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288 ai r p o w e r in 20 t H Ce n t u ry do C t r i n e s a n d em p l o y m e n t - nat i o n a l ex p e r i e n C e s arrived back at K-10 at 21h00 with his right leg wounded by a 20mm shell. 57 On 1 May, the aircraft of Lts D.W. McKellar and G.H. Marshall were hit by automatic weapon fire in the wing tanks while on an interdiction mission. 58 The next day Capt J.M. Sweeney had a disconcerting experience. While attacking vehicles 5km south-east of Songsanni, he came under intense and accurate automatic ground fire. His aircraft was hit in the port aileron trimming and the starboard side of the cockpit and he was wounded in his right buttock. Shepherded by Maj J.P.D. Blaauw and weak from loss of blood, he managed to bring his aircraft back to K-16, where he passed out on landing. 59 On 6 May, the day before he completed his tour of duty with 75 sorties, Lt J.H. Kruger’s aircraft was hit in the tail plane, 60 while on 11 May his namesake, Lt V.R. Kruger, was involved in an incident on his 74th combat sortie. At 15h30 Maj Blaauw and Lts P. Clulow, M. Mentz and V.R. Kruger took-off from K-16 on their third mission for the day. At 16h40, 12km west of Singye Kruger’s aircraft was hit in the main plane by ground fire. The wing collapsed and the aircraft caught fire, forcing him to bale out. Blaauw and Mentz flew a CAP over the downed pilot while Clulow made a vain attempt to alert rescue. When his fuel began to run low, Blaauw sent Clulow and Mentz back to K-16 while he continued the CAP until his fuel ran out (at 18h45) and he was forced to belly land next to Kruger. By now another 2 Sqn flight was diverted from an interdiction mission and arrived on the scene. At the same time Mentz took off on his fourth sortie of the day, this time to lead a flight of three USAF Mustangs to rescue Kruger. The two pilots on the ground were successfully lifted by helicopter at 19h45. Kruger was injured (dislocated right shoulder, cracked right scapula, second degree burns on his hands and face), while Blaauw was only lightly injured with abrasions and bruises to the nose and eyes. 61 On 15 May at 18h55, Lt M.H. Rorke fatally crashed on take-off. It was his third mission for the day as he conducted interdiction missions at 14h50 and 16h30. This mission was also an interdiction mission and his F-51 `was loaded with napalm, rockets and .50 ammunition. The aircraft swung round 180°, collided with a crashed B-29 bomber at the end of the runway and immediately burst into flames. 62 On 24 May Lt A. Gotze’s aircraft was hit in the scoop while he was searching for a downed 57 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 30 April 1951; and Box 14, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 30 April 1951. 58 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 15, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 1 May 1951. 59 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 2 May 1951; and Box 15, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 2 May 1951. 60 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 6-7 May 1951. 61 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 11 May 1951 ; Box 15, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 11 May 1951; and Republic of Korea, History of the United Nations Forces in the Korean War, Vol. 1, p. 420. 62 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 15 May 1951; and Box 15, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 15 May 1951.
tH e so u t H af r i C a n air fo r C e: Hi s t o r i C a l notes a n d in v o lv e m e n t in t H e ko r e a n wa r 289 pilot, but he landed safely after being escorted to K-18. 63 On 1 June Gotze was leading a flight of four aircraft on a low-level reconnaissance (about 15m) when his No 2, Lt H. MacDonald reported that his aircraft was burning and he had to bale out. A 30 minute search revealed the wreckage of an aircraft spread over about an area of roughly 180m and across a railway line, 12km south of Pyongyang and the pilot was listed as M.I.A. 64 MacDonald was not heard of again until a Voice of India broadcast later reported his arrival in a P.O.W. camp. 65 On 2 June two aircraft were damaged when two pilots in training, 2Lts T. Liebenberg and R.V. Sherwood suffered mishaps on landing at K-10. 66 These incidents were attributed to the poor visibility at K-10 for the transitional training of relatively inexperienced pilots. After this, authority was sought and received from the Officer Commanding 18 Fighter-Bomber Wing for transitional training to take place at the nearby K-1 airfield, which was considered to be far more suitable. 67 On 9 June Liebenberg, in No 4 position on a flight led by Lt F.M. Bekker and carrying a load of 500lb bombs, rockets and .50 ammunition, crashed on take-off. The aircraft exploded and the pilot was killed. 68 While on an early morning interdiction mission on 13 June, Bekker’s aircraft was hit in the starboard main plane wing root by an explosive bullet. He had to land at K-16 without brakes as the bullet damaged his hydraulics. 69 The final casualty of the period occurred on 22 June. Lt A.G. Frisby led a flight consisting of Commandant R.F. Armstrong, Lts D. Marchand, and C. de Jongh from K-16 to interdict supplies north-west of Namchonjam. To the west of Sibyonni (at 600m) the leader was hit by ground fire and had to bale out. At roughly 250m a brown object was seen to leave the aircraft, which then crashed into the side of a river bed and broke up. No parachute was seen and there was no sign of the pilot. Armstrong led four aircraft to search the scene, but they found no sign of the pilot. They concluded that he baled out at 250m and that his parachute failed to open. 70 63 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 15, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 24 May 1951. 64 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 1 June 1951; Box 16, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 1 June 1951. 65 H. Parker, Out of the Sky into the Bag, Outspan, Vol 51, No 1352, p. 24. 66 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 2 June 1951. 67 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 8 and 18 June 1951. 68 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 9 June 1951; and Box 16, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 9 June 1951. 69 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 16, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 13 June 1951. 70 SAMAD, War Dairies (Korea), Box 4, 2 Squadron War Diary, 22 June 1951; and Box 16, Debriefing Forms SAAF220, 22 June 1951.
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