Incident McDonnell RF-101A Voodoo 5649,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94430
 
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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/timeContributorUpdates
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]]

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