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Re: US Fighter Pilot Losses in Korea

To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
Subject: Re: US Fighter Pilot Losses in Korea
From: <AMPSOne@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:52:05 EST
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Dan,

Probably better than that. This accounts for only 690 aircraft losses, and the USAF alone lost 1,729 and the USN/USMC around 1,200 more. Remember that a lot of the KIA came from the bombers - up to 4 in a B-26 (C model) and up to 14 in a B-29.

Still, for all of the flash of the fighter jocks, the guys who really bore the brunt of the Korean war were the piston-engined fighter-bomber pilots, and they took a higher percentage of losses and KIA.

Cookie Sewell
AMPS

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