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| Date: | Thursday 15 May 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-15 |
| Owner/operator: | People's Liberation Army Air Force - PLAAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Anju Area -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ZYDD |
PLAAF 3th FAD. This MiG was shot down by the F-86E flown by 1th Lt Albert B. Smiley of 4th FIW, 335th FIS. Pilot was observed ejecting from the MIG.
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, N.Sutyagin,X.Zhang.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 27-Apr-2011 00:20 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Aug-2012 13:09 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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