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Date: | Friday 30 November 1951 |
Time: | 16:20 |
Type: | MiG-15 |
Owner/operator: | People's Liberation Army Air Force - PLAAF |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over Taewa-do-island -
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:PLAAF 3th FAD. This MiG-15 was flown by the flight leader of the 3th Flying Group of the PLAAF 3th FAD and was shot down by the F-86A-5 49-1184 flown by Maj George Davis(4th FIW 334th FIS).The 24 MiGs of the 3th FAD coming too late to defend the 9 Tu-2s bombers of the PLAAF 24th Regiment of the 8th BAD and only four of the MiGs arrived in time to engage the 31 F-86 of the 4th FIW. For nine minutes the only protection of the Tu-2 were the 16 La-11 piston fighters of the PLAAF 4th Regiment 2th FAD. The 2th strike mission against Taewa-do-island was a complete disaster for the PLAAF and the losses were heavy. This day the PLAAF loss 4 Tu-2, 3 La-11 and one MiG. 4th FIW claims were for 8 Tu-2(the double of the real losses), 3 La-11 and the MiG, shot down by Davis. One F-86E(50-625), Maj Winton Marshall plane, was damaged by the La-11 flown by Wang Tianbao and a second F-86 was damaged for one of the four 3th FAD PLAAF MiGs.
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, Pepelyayev,S.Kramarenko.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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25-Apr-2011 01:47 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |