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From: jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: First Jet-vs-Jet "Kill"?
Keywords: F-80 vs MiG-15
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Date: 2 Jun 91 23:26:36 GMT
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From: jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher)


I have a question about the first jet-vs-jet "kill".  According to
Rene J. Francillon in "Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913", the first jet-vs-jet
kill was made on November 7, 1950 when Lt. Russell J. Brown flying an F-80C
destroyed a MiG-15 over North Korea.  I have heard this story from several other
sources as well.  However, P. Butowski and J. Miller in "MiG -- A History of
the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft" claims that the MiG was the first to 
draw blood--destroying a single F-80C on November 8, 1950.  Which source
is correct?

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