German pilots in Korea War?

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Originally Posted by Csaba B. Stenge

There are many rumours about Eastern European pilots on the Commuinst side in Korea, but it didn't happen. However, it is not a pure fabrication. I have a very interesting document in which an ex WWII Hungarian pilot volunteered to Korea to fight against the "imperialists". But his offer was turned down. I guess, the Communist side missed an interesting propaganda victory and opportunity to disallow such requests.

How every interesante!

Decades ago, when the ONLY reading material I could find on the Korean Air War was Lou Drendel, his little tomes mentioned that US pilots were seeing MiG15s with all sorts of crazy markings and insignias--supposedly Polish or Czech and who knows what else. I guess Drendell was trying to imply that Eastern Bloc pilots or whole units were being assigned to the Yalu front==thought it might simply have been 'a mistake in observation'.