Last Update: 30 August, 2004

Note 1: USAF reports on air combat losses over North Korea from 1951 indicate that one F-51D was shot down in engagements with DPRKAF Yak-9s on this day. However, no other F-51D was lost on this day to any cause but RAAF F-51D A68-757, shot down during a railway strike, killing Sqn.Ldr. Graham Strout (first Australian casualty of this war). Original RAAF documents, including the 77Sqn ORB ("Operational Record Book") and the book "With the Yanks in Korea" (p.20) clearly describe how the aircraft was hit by AAA while diving to attack, and how it hit the ground. No DPRKAF Yaks were observed anywhere in the area.

Note 2: This B-26B was damaged during an attack of DPRKAF Yak-9s. One engine was knocked out and pilot made an emergency landing at Taejon airfield. The aircraft was not repaired in time to be evacuated, however, but was destroyed when Taejon was abandoned by US troops to prevent it from falling into enemy hands. There is no known DPRKAF claim standing in connection with this case.

Note 3: DPRKAF claim; USAF suffered no losses on this day.

Note 4: no DPRKAF claim known to stand in connection with this loss, which is nevertheless confirmed by USAF documents as suffered in air combat.

Note 5: according to official Soviet and Chinese documents the North Koreans were not flying any MiG-15bis in combat before early 1953; nevertheless, the available sources indicate that their piltos have shot down two USAF F-51Ds while flying MiG-15s in 1951.

Note 6: the RB-47H was not shot down during this attack, but damaged sufficiently enough to be written off after landing at Yokota AB, in Japan. The crew consisted of pilot Lt.Col. Hobart D. Mattison, Copilot/Gunner 1st Lt. Henry N. Dubuy, and Navigator Capt. Robert J. Rodgers, and had also three "ravens" (EWOs) in the raven compartment: they claimed one of the MiGs as shot down as well (see US list for "Cold War" kills in the European data-base).

Note 7: A US Army CH-47 was shot down over the Korean DMZ on this day - but to unknown reasons. Some sources indicate that it was shot down by a North Korean MiG-21.

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