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Date: | Thursday 30 April 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86F-2 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 51-2803 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North of Cho-do Island -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RKSS |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F-86F-2 51-2803 (4th FIW, 335th FIS)(converted to F-86F-2 under Project Gunval to evaluate 4 20-mm cannon armament)engine stall, not due to enemy action, pilot Capt Lonnie R.Moore bailed out N of Cho-do over Yellow Sea and rescued. 51-2803 original built as F-86E-10.
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,Gunval Project,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2011 23:21 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |