Incident MiG-15 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88343
 
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Date:Tuesday 1 May 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:Near Sensen -   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 was flown by St/Lt Pavel Nikulin and was shot down by one F-86A flown by Simpson Evans. The 176th GIAP zveno led by Maj Vishnyakov was attacked by Sabres near Sensen and the MiG of Nikulin was heavy damaged.Wounded in the face, Nikulin managed to eject at about 30,000 ft and was quickly recovered by chinese soldiers and taken to hospital for treatment. A second MiG was hit in this action and St/Lt Golovachev was also wounded in the head but managed to land safely at Antung.

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 15:46 Daniel Nole Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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