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1. On 2nC. September 19.58; .. too Soviet .lli '.=ic.rl'ling Or[;anization " tro.ckc:.:d D.11 ci:rcraf't, ic!.entified :::~5 · 1 L f'rom an E'.ror:.. south c~t of '.i'? •. A!3ZOF, TlliLCLY, to too vicinity of i-~t. J.Lt!..GEZ, south cv.st of' 1'.ZO:;::iu:U-J·:, USZR, at ·which position it "t".ns rcportca 11 shot dcrr.n" e.t 12142. On thu so..-:-.c ckl.tc, a tiS • .F C-13¢ transport oircrd't v;n.s :reported. overdue en "- flii)lt from ... 'LfS:.•:L, TDR.KE.'Y; the no:vigl'..tor1D l~st reported position "'::i.S o"·~r '.i.!..f3ZO~~ o.t 11 l;.2Z, .-.i th LTJ·:.. Lcl::~ V.J·! at 124.SZ;. Cencurrently il!torceptc!d Soviet ci.r/ .;round trc.ffic inc"iicc..tcs tho.t the a..ircrar"'t v:o.s ::;i:ot da.-.11 by aircri>.ft of 11th J.ir :.riit:f Fi,s,_riter Division I I (L.:::.r;IHf:.i\!J; end .ra8lll·1'T) af't1Jr crossi...-i:; the Turkish/Soviet frontier.

2. The flight plan of the US eircrcf't "Y:US .. :.n~·:.l'i,;\.-T.R.'l~ZOU-LrJre V:iN­TRi!..1ZON-.\D . .":lU.. The e.ircra!"'t took off. fro:::. .LDilii.·~ at 1¢21z, end at 1142Z

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repqrted its position c.s over TCL..BZm:. The Soviet 1±1: 'iforr..ing Organisation ho.d ste.rtcd to track tiie flic;..'1t c..t 1141Z, and at 11 l1.2Z its position was plotted to the vicinity of ISPIR, so::::.n E!i5 miles south east of TR . .'.BZON. J.fter ~1L:.2Z no farth~r positions . ..,-.ere r.:cch;Jd from th~ ·o.ircrci't, but, ncc'!r~ns to the Soyiet tr~clc (r.3produced c.t i•ppendi.x . .\) it continued to a "X>sition slig.~ti..,. east of YE~-TiOL before turnin- to the south east.

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.! .. t 12f~i:.Z it_ crcssl:d. th~ frontier into the 'I.JS.SR..

3. From 11 5.:,z, o. flight by a Soviet fighter 'i.US ~acked (under track 1·:0. fJ582) on tht,; Soviet side of the frontier fro:rr. east of EilE'IT..:·1r to west of VuROl.;".rsOVK..'. t'..Ild then south, \"here tl;e tr£1.ck mer.gee';. •.i th that of' the US a.ircbaft E'.t ·I 2!~9Z. ~· .. s~cor..d tr;:c.!-:: (No. P2!1'1) IDiJrgod 'id.th that of the u"S aircrar't at 1212Z. .:":t 1211.;Z t~10 t~i;~t ci.rc:?:"o.ft v.ns ra'OOrted to have been shot . ciC':.n. Pilots 2~1 ~'lld 218J f bc.secl at r.·~Hii/J..:'..X, and pilot 582f I wEV!..li!, were heerd on V".dP for t!·1c c:;r-o~i;cr part or."' tl1is p:::riod, ~.nd tr:lcks ~2¢1 and P582 represent the fli.gh.te of' pilots 2:)1 and 562 resp:ictively.

4. From the voice: tro.i'.fic, e. trcnsb:tion of \7hich is at J .. ppendix B, it is ~:::p~xer.:t that pilot 562 ho.d been lJ~,trolling the crca from 1154.Z ond tl1at :;,:;ilot ~~~;i dicl not c.rrive ir. t!;.c vici.:~:ty u!1til just b.3for~ the t;'S aircru:tt viclo.tc~ tc~ frontier, 2i)1 ,,-~, h:;:.uver, the first pilot to open I'irc, t.nd ::-.pparer!tly tool: c!u-.rg\J on his ~-..rrivcl.. :.s 2P1 is the first s~'fi;c of c:r.e of ti1c fa'!o regi:.~n(;{'J. sufI'ix blocks nssocic.ted i.·:ith :i:J:::;II/ .:::;:i·j.: , it seer..s prcb~.:Olo t!'l.."tt ?ilot 2P1 \.'es o. regim;ntal, or possibly . di vis:i,or.al, co;~i<U·.c:er.

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5. .r.Ul three Soviet fighters carried out o.ttacks on the: trenaport, although the Ecli....~JJ~ pilot •<as not· ordered to attack until after tl~e target aircraft .-.vn.s alrouczy burnine and ll:ld turned bo.ck towards the frontier. · .After its tail u."U t had f31.len a.·1cy, the target aircraft fell out of ..-:..·:_ control. Nor.e of the aircrew wa.3 seen to j~ clear. The two I.Ei'IDrJJ~'Jl ~ilots then apparently returned to lend. 1~ .fourth pilot, suffix 577, (plotted under track No. ¢577) w~ . .s scra..-tbled from Ellli""Vi~ at 1219Z and

.. patrolled the area e.t 12 ,¢¢¢ r.otrcs af'ter I'ilot 562 had landed.

6. The US ilicrc:.'.'t crossed tho f'rontier near AMI, to the en.st of K!iT;S. If the a.ircraf't i.~r..s in fa.ct sane 6¢ miles south aast of the position calculated by its navi.:;ator a.t 1142Z and did continue fl,ying eastwards until 1148Z, as plotted by the Soviet /..ir ·Warning Organisation, it seems possible tr...:i.t the pilot was mistcicenlJr using the Soviet beacon at POl'I· instead cf the ~"RJ.BZON bcucon as a navigational aid while flying south east.. TR.:.BZO.U ic on a reciprocal boe.ring of 315° from Lake V.t.N, and POrI is on tM san:e bee-ring from .ANT; rroreover, both beacons operate ~ the s~ frequency, tr.c Soviet beacon being an estimated 15 to 2¢ y,atts IOOre pa.1erful th:m its Turldsh counterpc.rt.

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Approx 1155Z ? ? Am :f'!.ying at tna:r.1.mum speed.

? ? My height is 1¢¢ [~ 1¢,¢¢¢ metres]~

? 582 Cb h~aGing 33¢, height 8¢ [= 8,¢¢¢ metreo].

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? ? Roger, 4¢ kilometre~.

? ? O:i [heading] 18¢.

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? ? .My r.eD ding is 2¢-;t.

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? ? Reger, am approaching your airf'ield,

? ? My he~;.ght ia 11 ¢0 "Q" Ci\TEGORY M{\TERI~.: ? ? Roger, am looking~

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? There's the target~ ------2¢~ /\Ill attacking t~e target. •

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(218] Now I am, yes:

? The target 1 s burning! [SWAMPED] mm side.

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? Can you see me? I 1m ahead of the target.

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? The target ·.vill fall now, it [llISSED] too sharply.

582 Turning to st~rboerd!

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? The target is falling.

? All the aircre\7 are on board, aren 1 t they?

582 I'm to wntch the tareet, aren't I?

? Look, it 1 s falli..;g by the [o;~ river].

? Yes, form up quickly and go home. _

? ~~er m.y third bU?:'st the target cnught f'ire, and then eveI"'Jbody hit it in ttn"n.

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