ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94357
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Date: | Wednesday 7 October 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Martin RB-57D Canberra |
Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force |
Registration: | 5643 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Tongzhou District, Beijing -
China
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Shot down over China by a SA-2 Guideline missile, marking the very first successful operational engagement of surface-to-air missiles. Pilot killed.
Sources:
http://www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/tp_214132/tsjs/16114335.html http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_170.shtml - JF Baugher
- Scramble
El Litoral 10 October 1959, p1
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/how-a-chinese-sa-2-shot-down-a-taiwanese-rb-57d-and-scored-the-first-ever-sam-kill/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Aug-2013 09:32 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
01-Apr-2015 15:16 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
08-Oct-2020 06:25 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Source] |
19-Jun-2021 16:42 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |
31-Jul-2023 13:40 |
RDV |
Updated [[Operator]] |
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