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Date: | Monday 18 June 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | MiG-15bis |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sinuiju 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:176th GIAP.MiG-15bis of the 176th GIAP(324th IAD)flown by Kapt S.P.Subbotin, colission with the F-86A-5 49-1307 flown by Capt William D. Crone(4th FIW, 334th FIS). Kapt Subottin eject safely, Capt Crone was KIA in the colission. USAF submitted claims for five MiGs(2x 1th Ralph Gibson, 1x 1th Lt J.E.Heckman, 1x Maj R.Creighton, 1x Capt E.A.Hesse).V-VS pilots(176th GIAP, 523th IAP and 18th GIAP)submitted claims for six F-86s.Actually the only losses of the day were Subottin's MiG and Capt Crone´s F-86 losses in the colission.
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 Fighter Combat over Korea Part 2: Jet Aces (In: Wings of Fame Vol.2, 1996)
L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,X.Zhang,N.Sutyagin,S.P.Subottin,Y. Pepelyayev,S.Kramarenko.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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27-Apr-2011 00:20 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |