Korean Air War

Korean Air War and Surrounding Events

Compiled by Stephen L. (Cookie) Sewell

Department of Defense Korean War Air Loss Database

Note: Kills are listed by pilot claims or the claims of authors in various texts. They are collated for study but their accuracy has not been verified by any source. Monthly totals listed for USAF MiG kill claims are inclusive of separate kill listings which follow.

Date Fact and Amplifying Data

4311.. First indication that Korea will be divided after WWII concludes.
450808 USSR enters the war against Japan.
450811 Draft arrangement to partition Korea agreed upon by US and USSR.
450824 Soviet troops reach 38th Parallel.
450902 WWII (Great Patriotic War) ends.
450908 US troops land in Korea.
451010 Korean Workers Party (also known as the North Korean Bureau of the Korean Communist Party) founded by Kim Il-Sung; Kim named Chairman.
4512.. US-USSR-UK commission on the Korean government begins in Moscow.
4602.. Kim Il-Sung named Chairman of the Provisional Peoples' Committee of Korea.
4603 .. Commission adjourns without success in creating a workable government.
4608 Kim Il-Sung amalgamates KWP and New Peoples Party (Koreans from China).
4610.. US creates the South Korean Interim Legislative Assembly under Syngman Rhee.
4705.. Second commisssion on Korean government convenes in Seoul.
4707 Second commisssion on Korean government adjourns without success.
471114 UN moves a resolution for a united and independent Korea; free elections to be held in 1948.USSR objects.
4805 Free elections held in South Korea alone.
480720 Syngman Rhee government sworn in and Republic of Korea established.
480815 US government terminates operations; ROK takes over.
480909 Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea proclaimed by Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang.
4812.. UN declares ROK to be the lawful government of Korea; KWP sponsored riots in the South attempt to invalidate UN declaration.
4903.. Kim Il Sung first requests support from Stalin to attack South Korea; it is denied.
4904 North Korean intelligence "feels" the South is preparing to attack them.
4905 DPRK troops attack across the DMZ near Kaesong.
490503 Stalin promises Kim Il Sung "techinical assistance". Kim asks for sufficient arms as follows: Mechanized brigades of two tank regiments (33 x T-34-85), an SP arty battalion (16 x Su-76), an army artillery regiment (24 x Zis-3 76mm), and an independent tank battalion of Su-76s. He also requests a mixed aviation division of Assault Aviation and Fighter Aviation regiments (43 aircraft each)
490514 Mao Zedong returns two Korean divisions to Kim Il Sung.
490527 North Koreans fighting over the Ongjin Peninsula.
4906.. US troops finish pullout via Inchon; DPRK merges North and South branches of KWP into one single organization.
4907.. DPRK troops launch a second series of raids across the 38th Parallel.
490726 Mao asks Stalin if the Soviet Union will supply aircraft to the PRC 200 Yak fighters and 40-80 bombers are requested, plus pilot training.
490604 USSR begins weapons shipments in exchange for 30,000 tons of rice.
490814 Kim Il Sung again requests support in attacking the South.
490827 Stalin again rebufss Kim Il Sung.
491004 Kim Il Sung informed of Stalin's decision.
491015 KPA wins some small victories along the 38th Parallel; USSR ambassador does not inform Stalin of these events.
The first Yak-12 trainers arrive in China. By year's end, China will have over 185 Soviet built aircraft for the PLAAF.
491022 Stalin informed of events in Korea; Soviet ambassador censured.
500119 Kim Il Sung notes that now China is unified, it is his turn.
500213 50th IAD is moved to the Far East to begin teaching Chinese PLAAF pilots the MiG-15
500214 The USSR signs a treaty to provide a $300 million load for military aid to the PRC. The PLAAF ordered 289 La-9 fighters, 198 Tu-2 bombers, and 108 trainers and other aircraft. The next day, Mao requests another 628 aircraft.
5004.. Kim Il Sung and Stalin meet; Stalin, counting on his possession of nuclear weapons as a deterrent to US action, agrees to Kim's request.
5005.. Kim Il Sung and Mao Zedong discuss events; Mao promises to aid Kim only if the Japanese come the war on the side of the South.
5006.. PLAAF deploys its first combined aviation brigade including 38 MiG-15, 39 La-11, 39 Tu-2 bombers, 25 Il-10 ground attack aircraft, and 14 Yak-12 trainers.
500603 DPRK begins call for "peaceful unification through elections".
500619 DPRK reiterates call for "peaceful unification through elections".
500620 North Koreans claim to have intercepted South Korean attack plans.
500621 Kim Il Sung notes the South Koreans are expecting a North Korean offensive.
500622 DPRK divisional attack orders drafted and transmitted to first echelon forces.
500625 0400 hours -- KPA commences "First (Seoul) Phase"

KPAFAC starts war with 239 aircraft, of which 129 are Yaks and 43 are Il-10s; the remainer are Po-2, Yak-11, Yak-16, or Yak-18 types.

KPAFAC Attacks -- Yak-9P and Yak-9U committed to combat.

USAF SB-17 and RB-29 committed to combat

0900 -- US Embassy determines that all-out offensive had begun.

500625 KPAFAC Yak-9 1 x C-54 destroyed 7 out of 16 ROKAF trainers destroyed
500626 USAF F-82G committed to combat
500627 USAF F-80C committed to combat -- KPAFAC Il-10 committed to combat
500627 Hudson/Fraser USAF F-82G 1 x Yak-9 First USAF kill of the war

Little/U/I USAF F-82G 1 x Yak-9

Moran/U/I USAF F-82G 1 x Yak-9

Schillereff USAF F-80C 1 x Il-10

Dewald USAF F-80C 1 x Il-10

Wayne USAF F-80C 2 x Il-10

DPRK Il-10 6 x ROK T-6 destroyed on ground

500628 USAF RF-80A, B-26 and B-29 committed to combat; 21 x B-26 and 4 x B-29 make support strikes
500628 DPRK Yak-9 1 x F-82 strafed on ground

