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CFS N.A. F-86A-5 Sabre, USAF 49-1236. N.A. F-86A-5 Sabre USAF FU-236, C/N 91236, 336th, 4th FIG, one of the aircraft flown by Lt Col Bruce Hinton in Korea, December 1950. Transferred to the 334th FIS FU-236 was shot down by the MiG-15 of Dmitri A. Samoylov (523 IAP, 303 IAD) the 24th October 1951. The pilot, Fred Wicks was captured. In the same mission Samoylov had destroyed also the F-86E FU-682 of the 336th FIS (Pilot Bradley Irish was also captured). No MiGs were destroyed this day. Original by Terry Hill. Repainted and flight model by Daniel Nole.