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Date: | Tuesday 1 May 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | MiG-15 |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Sensen -
North Korea
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ZYDD |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:176th GIAP. This MiG-15 was flown by St/Lt Pavel Nikulin and was shot down by one F-86A flown by Simpson Evans. The 176th GIAP zveno led by Maj Vishnyakov was attacked by Sabres near Sensen and the MiG of Nikulin was heavy damaged.Wounded in the face, Nikulin managed to eject at about 30,000 ft and was quickly recovered by chinese soldiers and taken to hospital for treatment. A second MiG was hit in this action and St/Lt Golovachev was also wounded in the head but managed to land safely at Antung.
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,Y. Pepelyayev,S.Kramarenko
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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23-Apr-2011 15:46 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |