Incident MiG-15 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88341
 
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Date:Thursday 12 April 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MG15 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MiG-15
Owner/operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:15 miles east of Sinuiju -   North Korea
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:ZYDD
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
176th GIAP.This MiG-15 of the 176th GIAP flown by St/Lt Yakolev was heavy damaged by the F-86A-5 flown by Capt James Jabara(4th FIW 334th FIS). Yakolev was wounded in the back and was forced to make a emergency landing about 15 miles east of Sinuiju. That was the only MiG loss Apr 12, 1951 and the second MiG kill of James Jabara(Officialy 3 counting the overclaim of Apr 10, 1951).



Sources:

Air War Korea 1950-1953 / Robert Jackson, 1998
U.S. Air-to-Air Victories during the Korean War / ACIG Korean War Team - http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_307.shtml
Fighter Combat over Korea Part 2: Jet Aces (In: Wings of Fame Vol.2, 1996)
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
11-Jan-2011 14:00 ASN archive
23-Apr-2011 13:51 Daniel Nole Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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