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Air battle over Merklín
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The Air battle over Merklín was an air-to-air engagement between Czechoslovak and USAFE air units over the Czech village of Merklín, in the Bohemian Forest, on 10 March 1953. During the action Czech pilot Jaroslav Šrámek, flying a MiG-15 (from 5th Fighter Regiment, 2nd Squadron, Plzeň-Líně air base), shot down one of a pair of U.S. Republic F-84 Thunderjets (from 53rd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing). The American pilot, lieutenant Warren G.Brown ejected from the aircraft, which crash-landed in West German territory, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border, and survived.[1][2]
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1 F-84 shot down Pilot survived |
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