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| Date: | 25-JAN-1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American F-86F-2 Sabre |
| Operator: | USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2861 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near Cho-do Island -
North Korea
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RKSS |
| Destination airport: | |
Narrative:F-86F-2 51-2861(4th FIW, 335th FIS)Firing 20mm weapon, gun gas ingestion caused a compressor stall and flameout, resulting in Capt. Murray Winslow's eject when he was unable to get an airstart.Bailed out over Yellow Sea near Cho-do Island, Murray Winslow was rescued by H-19 helicopter. 51-2861 was one of the Project Gunval aicrafts( 4 x20-mm cannon).
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,Project Gunval,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
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Revision history:| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 01-May-2011 23:56 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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