Dennis Dunlop fought in Korea in 1952 attached to 336 Squadron (4th Fighter Interception Wing 5th Air Force) flying the F86 Sabre jet.
On the 21 August 1952 he assisted a F80 pilot that was being attacked by Mig 15’s by engaging them in combat, driving them away. He was shot down himself on the 10th September 1952 and landed safely in friendly territory. Can anyone suggest where I can obtain ORB’s of the 336 to see if he took part in any other similar sorties? Any other info would be appreciated, he retired as Squadron Leader in 1957.
Many thanks.
By: SimonSpitfire - 7th November 2024 at 16:42
Anyone interested in an update on this officers career please mail me
By: Sabrejet - 26th September 2024 at 15:13
I’m not sure that Caterpillar Club extends to ejections and or use of non-Irvin parachutes. But give it a go! I think the RAFM will be your best bet however.
By: SimonSpitfire - 26th September 2024 at 12:33
By: SimonSpitfire - 26th September 2024 at 12:28
Very many thanks for clearing up that loss report. I guess he would have become a Caterpillar Club member having ejected safely? I will follow up on your suggestions thanks again.
By: Sabrejet - 24th September 2024 at 15:41
Dunlop wasn’t shot down; his loss was due to an engine failure while flying F-86E s/n 50-666 named ‘Temptation’. The aircraft was forced landed ½ mile west of K-14 Kimpo and is listed as an ‘N’ loss (flying accident on a combat mission).
USAF units don’t compile F.540/ORBs in the same way as RAF units and tend to record monthly summaries at Group and Wing level with a lot less detail in terms of daily reports. Squadron-level records for this time are patchy and usually contained within the Group or Wing returns; from late 1950 into early 1951 those returns contained a number of after-action reports but even then individuals were only listed as being on a mission; correlating them to ‘Red 5’ stated in the after-action reports is nigh-on impossible unless you know of a certain key action for any particular sortie that might pin it down. I have most or all of the 4th FGp/4th FW records for this period (they can be obtained from the US Air Force Historical Records Agency (https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/) but I can tell you they won’t provide much detail, and I don’t recall seeing anything about Dunlop other than his name being annotated in kill/damaged/probable listings. Sadly as the war went on, the monthly returns became less detailed so that by 1952 they lack even the detail that was present in the early war documents.
When I was researching RAF pilots in Korea, I obtained the most detail directly from the individuals themselves via their log books or recollections. I don’t think I have Dunlop’s log book but would suggest contacting DoRIS at the RAF Museum as the first option.
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September 24, 2024 at 1:48 pm