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Date: | Tuesday 16 September 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86F-1 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 51-2909 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 10 miles south of Antung -
China
|
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-1 51-2909 flown by Capt Troy G. Cope(4th FIW 335th FIS)was shot down by one MiG-15bis of the 224th IAP(32th IAD). Victory credited to V. Utkin. Cope's F-86, actually crashed near Andung in chinese territory. Troy G. Cope declared as MIA.
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,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Apr-2011 01:44 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |