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P-51D-30, 44-74863, No. 2 „Flying Cheetahs“ Squadron SAAF,

Chinhae AB (K-10), Korea, 1952

Another unit operating under the USAF command was

No. 2 Squadron SAAF manned by volunteer pilots from

South Africa. They arrived in Japan aboard a ship on

November 1, 1950 and after a necessary conversion

training on P-51 the unit led by Commandant Servaas van Bred Theron was incorporated into the 18th

FBG. Until the end of the Korean conflict they flew

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combat missions in support of the ground troops and

to destroy the North Korean and Chinese logistics. In

February 1953 the unit converted to F-86 Sabre jets.

During the Korean war No. 2 Squadron SAAF pilots

flew 12,067 combat missions which were mostly the

attacks on the ground targets.

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