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Date: | Saturday 31 March 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | MiG-15bis |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Sinuiju -
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:72th GIAP. This MiG-15bis was shot down by the F-86A-5 49-1111 flown by FlLt Joseph A. Levesque(RCAF)flying with the 334th FIS 4th FIW(USAF). Not parachute observed, aircraft observed to crash and explode.
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)
With the Yanks in Korea, Volume 2, Brian Cull and Dennis Newton
L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jun-2012 00:13 |
Anon. |
Added |
24-Jun-2012 10:58 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated |