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I thought the Yak's were refered as the
Yak9U.
They were all metal and the armament
was standardized long ago with 2 - 50 cal and
1-20mm
Also the test data on the captured AC was
done
but have not seen the official data
published. In all the books I have read
simply said the Yak9
would give our AC a hard time with good pilot.
I am recalling from memory.
The fully loaded Yak9 was about 8000lb with a
1500hp engine.
On a side note the Russians new-built several Yak 3
and Yak 9s
for collectors several years ago using Allison engines.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Aircraft Used in Korea
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
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7:49
PM
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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