SUBJECTS >> OPERATIONS >> Korean War
AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> F-84
Catalog Number:
1952.183
Location:
51 FW/HO
Description:
Somewhere In North Korea--Rocket And Bomb Laden United States Air Force F-84 Thunderjets Drop Calling Cards With Devastating Effect On An Ammunition Train Attempting To Reinforce Frontline Communist Troops. Primary And Secondary Explosions Following Dead Center Hits Prove Conclusively That This Consignment Of Ammunition Will Never Be Directed At Allied Ground Forces. Repeated Strafing Attacks Were Made By The Fifth Air Force Fighter Bombers On The Derailed Locomotive.