Re: Intell

[<CavKVet50@aol.com>]

In a message dated 4/22/01 3:42:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
RonaldS842@aol.com writes:

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 In a message dated 4/22/01 9:24:44 PM, CavKVet50@aol.com writes:
 
 << John - 30 sailors and one marine on EC-121 shot down over Sea of Japan on 
 4-15-69 according to NAVPERS. Marty
  >>
 
 Hey Marty-
 
    What was the NAVY doing flying AF equipment? The C-121 was an AF plane.
    The AF started flying propeller driven RB-29s and RB-50s (the "R" stands 
 for reconnaissance) Later came the big jet powered RB-47s and the RC 121s 
and 
 135s.  In Japan they were flying out of Yokota AFB near Tokyo.
    The NAVY's two squadrons operated P4M Mercators, a plane built from the 
 ground up for reconnaissance work. The NAVY also used P2V Neptunes. The 
 Navy's Japan-based VQ-1 Squadron flew Mercators.
    Several other planes were used as well.
    I don't know why the confusion but the co-ordinates show that the plane 
 was shot down in the north Yellow Sea across the Korean Peninsual a long way 
 from the Sea of Japan.
 
 Ron
  >>


Ron! I have the casualty list sitting in front of me - 30 sailors 1 LCDR, 8 
LTs and rest enlisted, and one EM marine. 

Dunno about the coordinates. Marty