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Korean Air War and Surrounding Events Korean Air War and Surrounding Events Compiled by Stephen L. (Cookie) Sewell Note: Kills are listed by pilot claims or the claims of authors in various texts. They are collated for study but their accuracy has not been verified by any source. Monthly totals listed for USAF MiG kill claims are inclusive of separate kill listings which follow. Date Fact and Amplifying Data · 4311.. First indication that Korea will be divided after WWII concludes. · 450808 USSR enters the war against Japan. · 450811 Draft arrangement to partition Korea agreed upon by US and USSR. · 450824 Soviet troops reach 38th Parallel. · 450902 WWII (Great Patriotic War) ends. · 450908 US troops land in Korea. · 451010 Korean Workers Party (also known as the North Korean Bureau of the Korean Communist Party) founded by Kim Il-Sung; Kim named Chairman. · 4512.. US-USSR-UK commission on the Korean government begins in Moscow. · 4602.. Kim Il-Sung named Chairman of the Provisional Peoples' Committee of Korea. · 4603 .. Commission adjourns without success in creating a workable government. · 4608 Kim Il-Sung amalgamates KWP and New Peoples Party (Koreans from China). · 4610.. US creates the South Korean Interim Legislative Assembly under Syngman Rhee. · 4705.. Second commisssion on Korean government convenes in Seoul. · 4707 Second commisssion on Korean government adjourns without success. · 471114 UN moves a resolution for a united and independent Korea; free elections to be held in 1948.USSR objects. · 4805 Free elections held in South Korea alone. · 480720 Syngman Rhee government sworn in and Republic of Korea established. · 480815 US government terminates operations; ROK takes over. · 480909 Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea proclaimed by Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang. · 4812.. UN declares ROK to be the lawful government of Korea; KWP sponsored riots in the South attempt to invalidate UN declaration. · 4903.. Kim Il Sung first requests support from Stalin to attack South Korea; it is denied. · 4904 North Korean intelligence "feels" the South is preparing to attack them. · 4905 DPRK troops attack across the DMZ near Kaesong. · 490503 Stalin promises Kim Il Sung "techinical assistance". Kim asks for sufficient arms as follows: Mechanized brigades of two tank regiments (33 x T-34-85), an SP arty battalion (16 x Su-76), an army artillery regiment (24 x Zis-3 76mm), and an independent tank battalion of Su-76s. He also requests a mixed aviation division of Assault Aviation and Fighter Aviation regiments (43 aircraft each) · 490514 Mao Zedong returns two Korean divisions to Kim Il Sung. · 490527 North Koreans fighting over the Ongjin Peninsula. · 4906.. US troops finish pullout via Inchon; DPRK merges North and South branches of KWP into one single organization. · 4907.. DPRK troops launch a second series of raids across the 38th Parallel. · 490726 Mao asks Stalin if the Soviet Union will supply aircraft to the PRC 200 Yak fighters and 40-80 bombers are requested, plus pilot training. · 490604 USSR begins weapons shipments in exchange for 30,000 tons of rice. · 490814 Kim Il Sung again requests support in attacking the South. · 490827 Stalin again rebufss Kim Il Sung. · 491004 Kim Il Sung informed of Stalin's decision. · 491015 KPA wins some small victories along the 38th Parallel; USSR ambassador does not inform Stalin of these events. · The first Yak-12 trainers arrive in China. By year's end, China will have over 185 Soviet built aircraft for the PLAAF. · 491022 Stalin informed of events in Korea; Soviet ambassador censured. · 500119 Kim Il Sung notes that now China is unified, it is his turn. · 500213 50th IAD is moved to the Far East to begin teaching Chinese PLAAF pilots the MiG-15 · 500214 The USSR signs a treaty to provide a $300 million load for military aid to the PRC. The PLAAF ordered 289 La-9 fighters, 198 Tu-2 bombers, and 108 trainers and other aircraft. The next day, Mao requests another 628 aircraft. · 5004.. Kim Il Sung and Stalin meet; Stalin, counting on his possession of nuclear weapons as a deterrent to US action, agrees to Kim's request. · 5005.. Kim Il Sung and Mao Zedong discuss events; Mao promises to aid Kim only if the Japanese come the war on the side of the South. · 5006.. PLAAF deploys its first combined aviation brigade including 38 MiG-15, 39 La-11, 39 Tu-2 bombers, 25 Il-10 ground attack aircraft, and 14 Yak-12 trainers. · 500603 DPRK begins call for "peaceful unification through elections". · 500619 DPRK reiterates call for "peaceful unification through elections". · 500620 North Koreans claim to have intercepted South Korean attack plans. · 500621 Kim Il Sung notes the South Koreans are expecting a North Korean offensive. · 500622 DPRK divisional attack orders drafted and transmitted to first echelon forces. · 500625 0400 hours -- KPA commences "First (Seoul) Phase" 1. KPAFAC starts war with 239 aircraft, of which 129 are Yaks and 43 are Il-10s; the remainer are Po-2, Yak-11, Yak-16, or Yak-18 types. 