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Jenks

Charlotte the flyer wrote:

Jenks wrote: but the Hawker Tempest V was even better.

Which then morphed into the sea fury, one of which managed to shoot down a Mig-15 in Korea

There is some debate as to whether the Mig actually came down, it was last seen heading back north at a slower rate than the rest.The Royal Navy wanted a propaganda boost they they chalked it up as a confirmed kill.

snayperskaya wrote:

Charlotte the flyer wrote:

Jenks wrote: but the Hawker Tempest V was even better.

Which then morphed into the sea fury, one of which managed to shoot down a Mig-15 in Korea

There is some debate as to whether the Mig actually came down, it was last seen heading back north at a slower rate than the rest.The Royal Navy wanted a propaganda boost they they chalked it up as a confirmed kill.

Sounds about right comrade:

http://britains-smallwars.com/korea/sea ... fight.html

Jenks

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There is some debate as to whether the Mig actually came down, it was last seen heading back north at a slower rate than the rest.The Royal Navy wanted a propaganda boost they they chalked it up as a confirmed kill.[/quote]


Sounds about right comrade:

http://britains-smallwars.com/korea/sea ... fight.html

Jenks[/quote]

It wasn't until the F-86 Sabre was used that the Mig-15 was countered, and that was largely due to the US pilots having combat dogfighting experience whereas the Korean and Chinese pilots didn't.It was a different story when they came up against one of the many Soviet Mig pilots that also flew in Korea, who also had fairly recent dogfight experience from WW11.