First Enemy Jet Planes Attack U.S. Mustangs
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Recd. 12.10 am).— The first enemy jet fighters in action in Kore a were reported dog-fighting with American Mustangs and jet FBo’s over Sonchon today. Reports to the United States sth Air Force headquarters in Korea said six enemy jets jumped a flight of six American Mustangs near Sonchon. American FSO’s engaged the enemy planes. Soon after the action started conventional enemy fighters also were reported in the battle. An air fight over the United States 24th Division tank column followed a sweep by 13 FSO’s of Sinuiju airfield, in which eight enemy planes were reported destroyed. One pilot estimated there were 20 to 25 enemy aircraft o.n the field, which he said was protected by intense anti-aircraft fire. Sinuiju field is only nine air miles from the large Chinese airbase across the Yalu River, which separates Korea and Manchuria.—Associated Press.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19501102.2.31
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, 2 November 1950, Page 5
Word Count
151First Enemy Jet Planes Attack U.S. Mustangs Wanganui Chronicle, 2 November 1950, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in