1958 C-130 shootdown incident

1958 C-130 shootdown incident
A large four-engined transport aircraft
The gun-camera photo from Sr. Lieutenant Kucheryaev as his MiG-17 attacks the C-130C
Incident
DateSeptember 2, 1958 (1958-09-02)
SummaryShot down by four Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 interceptors
Sitenear Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
40°33′0″N 44°6′0″E / 40.55000°N 44.10000°E / 40.55000; 44.10000
Aircraft
Aircraft typeLockheed C-130A-II-LM
Operator United States Air Force on behalf of the USAFSS
Registration56-0528
Flight originIncirlik Air Base, Turkey
DestinationIncirlik Air Base, Turkey
Occupants17
Passengers11 mission crew from the United States Air Force Security Service (USAFSS)
Crew6
Fatalities17 (presumed – only the six flight crew remains were repatriated at the time)
Survivors0

The 1958 C-130 shootdown incident was the shooting down of an American Lockheed C-130A-II-LM reconnaissance aircraft which entered Soviet airspace during a mission in the region of Armenian SSR.