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Date: | Monday 20 July 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86F-15 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 51-12973 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | "MiG Alley", NW part of North Korea -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RKSS |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:4th FIW, 336th FIS. Hit by MiG, lost both wings, pilot Maj Thomas M.Sellers MIA.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, R.Jackson, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson, R.Dorr, X.Zhang,Korwald.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Jul-2012 08:52 |
Daniel Nole |
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