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X-WR-CALDESC:22 August 1956: Chinese fighters shot down U.S. Navy reconnais
 sance plane over Shengsi Islands\, killing all 16 crew members. \n\nPRC fi
 ghters regularly tailed Naval reconnaissance aircraft and\, on occasion\, 
 had opened fire\, but they did not shoot down an SESP platform\, until 22 
 August 1956\, when a P4M-1Q Mercator was downed in an unprovoked attack 32
  miles off the coast of China and 180 miles north of Taiwan. The aircraft 
 radioed that it had encountered hostile fighters and was not heard from ag
 ain. All 16 crewman were missing. Despite an intense search and rescue mis
 sion\, the body of only one of the 16 crewman was recovered and the remain
 der were presumed dead. The PRC later returned the bodies of three of the 
 crewman. It was the costliest Naval reconnaissance loss to date.\n\nLearn 
 more via the NSA publication: ' A Dangerous Business: The US Navy and Nati
 onal Reconnaissance During the Cold War\,' via the link below.\n\nYou can 
 also learn more about the Mercator aircraft via the 2018 AVgeekery.com art
 icle by Bill Walton titled\, 'The Mercator: A Cold War Spy Plane Many Neve
 r Even Knew Existed' - included as a link below.
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DESCRIPTION:22 August 1956: Chinese fighters shot down U.S. Navy reconnaiss
 ance plane over Shengsi Islands\, killing all 16 crew members. \n\nPRC fig
 hters regularly tailed Naval reconnaissance aircraft and\, on occasion\, h
 ad opened fire\, but they did not shoot down an SESP platform\, until 22 A
 ugust 1956\, when a P4M-1Q Mercator was downed in an unprovoked attack 32 
 miles off the coast of China and 180 miles north of Taiwan. The aircraft r
 adioed that it had encountered hostile fighters and was not heard from aga
 in. All 16 crewman were missing. Despite an intense search and rescue miss
 ion\, the body of only one of the 16 crewman was recovered and the remaind
 er were presumed dead. The PRC later returned the bodies of three of the c
 rewman. It was the costliest Naval reconnaissance loss to date.\n\nLearn m
 ore via the NSA publication: ' A Dangerous Business: The US Navy and Natio
 nal Reconnaissance During the Cold War\,' via the link below.\n\nYou can a
 lso learn more about the Mercator aircraft via the 2018 AVgeekery.com arti
 cle by Bill Walton titled\, 'The Mercator: A Cold War Spy Plane Many Never
  Even Knew Existed' - included as a link below.
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SUMMARY:1956: U.S. Navy Recon Plane Shot Down
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