ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335745
| Date: | Tuesday 6 November 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 124283 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 37 km off Vladivostok -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A US Navy P2V Neptune was shot down by two Soviet Air Force Lavochkin La-11 fighters about 20 miles off the coast of Vladivostok, according to the United States or inside Russian airspace near Vladivostok according to the Soviets at the time.
The US did not announce the incident until November 23, 1951.
Sources:
vpnavy.com
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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