Re: Attacks against Suiho

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I thnik the Suiho dam appears to have been a major visibility point for the 
air war and as such tended to attract a lot of air activity. Hanging around 
it without a mission, however, makes no sense as it was also a concentration 
point for Chinese and DPRK AA guns (most of the Soviet ones were by that time 
clusted around the airfields, and as such not as heavily involved as 
previously when they were the only guns in "town".) 

Diego, watch out for sites from the "Red Devils" book as many of them do not 
match other Soviet/Russian or USAF statements. The two Sabres you cited the 
other night (49-1139 and 49-1227) were listed in KORWALD as written off after 
landing due to MiG damage, not lost in action. Also, the date of loss was 13 
September 1951, not 1952; no Sabres were claimed by Soviet pilots on either 
13 Sept 51 or 13 Sept 52. Mark and Danz are correct in saying it is an 
interesting book and entertaining, but some major chunks of it do not match 
up with other sources.

The most accurate one so far is the Naboka book, as it appears to be little 
more than a verbatim transcription of the Podolsk archives into textual 
format.

Cookie Sewell
AMPS