18 Nov 52 F9Fs vs Migs
On 18 Nov 1952 there was an air combat over the Sea of japan between F9F Panthers of VF-781 and VVS Migs. Wiki and and article in a magazine I stumbled over have Lt ER Williams downing 4 Migs.
My claims list from the American Aviation Historical Society Journal Fall 1994 has the following claims:
Lt ER Williams 2 Migs
Lt Jg DM Middleton 1 Mig
Lt jg DM Rowland 1 Mig
From my not too accurate notes from the book The Sea War in Korea MW Gagle & FA Manson have:
Williams 1-0-1
Middelton 1-0-0 (pilot ejects)
Rowland 0-0-1
Some notes from a book on Soviet aces have them downing 3 migs of the 781 IAP
Anyone have any more info on this combat.
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