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Date: | Monday 7 January 1952 |
Time: | 08:49 |
Type: | MiG-15bis |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bukhen area -
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:196th IAP, 324th IAD. THis MiG flown by Kapt Boris Abakumov, deputy commander of 196th IAP, was shot down by the F-86E flown by John M. Heard of 51th FIW, 25th FIS. Abakumov was forced to eject from his fighter .Unfortunadely, a burst of fire had shot the fingers off his left hand and fractured his left forearm. Although recovered, his wounds kept him permanetly grounded.
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)
L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, R.Jackson, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson, R.Dorr, X.Zhang,Y. Pepelyayev.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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29-Aug-2012 17:27 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |