ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334874
Date: | Wednesday 22 June 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 131515 |
MSN: | 426-5396 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | St Lawrence Island, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kodiak NAS, AK (ADQ/PADQ) |
Destination airport: | Kodiak NAS, AK (ADQ/PADQ) |
Narrative:The Neptune was attacked by Soviet MiG-15s while on patrol. It crash-landed on St Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.
All eleven occupants were rescued by the US Air Force.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher The Montreal Gazette 24 June 1955, p1
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