ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85279
Last updated: 26 May 2020
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| Date: | 06-JAN-1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American F-86E-5 Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | USAF (United States Air Force) |
| Registration: | 50-655 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near Cho-do island -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RKSS |
Shot down by MiG. F-86E-5 50-655(4th FIW 334th FIS)was flown by 1th Lt Lester F.Page(MIA) and was hit and damaged by the MiG-15bis flown by Kapt Nikolai V. Sutyagin from the 17 IAP 303 IAD.
Extensive aerial search revealed no information about the fate of 1th Lt Lester F.Page.
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,Y. Pepelyayev, S.Kramarenko.
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2011 01:26 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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