Incident MiG-15bis ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88815
 
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Date:Wednesday 5 December 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MG15 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MiG-15bis
Owner/operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Anju area -   North Korea
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Tatung-kao
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
18th GIAP. This MiG-15bis of the 18th GIAP 303th IAD was flown by A.Baturov and was shot down by the F-86E-10 51-2752 flown by the new CO of the 336th FIS 4th FIW, Maj George A.Davis.Baturov ejected and was was rescued. F-86 claims were for 4 MiGs :one shared by 1th R.Beck-1th Lt Ernest Neubert, another by Maj Winton Marshal and two by Maj George Davis. Actually losses were 2 MiGs, one of the 18th GIAP(A.Baturov) and a second jet of the 176th GIAP(A.D.Ryzhov).One F-84 was shot down by the MiGs, F-84E 49-2415(Capt Hugh Larkin MIA)from the 136 FBW.

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
Fighter Combat over Korea Part 2: Jet Aces (In: Wings of Fame Vol.2, 1996)
L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,X.Zhang,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin,Y. Pepelyayev,S.Kramarenko

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jan-2011 14:00 ASN archive
25-Apr-2011 01:46 Daniel Nole Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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