![Image of : North American P-86A (F-86A) Sabre; Hitt, Ward, Jr; Air Force, Units, 336th Fighter Squadron; Korean War. [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NASM-9A09976-32B.jpg "North American P-86A (F-86A) Sabre; Hitt, Ward, Jr; Air Force, Units, 336th Fighter Squadron; Korean War. [photograph]")
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
Lt Ward Hitt, Jr. in the cockpit of his F-86A Sabre fighter during a mission over North Korea,1951. His call sign, "Turkey", can be seen stenciled on his crash helmet, and he is wearing an oxygen mask. Written as caption on album page - "Picture taken at 30,000' deep in N. Korea". Written on album page - "Suwon April May '51". Album page 30.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Air pilots
- Airplanes
- Aeronautics
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
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photographer
Ward Hitt, Jr
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Date
1951
Place
Korea
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-9A09976-32B
