*8 September 1950 Two US Air Force F-80 Shooting Stars strafed a Soviet airfield near Vladivostok.
I think it is beneficial to post as much as we can find on these incidents. Also, note that you found
4 incidents on that list of Soviet aircraft being shot down. There are probably 60 incidents (or more) of Soviets shooting down other country's aircraft.
Even as the JCS and the NSC wrestled with their guidelines, Gen. Stratemeyer was already taking action, issuing orders against border violations on July 3 and August 14. Errors nevertheless occurred, notably on August 27 when a pair of Mustang pilots strafed the Antung airfield (just across the Yalu River from Sinuiju) and on September 22 when a B-29 crew mistakenly bombed the Antung marshaling yard. Incensed by these blunders, the FEAF leader reiterated that under no conditions would the borders be violated. The most serious violation, however, occurred on October 8.
That day a quartet of 49th FBG pilots were scheduled to sweep the Chongjin airfield in northeast Korea. Two of the fliers, including the flight leader, had to abort after experiencing mechanical problems, but the remaining pair pressed on. Instead of hitting the Chongjin field, however, they hit an airfield near Vladivostok. Seeing the field filled with "P-39" aircraft, the two men proceeded to strafe them. Several of these planes were destroyed or damaged before the Americans departed. Soviet political reaction was swift, and the United States apologized for the gaffe. Sadly, this incident resulted in the group commander being relieved, but a court-martial did not convict the errant pilots. Nonetheless, they did no further flying in Korea.
The US admitted it was a mistake and fired the group commander. There are a very few incidents on the list where the Soviet Union admitted any mistake after shooting down military/civilian aircraft and I don't remember any Soviet officers getting fired. Maybe you can shed some light on that.
*4 September 1950 A US Navy F4U-4B Corsair of VF-53, piloted by Ensign Edward V. Laney, shot down a Soviet Naval Aviation Douglas A-20 Box over the Yellow Sea
Might as well post the whole thing, eh Estel?
4 September 1950 A US Navy F4U-4B Corsair of VF-53, piloted by Ensign Edward V. Laney, shot down a Soviet Naval Aviation Douglas A-20 Box over the Yellow Sea, southeast of the Soviet-occupied Port Arthur Naval Base in China and west of the North Korean coast.
Laney was one of a four-ship Combat Air Patrol from the carrier USS Valley Forge (part of Task Force 77), which was protecting US Navy air activity against North Korea not long before the Inchon landings.
The A-20 was one of two belonging to the Port Arthur-based 36th Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment of the Red Banner Pacific Fleet, apparently sent out on an armed reconnaissance mission. A-20s had been supplied in quantity to the Soviets on Lend-Lease during World War 2, and this unit had had extensive experience during the war as torpedo bombers .
The Corsairs encountered the two A-20s about 40 nautical miles from the Chinese coast. One A-20 turned back, but the other pressed on. As the Corsairs descended, the top turret gunner on the A-20 was observed to open fire.
Richard E. Downs led Laney on a firing pass, and Laney hit the A-20 with his 20mm cannon. The Soviet aircraft then crashed into the sea. The US recovered the body of one Soviet crewman, later identified as that of Genaddiy Mishin, the copilot. The other two bodies, those of Senior Lt. Karpol, the aircraft commander, and Sgt. A. Makaganov, the gunner, were never found. Mishin's body was returned to the Soviets in 1956.
So in a war zone area during the Korean war a Soviet A-20 that opened fire got shot down. I think that is pretty much self-explanatory.
*27 July 1953 An Aeroflot Il-12 Coach was shot down by US Air Force F-86F Sabre pilot Ralph Parr, near Kanggye, North Korea. All 21 people on board were killed.
Again, let's post the entire statement:
27 July 1953 An Aeroflot Il-12 Coach was shot down by US Air Force F-86F Sabre pilot Ralph Parr, near Kanggye, North Korea, shortly before the armistice went into effect. All 21 people on board were killed. The Soviets claimed that the aircraft was actually over the People's Republic of China when shot down.
Once again, flying in a war zone during a hot war in a type of aircraft used by the enemy.
*11 May 1966 South Korea Air Force F-5s intercepted a Soviet An-8 Camp flying near North Korea. This An-8 was likely an environmental monitoring aircraft, taking air samples from the nuclear test conducted by the People's Republic of China two days earlier.
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I can't find anything more on this. It would be nice to have a more specific location but on the surface there appears to be no good reason for the South Koreans to have shot it down.
Sort of like most of the Soviet shoot-downs of military/civilian aircraft.
