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Date: | Thursday 12 April 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | MiG-15 |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 15 miles east of Sinuiju -
North Korea
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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/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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23-Apr-2011 13:51 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |