Crash of a Lockheed RB-69A Neptune in Linchuan: 14 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 19, 1963
Operator:
Registration:
54-4041
Survivors:
No
MSN:
726-7105
Crew on board:
14
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in an ELINT and intrusion mission over China when the aircraft was shot down by the pilots of Chinese fighters MiG-17 et Tupolev Tu-4Ps. The aircraft crashed crashed in a field located in Linchuan, near Fuzhou, and all 14 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down.
