My father was in VQ-2 in the 60's (this plane was part of -1). He tells a
story of some of his squad mates being court-martialed for gutting some of
their equipment out of the A-3's aboard the U.S.S. Forrestol while it was
burning.

Apparently, they thought that the ship was going down and had been trained
to not let the sensitive equipment go down as part of the ship (too easy to
find that way I guess). So while the ship burned, these guys gutted the
planes and tossed the equipment overboard.

then had to face a court for it. I don't know how far it went, but my
understanding is that they were dishonorably discharged. Dunno that part
for sure though.

military justice I guess.




"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
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"Mike Yared" wrote:

China blamed in '01 air collision
A Navy report says a Chinese F-8 jet pilot was to blame for the midair
collision over the South China Sea that nearly killed the crew of a U.S.
reconnaissance aircraft two years ago.
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...0434-9850r.htm

Juliet Foxtrot Charlie, Mike!. You think *that* was news? The crew,
Navy, and US Government has *always* maintained that the F-8 pilot
crashed into the EP-3.

The key part of that report, whether missed by you or the Washington
Times deponent won't even try to guess, was that the crew didn't
manage to destroy all of the classified material and/or equipment
aboard the plane, so some compromise of classified material and/or
equipment to the PRC certainly occurred.

OJ III
[Of course the report didn't identify anything that might have been
compromised; and, as reported in the press, did not blame the crew for
their failure to destroy everything classified, apparently recognizing
that they might have been a tad overtasked by the situation they found
themselves in.]