Ward Hitt Photo Collection

Source: https://sova.si.edu/record/NASM.2012.0044

Korean War

Meyer then returned to a tactical flying unit in August 1950 when he assumed command of the 4th Fighter Wing at New Castle, Delaware. He took the North American F-86 Sabre jet wing to Korea where it flew in the First United Nations Counteroffensive and Chinese Communist Forces Spring Offensive campaigns.

On December 1950, Meyer, led a flight of eight F-86 Sabres against 15 MiG-15s in the first major all-jet fighter battle in history. The flight downed six MiGs without sustaining any losses.

During the war, he destroyed two MiG-15 aircraft, bringing his total of enemy aircraft destroyed (air and ground) in both World War II and Korean War to 39½.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Meyer

Ward Hitt Photo Collection

Source: https://sova.si.edu/record/NASM.2012.0044

(Wilmington Morning News - Vol. 138 - No. 82, October 4, 1950)