Incident North American F-86F-30 Sabre 52-4424,
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Date:Friday 19 June 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F86 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American F-86F-30 Sabre
Owner/operator:USAF
Registration: 52-4424
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Central North Korea -   North Korea
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RKSW
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
F-86F-30 52-4424 flown by 1th Lt William R.Sommer(8th FBG, 35th FBS)Hit by AAA, streaming fuel, caught fire, bailed out successfully over friendly territory and rescued.

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,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Apr-2011 01:51 Daniel Nole Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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