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| Date: | Friday 1 July 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing RB-47H Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-4281 |
| MSN: | 4501305 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barents Sea near Kola Peninsula -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brize-Norton RAF, UK |
Shot down over international waters by PVO Strany MiG-19. Two ejected, picked up by Soviet trawler and were made prisoner in the Soviet Union.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
Toledo Blade 5 July 1960, p3
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/rb-47h-shot-down-when-a-soviet-mig-19-downed-a-usaf-elint-plane-over-the-barents-sea/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2013 19:57 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2017 15:26 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Aug-2018 07:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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