Accident MiG-15 , Sunday 6 May 1951
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Date:Sunday 6 May 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MG15 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MiG-15
Owner/operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Dandong, Liaoning Province -   China
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
A MiG-15 accidentally struck the concrete runway at Andong airfield because of wake turbulence from another MiG-15 jet. The mishap aircraft slid down the runway inverted and exploded, killing the pilot Dziubenko.

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)
Seidov, I. 2014. Red Devils over the Yalu. Solihull, England, UK: Helion & Company.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jan-2011 14:00 ASN archive
17-Apr-2025 02:31 RDV Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]

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