Today In History:  10 September  [1952]   --  Corsair pilot shoots down a MiG-15 jet

During a dogfight between two piston-engined United States Marine Corps F4U Corsair fighter-bombers from the escort aircraft carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118) and several MiG-15 jet fighters, Corsair pilot Captain Jesse G. Folmar shoots down a MiG-15 before being shot down himself; he survives and is rescued. It is the only Corsair victory over a MiG-15 during the Korean War.

PHOTO: Goodyear FG-1D Corsair (ZK-COR), one of only two surviving ex-RNZAF Corsairs in airworthy condition, in US markings.

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Photo Attribution:  Historical Aviation Film Unit