2. KPAFAC Attacks -- Yak-9P and Yak-9U committed to combat. 3. USAF SB-17 and RB-29 committed to combat 4. 0900 -- US Embassy determines that all-out offensive had begun. · 500625 KPAFAC Yak-9 1 x C-54 destroyed 7 out of 16 ROKAF trainers destroyed · 500626 USAF F-82G committed to combat · 500627 USAF F-80C committed to combat -- KPAFAC Il-10 committed to combat · 500627 Hudson/Fraser USAF F-82G 1 x Yak-9 First USAF kill of the war 1. Little/U/I USAF F-82G 1 x Yak-9 2. Moran/U/I USAF F-82G 1 x Yak-9 3. Schillereff USAF F-80C 1 x Il-10 4. Dewald USAF F-80C 1 x Il-10 5. Wayne USAF F-80C 2 x Il-10 6. DPRK Il-10 6 x ROK T-6 destroyed on ground · 500628 USAF RF-80A, B-26 and B-29 committed to combat; 21 x B-26 and 4 x B-29 make support strikes · 500628 DPRK Yak-9 1 x F-82 strafed on ground 1. 1 x B-26 strafed on ground 2. 1 x C-54 strafed on ground · 500629 KPA "First Phase" terminates 1. USAF F-51D committed to combat · 500629 USAF B-29 1 x Yak-9 1 x La-7 damaged 1. Norris USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 2. Marsh USAF F-80C 1 x Il-10 3. Fox USAF F-51D 2 x Il-10 4. Burns USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9 5. Sandlin USAF F-51D 1 x Yak-9 6. USAF B-26 1 x Yak-9 25 x KPAFAC aircraft destroyed on the ground 7. DPRK Yak-9 1 x C-54 destroyed on ground · 500630 KPA commences "Second (Suwon) Phase" · 500630 Wurster USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 1 1. Thomas USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 · 500702 RAAF F-51D committed to combat · 500703 USS Valley Forge arrives on station 1. USS Sicily arrives on station 2. USS Badoeng Straig arrives on station 3. HMS Triumph arrives on station 4. USN F9F, F4U, AD committed to combat 5. RN Seafire, Firefly committed to combat · 500703 Plog USN F9F-3 1 x Yak-9 1 x Yak-9 destroyed on ground 1. Brown USN F9F-3 1 x Yak-9 1 x Yak-9 destroyed on ground · 500704 USN F9F-3 1 x Yak-9 10 x KPAFAC aircraft damaged on ground · 500705 Task Force Smith is attacked and shredded. · 500706 KPA "Second Phase" terminates · 500707 KPA commences "Third (Taejong) Phase" · 500712 KPAFAC Yak-9 1 x B-29 1 x B-26 damaged 1 x L-4 · 500715 USAF F-80 2 x Yak-9 destroyed on ground 1. KPAFAC Yak-9 1 x B-26 damaged · 500717 Clark USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 · 500718 USN F9F-3/AD-2 14 x U/I destroyed on ground 13 x U/I damaged · 500719 USN F9F-3/AD-2 18 x U/I destroyed on ground 1. Kees USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 2. McKee USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 3. Wurster USAF F-80C 1 x Yak-9 2 4. USAF F-80C 14 x Yak-9 destroyed on ground 5. 1 x Yak-16 destroyed on ground · 500720 KPA "Third Phase" terminates · 500720 USAF F-80C 2 x Yak-9 1. KPAFAC Yak-9 1x B-29 damaged · 500721 KPA commences "Fourth (Naktong) Phase" · 500722 KPAFAC strength estimated down to 65 aircraft · 500728 USAF B-29 1 x Seafire Mistaken identity · 500803 USMC F4U committed to combat · 500805 USS Phillipine Sea arrives on station · 500805 Sebille/18th USAF F-51D KIA (MOH) · 500806 USAF F-51D 9 x U/I destroyed on ground · 500815 USAF B-29 1 x La-11 damaged · 500816 USAF B-29 98 x B-29s drop 850 tons in first mass strike of the war · 500823 DPRK Yak-9 damaged British destroyer · 500828 PRC officially protests raids into Manchuria · 500830 KPA "Fourth Phase" terminates · 500831 KPA commences "Fifth (Pusan) Phase" 1. The Northeast PLA commanders request that the CMC make every effort to ensure Soviet air support before the PLA entered ground combat in Korea. If not, ground forces should be held back until such support was available. · 5009.. USS Boxer arrives on station · 500915 KPA terminates "Fifth Phase" 1. UN Inchon landings begin · 500915 USMC 2 x Il-10 captured 1 x Yak-9 captured · 501001 USMC F7F-3N committed to night intruder strikes · 501002 Mao advises Stalin that the PRC will intercede on behalf of the DPRK, but noted that China would not have effective air support with 300 first-line aircraft until March 1951 at the earliest.
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