1964 T-39 shootdown incident

1964 T-39 shootdown incident
Part of the Cold War
A T-39 Sabreliner of the U.S. Air Force
Date 28 January 1964 Location Vogelsberg, East Germany 51°07′10″N 11°14′00″E / 51.11944°N 11.23333°E / 51.11944; 11.23333 Result One aircraft shot down
Belligerents
United States	Soviet Union
Casualties and losses
3 USAF officers killed	None
class=notpageimage| Location within East Germany

On 28 January 1964, an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner aircraft of the United States Air Force (USAF) was shot down while on a training mission over Erfurt, East Germany, by a MiG-19 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Force.^[1][2][3] The occupants of the aircraft were Lieutenant Colonel Gerald K. Hannaford, Captain Donald Grant Millard, and Captain John F. Lorraine. All three died,^[4] becoming direct casualties of the Cold War in Europe.