Date:	Tuesday 16 June 1953
Time:	day
Type:	North American F-86F-30 Sabre
Owner/operator:	18th FBGp /12th FBSqn USAF
Registration:	52-4582
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near front line -   North Korea
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Osan AFB, near Songtan Stati Pyeongtaek, South Korea (RKSO)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
F-86F-30 Sabre (18th FBG, 12th FBS) flown by 1st Lt Don R. Forbes. Flying lead in four-man flight on armed reconnaissance mission, lost electrical power during bomb run, engine flamed out. North Korean sources claimed shot down by ground fire (flak/AAA) crash landed near friendly lines in territory held at the time by South Korean forces. Pilot - 1st Lt Don R. Forbes - rescued. Aircraft written off due to crash damage sustained in emergency landing.

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2. Red Devils over the Yalu: A Chronicle of Soviet Aerial Operations in the Korean WAr 1950-53 p 531 By Igor Seidov, Stuart Britton
3. http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/f86f-sabre_524305-525530.html
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1952.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Apr-2011 13:28	Daniel Nole	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2020 18:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Apr-2020 19:23	Reno Raines	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]