| Having read Joe Brennan's comment on losses in Korea, I checked over my data base and came up with the following numbers. Overall, so far I have records of 3,041 aircraft lost in Korea, most of which now have a serial or BuAer number for the US ones and at least day/date/unit on the foreign ones (RN, RAAF, RAN, SAAF, ROKAF, etc.) Of this number: 41 have no reason given 11 are listed as lost for unknown reasons 164 list a reason but no category 991 are non-combat losses (crashes in training, landing/takeoff from carriers, typhoons, accidents, etc.) 1,150 were lost due to AAA damage or blew up in midair 683 were combat losses (non AAA inflicted) Of that 683 -- 4 were midair collisions (3 with MiG-15s, 1 with a Po-2) 12 were claimed by the KPAFAC 14 were claimed by the PLAAF 15 were claimed by both the PLAAF and the VVS 227 were claimed by the VVS 407 were lost in strafing runs, bomb runs, accidents in combat, etc. So in the end about 32% of the losses are non-combat losses. Cookie Sewell AMPS |