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| Date: | Tuesday 12 January 1960 |
| Time: | 05:45 LT |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 |
| Owner/operator: | China Air Force |
| Registration: | 0651 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yilan County -
 Taiwan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The China communist fighter pilot Decai YANG defected to Taiwan on a MiG-15. The plane crash-landed at a beach in Yilan County, Republic of China. Yang was fatally injured.
Sources:
El Litoral 12 January 1960, p1
https://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/31/9b/82.html
https://b23.tv/sFOydLQ
Images:
The MiG-15 wreckage in Taipei
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2015 20:00 | TB | Added |
| 20-Oct-2015 16:17 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 19-Jun-2021 21:00 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 24-Jun-2021 17:16 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Aug-2023 05:45 | RDV | Updated |
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