Ward Hitt Photo Collection
Source: https://sova.si.edu/record/NASM.2012.0044
Korean War
Meyer then returned to a tactical flying unit in August 1950 when
he assumed command of the 4th Fighter Wing at New Castle, Delaware.
He took the North American F-86 Sabre jet wing to Korea where it flew
in the First United Nations Counteroffensive and Chinese Communist
Forces Spring Offensive campaigns.
On December 1950, Meyer, led a flight of eight F-86
Sabres against 15 MiG-15s in the first major all-jet fighter battle
in history. The flight downed six MiGs without sustaining any losses.
During the war, he destroyed two MiG-15 aircraft, bringing
his total of enemy aircraft destroyed (air and ground) in both World
War II and Korean War to 39½.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Meyer
Ward Hitt Photo Collection
Source: https://sova.si.edu/record/NASM.2012.0044
(Wilmington Morning
News - Vol. 138 - No. 82, October 4, 1950)
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