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| Date: | Monday 15 January 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought F4U-4 Corsair |
| Owner/operator: | VF-64, US Navy |
| Registration: | 96865* |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wonsan Harbour -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Valley Forge, at sea |
Operated out of USS Valley Forge (CV-45) aircraft carrier. Hit by AAA, crashed into sea, Wonsan Harbor. RAAF** flying boat rescued pilot.
* The KORWALD report gives the serial no. as " 98865 or 9686" (sic).
USN serial no. 98865 was in a block of numbers allocated to batch of Martin PBM-5 Mariners ( order cancelled ) but 96865 appears to have been allocated to a Corsair, so it is most likely to be the latter.
** The KORWALD report states that the pilot was was picked up safely by an RAAF Sunderland flying boat. I can find no evidence that the Royal Australian Air Force was still operating Sunderlands in 1951, so it was most probably a Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
Joe Baugher's USN serials.
ADF Serials.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2013 22:08 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2013 22:10 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2013 22:28 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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