August 5

What happened on August 5 in aviation and space history.

• August 5, 1950

  Major Sebille's action in the Korean War

  Milestone — On 5 August 1950, Major Louis J. Sebille of the 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron attacked a North Korean armored column with his F-51 during the Battle of Pusan Perimeter; heavily damaged and wounded, he deliberately crashed his aircraft into the convoy and was killed, later receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously.