SUBJECTS >> OPERATIONS >> Korean War
AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> F-80
Catalog Number:
1952.190
Location:
5th Floor, E-Ring, 9-10
Description:
Somewhere In Korea A Member Of A Forward Tactical Air Control Party Watches A United States Fifth Air Force F-80 Fighter Bomber Drop Bombs And Napalm On An Enemy Fortified Position Which Is Holding Up The Advance Of United Nations Forces. The Forward Air Controller Received Information Of The Location Of The Enemy Strong Point From Infantry Liaison Personnel. He Relayed The Information To A T-L Mosquito Control Plane The Mosquito Pilot Pinpointed The Exact Location With White Phosphorus Smoke And Called In Fighter-Bombers To Deliver The Knock-Out. The Air Controller Watches The Finishing Touch Applied, And Will Verify Claims Of The F-80 Pilots., 1951