Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-03-03 | Page 1 | Outnumbered U. S. Jets down 2 Enemy MIGs

Outnumbered U. U s. s Jets i Down 2 Z Enemy MIGs SEOUL Korea March 1 3 lo 1 Outnumbered American Sabre- Sabre jets shot down two Communist MIG 15 jets Monday l ami and damaged dam dam- damaged aged five others as an estimated Red fighters swept south of the Yalu The Sabres tangled with the swift MIGs 1 in four foul separate bat bat- tIes The two Red jets the Air Force said were shot down boosted boosted boost boost- ed to the number of MIGs l destroyed by Fifth Air Force planes in Korea a spokesman said Some of the Communist jets bets streaked far south of their usual haunts almost to the battle line Two MIGs 1 attacked a pair of propeller driven F 51 Mustangs south of the North Korean capital capital capital capi capi- tal Pyongyang but both of oC the Mustangs hedgehopped hopped safely back to base the Fifth Air Force said