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Korean air war statistics from sources of USA and USSR

	USA	USSR
	Data from:
Overall losses of American planes	2837
Combat losses of American planes		1097+271 ^*
Combat losses of F86 Sabres	103 ? LoL!	651+181 ^*
Combat losses of B29 Super Fortress	17	69
Combat losses of F84 Thunder Jet	18	186+27 ^*
Combat losses of F80 Shooting Star	15	117+30 ^*
Combat losses of F51 Mustang	12	28+12 ^*
Combat losses of Meteor G.8	5	28+7 ^*
Rescued US pilots (it's interesting to compare with the number of lost planes. How many crafts need to lose in combats to manage to rescue over 1000 survived?)	1000++
Kills by B29	34	0
Kills by Sabres	810
Losses of MiGs by Sabres	792
Losses of MiGs	885	335+231 ^*
Combat losses of other Communist planes	69	335+231 ^*
Not-combat losses of Communist planes	1800	~10+? ^*

* The 1st number is for the Soviets, the 2nd number is for United Air Army of China and Korea

MiG-15
the main hero of that war

version engine weight , kg speed , kmph climb , min ceiling , km range, km (w/o drop. tanks) take off run , m land run , m
design. kgs empty ready at sealevel at 5 km landing 5 km 10 km
MiG-15 , 1948 RD-45F 2270 3382 4806 1050 1031 160 2.5 7.1 15.2 1420 * 600 710
MiG-15bis , 1950 VK-1 2700 3681 5044 1076 1044 178 2.1 5.3 15.5 1330 ** 500 880
* in case of mounting of dropping fuel tanks 2x250 liters (2x 400 lbs.), range was increased by 400 km (250 miles), also available were 2x300 liters (500 lbs) and 2x400 liters (700 lbs) tanks.
** option to mount up to 2x600 liters (2x 1000 lbs) dropping tanks.

version	engine	weight , kg	speed , kmph	climb , min	ceiling , km	range, km (w/o drop. tanks)	take off run , m	land run , m
design.	kgs	empty	ready	at sealevel	at 5 km	landing	5 km	10 km
MiG-15 , 1948	RD-45F	2270	3382	4806	1050	1031	160	2.5	7.1	15.2	1420 *	600	710
MiG-15bis , 1950	VK-1	2700	3681	5044	1076	1044	178	2.1	5.3	15.5	1330 **	500	880

Armament : 37mm cannon N-37 + two 23mm cannons NR-23
Ammoload: 40 rpg 37mm, 80 rpg 23mm

Name Caliber Shell weight Muzzle speed Firing rate
N-37 37mm 735 g 690 m/s 400 s/s
NR-23 23mm 200 g 690 m/s 850 s/s

Along with the MiG-15 and MiG-15bis, the communist side used piston fighters Yak-9P and La-9 and La-11 , attacker Il-10M , light night bomber Po-2 ;
tanks T-35/85, IS-2, SU-76.

The Americans used tanks: M24 Chaffie, M4 Sherman (M4A3E8), M26 Pershing, M46 Patton ; bombers B26 Invader, B29 Super Fortress, AD4 Skyraider, piston fighters F51D Mustang, F82F and F82G Twin Mustang, F4U-4 Corsair, jet fighters F84G Thunderjet, F94B Starfire, F2H-2 Banshee, F3D-2 Skyknight, F86A and F86E and F86F Sabre, F9F-2 Panther, F80 Shooting Star.
The British (and the Australians) used tanks: Churchill Mk.VII Crocodile, Cromvell Mk.VII, Centurion Mk.III, A34 Comet and fighter-bombers Sea Fury Mk.11, Meteor Mk.8, Firefly.

Aces of Korean war

USSR USA
China Canada
North Korea Britain and Australia

Notes:

For Soviet pilots the victories had been counted only by the number of the planes shut down over friendly territory, so actual scores could have been higher.

Some claims of American pilots could reflect only damaged planes, which managed to return to their bases.

WW2 scores included.

Cold War scores included:
kill by Stepan Bakhayev (shared with his squadmate) - RB29 recon plane (1950);
kill by Ralph Parr - Il-12 civilian unarmed airliner followed from Port-Artur to Vladivostok (1953).

Lu Minh shot down a B17 from Taiwan in 1956.

_g means group aerial victories (shared kills).

_n means unconfimed (not official) aerial victories.

Stepan A. Bakhayev	23+4_g (12+3_g in WW2)
Nicolai V. Sutyagin	22+2_g
Yevgeni G. Pepelyaev	20+3ⁿ
Joseph McConnell Jr.	16
James Jabara	16.5 (1.5 in WW2)
Alexandr P. Smorchkov	19 (4 in WW2)
Lev K. Schukin	15
Dmitry P. Oskin	14+1_g
Manuel J. Fernandez	14.5
George A. Davis Jr.	21 (7 in WW2)
Mikhail S. Ponomaryev	16 (2 in WW2)
Sergey M. Kramarenko	15+2ⁿ+10_g (2+10_g in WW2)
Royal N. Baker	16.5 (3.5 in WW2)
Konstantin N. Sheberstov	12
Grigory U. Ohay	17 (6 in WW2)
Pavel S. Milaushkin	11+2ⁿ
Nikolay G. Dokashenko	15 (4 in WW2)
Vermont Garrison	17.33 (7.33 in WW2)
Harrison R. Thyng	15 (5 in WW2)
Ivan V. Suchkov	10 (12?)
Dmitry A. Samoylov	10
Fredrick C. Blesse	10
Harold E. Fischer	10
Lonnie R. Moore	10
Ralph S. Parr Jr.	10
Dun Ven	10
Serafim P. Subbotin	15 (6 in WW2)
James K. Johnson	10 (1 in WW2)
Mikhail I. Mikhin	9 (11?)
Boris Zabelin	9
Cecil G. Foster	9
James F. Low	9
Chzhao Bao Tun	9
Wang Hai	9
Kim Kee Ok	9
Li Dong Czu	9
James P. Hagerstrom	14.5 (6 in WW2)
Grigory I. Ges	13 (5 in WW2)
Grigory I. Pulov	8 (10?)
Li Han	8
Lu Minh	8
Fan Van Chszou	8
Robinson Risner	8
George I. Ruddell	8
Kam Den Dek	8
Semyon A. Fedoretz	7+1ⁿ
Alexander N. Karasev	37+11_g (30+11_g in WW2)
Ivan M. Zaplavnev	13 (6 in WW2)
A. I. Mitusov	12 (5 in WW2)
N. N. Babonin	7
Boris A. Obraztsov	7 (4?)
V. N. Alfeyev	7
L. M. Ivanov	7
Clifford D. Jolley	7
Buttelmann Henry	7
Leonard W. Lilley	7
Francis Gabreski	34.5 (28 in WW2)
Donald E. Adams	6.5
Geroge L. Jones	6.5
Winton W. Marshall	6.5
John F. Bolt Jr.	12 (6 in WW2)
Sergey F. Vishnyakov	9 (3 in WW2)
Boris V. Bokach	6 (7?)
Kim Di San	6
Sun Shen Ky	6
James H. Kasler	6
Robert J. Love	6
Arkady S. Boytzov	6
V. M. Hvostontsev	6
A. P. Nikolayev	6
P. F. Nikulin	6
Fyedor A. Shebanov	6
Nikolay M. Zameskin	6
Alexander S. Kumanichkin	37+4_g (31+4_g in WW2)
Stepan I. Naumenko	6+5_g
William T. Whisner	21 (15.5 in WW2)
Edwin L. Heller	9 (3.5 in WW2)
Grigory N. Berelidze	5+1_g
B. N. Siskov	5+1_g
John F. Bolt Jr.	11 (5 in WW2)
Victor I. Kolyadin	20 (15 in WW2)
Harrison R. Thyng	10 (5 in WW2)
Iven C. Kincheloe Jr.	5
Garrison Ting	5
Anatoly M. Karelin	5
B. S. Abakumov	5
A. T. Bashman	5
V. I. Belousov	5
G. I. Bogdanov	5
N. I. Gerasimenko	5
S. D. Danilov	5
Grigory F. Dmitryuk	5
N. L. Korniyenko	5
A. M. Kochegarov	5
V. L. Lepikov	5
Afanasiy A. Olenitsa	5
A. R. Prudnikov	5
A. F. Plitkin	5
Viktor G. Muravyov	5
N. K. Shelamanov	5
V. P. Popov	5
V. I. Stepanov	5
German T. Shatalov	5
Robert P. Baldwin	5
Richard S. Becker	5
Richard D. Creighton	5
Stephen L. Bettinger	5
Guy P. Bordelon	5
Clyde A. Curtin	5
Ralph D. Gibson	5
Robert T. Latshaw Jr.	5
Robert H. Moore	5
Dolphin D. Overton III	5
William H. Westcott	5
Guy Bordelon	5
Nikolay I. Shkodin	5
V. Utkin	4+5_g
Georgy A. Lobov	23+8_g (19+8_g in WW2)
Philip E. Colman	9 (5 in WW2)
John W. Mitchell	11 (7 in WW2)
Walker M. Mahurin	23.5 (20 in WW2)
Alexander F. Vasko	18+?ⁿ (15 in WW2)
Vitaly I. Popkov	44 (41+?^g in WW2)
Nikolai I. Ivanov	9+2ⁿ (6 in WW2)
Van E. Chandler	8 (5 in WW2)
Dmitry V. Yermakov	28+3_g (26+3_g in WW2)
John C. Meyer	26 (24 in WW2)
Glenn T. Eagleston	20.5 (18.5 in WW2)
Lowell K. Brueland	12.5 (10.5 in WW2)
Philip Cunliffe De Long	11.17 (9.17 in WW2)
Ivan M. Gorbunov	20+3_g (18+3_g in WW2)
James D. Lindsay	9 (7 in WW2)
John MacKay	12.2 (11.2 in WW2)
William J. Hovde	10.5 (9.5 in WW2)
John J. Hockery	7 (6 in WW2)
Benjamin H. Emmert Jr.	6 (5 in WW2)
William E. Lamb	6 (5 in WW2)
James W. Little	6 (5 in WW2)
Herman W. Visscher	6 (5 in WW2)
John W. Andre	5 (4 in WW2)
Robert Wade	8 (7.5 in WW2)
Dewey F. Durnford	6.83 (6.33 in WW2)

