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Originally Posted by NickM
MOST fighter bombers didn't get anywhere near the areas covered by the Migs. And like you said, staying at altitude kept the Migs in THEIR preferred performance envelope--and given the Migs were both higher AND further north than most UN interdiction ops, I didn't see them having an impact on it. The only place the MiGs did have a huge impact was against the B29 force--but that's what they were made for: "Can Openers" for the bombers.
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The books I read about it from the Soviet (Russian) side takes a bit different view about it.
They don't subscribe to any 5 - 1 superiority from the US/UN side, not even if we only count MiGs vs F-86.
Quite a few fighterbombers in there as well!
But perhaps you have much more detailed information that I lack?
Would just love to have a correct loss figure, such as Soviet, Chinese, North Korean c/n and
where/how each aircraft was lost.
Cheers
Stig