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| Date: | Friday 27 June 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-118A (DC-6) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-3822 |
| MSN: | 43569/253 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | -
 Azerbaijan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
The C-118A was transporting highly sensitive military technology and CIA operatives from Cyprus to Tehran, Iran when fired upon and crippled by two Soviet MiG-17 fighters after wandering off course crossing the Turkey-Armenian border and eventually crashing in Azerbaijan.
Sources:
The Price of Vigilance" by Larry Tart
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