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) |
| Kodiak NAS, AK (ADQ/PADQ) |
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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