ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80649
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Date: | Friday 1 November 1963 |
Time: | 14:18 |
Type: | Lockheed U-2C |
Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force - 35th Squadron |
Registration: | 355 |
MSN: | 355 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Guangfeng District, Shangrao, Jiangxi Province -
China
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Taoyun AB, Taiwan |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-USAF/CIA U-2C 56-6688. On November 1 1963 Robin Yeh flew a mission to the nuclear weapons facility in northwestern China in U-2C "355". He was shot down by SA-2 fired by PLAAF 2nd Surface-to-Air Guided Missile Battalion over Jiangxi and was captured alive by the Chinese Communists. He was released to Hong Kong on November 10, 1982.
Sources:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2#Eins.C3.A4tze_und_Geschichte http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1956_2.html hthttp://www.blackbirds.net/u2/u2local.htm http://www.taiwanairpower.org/u2/losses.html http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2009-11-09/1417573145.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Nov-2010 10:13 |
Alpine Flight |
Added |
13-May-2013 10:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Jun-2023 11:42 |
RDV |
Updated [[Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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