A MiG-15 to freedom : memoir of the wartime North Korean defector who first delivered the secret fighter jet to the Americans in 1953

Title
  1. A MiG-15 to freedom : memoir of the wartime North Korean defector who first delivered the secret fighter jet to the Americans in 1953 / by No Kum-Sok, with J. Roger Osterholm.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1996.
Author
  1. No, Kum-Sok

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Additional authors
  1. Osterholm, J. Roger
Description
  1. ix, 221 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  1. No, Kum-Sok
  2. No, Kum-Sok
  3. Korea (North). Air Force > Officers > Biography
  4. 1950-1953
  5. Korean War, 1950-1953 > Personal narratives, Korean
  6. Air pilots, Military > Korea (North) > Biography
  7. Air pilots, Military
  8. Armed Forces > Officers
  9. MiG 15
  10. Flugzeugführer
  11. Fahnenflucht
  12. Erlebnisbericht
  13. Geschichte 1953
  14. Korea (North)
  15. Nordkorea
Genre/Form
  1. autobiographies (literary works)
  2. Autobiographies
  3. Biographies
  4. Personal narratives – Korean
  5. Autobiographies.
Contents
  1. Preface / No Kum-Sok -- Foreword / J.R. Osterholm -- 1. Crossing the Line -- 2. Growing Up Under the Japanese -- 3. Maturing Under the Communists -- 4. North Korean Naval Academy -- 5. The Korean War Breaks Out -- 6. The Allies Retreat -- 7. Volunteer for the Unknown -- 8. Flight Training in Manchuria -- 9. Flying the MiG-15 -- 10. Aerial Combat Against F-86 Sabres -- 11. Battles in MiG Alley -- 12. The End of the Manchurian Sanctuary -- 13. Communist Party Membership -- 14. Struggle for Survival -- 15. Final Decision to Flee -- 16. Interrogation -- 17. America Tests the MiG-15bis -- 18. What an Interesting Country -- 19. My Early Adjustment -- 20. Success -- 21. Retrospective on North and South Korea.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.