Some Air Combats

The world 1st jet-vs-jet kill. On November 1st, 1950 was the encounter of MiG-15 and F80 flights. The Soviet pilot Khominyh shot down one of the Shooting Stars. The Americans hide this loss, and did so in future. Many shot down planes were writen-off as "not-combat losses".

MiG-15 guncamera shots :
aimed F84 aimed F86 aimed F80
F80 shot down
aimed B29
F84 shot down Sabre shot down B29 shot down

**MiG-15 guncamera shots** :
		F80 shot down
F84 shot down	Sabre shot down		B29 shot down

12th April 1951. 48 escorted B29 tried to attack a bridge over Yalutsyan river. 36 MiG-15 shot down 9 bombers. The Americans said 3 lost and 7 damaged SuperFortresses, and claimed 9 MiGs from 64..72 attackers, plus 6 probablies and 4 damaged. In fact, all Soviet fighters returned safety.

12th September 1951. 80 MiG-15 attaked about 150 F80, which strafed ground targets between Anchzu and Phenian. 15 Shooting Stars were shot down, 3 MiGs were damaged.

"The Black Tuesday". 30th October 1951. 21 B29 escorted by about 200 F86 and F84, tried to attack Namsi airfield. They were intercepted by 44 MiGs, which shot down 12 B29 and 4 F84. 1 MiG-15 was shot down by Sabres. The rest of SuperFortresses were damaged, but managed to escape. According the American sources, were lost 8 bombers.

Thanks to Andrey Mikhaylov and Alexander Melnikov.

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Name	Caliber	Shell weight	Muzzle speed	Firing rate
N-37	37mm	735 g	690 m/s	400 s/s
NR-23	23mm	200 g	690 m/s	850 s/s