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| Subject: | Re: RE: Yak-List Digest: 19 Msgs - 06/25/08 |
This from historian, Barrett Tillman.
The only marine ace in the KW was Jack Bolt, flying F86s as an exchange
pilot.
The only NAVY ace was Guy Pierre Bordelon (who likely wasn't an ace)
credited with two Yak 18s and three La-9 or 11s in June-July 53.
bd
On 6/27/08 7:05 PM, "Scott Poehlmann" <scott-p@texas.net> wrote:
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> Pappy,
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> I think you mean USN ace... See this link:
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> http://www.acepilots.com/korea_bordelon.html
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> Sorry,
>
> Scott
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> cjpilot710@aol.com wrote:
>> The only Marine corp ace during Korean shot down 5 of these types. No
>> migs - just poor old little Yak 18s. BTW the CJ didn't fly until
>> August 28 1958. Had he encounter a B model, well there might have
>> been a Corsair with a few holes in it. :-)
>>
>> Pappy
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>> Hmmmmmmmmm One wonders. Pappy.
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>> In a message dated 6/27/2008 5:16:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> Cj6sly@cs.com writes:
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>> Hello, Yakistas,
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>> I'm doing a Stand-up at Warbirds in Review at Oshkosh this year on
>> the 50th anno of the First Flight of the CJ-6A. While I'm firmly
>> of the opinion that the facts should never get in the way of a
>> good story, I'm interested in any historical info or anecdote that
>> any of you are a prty to. Such as this: I had heard a story that a
>> flight of North Korean Yak-18's had attacked an oil storage
>> facility in Seoul during the Korean War. Anyone else hear that?
>> SO, anything you folks have would be appreciated as I get my wits
>> gathered.
>>
>> See you at Oshkosh!
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