NORTH KOREAN AIR ATTACK ON THE P'YONGTAEK-SUWON ROAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200540003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 19V7R005200540003-6
REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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COUNTRY Korea DATE DISTR. 1 July 1950
SUBJECT North Korean Air Attack on the F9r ngtaek--Suwon road NO. OF PAGES 1
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1. On 3 July all toms and traffic on the road from Pl yongtaek (127-05, 37-00)
north to Osan and Suwon were bombed and strafed frors 2:40 p.m. to 3:00
Gain 5 of the attacking planes have been tentatively identified by a
trained American observer as P-51'0,
2. A reconnaissance of the above road revealed that one South Korean 37 milli-
L,eter anti-tank gun emplacement was strafed and the crew suffered casualties,
One bomb crater was found in the road 55 feet from the gun. A half-vale
further south an amumrnition truck containing bazooka aramunition was burning.
One. bomb struck near the hospital at Sajang-ni (127-04, 37-04) and the town
was strafed. `here were civilian casualties,
3. L1ements of the South Korean 17 regiment were strafed while digging in north
of ?'y&ngtaek. There were 25 casualties, inclading the regiment l co::mander.
The town of P'yongtaek was strafed and bombed, and two fires were set. Am-
.rnunition which was exploded by the fires is endangering U, s. troops in the
vicinity. Tiany aouth Korean Army vehicles have been set on fire along the
entire len/th of road above.
4. The wing insignia of the attacking planes was a white disk with a blue border
placed on the underside of both wings. The planes were of a silver color. No
Americans were injured. A high ranking American officer has definitely identi-
fied these as British Houndellons.
25X1A * Comment:. This is local time at Seoul, Korea.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
CONFIDENTIAL
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