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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...machine guns, the Red plane exploded. A few minutes later, Garrison downed another MIG. Captain Lonnie Moore, 32, drew a bead on a third MIG and brought it down; ist Lieut. Harry Jones Jr., 23, got another. Then at 1,500 ft., Wingman William F. Schrimsher, 24, a 2nd lieutenant from Alabama, got on the tail of a fifth MIG. The Red pilot shoved the throttle wide open, went into a steep left bank trying to get away. Instead, the MIG snapped on its back, went into a spin and crashed into a hillside. Thus did one more U.S. pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: The Cats of MIG Alley | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

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