File:USN F9F shoot down MiG-15.jpg

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English: The gun camera of a United States Navy F9F Panther fighter from the aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CV-32) took this photo of a Chinese MiG-15 as the Panther's pilot shot it down over North Korea near the Yalu River during the Korean War.
Date During the Korean War (25 June 1950-27 July 1953)
Source Scanned from Alexander, Joseph H., Fleet Operations in a Mobile War: September 1950-June 1951, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, ISBN 0-16-050905-X, 2001, p. 35.
Author National Archives photo NA 80-G-424090

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