Narrative:
Shot down over Formosa Strait during supply flight. One crew killed. Two were taken prisoner.
» Scramble
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 29 September 1958 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46 Commando |
| Operator: | Republic of China Air Force - ROCAF |
| Registration: | 223 |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Kinmen ( Taiwan)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Shot down over Formosa Strait during supply flight. One crew killed. Two were taken prisoner.
Sources:
» Passauer Neue Presse 6 October 1958, p1» Scramble
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