Date:	Monday 9 March 1953
Time:
Type:	MiG-15bis
Owner/operator:	Soviet Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	MiG Alley -   North Korea
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fencheng(Dapu)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
224th IAP, 32th IAD. This MiG was flown by St/Lt V. Rachikashvili and was shot down by the F-86 flown by Col John W. Mitchell of the 51th FIW, 39th FIS. Rachikashvili was killed in the combat. Losses of the day were two MiGs and two pilots(both 224th IAP), the USAF 51th FIW loss one F-86 and his pilot(1th Lt Richard M. Cowden KIA). One F-84G of the 49th FBG was shot down by the AAA(1th Lt Robert Burnett KIA)and the US Navy VF-41 loss one F9F-5 also by the AAA(LtJG Kendall Gedney KIA).

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, R.Jackson, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson, R.Dorr, X.Zhang.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jan-2011 14:00	ASN archive
28-Aug-2012 19:04	Daniel Nole	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]