>An F-86 POW was recorded taken by the
Russians May >20 1951
I'm guilty here of same sloppiness that sometimes obscures things from that
time. Russian's don't say they took an American prisoner themselves, the say the
Chinese or, in some of their accounts the North Koreans, did (and I think they
did, just the next day in an unrelated non air combat incident in the same
place).
Joe
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Case in point on objectivity:
The US claimed it shot down over 800 MiG-15s, with only about 900 in
theater at the outside.
The VVS and Chinese claim they shot down over
800 F-86 Sabres, which is 100 more than were in theater for the entire
course of the war.
Who's right and who's wrong?
If your type
of reporters looked at this, they would immediately assume that the Soviets
were right and the USAF "as usual" was lying about its losses.
On
the other hand, pro-USAF flacks assume that the Commies are lying and really
got pasted but won't admit it.
The truth -- objective truth -- is
somewhere in the middle.
Cookie Sewell
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