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Date: | Saturday 21 March 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | MiG-15bis |
Owner/operator: | People's Liberation Army Air Force - PLAAF |
Registration: | |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | MiG Alley -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
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Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:PLAAF unknown Regiment. This MiG was shot down by the F-86 flown by Capt Harold Fisher of the 51th FIW, 39th FIS. In protection of another F-86 with a MiG firing on his tail , Fisher fired and him to got his attention. The MiG disengaged and headed north with Fisher in his tail. After a burst, the MiG start to burn and his pilot was observed ejecting. That was officially the 10th victory of Harold Fisher.
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 Fighter Combat over Korea Part 2: Jet Aces (In: Wings of Fame Vol.2, 1996)
L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, R.Jackson, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson, R.Dorr, X.Zhang, H.Fisher.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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28-Aug-2012 14:46 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |