Crash-aerien 11 JUN 1964 d'un Lockheed RB-69A Neptune 54-4037

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Statuts:
Date:	jeudi 11 juin 1964
Type/Sous-type:	Lockheed RB-69A Neptune
Compagnie:	Republic of China Air Force - ROCAF
Immatriculation:	54-4037
Numéro de série:	726-7047
Année de Fabrication:
Equipage:	victimes: 13 / à bord: 13
Passagers:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 0
Total:	victimes: 13 / à bord: 13
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	près de Yantai, Shantung Peninsula ( Chine)
Phase de vol:	En vol (ENR)
Nature:	Militaire
Aéroport de départ:	?
Aéroport de destination:	?

Détails:
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) acquired seven Neptunes in 1954 and configured them with cameras and electronics intelligence gear. Five of those were stationed in Taiwan and operated by the Republic of China Air Force.
They were reportedly used to conduct intrusion ELINT missions over mainland China, dropping and supplying agents, and dropping propaganda leaflets. Missions were usually flown at night.
Aircraft used by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) to intercept the intruders were MiG-17 fighters. Ilyushin 28/Harbin H-5 jets were used to drop flares and used search lights to illuminate the Neptunes for the MiG-17s. Additionally, Tupolev Tu-4 aircraft were fitted with radar.

Sources:

» ACIG.org
» The Growth of China’s Air Defenses: Responding to Covert Overflights, 1949–1974 / Bob Bergin
» Intrusions, Overflights, Shootdowns and Defections During the Cold War and Thereafter

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photo of Lockheed-RB-69A-Neptune-54-4037

accident date: 11-06-1964
type: Lockheed RB-69A Neptune
registration: 54-4037

Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.

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