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The Air battle over Merklín was an air-to-air engagement between Czechoslovak and USAFE air units over the Czech village of Merklín, in the Bohemian Forest, on 10 March 1953. During the action Czech pilot Jaroslav Šrámek, flying a MiG-15 (from 5th Fighter Regiment, 2nd Squadron, Plzeň-Líně air base), shot down one of a pair of American F-84E Thunderjets (from 53rd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing). The American pilot, Lt. Warren G.Brown ejected from the aircraft, which crash-landed in German territory, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border, and survived.

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  • Letecká bitva nad Merklínem byl střet dvou československých stíhaček MiG-15 a dvou amerických stíhaček F-84 Thunderjet 10. března 1953. Šlo o první vzájemný střet USAF a československého letectva během studené války. Během střetu se poručíku Šrámkovi povedlo sestřelit jeden americký letoun. (cs)
  • The Air battle over Merklín was an air-to-air engagement between Czechoslovak and USAFE air units over the Czech village of Merklín, in the Bohemian Forest, on 10 March 1953. During the action Czech pilot Jaroslav Šrámek, flying a MiG-15 (from 5th Fighter Regiment, 2nd Squadron, Plzeň-Líně air base), shot down one of a pair of American F-84E Thunderjets (from 53rd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing). The American pilot, Lt. Warren G.Brown ejected from the aircraft, which crash-landed in German territory, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border, and survived. It was reported in the London Times that the attack on the American aircraft was 10 miles (16 km) from the border near the town of Falkenstein, Bavaria. The aircraft crashed near Regensburg, Bavaria and the burnt out wreckage of the F-84 was recovered by American soldiers. The attack followed reports of other Czechoslovak aircraft over Bavarian territory. Brown, the pilot of the F-84, reported they were on a routine patrol along the border when they spotted two aircraft appear from the East, he was fired upon and bailed out after losing control. (en)
  • La bataille aérienne de Merklín est un combat aérien entre des avions de la force aérienne de la République socialiste tchécoslovaque et de l'USAFE au-dessus du village tchèque de Merklín, dans la forêt de Bohême, le 10 mars 1953. (fr)
  • Воздушный бой над Мерклином (чеш. Letecká bitva nad Merklínem) — инцидент, случившийся 10 марта 1953 года над деревней , расположенной в Пльзеньском крае ЧССР: два американских самолёта незаконно вторглись в воздушное пространство Чехословакии, и на перехват нарушителей были по тревоге подняты два истребителя МиГ-15. Один американский самолёт был сбит в результате стычки, а его пилот катапультировался. Этот инцидент стал первым вооружённым столкновением между силами американского и советского военных блоков в Европе со времён завершения Второй мировой войны, однако не привёл к полномасштабному военному конфликту. (ru)
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  • Letecká bitva nad Merklínem byl střet dvou československých stíhaček MiG-15 a dvou amerických stíhaček F-84 Thunderjet 10. března 1953. Šlo o první vzájemný střet USAF a československého letectva během studené války. Během střetu se poručíku Šrámkovi povedlo sestřelit jeden americký letoun. (cs)
  • La bataille aérienne de Merklín est un combat aérien entre des avions de la force aérienne de la République socialiste tchécoslovaque et de l'USAFE au-dessus du village tchèque de Merklín, dans la forêt de Bohême, le 10 mars 1953. (fr)
  • The Air battle over Merklín was an air-to-air engagement between Czechoslovak and USAFE air units over the Czech village of Merklín, in the Bohemian Forest, on 10 March 1953. During the action Czech pilot Jaroslav Šrámek, flying a MiG-15 (from 5th Fighter Regiment, 2nd Squadron, Plzeň-Líně air base), shot down one of a pair of American F-84E Thunderjets (from 53rd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing). The American pilot, Lt. Warren G.Brown ejected from the aircraft, which crash-landed in German territory, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border, and survived. (en)
  • Воздушный бой над Мерклином (чеш. Letecká bitva nad Merklínem) — инцидент, случившийся 10 марта 1953 года над деревней , расположенной в Пльзеньском крае ЧССР: два американских самолёта незаконно вторглись в воздушное пространство Чехословакии, и на перехват нарушителей были по тревоге подняты два истребителя МиГ-15. Один американский самолёт был сбит в результате стычки, а его пилот катапультировался. (ru)
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