ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88545
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 May 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-15 |
| Owner/operator: | People's Liberation Army Air Force - PLAAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | MiG Alley -
 North Korea
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ZYDD |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
PLAAF MiG-15 shot down by F-86E Sabre of the 4th FIW flown by Col Harrison R. Thyng. That was the 5th victory of Thyng and become the 16th jet ace of the USAF in the Korean War.Actually that was his fourth. He had claimed a victory Oct 24, 1951 and any MiG(or other type) was loss this day.
Sources:
Air War Korea 1950-1953 / Robert Jackson, 1998
U.S. Air-to-Air Victories during the Korean War / ACIG Korean War Team (http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_307.shtml)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 11-May-2011 01:17 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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