History of - United States Navy

On 8 Apr 1950, a VP-26 PB4Y-2, designated “HB 7” (BuNo 59645), assigned to Det. A, took off from Wiesbaden Air Base, West Germany on an intelligence gathering mission. At 1739 the “Privateer” was intercepted by four Soviet “La-11” fighters while flying at an altitude of 12,139ft over the Baltic Sea, 8km southwest of Liepaja, Latvia. ................
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