A MiG-15 to Freedom

Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector Who First Delivered the Secret Fighter Jet to the Americans in 1953

No Kum-Sok, J. Roger Osterholm (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

231 Seiten

2007
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9780786431069 (ISBN)

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On September 21, 1953, US airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, Korea, were startled to see landing a MiG-15, the most advanced Soviet-built fighter plane of the era, piloted by Senior Lieutenant No Kum-Sok, a 21-year-old North Korean Air Force officer. At his request, No came to the US and became a US citizen. This book presents his story.

On September 21, 1953, U.S. airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, Korea, were startled to see landing a MiG-15, the most advanced Soviet-built fighter plane of the era, piloted by Senior Lieutenant No Kum-Sok, a 21-year-old North Korean Air Force officer.

Once he landed, Lieutenant No found that his mother had escaped to the South two years earlier, and they were soon reunited. At his request, No came to the United States and became a U.S. citizen. His story provides a unique insight into how North Korea conducted the Korean War and how he came to the decision to leave his homeland.

No Kum-Sok lives in Florida. The late J. Roger Osterholm lived in Florida.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface by No Kum-Sok

Foreword by J.R. Osterholm

1. Crossing the Line

2. Growing Up Under the Japanese

3. Maturing Under the Communists

4. North Korean Naval Academy

5. The Korean War Breaks Out

6. The Allies Retreat

7. Volunteer for the Unknown

8. Flight Training in Manchuria

9. Flying the MiG-15

10. Aerial Combat Against F-86 Sabres

11. Battles in MiG Alley

12. The End of the Manchurian Sanctuary

13. Communist Party Membership

14. Struggle for Survival

15. Final Decision to Flee

16. Interrogation

17. America Tests the MiG-15bis

18. What an Interesting Country

19. My Early Adjustment

20. Success

21. Retrospective on North and South Korea

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.6.2007
Zusatzinfo	17 photos, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9780786431069 / 9780786431069
Zustand	Neuware