Accident MiG-15 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88498
 
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Date:Monday 12 March 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
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Namsi -   North Korea
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:ZYDD
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
28th GIAP. Ten MiG of the 28th GIAP led by Maj V.I.Kolyadin, bounced near Namsi a flight of four F-80C of the 36th FBS.The MiG-15 flown by St/Lt Sokolov(KIA) attemting to get in the tail of the F-80 flown by 2th Lt Charles Blomberg collided with the MiG-15 flown by St/Lt Bushmelev(KIA). Both MiG pilots were killed in the colission, also observed and reported by the USAF pilots.

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/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jan-2011 14:00 ASN archive
22-Apr-2011 15:07 Daniel Nole Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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