ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58207
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| Date: | Sunday 5 December 1971 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force (IAF) |
| Registration: | C764 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Suliemanke -
 India
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sirsa |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Search and Destroy Mission. Told to be AAA by the pilot. Pilot taken prisioner on 5 Dec 1971. Escaped 7 months later. He was recaptured 5 miles short of the Afghan - Pak boarder and then repatriated in 1972.
Sources:
Book - 'My Years With the IAF' by Air Chied Marshall P.C.LaL ( appendix B)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Aug-2009 00:04 | vsinhji | Updated |
| 19-May-2013 08:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Feb-2024 10:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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