Date:	Tuesday 1 April 1952
Time:
Type:	MiG-15bis
Owner/operator:	Soviet Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Near Tatung-kao -   China
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Tatung-kao
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
821th IAP. MiG-15bis of the 821th IAP(190th IAD)flown by St/Lt N.I.Chernikov was shot down in aproach to land at Tatung-kao by the F-86E flown by Francis S. Gabreski(51th FIW HQ).Chernikov was a wingman and this day had lost sight of his leader and was returning alone to base. Coming from the left side of the airfield was attacked by four Sabres and shot down. St/Lt N.I.Chernikov was KIA.Remains recovered. USAF made claims this day for 10 MiGs, actually only two are admitted.

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)
L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,X.Zhang,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jan-2011 14:00	ASN archive
26-Apr-2011 01:52	Daniel Nole	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]