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Re: F-86 vs MiG 15, the claims...
About the attack on Russian airfields: Two F-80C of the 49th FBG straffed Sukhaya Rechka, near Vladivostok the October 8th 1950, some sixty-two miles from the border with Korea in Soviet Union.
United States eventually volunteered an explanation to the UN. According to General Douglas MacArthur, commander in chief of the combined forces in Korea, the attack against Sukhaya Rechka was a mistake due to navigational error and poor judgement. The air force commander was relieved, the pilot were disciplined, and the United States offered to pay damages.
After Sukhaya Rechka was attaked, all V-VS regiments in the Far East were placed on Alert-1, the first time since the end of the Second World War.
No MiGs were deployed at Sukhaya Rechka; only P-63 Kingcobras of the 821th IAP 190th IAD.Seven planes were damaged and one destroyed. The others were repaired.No human losses were suffered. After two straffing runs the F-80C returned to base and... poor guys. Also, for sure the V-VS base commander of Sukhaya Rechka had not a easy life, the day after, October 9th.
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