F‑80C           35th FBS/8th FBG, Fukuoka Bay, Japan, aircraft disintegrated after take‑off. Pilot  bailed out but

          drowned in cold water, pilot killed

21jan51

 F‑84E 523rd FES/27th FEW, Korea, shot down by a MiG‑15, pilot  bailed out safely

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	seat	photo
2nd February 1951	USAF	Sabre	49‑1239	336th FIS	Midair	Pilot Upchurch ejected OK	NAA
2nd February 1951	USAF	Sabre	49‑1230	336th FIS	Midair	Pilot Evans ejected OK	NAA

07feb51 

49‑0693  F‑80C          36th FBS/8th FBG, 2 M N of Itazuke AB, Japan, mechanical/power failure during take‑off, pilot

          jettisoned all ordnance but ejected at too low an altitude and was killed

  08feb51        

49‑1817  F‑80C          16th FIS/51st FIG, 40 M N of Taegu, South Korea, lost oil pressure and engine exploded, pilot

          ejected safely

 February 1951 the Chinese offensive after the second fall of Seul completely lost its momentum. With the advance south the ground forces found themselves under the sky, which was far to south for the Soviet units to be allowed to enter. They found themselves under the sky owned by the FEAF. The Chinese ground troops showered with bombs, rockets and gunfire, as were the Norht Korean forces a few months earlier they were forced to halt the offensive. If the FEAF wanted to keep the Chinese volunteers at bay, new attacks against supply lines were to be initiated immediately, and thus the railroad and road bridges again became main targets. This interdiction program was described in a single idea of destroying rail and road communications to an extent that a 30 mile long undamaged stretch of road or rail line was not allowed to exist.

On 23rd February Kapetan Gordeev ejected in combat with F-80s, but surpassingly no victories were claimed by the USAF fighter/bomber units in theatre.

On the first day of March 1951 eighteen B-29s of 98th Bomber Wing were sent to strike the bridge near Chongju, but due to strong winter headwind they were devoid of fighter cover over the target. Instead they did rendezvous with a formation of MiG-15bis belonging to the 28th GvIAP, which transformed ten of the bombers into flying sieves. Three of these crashed and were destroyed while trying to perform an emergency landing at Taegu. March was another quiet month with not many air combats. On 12th March 1951 two pilots of 28th GvIAP -St/Lt’s Sokolov and Bushmelev collided while engaging the F-80C of 2nd Lt. Charles Blomberg (36th FBS). The collision was observed by the other F-80 pilots. 17th March saw an otherwise inconclusive air combat in which a MiG-15 pilot of 72nd GvIAP, Vasili M. Dubrovin, collided in mid-air with an F-80C of 36th FBS piloted by Howard J. Landry. Both pilots died in the crash. With two such accidents in a short period the GLAVKOM VVS or the Soviet Air Force HQ set a plan in motion to replace the two Soviet units with better prepared fighting formations.

 

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	seat	photo
21st March 1951	RN	Supermarine Attacker	WA480	CFE West Raynham	following engine failure	Lt. P. L. McDermot ejected at a height of 7,500ft., 230kts. He was the second person to save his life in an emergency using a Martin-Baker seat	Martin-Baker Mk.1A

21 mar51                  

          49‑2359  F‑84E        522nd FES/27th FEW, nr Changnam‑ni, Korea. hit by ground fire, pilot  bailed out safely

19mar51        

          123039  F9F‑3 VF‑52, nr NAS San Diego, CA, USA, caught fire shortly after take‑off, pilot  bailed out

20mar51         49‑1848  F‑80C 80th FBS/8th FBG, Wonsan harbor, South Korea, hit a ridge nr Chosen reservoir and managed

  to fly to Wonsan where he ejected safely

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	seat	photo
3rd April 1951	Hawker	Hawker P1081	P1081		Aircraft became uncontrollable in steep dive. . Altitude given varies in references Pilot ejected. Aircraft crashed minutes after.	Pilot Sqn. Ldr. Trevor "Wimpey" Wade ejected but did not separate from his ejection seat and was killed [more notes and photos to add from files]	ML Aviation
2-4-1951 [??] these extra notes via DCW Hawker P1081(P) (Nene), VX279 Sqn Ldr T. S. (Wimpy) Wade DFC AFC - CTP ) Hawker Aviation Ltd, Langley. High speed research a/c. general air test which modifications had been carried out including the inter-connection of the dive recovery and landing flaps and the replacementof the tailplane actuator. during a high speed run some form of emergency occurred and the pilot elected to eject. the hood was released at about 9k ft, followed shortly after by the pilot's helmet, goggles and oxygen mask. ejection was initiated at 2k ft. the seat blind tore away after seat activation and the seat rotated violently at a rate of more than one turn per second making it difficult if not impossible for the pilot to release himself. the pilot did not separate from the seat and was killed on impact with ground in the ML Aviation (non automatic) seat with the parachute unopened. (20, 24, 58, 71, 81, 100, 345 & 360 1 killed CAT 5 npd)

9th April Two days later Sabre pilot 1st Lt Arthur L O’Connor of the 336th FIS shot downs the MiG of Starshij Lejtenant Fedor Slabkin of the 176th GvIAP who bailed out,
 

On 7th of April 1951 an unknown number of B-29s escorted by 48 F-84Es of the 27th FEW visited the Yalu bridges. A force of about thirty MiG-15s of the 176th GvIAP soon confronted Superfortress crews. Despite the efforts of the escorting Thunderjet pilots the MiG-15bis of Kapetan Ivan V. Suchkov passed through the fighter screen and blasted one B-29 out of the sky but lost one MiG of the formation to the F-84 escorts.

Two days later Sabre pilot 1st Lt Arthur L O’Connor of the 336th FIS shot downs the MiG of Starshij Lejtenant Fedor Slabkin of the 176th GvIAP who bailed out, but in return the 176th GvIAP intercepted several B-26Bs of 452nd BW, and badly shot-up no. 44-34447 and 44-34547. One of these two was the first kill credited to the MiG-15 Ace Kapetan Grigorii Ges.
 

28apr51         

 F‑84E            12th FEG, LA, USA, pilot  bailed out OK

OBapr51         49‑0800      F‑80C 25th FIS/51st FIG, 1 M SW of Songdong‑m, 3 M E of Yongyo‑n, North Korea, shot down by

          AAA, pilot captured

11 apr51         125086       F9F‑2 VF‑23, nr El Centro, CA, USA, collided with F9F‑2 125111, pilot  bailed out

13apr51                    

 F‑80C            18th FBG, Korea, pilot  bailed out OK

22apr51         

          49‑2384  F‑84E        522nd FES/27th FEW, nr Kumwha, North Korea, hit by ground fire, pilot ejected safely & was

  captured