1964 T-39 shootdown incident | |||||||
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Part of the Cold War | |||||||
A T-39 Sabreliner of the U.S. Air Force | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Soviet Union | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 USAF officers killed | None | ||||||
On 28 January 1964, an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner aircraft of the United States Air Force (USAF) was shot down while on a training mission over Erfurt, East Germany, by a MiG-19 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Force.[1][2][3] The occupants of the aircraft were Lieutenant Colonel Gerald K. Hannaford, Captain Donald Grant Millard, and Captain John F. Lorraine. All three died,[4] becoming direct casualties of the Cold War in Europe.