EC121 shootdown

15 April 1969, tax day. An unarmed US Navy EC-121 shot down by North Korean MiG fighters,
90 miles out to sea in International waters. 31 American US Navy personnel killed.

Lost Plane a Pueblo-Type Spy
Headline The Washington Post Wednesday, April 16, 1969

By Richard Homan
Washington Post Staff Writer
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