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| Date: | Sunday 17 December 1950 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  MiG-15bis |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | East of the Yalu -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ZYDD |
29th GIAP. This MiG-15bis was flown by Maj Yakov Yefromenko and was shot down by LtCol Bruce H.Hinton(F-86A-5 49-1180)CO of the 4th FIW 336th FIS. Yefromenko ejected of his heavy damaged MiG. That was the first MiG-15 shot down by F-86 Sabre.
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,L.Davis
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 22-Apr-2011 00:14 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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