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Using
the F8 Crusader means the NK were involved from the beginning of
VN.
Were
they flying Mig17, 19 or 21's?
This is getting interesting. Hope
you do not mind my questions.
Was
Korea supporting VN when the French were there.
Also
what happened to all the Bearcats, Tigercats, Corsairs and Hellcats we sent the
French?
Is
there any data on the airwar between the French and VN?
Dan
[Daniel T.
Fahey]
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From:
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[mailto:owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu]On Behalf Of
ysk
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:13 PM
To:
KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
Subject: Re: Soviet Aircraft Types in
Korea
Hi, Cookie:
Do you have any info on the NK pilots in Vietnam
or in Egypt?
All I have is what I got from the other
side. My understanding is that Kim Il Sung told his pilots to work in
pairs, wherein one guy would stay high in hiding while the other fellow would
draw out a Yank. The high guy then would swoop down on the unsuspecting
prey. This tactic worked a few times until the Yanks got wise and
went after the 'high' guy wuth its own high guy. The NK commander was
among the KIA.
Cho Myong Rok led a group of 'several hundreds'
NK pilots and support personnel in Egypt during the Yom Kipper War.
Little is known about these people's work in Egypt. NK is slient on this
affair. Cho Myong Rok survived and got to meet Bill Clinton in the
White House. Last year, Marshal Cho had a heart transplant and he may
outlive us all.
I suppose US intel orgs know all about these two
"expeditions". Any doc out in the open?
ysk
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Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 2:51
PM
Subject: Re: Soviet Aircraft Types in
Korea
North
Koreans is that they believed their own propaganda and took it to heart,
which cost them dearly while flying in North Viet Nam in 1967-68. (They
sincerely believe American pilots were inferior and could easily be shot
down. Then the US Navy introduced them to the F-8 Crusader. End of story.)
Cookie Sewell
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