Major Genadi Osipovich, of the Air Force of the Soviet Union, flying an Su-15 interceptor, shoots down Korean Air Lines flight 007, after it strayed into Soviet air space.
[restored 11/30/2022]
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References:
“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 1 September 2009, News:3.
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007#Soviet_pilot.27s_recollection_of_shootdown
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