No, Kum-Sok

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Name (Latin)
No, Kum-Sok
Other forms of name
Rowe, Kenneth Hill
Kum-Sok, No
Date of birth
1932-01-10
Date of death
2022-12-26
Associated country
Korea (North)
United States
Field of activity
Education
Engineering
Flight
Occupation
College teachers
Engineers
Fighter pilots
Associated Language
kor
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 44470474
Wikidata: Q497141
Library of congress: nr 96024877
TAU10: 000310427
Sources of Information
  • Mig-15 to freedom, 1996:CIP title page (No Kum-Sok; wartime North Korean defector who first delivered the secret fighter jet to the Americans in 1953)
  • New York times, January 5, 2023, viewed January 9, 2023(No Kum-Sok; Kenneth Hill Rowe; born January 10, 1932 in Korea; died at his home in Daytona Beach (Fla.) December 26, 2022; received fighter jet training from Soviet airmen in Manchuria; received an engineering degree from the University of Delaware; an American citizen in 1962; worked as an engineer for major defense and aerospace companies; professor of engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach)
  • Phone call to daughter, January 11, 2022(lived in Wilmington (Del.) and New York state; worked at the University of Delaware)
  • Widaehan tokchaeja wa chŏnt'ugi chojongsa, 2022:title page (노 금석 = No Kŭm-sŏk) page 334 (born January 10, 1932 in area of Hamhŭng, North Korea; fighter pilot defected from North Korea and arrived in South Korea in 1953)
  • Mig-15 to freedom, 1996 ; v LCN
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Wikipedia description:

No Kum-sok (Korean: 노금석; January 10, 1932 – December 26, 2022) was a North Korean–born American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War. Under colonial rule, No was required to adopt a Japanese name, Okamura Kiyoshi. Approximately two months after the end of hostilities, he defected to South Korea in a MiG-15 aircraft, and was subsequently granted political asylum in the United States. He then adopted the English name Kenneth H. Rowe.

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