Air battle over Merklín
| Air battle over Merklín | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Cold War | |||||||
 USAF Republic F-84E | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Czechoslovakia |
 United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jaroslav Šrámek |
Lt. Warren G. Brown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2 MiG-15 | 2 F-84 Thunderjet | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| none |
1 F-84 shot down Pilot survived | ||||||
The Air battle over Merklín was an air-to-air engagement between Czechoslovak and USAFE air units over the Czech village of Merklín, in the Bohemian Forest, on 10 March 1953. During the action Czech pilot Jaroslav Šrámek, flying a MiG-15, shot down one of a pair of American F-84E Thunderjets (from 53rd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing) which fell 35 kilometres inside the Czechoslovak territory. The American pilot, Lt. Warren G.Brown ejected from the aircraft, which crash-landed in German territory, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border, and survived.[1][2]
References
Sources
- "Czech fighter pilot recalls Cold War dogfight" by Collin O'Connor. Radio Prague, 4 October 2004
- Souboj nad Železnou oponou (Duel Above The Iron Curtain), 2000 article by Tomáš Soušek (Czech)
- 23 March 1953 article from Life Magazine, pages 29 – 31, (via Google Books)
Coordinates: 49°33′38″N 13°11′52″E / 49.56056°N 13.19778°E
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