26 Red Jets Downed, 1 Allied Plane Lost
Is August Score In Korean Air Battles
SEOUL, <JP) — The U.S. Fifth
Air Force jubilantly announced
Saturday that U. N. Sabre jet
pilots shot down 26 Communist
jets and damaged 29 but lost only
one plane in air battles over
North Korea during the first 22
days of August.
An Air Force spokesman said
the record “represents what is
probably the most clean-cut vic
tory of the Korea War . . . the
nearest thing I find to it is for
the entire month of last June,
when 22 MIGs were shot down
and only one Sabre jet was shot
down.
The new total included three
MIGs downed the past week
without loss of a single Sabre jet.
During the week ending Friday,
six Russian-built jets were dam
aged, making a total of 29 MIGs
crippled so far this month.
The Air Force said, however,
two Sabres and four other U.N.
planes failed to return from mis
sions the past week. Two pro
pellor-driven planes were downed
by anti-aircraft fire. Loss of the
others was unexplained. This
made a total of 17 U.N. planes
lost during August, hut only one
in air combat.
The swift Sabres kept Com
munist fighters from interfering
with U.N. air strikes against Red
stockpiles all along the front Fri
day. The bomb raids were part
of a stepped-up campaign, dis
closed only last week by the chief
of the Far East Naval Forces, to
hit the Reds where it hurts most.
The North Korean radio re
acted violently Friday to the in
tensified Allied aerial effort.
A Pyongyang broadcast, heard
in Tokyo, called for an immedi
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derous American bombing of civ
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ever, civilians were urged with
leaflets to evacuate target areas
prior to the two big Allied raids
last Thursday and Friday.
New Quarters Being Built
For 2-Yr.-01d Truce Talks
MiUNSAN, {/P)—The stalemated
Korean armistice talks—already
in their second year—soon may
move from a battered tent to
more permanent quarters, a
wooden house built by the Com
munists.
Newsmen saw the 24 by 36-foot
pine and plywood building being
nailed up on a concrete founda
tion at Panmunjom.
Its windows were fancy, dia
mond shaped. Chinese carpenters
—apparently imported for the job
—refused to answer questions.
It was learned the house will
replace the meeting tent supplied
by the Reds under the agree
ment which shifted the truce site
to Panmunjom from Kaesong 10
months ago. Nearby U. N. tents
still are in good condition.
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MISSING ELMENDORF JET
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Air Force
rescue planes took to the pir
again Saturday in the search tor
an Elmendorf Air Force Base F-04
all-weather jet which has been
missing since Thursday night with
two men aboard.
The plane disappeared on a
routine training flight. The pilot
last reported his position as 10
miles west of Fire Island, 14 miles
from here.
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