ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85094
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| Date: | Saturday 3 November 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84E Thunderjet |
| Owner/operator: | 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2398 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sunan-guyŏk, a district of Pyongyang -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | K-2 Taegu AB, Dong District, Daegu, South Korea (RKTN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet 49-2398, 111th FBS, 136th FBW, Texas ANG (Air National Guard), USAF: Written of (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over North Korea November 3 1951, Shot down by MiGs over Sunan-guyŏk, a district of Pyongyang, North Korea. Caught fire, bailed out. Pilot Lt Col Richard E Marks (Service Number 789336) survived, bailed out, captured and taken as PoW.
According to a rough translation from Russian into English of a Russian published source (see link #6 for the original Russian text):
"November 3, 1951 F-84E 49-2398 (136th FBW) shot down by one MiG of the 523 IAP. The pilot, Lt Col Richard Marks was captured and POW."
On October 6 1954, Lt Col Marks was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal. His citation for this medal was as follows:
"Prisoner of War Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Korean War
Service: Air Force
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Division: Prisoner of War (North Korea)
GENERAL ORDERS:
NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 - 10/6/1954
CITATION:
Lieutenant Colonel Richard E. Marks (AFSN: 0-789336), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 3 November 1951, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 2 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war."
Sources:
1. http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-84.html
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
3. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/dbSearchAF55.asp
4. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5111.html
5. https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/350083
6. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-22379.html
7. https://www.koreanwar.org/dpaa/korwald-all.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunan-guyok
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2013 19:54 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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