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Pages in category "American Korean War pilots" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
American Korean War pilots (2 C, 142 P) Pages in category "United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 274 total.
Similarly to the Chinese and Soviet aces, the kill totals of many American pilots are disputed. Their combined tally is incompatible with recorded losses by communist forces, and data-matching with Soviet records shows that many of the aces' claimed kills were erroneous. In some cases, American pilots over-claimed by 400 per cent after air combat.
However, many pilots whose ace status in question or is disputed are widely referred to as aces in the media, and as such are put in this category. For more information, read about overestimation of aerial victories in the Korean War.
Pages in category "American military personnel of the Korean War" The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
American Korean War pilots (2 C, 142 P) B. British Korean War pilots (4 P) C. Chinese Korean War pilots (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Korean War pilots"
The ban was soon lifted due to obvious problems with using Korean to communicate in critical battle situations. [2] During the conflict the American F-86 Sabre pilots claimed to have destroyed 792 MiG-15s in air-to-air combat for a loss of 78 Sabres – a phenomenal 10 to 1 kills-to-losses ratio. [3] The Soviets claimed to have downed over 600 ...
In the ensuing aerial battle, the RB-29 rear gunner shot down one of the MiGs – the first MiG-15 shot down by a B-29 gunner. The RB-29 limped back to Johnson AB, Japan and five crewmen were killed when it crashed during landing. The immediate answer to the vulnerabilities of the RB-29's was the modified RB-50A, being an uprated version of the ...