Renowned as the CAF's Seagull- a symbol of sea survivor escort, this SAR Sqn’s original Sikorsky H-5G Dragonfly has been followed by Consolidated PBY-5A/OA-10A Catalina, Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw, Grumman HU-16A/B Albatross, Bell HH-1H Iroquois, and Sikorsky S-70C Bluehawk over six decades. Amid an Albatross was shot down by MiGs at the height of the cross Taiwan Straight hostility.
In a secret ferry along the Fujian coast after the darkness fell, Jan 8, 1967, three PROC coastal militias shot another seven comrades on a 50 ton LCU, s/n F-131, and diverted to the ROC outpost Matsu. Soon Beijing learned that a VIP plane will arrive Matsu on Jan 9, to transfer the “Anti-Communist Heroes” to Taiwan, this info leakage prompted the retaliation plan of the Red centre. At that point an ambush by the PLAAF 24th Div was ready for launch, which was approved by PM Zhou Enlai.
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