1 x B-26 strafed on ground

1 x C-54 strafed on ground

500629 KPA "First Phase" terminates

USAF F-51D committed to combat

500629 USAF B-29 1 x Yak-9 1 x La-7 damaged

Norris USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9

Marsh USAF F-80C 1 x Il-10

Fox USAF F-51D 2 x Il-10

Burns USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9

Sandlin USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9

USAF B-26 1 x Yak-9 25 x KPAFAC aircraft destroyed on the ground

DPRK Yak-9 1 x C-54 destroyed on ground

500630 KPA commences "Second (Suwon) Phase"
500630 Wurster USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 1

Thomas USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9

500702 RAAF F-51D committed to combat
500703 USS Valley Forge arrives on station

USS Sicily arrives on station

USS Badoeng Straig arrives on station

HMS Triumph arrives on station

USN F9F, F4U, AD committed to combat

RN Seafire, Firefly committed to combat

500703 Plog USN F9F-3 1 x Yak-9 1 x Yak-9 destroyed on ground

Brown USN F9F-3 1 x Yak-9 1 x Yak-9 destroyed on ground

500704 USN F9F-3 1 x Yak-9 10 x KPAFAC aircraft damaged on ground
500705 Task Force Smith is attacked and shredded.
500706 KPA "Second Phase" terminates
500707 KPA commences "Third (Taejong) Phase"
500712 KPAFAC Yak-9 1 x B-29 1 x B-26 damaged 1 x L-4
500715 USAF F-80 2 x Yak-9 destroyed on ground

KPAFAC Yak-9 1 x B-26 damaged

500717 Clark USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9
500718 USN F9F-3/AD-2 14 x U/I destroyed on ground 13 x U/I damaged
500719 USN F9F-3/AD-2 18 x U/I destroyed on ground

Kees USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9

McKee USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9

Wurster USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 2

USAF F-80C 14 x Yak-9 destroyed on ground

1 x Yak-16 destroyed on ground

500720 KPA "Third Phase" terminates
500720 USAF F-80C 2 x Yak-9

KPAFAC Yak-9 1x B-29 damaged

500721 KPA commences "Fourth (Naktong) Phase"
500722 KPAFAC strength estimated down to 65 aircraft
500728 USAF B-29 1 x Seafire Mistaken identity
500803 USMC F4U committed to combat
500805 USS Phillipine Sea arrives on station
500805 Sebille/18th USAF F-51D KIA (MOH)
500806 USAF F-51D 9 x U/I destroyed on ground
500815 USAF B-29 1 x La-11 damaged
500816 USAF B-29 98 x B-29s drop 850 tons in first mass strike of the war
500823 DPRK Yak-9 damaged British destroyer
500828 PRC officially protests raids into Manchuria
500830 KPA "Fourth Phase" terminates
500831 KPA commences "Fifth (Pusan) Phase"

The Northeast PLA commanders request that the CMC make every effort to ensure Soviet air support before the PLA entered ground combat in Korea. If not, ground forces should be held back until such support was available.

5009.. USS Boxer arrives on station
500915 KPA terminates "Fifth Phase"

UN Inchon landings begin

500915 USMC 2 x Il-10 captured 1 x Yak-9 captured
501001 USMC F7F-3N committed to night intruder strikes
501002 Mao advises Stalin that the PRC will intercede on behalf of the DPRK, but noted that China would not have effective air support with 300 first-line aircraft until March 1951 at the earliest.
501003 PRC warns of intervention if UN troops move north of 38th Parallel
501008 HMS Theseus relieves HMS Triumph

RN Sea Fury committed to combat

USAF F-80C pilots accidently strafe a Soviet airfield

CPV (PLA) commander Peng Dehuai goes to the northeast to prepare for Chinese intervention

Stalin informs Mao that the necessary air cover will not be forthcoming as the VVS was not yet ready

501010 Stalin promises to send the PRC ground forces weaponry and to transfer 16 aviation regiments to the northeastern area to protect Chinese territory
501014 DPRK Po-2 attack on Kimpo airfield

CPV generals find out no Soviet air cover is forthcoming; commanders are now indecisive about combat. Mao orders them in anyway

501018 FEAF reconnaissance reports 75 aircraft at Antung airfield
501019 PLA crosses the Yalu River into North Korea and moves to starting attack positions
501025 Joint KPA/PLA counteroffensive begins

PLA "First Phase" commences

501101 V-VS commits 50th IAD to combat; 28th IAD, 151st GIAD move to theater; 83rd IAK provides technical support. MiG-15 committed to combat
501101 USAF B-26 1 x Yak-9

Flake USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9 1

Thresher USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9

Chuzh/72 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-51

501102 Flake USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9 2

Glessner USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9

501106 Price USAF F-51D 1.5 x Yak-9

Reynolds USAF F-51D 0.5 x Yak-9

501107 V-VS MiG-15 attacks F-51 fighters
501108 Brown/51st USAF F-80 1 x MiG-15

Shchegolov/28 IAD V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-51

501109 USAF RB-29 1 x MiG-15 1 x B-29 crashed on landing from damage received

28 IAD V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-80

USAF F-80 1 x MiG-15 (Grachev/139 IAP)

Podgornyi/67 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29

Bordun/72 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29

501110 Khar'kovskiy/28 IAD V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29

Amen USN F9F-2 1 x MiG-15

USN F9F-2 1 x MiG-15 shared kill

501111 USAF F-80 1 x MiG-15 (Nasonov - died of wounds)
501112 V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 damaged
501115 V-VS MiG-15 2 x B-29 damaged
501118 Carlson USMC F4U-4B 1 x MiG-15

Amen USN F9F-2 1 x MiG-15

Grachev/139 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 3 x F4U-4B Killed in action

V-VS MiG-15 3 x F4U-4B

501119 KPAFAC Po-2 two separate attacks
501120 The 177th IAP arrives at Angshan
501124 PLA "First Phase" terminates
501125 PLA "Second Phase" -- the Main Counterattack -- begins

UN high water mark reached

501127 The 177th IAP prepares for combat
501128 KPAFAC Po-2 11 x F-51 damaged - night raid
501201 UN has five US CV, three US CVE, and one RN CVL on station

UN estimates PRC has 250 jet fighters; USSR 400+ more in theater

VV-S Operational Group formed for all Far Eastern actions

64th IAK formed at Angshan. 177th IAP committed to combat

501201 V-VS AAA 1 x F-80 (Hamilton - MIA)
501204 V-VS MiG-15 1 x RB-45 1 x RF-80 damaged

1 x F-80C damaged

The PLAAF draws up a plan for air support to CPV forces in Korea, and Mao approves it. However, this all hinged on having access to forward air fields.

501206 Naumenko/29 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 3 x B-29 1 x MiG-15 (Serikov) lost

USAF B-29 1 x MiG-15

501207 USAF 1 x MiG-15 (Pavlenko/29 GIAP)
501206 USAF F-84E committed to combat
501212 Rosencrans USAF F-80C 1 x MiG-15
501215 USAF 4th FIW F-86A committed to combat
501217 Hinton/4th USAF F-86A 1 x MiG-15 First Sabre sorties in Korea (Yefromenko/29 GIAP)
501221 Eagleston/4th USAF F-86A 1 x MiG-15 (probable)

PLAAF deploys one fighter group of 10 MiG-15s from 4^th Air Corps to Langtou.

501222 Vorobyev/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 Bach/4th (KIA)

Fomin/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Tishchenko/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Ryabov/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Agureyev/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-80

Meleshkin/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-80

Pugh/4th USN F-86A 1 x MiG-15 1

Eagleston/4th USAF F-86A 1 x MiG-15 (Zub - wounded)

Meyer/4th USAF F-86A 1 x MiG-15 (Barsegyan - KIA)

Odiborne/4th USAF F-86A 1 x MiG-15

Roberts/4th USAF F-86A 1 x MiG-15

O'Connor/4th USAF F-86A 1 x MiG-15

501224 PLA "Second Phase" Terminates

USS Leyte and USS Phillipine Sea rotate to Japan

501224 Belikov/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Kobzev/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

501226 PLAAF MiG-15 committed to combat with Soviet instructors

PLAAF 7th Air Division commences operations with 50th IAD

501227 Grechishko/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Fomin/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-80

501228 PLAAF pilots fly their first combat missions with Soviet fighter units. No combat this date.
501230 Pugh/4th USN F-86A 1 x MiG-15 2
501231 PLA "Third (Seoul) Phase" ground offensive begins
510108 PLA "Third Phase" Terminates
510103 177 IAP V-VS MiG-15
510104 Seoul falls to the joint CPV/KPAF troops; Soviet air activity increases
510106 177 IAP V-VS MiG-15
510110 PLAAF MiG-15 attacks B-29; no effect

Mikhailov/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x RB-29 group kill

510115 KPAFAC Yak-9 attacks B-26s; no results
510115 Radio Pyongyang cites "Hero" Ong and "Hero" Kim as brave Yak pilots crushing the enemy
510120 Fomin/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84

Adnryushin/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84

510121 Bertram USAF F-84E 1 x MiG-15

Mikhailov/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84

Grechishko/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84

Akulenko/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84

Popov/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-80C

510123 McGuire USAF F-84E 1 x MiG-15 (unconfirmed)

Slaughter USAF F-84E 1 x MiG-15

Kratt USAF F-84E 2 x MiG-15 1,2

Unified Air Forces V-VS MiG-15 11 x F-84 3 x MiG-15 (1 Soviet, 2 PLAAF)

510124 Greshkin/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84

Belikov/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-80

177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 (Popov's MiG written off)

510125 PRC "Third Phase" failure blamed on no air or armor support
510126 Kratt USAF F-84E 1 x Yak-9 3; "Hero" Ong or Kim?
510129 Li Han PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-84 1
510201 Northwestern Korea now called "MiG Alley"
510223 V-VS 324th Air Division joins the 64th IAK
510203 177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 2 x F-80

Vorob'yev/177 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x RT-33

510205 Mullins USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9
510207 177th IAP stands down for transfer to Leningrad
510211 PLA "Fourth Phase" commences
510217 PLA "Fourth Phase" terminates
510225 USAF B-29 Attacked by 8 x MiG-15
510228 V-VS 83th IAK relieved of duty by 64th IAK
510301 V-VS MiG-15 3 x B-29 7 x B-29 damaged

1 x F-86

USAF B-29 1 x MiG-15

510312 USAF F-80C 2 x MiG-15 collision
510315 The "Unified Air Forces" headquarters is formally established at Antung under Liu Zhen.

Stalin suggests two Chinese air divisions provide support to ground troops for the next combat phase. If they did that, an additional Soviet fighter division would move to Antung.

510317 Landry USAF F-80C 1 x MiG-15 1 x F-80C (collision)
510323 USAF F-86 successful defense of B-29 raid
510328 Peng Dehuai again requests Soviet air support for Chinese ground troops. Soviets still refuse.
510330 USAF B-29 2 x MiG-15

V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 damaged

510331 Levesque RCAF F-86A 1 x MiG-15 Canadian exchange pilot
510401 US ground fire losses for April: 25 x F-51D, 13 x F-80C, 2 x F-84

RAAF Meteor F.8 committed to combat

V-VS 64th IAK 324th IAD begins combat operations

"Unified Air Forces" radar assets given as follows: 6 x RUS-2 or P-3 (DUMBO); 1 x Tachi-18; 3 x poss SPOON REST prototypes; 15 x SON-2

510401 196th IAP V-VS MiG-15 2 x F-86 2 x MiG-15
510402 USN F9F-2B conduct first USN jet attack missions
510403 Jabara/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

Emmert USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

McLain USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

Yancey USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Shirlaw - POW)

510404 Fletcher USAF F-86 1 x Mig-15

V-VS AAA 1 x B-26 (Unruh and two KIA)

510407 V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29

USAF F-84E 1 x MiG-15

510409 O'Connor USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2
510410 Jabara/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2
510411 Truman relieves MacArthur
510412 - V-VS MiG-15 12 x B-29 44 MiGs involved; no losses (Lobov)

4 x F-84

324 IAD V-VS MiG-15 10 x B-29 30 MiGs involved; no losses (Golotyuk)

4 x F-80

- USAF B-29 7 x MiG-15 3 x B-29

6 x MiG-15 (P)

7 x B-29 (D)

Jabara/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 3

Hinton USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Meyer USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Lane USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

USAF F-84E 3 x MiG-15

Official FEAF release: "225 aircraft fought in the biggest battle of the war; two B-29s lost and several damaged out of 32 for a cost to the enemy of 46 aircraft destroyed or damaged."

PVO Records: "Enemy had 72 x B-29, 48 x F-80 and F-84, 32 x F-86 versus 30 MiG-15 from the 176 GIAP and 196 IAP. 14 kills and no losses"

510414 FEAF B-29 strength only 75 out of 99 authorized
510421 Daigh USN F4U 1 x Yak-9 1 x Yak-9 (P)

DeLong USN F4U 1 x Yak-9

510422 PLA "Fifth Phase" commences
510422 Jabara/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 4

Eagleston USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Yancey USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Becker USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84 (Vesley - MIA)

510424 Hovde USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15
510425 CPV Air Headquarters takes command of PLAAF units in Korean combat.
510501 V-VS MiG-15bis committed to combat

V-VS 303rd Air Division joins the 64th IAK

510509 USAF/USN 38 x Yak-9, Il-10, La-5 destroyed on ground at Sinuiju (KPAFAC)

USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 damaged

USAF F-84 1 x MiG-15 damaged

510510 PRC, USSR, KPAFAC rethink aerial strategies at Mukden
510520 Jabara/4th USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 5,6

Nelson USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

Shebanov V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 6 (5 x F-86s, making him first Soviet jet ace)

510522 PRC "Fifth Phase" terminates
510531 Stel'makh, Evgenij V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 1 x B-29 (p) posthm. HSU (KIA)

USAF B-29 1 x MiG-15

USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15

510601 V-VS 351st IAP La-11 committed to night combat
510601 V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 2 x B-29 damaged

USAF B-29 2 x MiG-15

Evans USN F-86 1 x MiG-15

510613 Stalin becomes angry over Chinese reluctance to commit their aircraft to combat. He suggests using MiG-9 units against bombers and fighter-bombers and MiG-15s against F-86s. China disagrees with the use of their MiG-9s, feeling them highly inferior to the F-84.
510614 KPAFAC Po-2 two separate night attacks
510617 La Woon Yung KPAFAC Po-2 1 x F-86 destroyed on ground

8 x F-86 damaged on ground

USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 6 x MiG-15 damaged

510617 Sutyagin begins flying combat missions
510618 Creighton USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

Gibson USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 1,2

USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15

Subbotin/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Crone)

Subbotin/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 Rammed at cost of his own fighter

510619 Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Laier) - 1
510620 USAF F-51D 1 x Il-10 3 x Il-10 damaged

Saltsman/18th USAF F-51D 1 x IL-10

Harrison/18th USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9

USAF F-86 4 x MiG-15 damaged

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-51D

510622 Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Miller - MIA) - 2

Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 3

USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Miller)

510623 Heyman USAF B-26 1 x Po-2
510624 Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 4

USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

USAF F-80C 4 x MiG-15 damaged

510625 FEAF claims 391 aircraft damaged or destroyed in first year of war

FEAF Losses: 188 fighters, 33 bombers, 9 transports, 17 miscellaneous

FEAF on hand: 89 F-86 Sabres

PLAAF estimates: 445 MiG-15

Official USAF claims as of 1 July 1951: 246 aircraft lost in action, "mostly due to ground fire"

857 FEAF personnel killed in action or missing in action

"Over 200 MiGs" destroyed

510625 USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15
510626 USAF F-84E 1 x MiG-15

USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

Stalin orders the 64^th IAK to begin retraining the PLAAF 6^th, 12^th and 14^th Air Corps on the MiG-15.

510701 USMC F7F-3N committed to night fighter combat
5107.. Pepelyaev/196 IAP V-VS MiG-15bis 1 x F-94B (prob F-84)

Abakumov/196 IAP V-VS MiG-15bis 1 x F-94B (prob F-84)

510701 Long/Buckingham USMC F7F-3N 1 x Po-2 night kill
510708 Gabreski USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

Becker USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Fisher USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

510709 USAF B-29 1 x MiG-15

USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

510711 USAF F-86 3 x MiG-15
510712 Fenton USMC F4U-5NL 1 x Po-2 night kill
510717 KPAFAC Po-2 9 x F-86 destroyed on ground
510721 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F9F-2B
510729 V-VS MiG-15 no damaged report)

McAllister USAF F-80C 1 x MiG-15

510731 V-VS AAA 1 x F4U (Wilkins USMC - MIA)
5108.. FEAF reports 26 fighter bombers lost, 24 damaged in August 1951
510801 V-VS 64th IAK 303rd IAD commences combat operations

RB-50G "Ferret" committed to combat (55th SRW)

510808 Becker USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 3,4
510809 V-VS MiG-15 1 x RF-80 damaged
510812 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84 (Obney - MIA)
510819 28 MiG-15s and 30 F-86s fight, but there are no losses.
510824 Preston USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

Robinson USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

510825 Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 7

Pulov/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 1

510829 Shchukin/18 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 4 (Guthrie - POW)

Babonin/18 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 1

510831 V-VS AAA 1 x F-51D (Henderson -MIA)
5109.. FEAF reports 32 fighter bombers lost, 233 damaged in September 1951

FEAF claims 14 MiGs against a loss of three F-86s

5109.. Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 up to 8

Kurganov/351 IAP V-VS La-11 1 x B-26 night kill

Abakumov/196 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

USAF F-86 14 x MiG-15 3 x F-86

1 x F-51D

1 x F-80

1 x F-84

510901 Estimated MiG strength of the "Unified Air Forces" set at 525

Chinese Sixth Offensive Phase, which was to commence in September with 13 CPV corps, three KPA corps, and 22 air divisions, is canceled.

510902 Gabreski/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Gibson/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 4

Johns USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

Marshal USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

Pulov/17 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Layton - MIA)

V-VS MiG-15 5 x F-86

510905 Okhai/523 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 2

Tyulyayev/523 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 1

510909 V-VS MiG-15 8 x F-80

Becker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (2nd Ace)

Gibson/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (3rd Ace)

510910 Ges'/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 8
510912 V-VS MiG-15 15 x F-80 3 x MiG-15 (D)
510914 Walmsley USAF B-26 KIA (MOH)
510915 Mao orders PLAAF units to participate more fully in the war.
510919 Skeen USAF F-84E 1 x MiG-15
510920 PLAAF 4^th Air Corps deploys to Langtou.
510922 Liu Zhen talks with Peng Dehuai about forward basing Chinese MiGs and resulting risks. Due to situation with the ground troops, both see no other option.
510923 Van Gundy/Ullom USMC F7F-3N 1 x Po-2 night kill
510925 4^th Air Corps PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86 1 x MiG-15
510926 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Barnett)

Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 9

Yakovlev/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 3

5110.. FEAF reports 24 fighter bombers lost, 255 damaged in October 1951

FEAF air-to-air losses: 7 x F-86, 5 x B-29, 2 x F-84, 1 x RF-80

5110.. Kurganov V-VS La-11 1 x B-26 night kill
511001 USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15
511002 USAF F-86 6 x MiG-15
511003 USAF F-80C 2 x MiG-15
511005 USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15
511006 Pepelyayev/196 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86A
511010 Hwa Lungyi PLAAF MiG-15 2 x F-86 1,2
511012 USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15
511016 Hwa Lungyi PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86 3

USAF F-86 9 x MiG-15

511020 PLAAF 3^rd Air Corps replaces the 4^th at Antung, and the 14^th Air Corps is committed
511022 V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29
511023 "Black Tuesday" V-VS MiG-15 12 x B-29 1 x MiG-15

3 x F-84

1 x F-84 (one MIA)

USAF B-29 11 x MiG-15 3 x B-29 destroyed

4 x MiG-15 (P)

4 x B-29 crashed

3 x B-29 writeoffs

USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15

Schirra USN F-84E 1 x MiG-15

511024 V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29

V-VS MiG-15 2 x F-86 (Wicks - POW, Irish - POW)

USAF B-29 1 x MiG-15

Shchukin/18 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 5

Os'kin/523 IAP V-VS MiG-15 2 x Meteor 7,8

Filimonov/523 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 1

511025 Malashin/18 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor probable
511027 USAF decides to switch to B-29 night strategic operations
511027 USAF B-29 3 x MiG-15 B-29 "Command Decision"

V-VS MiG-15 4 x B-29 damaged

5111.. Abakumov/196 IAP V-VS MiG-15bis 1 x F-84
5111.. Zhao Baodung PLAAF MiG-15 2 x U/I

Liu Yuti PLAAF MiG-15 1 x U/I

5111.. Abakumov/196 IAP V-VS MiG-15bis 1 x F-86
5111.. Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 up to 13
511102 Babonin/18 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor
511103 Okhai/18 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 8

Sinel'nikov/18 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 1

511104 Guss USMC F-86 1 x MiG-15
511106 PLAAF La-11 and Tu-2 committed to combat
511107 Milaushkin/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 1
511108 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Pratt)

Whisner USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 1,2

511109 USAF F-80C 2 x MiG-15

PLAAF MiG-15 1 x RB-45 lightly damaged

511118 9th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 6 x F-84

Cooley USAF F-84E 0.5 x MiG-15

Hewett USAF F-84E 0.5 x MiG-15

Lamb USN F9F-2 1 x MiG-15

Parker USN F9F-2 1 x MiG-15

Webber USN F9F-2 1 x MiG-15

511123 7th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 7 x F-84
511127 Creighton/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (4th Ace)

Davis/4th USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 1,2

Nikulin/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor probable

511128 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Ragland - POW)

Marshal USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 2,3

Ragland USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

511129 USAF B-29 Attacked Namsi with ECM
511130 24th Air Division PLAAF Tu-2 1 x F-86 4 x Tu-2

PLAAF La-11 7 x F-86

Davis/4th USAF F-86 3 x Tu-2 3,4,5,6 (5th Ace)

1 x MiG-15

Marshal/4th USAF F-86 1 x Tu-2 4,5 (6th Ace)

1 x La-11

Akin USAF F-86 1 x Tu-2

Burke USAF F-86 1 x Tu-2

Evans USAF F-86 1 x Tu-2

Preston USAF F-86 1 x La-11 4

Honaker USAF F-86 1 x La-11

511201 V-VS MiG-15bis committed to night combat

USAF 68th FIS F-94B posted to strip alert in Korea

USAF F-86E committed to combat

FEAF F-86 strength now at 165

51120- Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 3 x USAF 16,17,18
511201 RAAF Meteor 1 x MiG-15 3 x Meteor

Gogerly RAAF Meteor 1 x MiG-15

Kramarenko/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 2 x Meteor 14,15

Subbotin/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor

Milaushkin/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor 2

Golovachev/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor

Vas'ko/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor

Zubakin/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor

Guliy/176 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor

Smith USAF F-80C 1 x MiG-15

511202 V-VS MiG-15 2 x F-80C

1 x F-84

4th Ftr Wing USAF F-86 4 x MiG-15

Roach/51st USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15 1st 51st FIW Kill

511204 4th Ftr Wing USAF F-86 4 x MiG-15

51st Ftr Wing USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15

V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 damaged (night)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29

511202-5 3rd Air Corps PLAAF MiG-15 7 x F-86

4 x F-84

511205 Davis/4th USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 7,8
511213 42nd Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 6 x MiG-15

42nd Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Hogue)

4th Ftr Wing USAF F-86 9 x MiG-15

Davis/4th USAF F-86 4 x MiG-15 9,10,11,12

511214 6th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 2 x F-80

1 x B-26

4th Ftr Wing USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

V-VS AAA 1 x F7F-3 (Jadson USMC- MIA)

511215 42nd Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 2 x F-84

9th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 7 x F-84 2 x F-84 (p)

51st Ftr Wing USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

V-VS AAA 1 x ? (Tresh USN - MIA)

511223 V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 damaged (night)
511225 V-VS AAA 1 x RF-80 (Smith - MIA)
511228 51st Ftr Wing USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15
520101 V-VS 303rd IAD replaced by 97th Air Division; total of around 215 day fighters and 36 night fighters. Total "Unified Air Forces" strength estimated at 540 MiGs
5201.. 4th Ftr Wing USAF F-86 5 x MiG-15
5201.. 51st Ftr Wing USAF F-86E 25 x MiG-15
520105 V-VS AAA 1 x B-29 (crew - MIA)
520106 Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Whisner USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15

Mahurin USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15

USAF F-86E 3 x MiG-15

520107 Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Stahl - POW) 20

Mitusov/196 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Stool - MIA)

USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 (Abakhumov - bailed out)

520111 Sutyagin/17 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Reeves) - 21
520113 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Osborne - MIA)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-80 (Queen - MIA)

520115 15th Air Corps PLAAF MiG-15 Zero 1 x MiG-15

Pepelyaev/196 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 20

V-VS MiG-15 2 x F-86 (Wright - POW, Peterson - POW)

520116 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Rait - MIA)
520117 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Peterson - MIA)
520122 V-VS AAA 1 x B-29 (crew - MIA)
520129 ? ? 1 x F-86 (Rhinehart)
520131 16th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-84

1 x F-86 (Lafferty)

5202.. 4th Ftr Wing USAF F-86 5 x MiG-15
5202.. 51st Ftr Wing USAF F-86E 12 x MiG-15
520202 Sutaygin ceases flying combat with 149 missions and 22 kills.
520203 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Spath)
520210 12th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86 3 x MiG-15 (MAJ Davis/disputed)

Averin/148 GIAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (MAJ Davis/disputed)

Davis/4th USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 13,14 (KIA - MOH)

520217 Amell USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Mahurin USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

520220 Whisner/51st USAF F-86 0.5 x MiG-15 4 ½
520223 Whisner/51st USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15 5 1/2 (7th Ace)
520229 V-VS withdraws 324th IAD; 64th IAK 190th IAD, 216th, 282nd IAD begin combat operations
520305 Mahurin USAF F-86E 1.5 x MiG-15 3 ½
520310 PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F2H-2P damaged

1 x F2H-2P writeoff

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Langston)

520320 15th Air Corps PLAAF MiG-15 2 x F-86
520324 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Carey)
520322 USAF 319th FIS (AW) F-94B committed to combat
5204.. FEAF reports 243 fighter bombers lost, 290 damaged in April 1952.

Total of 771 aircraft listed as lost to ground fire between 1 September 1951 and 30 April 1952

FEAF claims 44 MiGs killed to 4 F-86 losses

5204.. Karelin/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15bis 1 x B-29 night kill (1)
520401 Gabreski/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (8th Ace)

Wescott/51st USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 1,2

520402 Cannon/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 shot down

Kincheloe USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Cannon saved)

520403 Moore USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (9th Ace)
520404 V-VS AAA 1 x B-26 (Van Fleet and two other MIA)
520406 Kincheloe USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (10th Ace)
520413 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Wendling)
520414 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Gilliam - MIA)
520421 Love USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (11th Ace)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Dearmond - POW)

520422 Kincheloe USAF F-86 1 x Yak-9 (ground - not counted)

Harris USAF F-86 1 x Yak-9 (ground - not counted)

520424 Kincheloe USAF F-86 3 x Yak-9 (ground - not counted)

Harris USAF F-86 2 x Yak-9 (ground - not counted)

520426 Wescott USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (12th Ace)
520430 Owens USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-80 (Kaisen - MIA)

5205.. USAF F-86 27 x MiG-15 6 x F-86

3 x F-84

1 x F-51

5205.. FEAF claims 27 MiG kills for 5 F-86 losses
520501 V-VS 64th IAK 133rd IAD begins combat operations
520501 Studilin V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill
520503 Latshaw USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (13th Ace)

Adams USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 4,5 (14th Ace)

Mazikin V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Tenney)

520508 Simmonds RAAF Meteor 1 x MiG-15

Culley USAF F-86 1 x Yak-9

Schoeneman USAF F-86 1 x Il-10

520509 V-VS AAA 1 x F-84E (one KIA/BNR)
520510 USN F9F-2 1 x MiG-15 (D)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F9F-2 (D)

520511 V-VS MiG-15 1 x PBM-5 damaged
520513 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Mahurin - POW)
520515 Kasler USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (15th Ace)

PLAAF loses five MiG-15s for no kills on 13 and 15 May. PLAAF operations slow down for one month.

520517 PLAAF MiG-15 2 x F-84
520519 Chinese leaders plan to double Chnese air activities in Korea with emphasis on combat, not combat training.
520520 Thyng USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (16th Ace)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Lane)

520521 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Kerr - POW)
520531 V-VS 1 x B-26 (three MIA)
5206.. USAF F-86 20 x MiG-15 3 x F-86
520601 USAF F-86F committed to combat

PLAAF estimated to have "22 air divisions of 1,830 aircraft of which 1,000 are fighters"

520607 Andre USMC F4U-5NL 1 x Yak-9 night kill; plus four WW II kills made him technicallly an ace
520610 Kondrashov V-VS MiG-15 2 x B-29 night kills

V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 damaged (night)

520611 Mao orders Liu Yalu to personally go to Antung airfield to control fighter operations due to poor performance of Chinese units.
520615 Low USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (17th Ace)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Mackenzie RCAF - MIA)

520620 Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x La-11 1

Blesse USAF F-86 1 x La-11

Woods USAF F-86 1 x La-11

520621 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Frick - POW)
520623 V-VS and PLAAF grounded during attack on Suiho Dam due to bad weather

U/I F-86 lands on a beach with damage; pilot and aircraft are sent to the USSR for evaluation

520626 PLAAF MiG-15 2 x Firefly HMS Ocean
520626 US Army sources give the following statistics on the air war:

1,180 enemy aircraft accounted for; 336 MiGs destroyed, 75 probables, 513 damaged. 637 UN aircraft lost in action and to "undetermined causes"; of these 376 were propeller driven.

520627 PLAAF and VVS leaders conduct meetings and planning for three weeks to protect more of the key targets, like the Suiho dam, from UN air attacks
5207.. USAF F-86 25 x MiG-15 4 x F-86
520704 USAF F-86 11 x MiG-15

Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Horowitz USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15 as James Slater wrote "The Hunters"

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Beetle)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

V-VS AAA 1 x B-29

520708 V-VS AAA 1 x ? (Schweibel USMC - MIA)
520710 Karelin/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 2 x B-29 night kills (2,3)

Ikhsandalievski V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill

520711 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84
520727 51st Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F4U

9th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 2 x Sea Fury

520731 PLAAF MiG-15 1 x PBM-5 damaged (2 KIA, 2 WIA)
5208.. USAF F-86 34 x MiG-15 2 x F-86

PLAAF receives 267 MiG-15bis from the USSR

520801 USAF F-84G committed to combat

FEAF decides to swtich to B-29 "radar bombing, at night, in bad weather"

520801 Ivanov V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Asla)

Dittmer USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15

520805 34th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-84

9th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-84

1 x F-80

Risner/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

520806 USAF F-86 6 x MiG-15

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84 (Fornes - MIA)

520807 Owens USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2
520808 Jolley USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (18th Ace)
520809 Carmichael RN Sea Fury 1 x MiG-15 2 x MiG-15 damaged

PLAAF MiG-15 3 x MiG-15

520810 RN Sea Fury 1 x MiG-15

PLAAF MiG-15 2 x MiG-15

520822 Ignatov V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Fincher)
520828 USN uses F6F-5K drones as unmanned guided bombs
520901 V-VS 64th IAK 32nd IAD begins combat operations
5209.. USAF F-86 64 x MiG-15 6 x F-86

3 x F-84

520904 7th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 Zero 7 x MiG-15

36th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 3 x F-86

4th Ftr Wing USAF F-86 11 x MiG-15 3 x F-86

1 x F-86 (Parks - POW)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Roland - MIA)

Blesse USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 4,5 (19th Ace)

520907 Foster/51st USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15
520909 USAF F-86 4 x MiG-15 6 x MiG-15 damaged

Dittmer USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 2,3

V-VS MiG-15 14 x F-84 3 x MiG-15

520910 Folmar USMC F4U-4B 1 x MiG-15

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F4U-4B (Folmar rescued)

520912 Dobrovichan/147 IAP V-VS MiG-15 2 x B-29 night kills

Volodarski/147 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Turner - POW)

V-VS AAA 2 x B-29 2 x B-29 damaged

520914 Lilley/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 3 (blond pilot)
520916 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Cope)
520919 913th IAP committed to combat
520919 V-VS AAA 1 x F-84 (Osborne - MIA)
520921 Risner USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 4,5 (20th Ace)
520926 Foster/51st USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15
520930 USAF B-29 Attacked Namsan-ni with radar; no losses
5210.. USAF F-86 27 x MiG-15 4 x F-86

1 x F-84

521001 V-VS MiG-15 unsuccessful B-29 intecepts (night)
521002 Fedotov/518 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x Meteor (Cruikshank - KIA)
521004 Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F4U-4B (LT Eugene Johnson KIA)

521007 PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F4U-4B (ENS John Shaughnessy)
521013 KPAFAC Po-2 attacks Cho-Do island (5 KIA)
521017 V-VS MiG-15 no intercepts on B-29 raid
521018 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Gabriel - MIA)
521025 Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 3
5210... Zalogin V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-94B

1 x B-29

521101 USMC F3D-2 committed to night combat

V-VS Il-28s deployed to theater - never committed

5211.. USAF F-86 29 x MiG-15 4 x F-86
521101 Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 4
521103 Galyshevskij/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F3D-2 night kill

Stratton/Hoglind USMC F3D-2 1 x Yak-17 VSS Chief 64th IAK (KIA) night radar kill

521107 Karelin/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill (4)
521108 Davis/Fessler USMC F3D-2 1 x MiG-15 1 night radar kill (MAJ Poltavets KIA)
521112 KPAFAC Po-2 attacks Paengnyong-do Island
521117 Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (21st Ace)
521118 Lilley/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (22nd Ace)

? ? 1 x F-86 (Turberville - oxygen failure?)

Middleton USN F9F-5 1 x MiG-15

Williams USN F9F-5 1 x MiG-15

Rowlands USN F9F-5 1 x MiG-15 damaged

521119 V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29
521120 Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2
521122 Foster USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15 5 (23rd Ace)
521126 KPAFAC Po-2 attacks Cho-Do Island
5212.. Kobzev V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-26 night kill
5212.. USAF F-86 28 x MiG-15 2 x F-86
521202 34th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 3 x F-86

9th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 2 x F-86

7th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86

9th/36th Divisions PLAAF MiG-15 3 x F-86 1 x MiG-15 (Sun Shenglu)

521204 Risner/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15
521205 34th/36th/12th Div PLAAF MiG-15 3 x F-86 2 x kills to Lu Min

KPAFAC Po-2 attacks Cho-Do Island

521206 12th Air Corps PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86 3 - Lu Min
521207 Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 6, 6 ½
521208 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86
521210 KPAFAC Po-2 attacks Cho-Do Island

Corvi/George USMC F3D-2 1 x Po-2 night radar kill

521216 12th Air Corps PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86 4 - Lu Min

Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 3

Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 7

521217 Fedorets/913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 1
521217 Il-28s spotted in the air over Chinese territory
521222 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Reitsma)
521223 12th Air Corps PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86 5 - Lu Min
521230 KPAFAC Po-2 leaflet raiders
521231 V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 2 x B-29 damaged
5301.. USAF F-86 38 x MiG-15 1 x F-86

V-VS MiG-15 2 x B-29

530111 Galyshevskij/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill/19th Gp
530112 Khabiev/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x RB-29 night kill/91st SRSqn

Dunn/Fortin USMC F3D-2 1 x MiG-15 night radar kill

530113 5 x Air Corps PLAAF MiG-15 3 x F-86

Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 8

530114 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 4

530121 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 9

530122 Heller USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 1,2
530123 USAF F-51D retired from combat operations
530124 Overton/51st USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15 5 (24th Ace)

Fischer/51st USAF F-86E 1 x MiG-15 5 (25th Ace)

Foster USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15

530125 Karpov/913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 Heller/51st (POW)
530126 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Stauffer)
530128 Weaver/Becker USMC F3D-2 1 x MiG-15 night radar kill
530129 Dobrovichan/147 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill
530130 Kinsey/4th USAF F-86 1 x Tu-2

McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 3

530131 Fithian/Lyons USAF F-94B 1 x La-11 night kill

Conley/Scott USMC F3D-2 1 x MiG-15 1 - night radar kill

McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 4

Dobrovichan/147 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill

530201 USAF F-86F committed to fighter bomber missions
5302.. Gubenko/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill

Murav'ev/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill

Andreev/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill

Karelin/351 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x B-29 night kill (5)

5302.. USAF F-86 27 x MiG-15 2 x F-86
530204 USN F4U-4B 1 x MiG-15 (D)
530206 PLAAF MiG-15 1 x Firefly
530212 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Jacobsen)
530214 Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 10
530215 Fischer/51st USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15
530216 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (27th Ace)
530217 49th/51st Divisions PLAAF MiG-15 4 x F4U
530218 51st Ftr Wing USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15

Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 5,6 (26th Ace)

530219 Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 11 (Babich/913 IAP)

Fedorets/913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 2 (Kaiser - MIA)

530221 Fedorets/913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 3
530228 V-VS 351st Fighter Regiment (Night) replaced by 298th Fighter Regiment
5303.. USAF F-86 36 x MiG-15 2 x F-86
5303.. Conley USMC F3D-2 1 x MiG-15 2 - night radar kill
530303 Fedorets/913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 4

913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

530305 USSR leader Iosef Stalin dies of a cerebral hemorrhage
530308 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 6

Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 12

530309 Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 7

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Cowden)

530313 Baker/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 13
530314 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 7

Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 8

530321 Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 9,10
530326 48th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F4U
530327 Hagerstrom/18th USAF F-86F 1 x MiG-15 5 (28th Ace)

Hale RAAF Meteor 1 x MiG-15

530328 Johnson/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 1/2 (29th Ace)
530329 Jones/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 1/2 (30th Ace)
530321 PLAAF 12^th Air Corps rotated out of Antung.
5304.. USAF F-86 28 x MiG-15 4 x F-86
530407 43rd Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86 (CPT Harold Fischer - POW)

Fischer USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 Not confirmed

Reed USMC F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

530412 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 8 (Fedorets)

Reed USMC F-86 1 x MiG-15 2

Fedorets/913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 2 x F-86 5, 6 (Neimann - confirmed, McConnell - not confirmed)

Lazarev/224 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Utkin/535 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Doroshenko/224 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Berelidze/224 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Semyenov/913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84 (De Luna - MIA)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84 (? - MIA)

530415 DRPK Po-2 attacks Cho-Do Island
530416 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 9
530417 Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 11
530423 KPAFAC Yak-18 5 x RF-80 damaged
530424 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 10
530426 FEAF offers $100,000 bribe for an intact MiG-15
530430 USAF retires F-80 from combat operations
530430 USAF F-86 3 x MiG-15
5305.. USAF F-86 58 x MiG-15 1 x F-86
530501 USMC retires F7F-3N from combat operations
530501 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (?Donald? - POW)
530503 Wilcox/Goldberg USAF F-94B crashed (KIA) chasing Po-2
530504 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-84 (Harker - MIA)
530508 Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 12
530510 Phillips/Atto USAF F-94B 1 x MiG-15 night kill

Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 1/2 x MiG-15 13,13 ½

530513 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 11
530515 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 12
530516 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 13

Fernandez/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 14 ½

Jabara/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 7

530518 McConnell/51st USAF F-86 3 x MiG-15 14,15,16

Ruddell/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (31st Ace)

Jensen USMC F-86 1 x MiG-15

Green USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 1,2

Thompson USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 (dragon painted on MiG)

530519 USAF grounds McConnell and Fernandez for political reasons
530526 Jabara USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 8,9

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F3D-2

530527 KPAFAC Po-2 bombed Seoul

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Miller)

5306.. FEAF announces 12 x F-86F and 6 x F-84 lost to ground fire in June 1953
5306.. USAF F-86 77 x MiG-15 Zero
530605 Garrison/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 4,5 (32nd Ace)
530606 "Unified Air Forces radar order of battle: 6 x SON-4 (WHIFF); 17-19 x SON-2; 12-46 x "Neptun"; 13-20 x possible SPOON REST; 8 x SCR-527; 1 x P-20 (TOKEN); 18 RUS-2/P-3 (DUMBO); 4-7 x Tachi-18; 5-7 x Type 1 Mark 3
530606 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Southerland)
530607 Parr USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15

McHale/Hoster USAF F-94B 1 x MiG-15

530610 Jabara USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 10,11

Fedorets V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 6

530612 Kovalev V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-94B collision (rescued)

McHale/Hoster USAF F-94B 1 x MiG-15 collision (KIA)

530615 V-VS AAA 1 x F-86F (Dillon - MIA)

V-VS AAA 1 x Meteor (Pinkstown - MIA)

530616 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Jurado - MIA)
530617 KPAFAC Po-2 bombed Seoul

Yak-18 bombed Seoul

La-9 bombed Inchon (5,000,000 gal fuel lost)

530618 Moore/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (33rd Ace)

Parr/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (34th Ace)

Jabara/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 12

530619 Buttleman/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

? ? 3 x F-86 (Rudolph, Gunther, Escale)

V-VS AAA 1 x F-86F (Hodger - MIA)

530620 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Cowry - MIA)
530622 Baldwin/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (35th Ace)

Bolt USMC F-86 1 x MiG-15 1

530624 Bolt USMC F-86 1 x MiG-15 2
530629 Gorbunov/676 IAP V-VS MiG-15 KIA
530630 USAF F-86 11 x MiG-15

Buttleman/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (36th Ace)

Garrison/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 9

Jabara/4th USAF F-86 2 x MiG-15 13,14

Bolt USMC F-86 1 x MiG-15 3

Bordelon USN F4U-5NL 3 x Yak-18 1,2 (night)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F3D-2 (night)

5307.. USAF F-86 32 x MiG-15 1 x F-86
530701 Bordelon USN F4U-5NL 2 x La-9 3,4 (night)
530702 Bick/Smith USMC F3D-2 1 x MiG-15

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F3D-2 (Bick/Smith MIA)

530704 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F3D-2 (Thistlewaite/Westbrook MIA)
530711 Bolt/51st USMC F-86 2 x MiG-15 5,6 (37th Ace)
530712 Glenn USMC F-86F 1 x MiG-15 1
530715 Jabara USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 15
530716 USAF F-86F 2 x Po-2 destroyed - Pyongyang

Bordelon USN F4U-5NL 1 x Yak-18 5 (night) (only Navy Ace)

V-VS AAA 1 x F-84 (one MIA)

530719 16th Air Division PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86

Fedorets/913 IAP V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 7

Curtin/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (38th Ace)

Glenn USMC F-86F 1 x MiG-15 2

530720 Sellers USMC F-86 2 x MiG-15

PLAAF MiG-15 1 x F-86F (Sellers - KIA)

V-VS AAA 1 x F-86F (Knott - crashed)

530720 Possible NR-23/uprated NS-37 equipped MiG-15s in combat
530720 V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86 (Bettinger - POW)

V-VS MiG-15 1 x F-86

Bettinger/4th USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 5 (39th Ace)

530722 Glenn USMC F-86F 1 x MiG-15 3

Young/51st USAF F-86 1 x MiG-15 Last MiG kill of the war

530727 Parr/4th USAF F-86 1 x Il-12 Last kill of Korean War
530731 FEAF Strength: 128 x B-26, 218 x F-84, 132 x F-86F F/B, 165 x F-86 F/I

64th IAK Strength: six fighter aviation divisions, one night fighter regiment (400-450 MiGs)

72,000 Soviets rotated through the Korean theater over the course of the war

PLAAF Strength: nine fighter corps (430-500 MiGs), two bomber corps (54 Tu-2)

800 pilots and 59,700 ground support personnel served to support the air actions in the Korean theater (ten fighter corps with 21 air divisions, two bomber regiments),

KPAFAC Stength: approximately 125 MiGs, unknown Po-2, Yak-11, Yak-18, La-11

530731 DPRK states that air power inflicted the following damage: over 8,700 industries destroyed over 600,000 homes destroyed; 6,000 schools and hospitals destroyed; over 40% of all industrial and life support facilities destroyed
530921 KPAFAC pilot Ro Kum Suk defects with MiG-15bis #2057
730627 DPRK claims war was a "tremendous victory"

480 PLA members "Heroes of the DPRK"

746,000 medals and decorations awarded to PLA soldiers

13 PLA combined units and units awarded "Guards"

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