Vietnam. Any US planes lost in China ?

Building on Mike's note:

That was the classic Bad Day At Black Rock for the Intruder community.
Four-plane strike against railroad targets between Hanoi and the Chinese
border. Only one returned.

In addition to the two losses Mike mentions, 196's skipper and B/N (Leo
Profilet / Bill Hardman) got zapped near the target by a SAM that took their
entire right wing off. They enjoyed the courtesies of the Hanoi Hilton
until 1973. After the strike, a large group of TSTMs in the Hanoi area
split up the remaining three aircraft on the return leg. Scott / Trembley
and Buckley / Flynn blundered into Chinese airspace where they were jumped.

Bob Flynn spent 6 1/2 years in the Peoples Republic, all but 13 days in
solitary confinement.

Only Phil Bloomer and Denny Bergman made it back to CONNIE that night.

Bad scene.

For more detail on this fiasco, see the Summer 1997 issue of THE HOOK, pp.
31 - 32.

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"MBenShar" wrote in message
...
Dear Sparky,

Two USN A-6A Intruders from VA-196A off USS Constellation
were reported shot down by Chinese MiG-19 aircraft when they inadvertently
crossed into Chinese airspace on 21 August, 1967

A-6A buno 152627
Crew:
Lt(jg) Dain Vanderlin Scott (KIA)
Lt(jg) Forrest George Trembley (KIA)

A-6A buno 152625
Crew:
Lt. Cdr Jimmy Lee Buckley (KIA)
Lt. Robert James Flynn (POW) (Ejected)

However Lt. Flynn who was injured during his ejection contradicts this
version
of events and states that he was shot down over North Vietnam and taken to
China.

Suggest you look at the following POW web page

http://www.scopesys.com/cgi/bio2.cgi?bio=F049

Also go to the search page

http://www.scopesys.com/powmia/powsearch.html

and in the Country of Loss box click on China from the drop down list.

When the list of Blue names appears click on each one individually to get
to
their biography.


Hope this helps

Regards
Mike Bennett
(Project: Get Out and Walk)