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USS Saint Paul Damaged on 17 November 1950, 6 wounded on Chongjin, on 21 April 1952 an accident during attacks against the ports of Wonsan and Chongjin left 30 killed. [2] Underwater damage after one 76mm to 90 mm hit from a shore battery at Wonsan, North Korea, no casualties, 11 July 1953.
The Panther was used extensively by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the Korean War. On 3 July 1950, a F9F-3 recorded the first U.S. Navy air victory of the conflict, having shot down a propeller-powered Yak-9. In the Korean theatre, Panther pilots cumulatively claimed the shooting down of seven Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s. During 1956, the type ...
The 22nd Crash Rescue Boat Squadron (22nd CRBS) was a U.S. Air Force combat search and rescue unit formed during the Korean War.While its original task was ocean rescue of downed pilots, its speedy and well-armed boats soon became prime vehicles for inserting spies, espionage agents, and sabotage parties into enemy territory for the 6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron.
South Korean soldiers walk among the bodies of political prisoners executed near Daejon, July 1950 Civilians killed during a night battle near Yongsan, August 1950 There were numerous atrocities and massacres of civilians throughout the Korean War committed by both sides, starting in the war's first days.
Dozens of aviators were credited as flying aces in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The number of total flying aces, who are credited with downing five or more enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat, is disputed in the war. The Korean War saw the first widespread use of jet engine-powered fighter aircraft for both sides of a war.
This category is for naval ships designed, built, or operated by the United States during the Korean War (1950–1952). Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
This is a list of military equipment used in the Korean War. Vehicle. United Nations. Landing vehicle tracked; Dodge M37; M39 armored utility vehicle;
1950 First of only two prototypes of the Fairchild XNQ-1 Navy trainer contender, BuNo 75725, written off in a crash. [1]5 January A Boeing B-50A Superfortress, 46-021, [2] c/n 15741 [3] of the 3200th Proof Test Group out of Eglin AFB, crash lands in the Choctawhatchee Bay, northwest Florida, killing two of the 11 crew.