Air battle over Merklín

Air battle over Merklín
Part of Cold War

USAF Republic F-84E
Date10 March 1953
LocationMerklín, Czechoslovakia, Bohemian Forest
Result American F-84 fighter-bomber shot down
Belligerents
 Czechoslovakia  United States
Commanders and leaders
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Šrámek United States Lt. Warren G. Brown
Strength
2 MiG-15 2 F-84 Thunderjet
Casualties and losses
none 1 F-84 shot down
Pilot survived

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, shot down one of a pair of American F-84E Thunderjets (from 53rd Fighter Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing) which fell 35 miles inside the German border. The American pilot, Lt. Warren G. Brown, bailed out safely over West German territory.[1][2]

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Coordinates: 49°33′38″N 13°11′52″E / 49.56056°N 13.19778°E / 49.56056; 13.19778


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