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Events on Monday 21 September 1953 1
1953No Kum-sok defects with a MiG-15Kimpo Air Base, South KoreaNorth Korean pilot No Kum-sok lands his MiG-15 at Kimpo, giving the US its first intact example. He had not known of the 100,000-dollar reward offered for one.