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Date: | Wednesday 20 August 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86E-5 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 50-643 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Korea Bay -
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-86E-5 50-643(4th FIG, 334th FIS)flown by Lt Norman Schmidt was shot down by the MiG-15bis of the 726th IAP(133th IAD) flown by Kapt Nikolai I. Ivanov. That was the third kill of Ivanov(All F-86s). Norman Schmidt was rescued by SA-16.Also mentioned as loss by MiG debris and engine failure.
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,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-May-2011 21:10 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |