AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
8 April 1950 – four Soviet La-11 fighters shot down a US Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer over the Baltic Sea
On 8th April 1950, four Lavochkin La-11 fighters intercepted a US Navy aircraft, performing signal intelligence (SIGNIT) mission off the Soviet coast of the Baltic Sea. That aircraft, a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, was shot down […]