An air-to-air left side view of a Soviet Anatov AN26 (Curl) aircraft during the interception of an HC-130 Hercules aircraft involved in the search and rescue operations for the downed Korean Airlines 747 (KAL-007) was shot down by a Soviet aircraft when it was suspected of being on a surveillance mission over Sakhalin Island
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Sea Of Japan
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Nothing Found.
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Date
08/09/1983
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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