9 August 1946 Dragomir Zecevic, flying a Yak-3 of the Yugoslav Air Force shot down a USAAF C-47 transport over Yugoslavia.
19 August 1946 Vladimir Vodopivec, flying a Yak-3 of the Yugoslav Air Force shot down a USAAF C-47 transport over Yugoslavia.
1946 Zelijko Cermelj, flying a Yak-3 of the Yugoslav Air Force forced down a RAF Dakota transport flying over Yugoslavia.
1949 Soviet pilots claimed to have downed a USAF B-25 over the Black Sea, near Odessa.
8 April 1950 Soviet La-11s, including one piloted by B. Dokin, shot down a USN PB4Y-2 Privateer. According the to the American account, this happened over the Baltic Sea. The Soviets claimed this happened over Latvia. After this, US aircraft were instructed to stay at least 20 miles off the coast.
24 April 1950 Soviet pilot Keleinikov claimed to have downed a USAF P-38 (F-82?).
April 1950 Soviet pilot P. Dushin shot down a USAF B-26.
April 1950 Soviet pilot V. Sidorov shot down a USAF B-26.
April 1950 Soviet pilot Nikolai N. Guzhov shot down a USAF F-51 Mustang.
11 May 1950 Soviet pilot I.I. Shinkarenko claimed to have downed a USAF B-24 (PB4Y?).
6 November 1951 An USN P2V-3 Neptune of VP-6 , was shot down near Vladivostok by MiG-15s.
18 November 1951 A C-47 transport was shot down over Hungary.
29 April 1952 A DC-4 of Air France was shot at by two MiG-15s when approaching Berlin. The aircraft was damaged and three passengers wounded.
13 June 1952 A USAF RB-29 was shot down over the Sea of Japan, near Hokkaido.
7 October 1952 A USAF RB-29 was shot down over the Kurile Islands.
29 November 1952 A China Air Transport C-47 on a mission to pick up agent Li Chun-ying was shot down over China. CAT pilots Snoddy and Schwartz were killed. CIA agents Richard Fectau and John Downey were captured and held in China until 1972/73. Some sources place this incident as happening a year later.
12 January 1953 A USAF B-29 was shot down on a leaflet-dropping mission over Manchuria. The 11 crew members were taken prisoner by the Chinese and released in 1955.
18 January 1953 A P2V was shot down over Formosa Strait.
10 March 1953 Two USAF F-84Gs based in West Germany crossed into Czechoslovakian airspace, and were intercepted by MiG-15s. One was shot down.
12 March 1953 A RAF Lincoln was shot down over East Germany.
29 July 1953 An USAF RB-50 was shot down over the Sea of Japan. Only one of the 17 crewmembers was rescued, but there are rumors that others were taken prisoners by the USSR.
Summer 1953 It is claimed that a RAF Canberra, possibly a modified B Mk.2, suffered damage during a spy flight over the USSR. This event remains a mystery.
17 August 1953 A T-6 was shot down over the Korean demilitarized zone.
27 January 1954 A RB-45 flying over the Yellow Sea with an escort of F-86 Sabres was attacked by eight MiG-15s; one MiG was shot down.
April 1954 A RB-45C operated by the RAF narrowly escaped being was shot down by antiaircraft fire near Kiev. The mission was aborted.
11 May 1954 Two RoCAF P-47s engaged two PLAAF MiG-15s and claimed one as damaged.
8 May 1954 A USAF RB-47 of the 51st SRW flying over the Northern USSR exchanged gunfire with MiG-17s, but got home safely.
22 May 1954 In combat with Six PLAAF aircraft, RoCAF pilots Chien and Yen, flying P-47s, shared in the downing of a MiG-15.
July 1954 A Cathay Pacific DC-4 was shot down by Chinese La-9 fighters near Hainan. 10 people on board were killed and 8 survived.
26 July 1954 Two USN AD Skyraiders, looking for survivors from the above mentioned DC-4, were attacked by two La-9s. Both La-9s were shot down.
4 September 1954 An USN P2V-5 was shot down off the Siberian coast. Of the crew of 10, one was killed.
7 November 1954 An USAF RB-29 flying over the Sea of Japan, north of Hokkaido, was lost with its crew of 13.
19 January 1955 An unknown aircraft was lost, over the Korean demilitarized zone.
5 February 1955 Two MiG-15s were shot down by USAF F-86 Sabres when they attacked an RB-45 over the Yellow Sea.
17 April 1955 A USAF RB-47 was lost near Kamchatka, probably shot down by MiG-17s.
22 June 1955 A USN P2V-5 Neptune was attacked over the Bering Strait. The USA demanded $724,947 in compensation; the USSR finally payed half this amount.
4 July 1955 Four RoCAF F-84G engaged four PLAAF MiG-15s, downing one.
27 July 1955 A Lockheed Constellation of El Al was shot down by Bulgarian aircraft. All 40 on board were killed.
14 April 1956 One MiG-15 was claimed when four RoCAF F-84Gs engaged four MiG-15 of the PLAAF.
20 July 1956 One MiG-15 was claimed when four RoCAF F-84Gs engaged four MiG-15 of the PLAAF.
21 July 1956 Four RoCAF F-84Gs engaged three MiG-15 of the PLAAF. RoCAF pilot Ouyangi-Fang claimed two victories.
21 July 1956 Two MiG-15s are claimed as probably shot down when four RoCAF F-86s engaged three MiG-15 of the PLAAF.
17 August 1955 A T-6 was shot down over the Korean demilitarized zone.
22 August 1956 A USN P4M Mercator was lost near Wenchow, China.
10 September 1956 A USAF RB-50 was lost over the Sea of Japan.
23 December 1957 A T-33 was lost over Albania.
24 December 1957 A USAF RB-57 was lost over the Black Sea.
February 1958 An RB-57D operated by the RoCAF was shot down over mainland China.
6 March 1958 A F-86 was shot down over North Korea.
27 June 1958 A USAF C-118 was shot down over the USSR (Armenia). The crew was captured and later released.
14 August 1958 to 10 October 1958 31 PLAAF MiG-17s are claimed shot down in nine air battles with the RoCAF.
2 September 1958 A USAF C-130A (60-528) was shot down over the USSR (Armenia). This was a "Sun Valley" SIGINT version. 17 people were on board, 9 bodies were returned. The fate of the other crewmembers remains a mystery.
4 July 1959 or 16 June 1959 ? A USN P4M of VQ-1, was attacked near the Korean peninsula by MiG-15s. It was damaged and one crewmember was wounded.
5 July 1959 Four RoCAF F-86s battled 24 PLAAF MiG-17s, claiming two.
7 October 1959 An RB-57D, flown by RoCAF Captain Wang Ying Chin, was shot down over mainland China by a SA-2 Guideline missile.
16 February 1960 Four RoCAF F-86s engaged 20 PLAAF MiG-17s, claiming one as shot down.
1 May 1960 A CIA Lockheed U-2C, flown by Francis Gary Powers, shot down by an SA-2 Guideline missile, near Sverdlovsk, USSR. Powers was released from captivity on February 10, 1962.
25 May 1960 A C-47 was lost over East Germany.
1 July 1960 A USAF RB-47H flying over the Barents Sea was downed by Soviet pilot Vasili Poliakov. John McKone, the navigator and Bruce Olmstead (the co-pilot?) survived and were taken captive. The pilot, Bill Palm was killed, as were the other three crewmembers (the Elint operators).
5 June 1962 A Swedish ELINT DC-3 was shot down over the Baltic.
16 June 1962 A Swedish Catalina looking for the DC-3 lost on June the 5th was also shot down.
9 September 1962 A RoCAF U-2A, flown by Colonel Chen Huai Sheng was shot down over mainland China.
27 October 1962 A USAF U-2 piloted by Rudolf Anderson, shot down by a SA-2 Guideline missile over Cuba. Anderson was killed.
17 May 1963 A helicopter was lost over the Korean demilitarized zone.
6 August 1963 An "LT" was lost over North Korea.
1 November 1963 A RoCAF U-2C, flown by Major Yei Chang Yi was shot down over mainland China. Major Yei survived and was released from captivity in 1983.
24 January 1964 A T-39 was lost over East Germany.
10 March 1964 A USAF RB-66 was lost over East Germany.
7 July 1964 A RoCAF U-2C, flown by Lieutenant Colonel Terry Lee was shot down over mainland China.
10 January 1965 A RoCAF U-2C, flown by Major Jack Chang, was shot down over mainland China. Major Chang survived and was released from captivity in 1983.
27 April 1965 A USAF ERB-47H was damaged by North Korean MiG-17s. It made an emergency landing at Yokota AB, with two engines out.
September 1965 A USAF RB-57F, operated by Pakistan, was damaged by an SA-2 over India.
14 December 1965 A USAF RB-57F was shot down by a SAM over the Black Sea, near Odessa. The two crewmembers remain missing.
13 January 1967 Twelve PLAAF MiG-19s fought four RoCAF F-104s. One MiG-19 was claimed by Shih-Lin Hu and one by another pilot.
9 September 1967 A RoCAF U-2C, flown by Captain Tom Hwang Lung Pei, was shot down over mainland China.
30 June 1968 A DC-8 flying near the Kurile islands was forced to land by Soviet fighters. It was carrying a load of US troops to Vietnam.
March 1969 A U-2C, operated by the RoCAF, was shot down over China.
15 April 1969 A USAF EC-121M downed over or near North Korea.
17 August 1969 A US Army OH-23 downed over the Korean demilitarized zone.
21 October 1970 A U-8 was lost over the USSR (Armenia).
14 June 1977 A US Army CH-47 was downed over the Korean demilitarized zone.
20 April 1978 A Korean Air Lines Boeing 707 flew over Murmansk while on a Anchorage-Paris flight. It was fired on by Soviet PVO Su-15 interceptors and crash-landed on a frozen lake.
6 September 1983 A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747, was shot down over Sakhalin by a Soviet PVO Su-15. All 269 on board were killed.
5 October 1986 A Corporate Air Services C-123 dropping supplies to the Contras in Nicaragua is shot down by a Sandinista soldier, using a SA-7. CIA pilots Wallace "Buzz" Sawyer and William Cooper are killed in the crash. Loadmaster Eugene Hasenfus parachutes to safety and is taken prisoner. He was later released in December 1986.
24 April 1992 Peruvian Su-22s attacked an USAF C-130. One crewmember was killed, four wounded.
17 December 1994 A US Army OH-58A (71-20796) was shot down over North Korea. One crew member was killed and the other was taken captive and later released.
24 February 1996 Two (civilian) US-registered Cessna 337 twin-engined aircraft, operated by Cuban exiles, were shot down by Cuban MiG-29s over the Florida Straits.