1. from most accounts it ended up balanced at ‘5 All’ with numerous aircraft damaged along the way.

2. There is a tremendous book released last year, “The Forgotten Few” by GCAPT(ret’d) Doug Hurst.

1. The Meteor victory credits and losses in Korea, that I know, are pretty simple:
December 1 1951: 4 Meteors lost to MiG’s, 2 MiG’s destroyed credited to Meteors. The opponent was the Soviet 176 Guards Fighter Regiment which claimed 12 Meteors without loss.

May 8, 1952: Meteors were credited with 1 MiG destroyed for no loss. The opponent was the PLAAF 45th Fighter Regiment which actually lost 2 a/c with 2 others damaged, claiming 3 Meteors.

October 2 1952: Meteor downed without claim, Soviets claimed 1.

The first two combats had the only ‘destroyed’ credits by Meteors AFAIK, and there’s no evidence any of their other probable/damaged or unofficial credits (which some accounts add, or add some of, to the Meteors’ total) resulted in MiG losses. The MiG’s claimed loads of Meteors, Soviets 28 total, Chinese apparently another 8.

So, I think 2:5 is fairly well documented, though other kills couldn’t be 100% ruled out. I misrecalled above that the 3 destroyed credits were all against the Soviets: 2 were v the Soviets denied in their accounts, 1 was v the Chinese but actually 2 in their accounts.

2. That’s interesting, I’ll probably get it. Another is “Escape from North Korea” by Ron Guthrie, one of the 77 Sdn Meteor pilots downed by the Soviets. It described his flying and POW time, he didn’t actually escape.

Joe