MiG-15 with dragon motif

[Smithy]

Many thanks RCheung (I take it you are Raymond Cheung the researcher and writer?).

Is there then the possibility that Stadnik was the pilot of the "dragon MiG"? I know that it was virtually unheard of for Soviet MiGs to carry art but Thompson is adamant in his account that the MiG he downed was adorned with a dragon down the entire port side of the fuselage, and went on to say that this was subsequently confirmed in his gun camera footage which suggests that it wasn't merely a trick of the eye occurring during high speed combat.

Another quick question: were there any PLAAF units operating at this time and general area?

It's great to see you back here as you are a wealth of information concerning specifics regarding MiG units and timings. I'd really like to ask you about Risner's opponent on the 4th December 1952 but I'll start another thread regarding that.

Once again, many thanks,

Tim