Final Encounter
by Mark Donoghue
Title
Final Encounter
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Mark Donoghue
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Digital Art - Digital
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On 27 March, 1953, four RAAF 77 Squadron Meteors on armed reconnaissance spotted a MiG-15 pursuing two American F-80 Shooting Star fighters. Soon two other MiGs joined in & in the ensuing combat RAAF pilot Sgt George Hale flying his Meteor (A77-851) "Hale Storm" probably destroyed 1 MiG & damaged another. Sgt I.D Irlam in Meteor "Black Murray" (A77-446) received major damage and returned safely to base. To this day it remains the last aerial combat involving RAAF aircraft. "Black Murray" was the regular aircraft of Kenneth "Black" Murray who completed 333 sorties during the Korean War. More than any other United Nations pilot during the conflict.
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