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Date: | Monday 15 June 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86F-30 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 52-4380 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Central North Korea -
North Korea
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RKSO |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F-86F-30 52-4380 (18th FBG, 12th FBS)flown by 1th Lt Chadwick B.Smith. In night mission while bombing targets, other crews observed that aircraft failed to pull up and crashed.1th Lt Chadwick B.Smith declared as MIA.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,X.Zhang,Korwald,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2011 12:20 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Apr-2011 13:33 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Location] |