{"id":1156,"date":"2010-08-22T09:56:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T01:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2010-08-22T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-22T02:11:45","slug":"downed-by-the-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"Downed by the Chinese?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/br>(All images courtesy of Google\/LIFE Magazine.)<\/p>\n

The image above shows a submerged aircraft near Quemoy. The crew of the floating crane on the right were trying to hoist the aircraft out of the water. All but one related photo in the LIFE magazine archive do not have captions describing what had happened. “RC” is the tailcode for VP-46 of the US Navy, while “0304” reveals that the aircraft is P5M-1 BuNo 130304.<\/p>\n

The caption for the next photo says “A large crane pulling up a US Navy plane that was shot down.” The date was August 1958, the time of the 1958 Taiwan Straits crisis.<\/p>\n

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“12” is the nose number of the downed P5M-1. The ship behind it is USS Onslow AVP-48.<\/p>\n

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The floating crane is YD-963:<\/p>\n

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Another P5M-1 (nose number 5) can be seen behind the floating crane:<\/p>\n

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That P5M-1 (BuNo 127706) was also assigned to VP-46:<\/p>\n

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Still another VP-46 P5M-1, nose number 8, at the scene, although it is difficult to make out the BuNo (120283?)<\/p>\n

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A P5M-2 (note its tail) flew over Quemoy. It is difficult to read the nose number or the tail code.<\/p>\n

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Also attending the downed P5M-1 was ROC Navy destroyer DD-16 Hsien-Yang.<\/p>\n

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