Airplane Crash - Near Kanggye, North Korea 07/27/1953
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Kanggye, North Korea
Date | 07/27/1953 |
Time | 12:30 |
Location | Near Kanggye, North Korea |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Type | Ilyushin IL-12 |
Aboard | 21 |
Fatalities | 21 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Shot down by a U.S. Air Force F-86 jet fighter towards the end of the Korean War. The Russian government claimed the plane was over Chinese air space. |
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