| abstract | - No Kum-Sok (later Kenneth H. Rowe; born January 10, 1932 in Sinhung, North Korea) is a former lieutenant of the North Korean Air Force. During the Korean War he defected to South Korea. On the morning of September 21, 1953, he flew his MiG-15 to the Kimpo Air Base in South Korea, claiming that he wanted to get away from the "red deceit." He was able to land his airplane unchallenged; he had not been detected while crossing into South Korea as the US radar near Kimpo had been shut down temporarily that morning for routine maintenance. He received a $100,000 reward offered by Operation Moolah for defecting with his aircraft, which he claimed to have not heard about prior to his defection.
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