Re: Marine Raiders

[Tom Hickcox <tomh@winconx.com>]

At 14:26 3/21/00 -0500, Mike Haas wrote:

>     Bones also mentioning that one day he pulled up alongside a MiG
>formation, looking into the cockpit of one of them, and sitting there without
>helmet or headset on was a red-haired caucasian.  When he reported that (and
>a couple of other incidents indicating the presence of Russians in the MiGs),
>the Air Force threatened to send him back to the U.S.  He was strictly
>forbidden to discuss the subject further.

I started 6th grade in 1950 & we boys were quite enthralled with the MiGs 
vs F-86s reports in the papers & news magazines.  It was common at the time 
to hear that Russians were flying the MiGs fighting our side via the 
grapevine.  I think it even appeared in print that Russians were 
"suspected" of flying in combat.

Was this generally suspected at the time?  How wide-spread were the rumors?

Tommy