ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85320
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| Date: | 15-JAN-1952 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  North American F-86E-1 Sabre |
| Operator: | USAF |
| Registration: | 50-585 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 mi from Sukchon -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RKSW |
F-86E-1 50-585 flown by 1th Lt Vernon L.Wright(51th FIW, 25th FIS)Shot down by MiG-15bis of the 196th IAP(324th IAD)flown by Col Yevgeni Pepelyayev.Vernon L.Wright bail out, captured and POW.Repatraited Sep 5, 1953. 1th Lt Vernon L.Wright F-86 was the last victory of Pepelyayev in his combat tour in the Korean War.
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,Y. Pepelyayev,S.Kramarenko.
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2011 01:50 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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