"Rats" wrote:
Michael Petukhov will probably tell us that
NO Russian pilots were shot
down in the Korean War -- especially by Americans!
He will probably tell
us that ALL the kills on Americans were by
Russians.

He's probably right!


Not necessarily. Check the ACIG.org lists of Korean War kills. There are
some by PRC pilots, and the NKAF. (not many though) But you're right about
poor Mikey likely saying that no Russians were shot down by Americans: that'd
be news to the F9F pilots from VF-781 on USS Oriskany (CVA-34) on 18 Nov
52: they were jumped by MiG-15s from Vladivostok. Two of the bad guys were
sent down into the Sea of Japan, the third was shot up and went RTB. And
this is just one example, there are plenty of kills listed on the site where
the victim was Soviet, and some of the pilots are named.

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