ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 86508
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| Date: | Monday 20 July 1953 |
| Time: | 16:12 |
| Type: |  North American F-86E-10 Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2756 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Korea bay -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RKSW |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-86E-10 51-2756 flown by 2th Lt Gerald.W.Knott (51th FIW, 16th FIS)Shot down by AAA Soviet coastal battery(Field Post Number 83554).Lt Knott was flying a rescue cap mission over a downed pilot. The downed pilot was spotted in a boat that was paddled by Koreans or Chinese. The flight leader and Lieutenant Knott went down to take a look. As they went down, Lt Knott seemed to drift toward and under his leader. He went straight in and crashed. The Soviet report states that a search group of FPN 83554 located wreckage with a tail number of 12756 and that the pilot of this aircraft successfully ejected and was captured by the Chinese Volunteers.Gerald W. Knott 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, Soviet archives,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2011 01:51 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2011 11:08 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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