He then adopted the English name Kenneth H. Rowe. No as a toddler in 1935, with his father, who was a baseball player. No was born on January 10, 1932 in Shinko, Kankyōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now in North Korea). During World War II, No supported Japan and considered becoming a kamikaze pilot, but his father was adamantly against it.

2023年1月12日 · Former Embry-Riddle professor Kenneth Rowe, once known as Lt. No Kum-Sok of the North Korean Air Force, fled Communism in pursuit of freedom, delivered crucial intelligence to the U.S. military and became an American citizen.

2023年1月5日 · Kenneth Rowe, Who Defected From North Korea With His Jet, Dies at 90 Two months after the Korean War armistice, he handed America an intelligence bonanza with his headline-making flight in a ...

2023年1月19日 · Kenneth Rowe became a highly decorated fighter pilot during the Korean War. He flew more than 100 missions and earned the rank of lieutenant. But he never actually shot at Americans.

2023年1月9日 · When Rowe died at 90 on December 26 at his home in Daytona Beach, Florida, he was remembered for having handed America an intelligence bonanza with his headline-making flight in an MIG-15bis, a late-model version of the fighters that duelled with American F-86 Sabre jets in the Korean War. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Bonnie Rowe.

No Kum-sok reinvented himself as Kenneth Rowe: American citizen, engineering student at the University of Delaware, aerospace engineer, author and professor at Embry-Riddle. At 17, he attended the North Korean Naval Academy, and soloed in a Yak-18, a light basic trainer.

2023年1月9日 · Kenneth Hill Rowe, a North Korean pilot who defected in his Soviet MiG-15 aircraft across the Demilitarized Zone shortly after the Korean War, passed away last month at his home in Daytona, Florida.

2023年1月6日 · Kenneth Rowe, who piloted North Korean warplane to freedom, dies at 90. Mr. Rowe, then known as No Kum-Sok, pretended to be a loyal fighter for North Korea during the Korean War.