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Cookie,
Interesting list. A couple of additions I can think
of:
6204th Photo Flight flew a couple of RB-17G's for
photo-mapping of NK in the early months of the war. This is mentioned a number
of places.
At least one RB-50G was detached from the 55th SRW
to the 91st SRS at Yokota and operated over NK on electronic recon ("ferret")
missions. From Price "US Electronic Warfare Vol 2".
Another minor point: The USMC also operated the F2H-2P, in VMJ-1.
Alternate info:Thompson/MacLaren "MiG Alley" list of all F-86's operated in Korea (they
say) has a slightly different assortment of fighter versions: F-86A-5, E-1,
E-5, E-6, E-10, F-1, F-5, F-15, and F-30 (IOW no E-2's or F-10's but adding
E-10's and F-15's)
And Questions: previous things you wrote or
translated referred to the NK Yak's as Yak-9P's. The one captured at Kimpo in
Sep 1950 and taken to the US for eval was so indentified by the US. OTOH
something that's puzzled me is many references say the P subsituted 20mm cannon
in the cowling (I forget the designation but not uniform with the 20mm ShVAK
firing thru the prop hub) for the UBS 12.7mm MG's of wartime versions. But the
US eval report said that one was armed with 2*12.7mm in cowling plus
the 20mm in hub, and damage report of a an F4U hit by a Yak in an April 21
1951 battle also estimated the holes as ".50 cal".
On operators many sources suggest both KPAFAC
and PLAAF Korean combat operations of both Lavochkin and Yak fighter types
and Il-10's. I think both originate partly from US signal and human intel
sources, as well as eyewitness combat indentifications which could easily
be wrong. I wonder if it can be really nailed down with available
info.
Finally on the target of the US 49 FBG strafing
inside Russia on Oct 8, 1950 don't some Russian sources refer to the targets as
P-39's?.
Joe
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Subject: Aircraft Used in Korea
Ed,
Think I have missed some small fry or subtypes
but so far this is what I have for a type listing.
Cookie
Sewell
AMPS
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Aircraft types used in Korea for
either combat or training:
UN Aircraft identified in
Korea or used to support operations in Korea
AD-2, AD-3, AD-3Q,
AD-3W, AD-4, AD-4L, AD-4N, AD-4NA, AD-4NL, AD-41,
AD-4W (USN, USMC)
AF-2M, AF-2S (USN)
AT-6D, AT-6F, AT-6G (also LT-6G) (USAF,
ROKAF)
SB-17G (USAF)
B-26B, B-26C, RB-26C (USAF)
B-29,
B-29A, KB-29M, RB-29, RB-29A, SB-29, WB-29 (USAF)
C-45F (USAF, USA)
C-46D (USAF)
C-47A, C-47B (USAF, RCAF, RHAF)
C-54D
(USAF)
C-119B, C-119C (USAF)
C-124A (USAF)
F2H-2, F2H-2P
(USN)
F3D-2 (USMC)
F4U-4, F4U-4B, F4U-4P, F4U-5, F4U-5N,
F4U-5NL, F4U-5P (also AU-1) (USN, USMC)
F-51D, RF-51D (both NAA
US-built and CAA Australia-built) (USAF, ROKAF, SAAF, RAAF)
F6F-5K
(drone) (USN)
F7F-3N, F7F-3P (USMC)
F-80C, RF-80A, RF-80C
(USAF)
F-82G (USAF)
F-84D-5, F-84D-10, F-84E-1, F-84E-10,
F-84E-15, F-84E-20, F-84E-25, F-84E-30,
F-84G-1, F-84G-10, F-84G-15,
F-84G-16 (USAF)
F-86A-5, F-86E-1, F-86E-2, F-86E-5, F-86E-6, F-86F-1,
F-86F-10, F-86F-30, RF-86A-5
(USAF, SAAF)
F-94B (USAF)
F9F-2, F9F-2B, F9F-3, F9F-4, F9F-5, F9F-5P (USN, USMC)
Fairey
Firefly GR.4, GR.5 (FAA, RAN)
H-19A, YH-19 (USAF)
H-5D, H-5F,
H-5G, H-5H (USAF, USN)
HO3S-1 (USN)
HRS-1, HRS-2 (USMC)
HTL-3, HTL-4 (USN, USMC)
L-4 (USA, ROKAF)
L-5 (USA,
ROKAF)
L-19A (USA, USMC)
L-21 (USA, USAF)
Gloster
Meteor F. 8 (RAAF)
OE-1 (USMC)
OY-2 (USMC)
P2V-3,
P2V-3W, P2V-4, P2V-5 (USN)
PB4Y-2 (P4Y-2) (USN)
PBM-5, PBM-5A,
PBM-5S, PBM-5S2 (USN)
RB-45C (USAF)
SA-16A (USAF)
Short Sunderland V (RAF)
Supermarine Seafire F. 47 (FAA)
Hawker Sea Fury F.B.10, F.B. 11 (FAA, RAN)
T-33A (USAF)
TBM-3E, TBM-3R, TMB-3S, TBM-3U (USN, USMC)
"Unified Air
Army" Aircraft
A-20G (USSR reconnaissance torpedo
bomber)
Il-10, Il-10U (KPAFAC)
Il-12 (USSR)
Il-28 (USSR;
staged to airfields in the Far East Military District but not used
operationally)
La-9 (PLAAF only)
La-11 (USSR, PLAAF)
MiG-9 (PLAAF only, not used in combat)
MiG-15, MiG-15bis
(USSR, PLAAF, KPAFAC)
P-63A (USSR; numbers stored at airfields in the
Far Eastern Military District and attacked by accident early in the war)
U-2 (Po-2) (KPAFAC)
Yak-9T (KPAFAC)
Yak-11
(KPAFAC)
Yak-12 (KPAFAC)
Yak-16 (KPAFAC)
Yak-17UTI (USSR,
PLAAF)
Yak-18 (KPAFAC)
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