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Date: | Sunday 10 February 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | MiG-15 |
Owner/operator: | People's Liberation Army Air Force - PLAAF |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Sambong-ri -
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:PLAAF 4th FAD 12th Regiment. This MiG-15 was flown by Zhang Jihui and was shot down by Maj Donald Rodewald(51th FIW 25 FIS)shortly after Zhang downed Maj George Davis. His wingman, Zhiyu Shan was also shot down and was KIA. Zhang Jihui eject safely and was rescued.
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)
L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,W W. Littlefield,X.Zhang.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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25-Apr-2011 01:44 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |