April 12, 1951 Black Thursday: the most offensive defeat of the US Air Force

April 12, 1951 Black Thursday : the most offensive defeat of the US Air It was also called the second Pearl Harbor for American aviation. But there is a significant difference between these battles. In December 1941, American aviation was caught by surprise by the Japanese. Nine and a half years later, Russian pilots outclassed the best aces of the USA in a fair fight. That is, when the enemy chose the time and place of the attack and had an advantage of about 3 to 1. That is, 40 of our MiG15s of the 324th Air Division under the command of the best Soviet ace of the Second World War, a native of the Sumy region Ivan Kozhedub, fought against more than 120 enemy aircraft, of which about 100 were fighters. As a result of the battle, we shot down 10 American B29 superfortresses and two fighter escorts without losses. The enemy lost more than 100 pilots as prisoners, and the American press dubbed this day Black Thursday, after which the US Air Force no longer tried to. .. Source: Lord Of War t. me, llordofwar