They did have other prop planes, like Yak-9s, Il-10s, La-9s and La-11, even the mighty Po-2 saw combat in Korea. The soviets also had P-63s at the border, but I don’t know if they deployed them into Korea. I was … “inspired” to make this screenshot from a dogfight between F-51s from 67th FSB and Yak-9s in early November 1950.
I wrapped up my Mustang and, while I was in my turn, began firing. I saw tracers converge on both wings. I eased the rudder to the right to keep him in sight. Then a long blue plume of smoke began to trail from one of his wings and he wobbled and fell out of his turn. He slowly rolled over and went into a long glide. I watched the Yak go down – a leftover from World War 2, just as my fighter and I were.
Is the screenshot accurate? No. The mustang’s skin is not 67th FSB, the Yak is not in KPAF colors, and the map is not Koran, and the composition is not exactly what I had in mind. However, I think it’s good enough.
Source: Thompson, Warren. F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean War (Combat Aircraft Book 113) (English Edition) (p. 68). Bloomsbury Publishing. Edición de Kindle.
