Fedorets' Korean War MiG-15

[DaneBramage]

 

[MrT]

Another nice job! The cockpit looks really good.

B)

 

[phantom II]

Hey, that looks pretty good . Whose kit and what scale ?

 

[Adam]

That looks good.

 

[nerdling]

I like that. Looks really good. Is that the new 1/72 Airfix kit?

 

[DaneBramage]

1/32 Trumpeter with Squadron Canopy

 

[phantom II]

Thanks for the info. Christian B)

 

[sacktime]

that looks sweet!

 

[moon puppy]

 

[dewertus]

Beautiful model, can you write a few words about it (scale, how it is composed, where you find paint scheme)...

Korea is one of my favorite topic, but i was never find MiG-15 with two-digit mark - normal it was three or four (for Chines). This is very unusual, so i would like to extend my source of the information and data

 

[mlp]

yes it looks good

 

[DaneBramage]

Beautiful model, can you write a few words about it (scale, how it is composed, where you find paint scheme)...

Korea is one of my favorite topic, but i was never find MiG-15 with two-digit mark - normal it was three or four (for Chines). This is very unusual, so i would like to extend my source of the information and data

This is indeed a unique bird . When I decided to do a Korean War "Dogfight scenario" I read about when the wall came down it was finally confirmed that Soviet fighters were flying many of the MiG-15 for Korea. The one I depict here was flown by Semyon (Semen) Fedorets THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE "mortally wounded" McConnel's "Buteous Butch" Here a quote from McConnell:

"Shot Down!

On April 12, 1953, he shot down his eighth MiG, but was shot down himself.

During that engagement a Soviet MiG-15 pilot, Semen Alexeievich Fedorets (913rd IAP, 32nd IAD), had scored his fifth victory against another Sabre pilot, killing 1st Lt. Robert Niemann. Fedorets spotted McConnell's Sabre, who was chasing another MiG. The Russian pilot smartly managed to put himself on the Sabre's tail, slightly below. Thus, when McConnell's wingman told him to break, he couldn't see Fedorets, who was 'on his six'. Seconds later, Fedorets' lethal burst smashed into McConnell's F-86. Using all his expertise, and despite the damage caused by Fedorets, McConnell forced his Sabre into a high-G barrel roll, causing Fedorets to overtake him. Turning the tables, McConnell fired his 50-caliber machine guns into Fedorets' MiG, forcing him to eject. Mac's own plane was smoking, had lost half its power, and its radio, but McConnell could still control the crippled Sabre.

His opponent described the fight thus:

"My #3 and #4, Aleksandrov and Shorin, lost track of me during my sharp maneuvers, but my wingman V. Yefremov stayed with me. When I was closing to the Sabre I heard Yefremov saying 'A flight of Sabres behind.' He radioed such info and he went away to the left, leaving me alone without cover. As soon as I stopped looking through the gunsight and I turned my head, a short burst struck my cockpit from the right and above.

"I sharply broke to the right underneath the Sabre, getting out of the line of fire. The Sabre went forward, and ended up in front of me at my right. The American pilot turned his head, he saw me and engaged flaps, with the intent to slow down, to let me pass forward and to riddle me at short range. I realized his maneuver, and sharply broke left, while firing a burst at the Sabre without aiming. The burst struck the base of the right wing, close to the fuselage. A huge hole, about one square meter, appeared in the Sabre's wing of the Sabre. It broke to the right and fell downwards. That was my second enemy aircraft destroyed in that combat."

Fedorets was right in one thing: McConnell's Sabre was mortally wounded. But what Fedorets didn't know then was that, even with his F-86F badly shot-up, McConnell still could perform a barrel-roll which put him at 6 o'clock of the now unaware Fedorets. And then he took revenge for his defeat.

"As soon as I got my plane out of the attack, from below I was hit by a machine gun burst. I sharply pushed the stick, and tried to disengage. The cockpit filled of smoke and kerosene, the instrument panel was destroyed, and finally the new couple of Sabres [Fedorets did not know then that it was the same Sabre piloted by McConnell that he had knocked out before.] broke any control. Using the trimmer I leveled the plane, and decided to bail out. With a tremendous effort I was able to eject the canopy, and successfully bailed out of my damaged plane at 11,000 meters of altitude."

McDonnell headed south, toward the water, still smoking, but not burning. Flying #3 position in McConnell's flight, 1st Lt. Harold Chitwood called for air-sea rescue from Chodo. By this time the U.S. air-sea rescue teams were so well-organized that he only spent a couple minutes in the water before a chopper pulled him out. An H-19 helicopter of the 581st AR&C Squadron, manned by Don Crabb and Bob Sullivan, pulled him out. Mac later joked to his sister, "I barely got wet." A few days later, he shot down another MiG."



That's why I chose this Mig-15. I have the Kinetic with the Buteous Butch II Decals and will display them as a pair.
I also wanted to bump this for my buddy Paul the Oakie!

 

[Sharkmouth]

S. A> Fedorets usually flew this one which was replaced with 16.

This is from a Russian language magazine.

" Tactical number '93' - red digits with no outline. Korean national insignia were in usual six positions fuselage sees, wings upper and lower surfaces. Wheel disks were green. After glorious engagement on April 12, 1953 when the plane was lost, Fedorets receded other MiG-15bis 'Red 16' which had the same camouflage colours as previous. But it differs from '93' in such way that had no Korean insignia on the wings undersides. Also (before the end of war) victory stars began to appear on the planes in May of 1953 Fedorets' machine had 7 such signs. Victory stars were applied only on the port side below seats armour back. Stars were red with no outline."

Regards,