Kenneth Hill Rowe, 90, was a North Korean Air Force pilot when he defected with his Soviet-made MIG to the United States in 1953. He died December 26, 2022.
Quotable Quotes:
"[In North Korea] You flew until you died. I almost lost my life many times."
On the risk of defecting: "I figured I had a 20 percent chance of success. I thought that was good enough."
"Nobody seemed to know what to do. I shouted 'Motorcar, motorcar, motorcar,' which was about the only English I remembered from high school, hoping that someone would bring an automobile to drive me to headquarters."
