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Date: | Friday 3 October 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86E-10 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 51-2821 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over Yellow Sea -
North Korea
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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-10 51-2821(4th FIW, 334th FIS)Flown by Maj Frederick C.Blesse, after combat with MiGs of the 535th IAP(32th IAD), ran out of fuel and bailed out over Yellow sea.Claimed in this mission a MiG-shot down, but actually is a overclaim, only one was loss and was a shared between C.Canady and A.Whitehead. Maj Frederick C.Blesse was rescued by SA-16.
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 22:48 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |