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 Abt 1929 - 1959
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| Born |
Abt 1929 |
New York  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1930 |
Port Jervis, NY [2] |
| News item |
5 Feb 1955 |
Pacific Ocean [3] |
| shot down MIG |
| _UID |
527018C60FD3413089677EA288A0B9B19567 |
| Died |
12 Mar 1959 |
Nellis AFB, Clark, NV [1] |
| Person ID |
I1315 |
OuthouseLine2014 |
| Last Modified |
13 Aug 2013 |
| Father |
Fred Dunning SALMON, b. 38 July 1894, Port Jervis, NY , d. Jul 1962, Palm Beach, Co FL |
| Mother |
Helen Isabel DEWOODY, b. 8 Sep 1896, Waverly, Tioga, NY , d. 17 Jun 1972, W. Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL |
| Married |
17 Jun 1921 |
Port Jervis, NY |
| Family ID |
F1503 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S334] Ancestry Public Member Trees, james (dannybalch) (Reliability: 3).
Charles DeWoody Salmon
Birth abt 1930 in Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY
Death 12 Mar 1959 in Nellis AFB, Clark Co., NV
- [S201] Federal Census, 1930 Port Jervis, Orange, NY, E.D. 95, Fam #189 (Reliability: 3).
Charles D., son, age 5/12, b. NY
- [S150] Newspaper, Arizona Republic, 8 Feb 1955, pg 7 (Reliability: 3).
Sabrejet Pilots Say Two MIG Jets Struck Without Warninng
TOKOYO, Tuesday (AP) -- U.S. Sabrejet pilots who shot down two MIG jets Saturday said yesterday the Red planes struck without warning over the sea off North Korea.
Captain George F. Williams of Austin, Tex., who got one of the MIGs, told a news conference 12 Sabres escorting an RB-45 jet reconnaissance plan were on a routine mission.
They had flown 40 miles up the North Korean coast and had turned south when eight MIGs jumped them.
«b»Lieutenant Charles E. Salmon«/b» of Port Jervis, NY, who bagged the other MIG, took up the story.
"I saw their tracers streaking past our plane like red balls," Salmon said.
"They were firing from too far away. They dove past my flight and attacked the (reconnaissance) bomber. I rolled over on my back, slipped down to the left, and rolled out on the tail of one of them. Both were firing at the RB-45.
"I fired five or six bursts and he started to smoke. He burst into flame and slipped off down toward the sea."
Williams, who was in a different flight of Sabres, said he saw the leading MIG flash in fast.
"I broke to the left and got in position," Williams said. "I opened up and hit him. He began to burn."
The pilot said the six other MIGs came in higher than the two that were shot down. The six made a brief firing pass at the Sabrejets and the bomber then fled north.
Salmon said U.S. pilots never would have done that, adding if Americans failed to stay and help, "Oh, boy."
Williams said the flying ability of the MIG pilots was "not so good." He added that they were not really so poor but "we're just pretty good."
Williams referred to his 335th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which shot down more than 200 Red plans in the Korean War.
The fight took place 10 miles off the coast and 40 miles west of Pyongyang, capital of North Korea.
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