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On 18 November 1952, piloting a Grumman Panther, Lt Royce Williams of VF-781 destroyed four MiGs in a single encounter that lasted no more than 35 minutes. During a series of air strikes against the North Korean port of Hoeryong, the four MiGs were intercepted as a result of intelligence provided by the US National Security Agency. Williams lost contact with his wingman and found himself in a 6-on-1 confrontation against the fearsome MiG 15. Nevertheless, he downed four of the enemy jets and upon returning to the USS Oriskany, his Panther was found to have sustained 263 hits from cannon shells and was beyond repair.

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Interesting, there’s a new article in Task and Purpose that says he may have his Navy Cross upgraded to a Medal of Honor.

I don’t know much about airplanes at all, and I did not read the whole article, but the part I read says he had about 263 bullet holes in his aircraft when he landed. I thought the MiG 15 had cannons not machine guns. Did they have both? I would think cannon rounds would have destroyed the plane. Just curious

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Has 2 - 23mm and 1 - 37mm.

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Wow that’s a lot more f firepower for a small plane

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