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Date: | Monday 20 July 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American F-86E-10 Sabre |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 51-2824 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | "MiG Alley", NW part of North Korea -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RKSS |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:4th FIW, 336th FIS. Flown by Maj Stephen L. Bettinger. Shot down by KPAFAC MiG-15bis flown by Kim Di San. Bettinger ejected and became POW. 51-2824 was credited with 13 MiG kills and was also used by Maj Robinson Risner.
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/ L.Krylov, Y.Tepsurkaev, I Seidov, A.German, Gordon and Rigmant,B.Cull, D.Newton, W.Thompson,X.Zhang,Korwald,V.Zabelin,M.Mikhin.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Apr-2011 00:00 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
28-Apr-2011 11:16 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
26-Aug-2011 08:08 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
05-Sep-2012 13:46 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |