Accident North American P-51 Mustang 478,
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Date:Wednesday 19 January 1955
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P51 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American P-51 Mustang
Owner/operator:ROC Air Force - 12th Squadron
Registration: 478
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Taiwan Strait -   Taiwan
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The RF-51F (reconnaissance variant of P-51) went missing over Taiwan Strait in poor weather.

Pilot: Shuquan LIANG

Sources:

Tang, F. 2016. The history of the Air Force's photography reconnaissance aircraft units. Part six. ROC Air Force Bimonthly Journal, 654: 122-146. (in Chinese)

Revision history:

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