A Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter photographed during an air battle on 23 November 1950 in which a MiG-15 was shot down over North Korea by U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-2 <i>Panther</i>s of Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) "Tomcatters". VF-31 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Leyte</i> (CV-32) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Korea from 6 September 1950 to 3 February 1951. Note puff of smoke behind the MiG.
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Official U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-420000/80-G-424091.html">80-G-424091</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>