9 March 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86E-10 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 51-2827 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | "MiG Alley", NW part of North Korea -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Suwon (RKSW) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F-86E-1 51-2827 flown by 1th Lt Richard M. Cowden(51th FIW, 16th FIS).
Engaged by two MiGs of the 913th IAP(32th IAD) and shot down by the Soviet future ace Maj Semen A. Fedorets. Cowden's F-86 crashed and burned. R.M.Cowden declared as MiA. Cowden's jet was the 3th confirmed victory of Fedorets (all F-86s).
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,Y. Pepelyayev,S.Kramarenko
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Apr-2011 01:51 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Aug-2011 09:13 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |