Black Tuesday for the U.S. air force: pilots of the Soviet Union punished the America
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Black Tuesday for the U.S. air force: pilots of the Soviet Union punished the America
-In October 1950 in our 176-th guards fighter aviation regiment arrived Deputy commander of the aviation of the Moscow military district the General-the major Mikhail Redkin, - says the Hero of the Soviet Union the General - the major of aircraft in resignation Sergey Kramarenko. Asked: do we know what Americans are doing in Korea? We knew that "Superfortress"-29 equate to the ground entire cities, killing tens of thousands of innocent people. The General said that the Soviet Union may not initiate hostilities in Korea. The fact that the UN Security Council under US pressure and gave permission for entry into the war the UN forces. Although we boycotted the adoption of this decision, the direct participation of the Soviet Union in the conflict on the Korean Peninsula would mean the entry into the war with a military contingent of the United Nations. But the Korean people can help volunteers. Who are you ready? Volunteered every one of the pilots.
Selected 32 best, mostly soldiers. Shot down three Germans and won 10 aerial victories in the group Kramarenko was one of them. Of volunteers was formed the 64th fighter air corps of two divisions.
Our 324 th fighter aviation division was commanded by three times Hero of Soviet Union Colonel Ivan Kozhedub, - says Sergey Kramarenko. - I had at one time been in the war a slave. Ivan Nikitovich told that the first Americans he was shot down in 1945. the Two "Mustang" attacked his La-7, probably confused with the German plane, so he had to force them to "teach materiel" in their own skin.
The command has taken measures to cover part of the Soviet air force in the Korean war. The aircraft struck the insignia of the armies of North Korea and China, and the radio was ordered to take Korean. The pilots had to flight to mow eye on the fastened on the knee with a piece of paper written in Russian transcription a dozen teams.
- However, the Americans soon realized, with whom we are dealing and we are in the air started to speak Russian and Russian swear - in battle there is no time for translation from foreign languages - says Kramarenko.
Before Tuesday was Thursday
April 12, 1951, 48, the American strategic bombers b-29A "Superfortress" attempted a massive strike on the railroad tracks and highway bridges crossing the Yalu river in the Korean city of Singisi. They were accompanied by fighter - 18 latest F-86 "sabre", 34 F-84 thunderjet and 24 F-80C "Shuting Old". To intercept this gigantic group of 124 aircraft flew 44 Soviet MiG-15 176-th and 196 th regiment of the 324-th division.
At 9.37 am, the battle began. When it's over 9 minutes was over, it turned out that it was a massacre.
We destroyed a 12 "flying fortresses" and 5 fighters, - says Sergey Kramarenko. - The day I shot down the first American. The task of my group was to tie up enemy fighters and distract them from defending the bombers. Gave the command to the slave: "Attack!" Immediately began a sharp turn to the left with ascent, and in a moment my MiG-15 was in the midst of foreign fighters, behind and below the lead of their group. Without hesitation, aimed and opened fire on the front "Thunderjet" group - commander. First was a little behind, and the second got him. F-84 turned in the air, thickly puffed and fell into a tailspin.
Remembers Sergei Makarovich, the first battle in the air showed that American jets F-80 "Shuting Old" and the F - Thunderjet significantly inferior to the Soviet MiG-15 in speed, climb and especially on arms. Mass loss of the U.S. air force in air battles did not stop after the emergence of Korea's new fighter F-86 "sabre".
- It was a good aircraft, but our "MiGs" is not inferior to them in aerobatics and was much better armed - says Kramarenko. - The MiG-15 had three guns - two caliber 23 mm and one 37 mm calibre with sighting range of 800 meters. The F-86 - 6 12.7-mm machine guns with a firing range of 400 meters. A "flying barns" - so we called b-29 bombers - shot was kinda awkward. Them thrashed with 400 meters do almost with impunity - the only pieces of the fuselage came off. 50 meters long was this bomber not miss.
However, the execution of the "air fortress" Sergei Kramarenko was not involved. The pilot ACS has put military missions to destroy the most difficult targets of enemy fighters.
Our pilots were strictly forbidden to fly over the water. After the Soviet Union tried to conceal the participation of the Soviet air force in the Korean war, and in Yellow the sea dominated by the us Navy. In the case of ejection the pilot could be captured.
And the air battles were fought mostly near the coast, - says the pilot. Only will American, and he is narc and quickly walks away towards the sea.
The Americans released the air
April the lesson did not go the Americans for the future. Six months later, they decided to repeat the massive RAID.
October 30, 1951 in the history of the U.S. air force became as black Tuesday. On this day in North Korea took off the 21 "Superfortress" and covering nearly 200 of them fighters of various types. In a short battle the Soviet pilots in MiG-15s shot down 12 b-29 and 4 F-84. In addition, many of the "air castle" was damaged and almost every returning crew brought back to their airfields killed or wounded. The Americans managed to shoot down just one of our MiG-15.
After the defeat of the U.S. air force did not fly at all in Korea for three days. One month, three-29, covers the F-86, tried again to RAID the river crossing the Yalu. Soviet "MiGs" dispersed Sabres and shot down all three bombers.
- I'm in that mass fight of October, did not participate, - says Sergey Kramarenko. - There was fighting "neighbors", the pilots of the 303rd division of the 64th air corps. And I have that day, nearby was an air duel with the "Thunderjet". When he returned, reported that one of them damaged, but he slipped from me towards the sea. Only many years later, when the United States declassified archives, I learned that padded then the F-84 to the base not reached. The pilot was forced to eject, and the plane fell into the water.
But air victories captain Sergei Kramarenko was enough: he is 10 October 1951 was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
"Death was next..."
- We did not have hatred for the Americans and their coalition allies, - says Sergey Makarovich. - To the Germans in the great Patriotic war - was. We have seen that they are in our land did. But against these opponents it was only a conscious sense of duty. We were ordered not to let them on the South Bank of the Yalu river, we were not allowed. American pilots nicknamed this line "the alley "MiG". Our planes were painted with silver paint, they could be seen from afar. Who would not want to join us in the fight, he turned around and flew back home. While flying and death - they, too, were soldiers. But the good pilots they have had enough. I mean - the bold and skillful. Once I even spared the youth-Australian. We that day defeated a squadron of the Australian F. 8 Gloster "meteor". I have one plane was shot down, another shot down, and the third was already in my sight. But look - the boy from me they flee in someone so young... Why, I thought, a sin on soul to take, let him live.
But when on 17 January 1952 in the Korean sky hit the Kramarenko, the pilot of the American "Sabre" the mental anguish is not experienced and tried to finish off the Soviet pilot had ejected.
The parachute opened, I looked around and saw me flying the F-86, - says Kramarenko. Suddenly he was pulled to me the lines of machine-gun runs. Honestly, I did not expect such meanness. We are unarmed Americans never finished... Death is next passed. Remember, even pulled legs to the stomach: so clearly understood that another second - and their queue cut off. Fortunately, the bullets flew past. But the F-86 went into a second attack on the Soviet pilot, and from certain death Kramarenko was only saved by the cloud. Falling into him, the parachutist has reached the ground alive.
Not allowed the war to yourself
Sergei Kramarenko is confident that the loss of the strategic bombers b-29 in Korea forced the US to abandon plans for a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin.
- By the summer of 1953, we have scored at least 40 "flying fortresses," says the famous Soviet ACE. - Approximately how many of the stricken b-29 crashed into the ocean, before reaching the ground. The rest had to patch and darn. The chiefs of staff did the staff game: can you defeat the Soviet Union was one massive nuclear strike? It turned out that the US strategic aviation will lose 55 per cent of the bombers in the first flight. A bomb far East, Siberia and Ural, the Americans just had nothing left in their region of aircraft - carriers of nuclear weapons. The temptation to attack us after the death of Stalin, the US was very large, but wiped away, and the great war never happened. It would not be her now - all want to live. If in Syria the Americans dare to compete, then I pity them in advance. Our aircraft - excellent, our pilots - above all praise. Therefore, we do not need to hurt to fight, we still know how.
material taken from pikabu.com Author Alex Hohlov
Selected 32 best, mostly soldiers. Shot down three Germans and won 10 aerial victories in the group Kramarenko was one of them. Of volunteers was formed the 64th fighter air corps of two divisions.
Our 324 th fighter aviation division was commanded by three times Hero of Soviet Union Colonel Ivan Kozhedub, - says Sergey Kramarenko. - I had at one time been in the war a slave. Ivan Nikitovich told that the first Americans he was shot down in 1945. the Two "Mustang" attacked his La-7, probably confused with the German plane, so he had to force them to "teach materiel" in their own skin.
The command has taken measures to cover part of the Soviet air force in the Korean war. The aircraft struck the insignia of the armies of North Korea and China, and the radio was ordered to take Korean. The pilots had to flight to mow eye on the fastened on the knee with a piece of paper written in Russian transcription a dozen teams.
- However, the Americans soon realized, with whom we are dealing and we are in the air started to speak Russian and Russian swear - in battle there is no time for translation from foreign languages - says Kramarenko.
Before Tuesday was Thursday
April 12, 1951, 48, the American strategic bombers b-29A "Superfortress" attempted a massive strike on the railroad tracks and highway bridges crossing the Yalu river in the Korean city of Singisi. They were accompanied by fighter - 18 latest F-86 "sabre", 34 F-84 thunderjet and 24 F-80C "Shuting Old". To intercept this gigantic group of 124 aircraft flew 44 Soviet MiG-15 176-th and 196 th regiment of the 324-th division.
At 9.37 am, the battle began. When it's over 9 minutes was over, it turned out that it was a massacre.
We destroyed a 12 "flying fortresses" and 5 fighters, - says Sergey Kramarenko. - The day I shot down the first American. The task of my group was to tie up enemy fighters and distract them from defending the bombers. Gave the command to the slave: "Attack!" Immediately began a sharp turn to the left with ascent, and in a moment my MiG-15 was in the midst of foreign fighters, behind and below the lead of their group. Without hesitation, aimed and opened fire on the front "Thunderjet" group - commander. First was a little behind, and the second got him. F-84 turned in the air, thickly puffed and fell into a tailspin.
Remembers Sergei Makarovich, the first battle in the air showed that American jets F-80 "Shuting Old" and the F - Thunderjet significantly inferior to the Soviet MiG-15 in speed, climb and especially on arms. Mass loss of the U.S. air force in air battles did not stop after the emergence of Korea's new fighter F-86 "sabre".
- It was a good aircraft, but our "MiGs" is not inferior to them in aerobatics and was much better armed - says Kramarenko. - The MiG-15 had three guns - two caliber 23 mm and one 37 mm calibre with sighting range of 800 meters. The F-86 - 6 12.7-mm machine guns with a firing range of 400 meters. A "flying barns" - so we called b-29 bombers - shot was kinda awkward. Them thrashed with 400 meters do almost with impunity - the only pieces of the fuselage came off. 50 meters long was this bomber not miss.
However, the execution of the "air fortress" Sergei Kramarenko was not involved. The pilot ACS has put military missions to destroy the most difficult targets of enemy fighters.
Our pilots were strictly forbidden to fly over the water. After the Soviet Union tried to conceal the participation of the Soviet air force in the Korean war, and in Yellow the sea dominated by the us Navy. In the case of ejection the pilot could be captured.
And the air battles were fought mostly near the coast, - says the pilot. Only will American, and he is narc and quickly walks away towards the sea.
The Americans released the air
April the lesson did not go the Americans for the future. Six months later, they decided to repeat the massive RAID.
October 30, 1951 in the history of the U.S. air force became as black Tuesday. On this day in North Korea took off the 21 "Superfortress" and covering nearly 200 of them fighters of various types. In a short battle the Soviet pilots in MiG-15s shot down 12 b-29 and 4 F-84. In addition, many of the "air castle" was damaged and almost every returning crew brought back to their airfields killed or wounded. The Americans managed to shoot down just one of our MiG-15.
After the defeat of the U.S. air force did not fly at all in Korea for three days. One month, three-29, covers the F-86, tried again to RAID the river crossing the Yalu. Soviet "MiGs" dispersed Sabres and shot down all three bombers.
- I'm in that mass fight of October, did not participate, - says Sergey Kramarenko. - There was fighting "neighbors", the pilots of the 303rd division of the 64th air corps. And I have that day, nearby was an air duel with the "Thunderjet". When he returned, reported that one of them damaged, but he slipped from me towards the sea. Only many years later, when the United States declassified archives, I learned that padded then the F-84 to the base not reached. The pilot was forced to eject, and the plane fell into the water.
But air victories captain Sergei Kramarenko was enough: he is 10 October 1951 was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
"Death was next..."
- We did not have hatred for the Americans and their coalition allies, - says Sergey Makarovich. - To the Germans in the great Patriotic war - was. We have seen that they are in our land did. But against these opponents it was only a conscious sense of duty. We were ordered not to let them on the South Bank of the Yalu river, we were not allowed. American pilots nicknamed this line "the alley "MiG". Our planes were painted with silver paint, they could be seen from afar. Who would not want to join us in the fight, he turned around and flew back home. While flying and death - they, too, were soldiers. But the good pilots they have had enough. I mean - the bold and skillful. Once I even spared the youth-Australian. We that day defeated a squadron of the Australian F. 8 Gloster "meteor". I have one plane was shot down, another shot down, and the third was already in my sight. But look - the boy from me they flee in someone so young... Why, I thought, a sin on soul to take, let him live.
But when on 17 January 1952 in the Korean sky hit the Kramarenko, the pilot of the American "Sabre" the mental anguish is not experienced and tried to finish off the Soviet pilot had ejected.
The parachute opened, I looked around and saw me flying the F-86, - says Kramarenko. Suddenly he was pulled to me the lines of machine-gun runs. Honestly, I did not expect such meanness. We are unarmed Americans never finished... Death is next passed. Remember, even pulled legs to the stomach: so clearly understood that another second - and their queue cut off. Fortunately, the bullets flew past. But the F-86 went into a second attack on the Soviet pilot, and from certain death Kramarenko was only saved by the cloud. Falling into him, the parachutist has reached the ground alive.
Not allowed the war to yourself
Sergei Kramarenko is confident that the loss of the strategic bombers b-29 in Korea forced the US to abandon plans for a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin.
- By the summer of 1953, we have scored at least 40 "flying fortresses," says the famous Soviet ACE. - Approximately how many of the stricken b-29 crashed into the ocean, before reaching the ground. The rest had to patch and darn. The chiefs of staff did the staff game: can you defeat the Soviet Union was one massive nuclear strike? It turned out that the US strategic aviation will lose 55 per cent of the bombers in the first flight. A bomb far East, Siberia and Ural, the Americans just had nothing left in their region of aircraft - carriers of nuclear weapons. The temptation to attack us after the death of Stalin, the US was very large, but wiped away, and the great war never happened. It would not be her now - all want to live. If in Syria the Americans dare to compete, then I pity them in advance. Our aircraft - excellent, our pilots - above all praise. Therefore, we do not need to hurt to fight, we still know how.
material taken from pikabu.com Author Alex Hohlov
