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| Keywords: MiG-15 wreck salvaged by UN forces Korea 1951.jpg Photograph of the first Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter that was analyzed by United Nations' forces in the Korean War This plane crashed in July 1951 in the tide flats south-west of Hanch'on North Korea Hanch'on at 38° 58' 48 N 125° 41' 15 E is not on the coast and was later spotted by Royal Navy carrier planes from HMS Glory R62 The plane was broken up a piece of the engine is visible aft of the center section The tail section was located some 350 meters away The circular objects on the wings are coils of rope used during salvage The wreck was located an area of mudbanks with treacherous tides and at the end of a narrow channel which was supposedly mined ca 160 km behind the front lines The salvage group consisted of the RN frigate HMS Cardigan Bay F630 a US Navy crane-bearing landing craft and a South Korean launch which completed the task early on 21 July UN aircraft provided guidance along the approach channel to the wreckage which a US helicopter had marked with buoys The cruiser HMS Kenya C14 provided long-range radar cover UN aircraft provided air cover The plane was retrieved transported to Inchon and then to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio USA for analysis U S Navy Naval Aviation News December 1951 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1951/Dec51 pdf 1951-07-20 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy MiG-15s in the Korean War Black and white photographs of aircraft | ||||
