Editing Polikarpov Po-2 (section)

=== Korean War ===
[[North Korea]]n forces used the Po-2 in a similar role during the [[Korean War]]. A significant number of Po-2s were fielded by the [[Korean People's Air Force]], inflicting serious damage during night raids on [[United Nations Command (Korea)|United Nations]] bases.<ref>Dorr 2003, p. 50.</ref> During one such attack, a lone Po-2 attacked [[Pyongyang Air Base]].<ref name="Smith" /> Concentrating on the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group's parking ramp, the Po-2 dropped a string of fragmentation bombs squarely across the group's lineup of [[North American P-51 Mustang|P-51 Mustang]]s. Eleven Mustangs were damaged, three so badly that they were destroyed when Pyongyang was abandoned several days later.

On 17 June 1951, at 01:30 hours, [[Suwon Air Base]] was bombed by two Po-2s. Each biplane dropped a pair of fragmentation bombs. One scored a hit on the 802nd Engineer Aviation Battalion's motor pool, damaging some equipment. Two bombs burst on the flightline of the 335th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. One [[North American F-86 Sabre|F-86A Sabre]] (FU-334 / 49-1334) was struck on the wing and began burning. The fire took hold, gutting the aircraft. Prompt action by personnel who moved aircraft away from the burning Sabre prevented further loss. Eight other Sabres were damaged in the brief attack, four seriously.<ref name="Smith" /> One F-86 pilot was among the wounded. The North Koreans subsequently credited Lt. La Woon Yung with this damaging attack.<ref>''American Aviation Historical Society'', Vol. 30, 1985.</ref>

UN forces named the Po-2's nighttime appearance ''Bedcheck Charlie'' and had great difficulty in shooting it down &ndash; even though [[night fighter]]s had [[radar]] as standard equipment in the 1950s. The wood-and-fabric material of the Po-2 had only a small radar cross-section, making it hard for an opposing fighter pilot to acquire their target. As Korean war U.S. veteran Leo Fournier remarked about "Bedcheck Charlie" in his memoirs: "... no one could get at him. He just flew too low and too slow." On 16 June 1953, a [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]] [[Douglas A-1 Skyraider|AD-4]] from [[VMAQ-1|VMC-1]] piloted by [[Major (United States)|Major]] George H. Linnemeier and [[Chief Warrant Officer|CWO]] Vernon S. Kramer shot down a Po-2, the only documented Skyraider air victory of the war. The Po-2 is also the only biplane credited with a documented jet-kill, as one [[Lockheed F-94 Starfire]] was lost while slowing down to {{convert|161|kph|mph|0|abbr=on}} – below its stall speed – during an intercept in order to engage the low flying Po-2.<ref name="Smith" /><ref>Grier, Peter. [https://www.airforcemag.com/article/0611april/ "April 15, 1953"]. ''Air Force Magazine'', Air Force Association, June 2011, p. 57.</ref>