On 25 Jan 2004 00:14:46 -0800, (Michael
Petukhov) wrote:

(Peter Stickney) wrote in message ...
In article ,

Total U.S. losses, to _all_ causes, were abut 1300.

That's unlikely. Chines and Korean pilots surely also contributed some.
Also those 1309 mentioned was those whose wreckage was found in NK
control area. At least only those were allowed to officially report
to Moscow. Many US planes surely crashed in SK control area and
in sea water. There should be quite a bit of technical crashes as well.
So all together around 3000 planes I guess, 3000.

maybe in USAF it can be another matter. But in Stalin times
one must be crazy to lie in official reports. And what's for.
VVS was doing pretty well against USAF in Koreia according
to any standards.

I have to agree the numbers given are highly inaccurate.
There were much more US planes shot down and crashed outside
of NK control zone which were unaccounted for. But i have to
note that our own losses are pretty accurate and we did lost
335 Migs and 120 pilots. So the ration is many:1 in soviet
advantage.

So the US losses of 1300 are "unlikely", and you *guess* they're about
3000, yet you accept the Soviet losses at face value, despite the fact
that for over 30 years they were claiming not to have even been in
theatre, and thus are proven liars on the subject? Goo Grief, even for
you that's a new low.

Peter Kemp