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Date: | Wednesday 2 August 1961 |
Time: | c. 09:00 |
Type: | McDonnell RF-101A Voodoo |
Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force - 4th Squadron |
Registration: | 5649 |
MSN: | 44 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Fuzhou, Fujian province -
China
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Taoyuan AB |
Destination airport: | Taoyuan AB |
Narrative:The 4th Composite Reconnaissance Sqn (CRS) Voodoo, 5649 (54-1498), was the first combat loss of a CNAF RF-101A. The aircraft was shot down by AAA over Fuzhou along mainland China’s coast. The pilot, Major Wu Paotze, ejected and became a POW.
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)
El Litoral 4 August 1961, p1
RF-101 Voodoo Units in Combat By: Peter E. Davies – Boom Town
http://www.taiwanairpower.org/history/shootdowns.html http://fighterwriter101.blogspot.com/2016/02/taiwan-and-rf-101a-voodoo.html http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-101.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-May-2015 17:34 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
29-Sep-2020 06:04 |
Cosmo |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jun-2021 21:10 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
28-Oct-2023 06:42 |
RDV |
Updated [[Operator, Location, Source]] |