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The Pilot Who Stole a MiG-15 and Escaped North Korea — The True Story of No Kum-Sok

On September 21, 1953, young North Korean pilot No Kum-Sok (later Kenneth Rowe) pulled off one of the boldest escapes in aviation history.

Fed up with the regime, he secretly launched his Soviet MiG-15 from Sunan Air Base without permission and made a break for freedom. Flying through tightly controlled airspace, he crossed into South Korea completely undetected — helped by the fact that U.S. radar was down for maintenance that morning.

After nearly colliding with a U.S. fighter while landing at Kimpo Air Base, he stopped the jet, ripped up Kim Il-Sung’s portrait, and surrendered.

His escape shocked North Korea and gave the U.S. an intact MiG-15 to study — a huge intelligence win. For delivering the aircraft, No Kum-Sok was awarded $100,000 (nearly $1M today).

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