Incident North American F-86A Sabre 49-1159,
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Date:Thursday 13 December 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F86 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American F-86A Sabre
Owner/operator:USAF
Registration: 49-1159
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Cho-do island -   North Korea
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RKSS
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
F-86A-5 49-1159 (4th FIW, 336th FIS)was flown by Capt Ken Chandler and was reported as loss after ingested debris from downed MiG. Pilot bail out and was rescued by helicopter.Also reported as hit and damaged by one MiG-15bis of the 18 GIAP, 303 IAD flown by A.Kaliuzhny.


Attached to 4th Ftr-Int Gp. Ingested debris from downed MiG, bailed out near Cho-do.

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,Y. Pepelyayev, S.Kramarenko.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Apr-2011 01:26 Daniel Nole Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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