ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 84642
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 June 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought F4U-4 Corsair |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 80824 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Operated out of USS Boxer (CV-21) aircraft carrier. Hit by AAA and crashed into the water 3 mi S of Songjin. Presumably shot down by Soviet fighter pilot Sergey Vishnyakov.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/korea/aces/vishnykov.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2022 08:34 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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