F-86 "The Huff" shot down top Russian pilot?

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F-86 "The Huff" shot down top Russian pilot?

Post by dragon53 » Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:29 am

Can anyone confirm this I saw on another website:

"F-86F-1 ‘THE HUFF” flown by 2Lt James L Thompson of the 39th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Wing in June 1953. He has achieved two kills in the past month and is looking for a third. Glimpsing a camouflaged MiG-15 down below, he drops his tanks and tries to get in firing position before the MiG hides in the clouds. His first kill in May 1953 was most likely a high ranking Russian pilot who flew a MiG-15 with a large dragon motif on its side, this was inspiration for Thompson’s crewchief, Sgt J W Manney, to paint the dragon on the Sabre soon afterwards."

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