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Date: | Tuesday 1 April 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | MiG-15bis |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | MiG Alley -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
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Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:MiG-15bis of the V-VS, unit and pilot unknown, shot down by the F-86E flown by William H. Westcott(51th FIW, 25th FIS).Full admitted. A second MiG shot down was claimed by Wescott but aparently is a overclaim. Recorded MiG Losses of the day were 2 MiGs(by Gabreski and Wescott). USAF claims were this day for 10 MiGs.
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,X.Zhang,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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26-Apr-2011 01:52 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |