Shoot-down
Shootdown may refer to: * List of aircraft shootdowns * List of airliner shootdown incidents * ''Shootdown'' (film), 1988 film * ''Shoot Down ''Shoot Down'' is a 2006 documentary regarding the events surrounding the Brothers to the Rescue organization and the eventual shootdown of two of its aircraft. Based on five reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an Ame ...

List Of Aircraft Shootdowns
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II. An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (see anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying, and subsequently crash, often resulting in the death of the occupants on board. Military aircraft Cold War (1945–1992) * (2) 9 February 1948 – Two Turkish Supermarine Spitfire were shot down by Bulgarian small arms fire. * 27 October 1948 – An Italian Lockheed P-38 Lightning was shot down by Yugoslavia. * 22 January 1949 – A USAF North American T-6 Texan was shot down by Communist guerrillas over Greece killing the pilot. * 8 April 1950 – A US Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer of VP-26 which had departed from Wiesbaden, West Germany was shot down during a patrol mission over the Baltic by four Soviet Air Force La-11 ''"Fangs"'' off of Liepāja, Latvi ...
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List Of Airliner Shootdown Incidents
Airliner shootdown incidents have occurred since at least the 1930s, either intentionally or by accident. This chronological list shows instances of airliners being brought down by gunfire or missile attacksincluding during wartimerather than by Timeline of airliner bombing attacks, terrorist bombings or sabotage of an airplane. 1930s ''Kweilin'' incident This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the ''Kweilin'', a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan Am, Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 people died when the ''Kweilin'', which made an emergency water landing to avoid the attack, was strafed by the Japanese and sunk in a river. The American pilot Hugh L. Woods and two others survived. Three prominent Chinese bankers ...
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Shootdown (film)
''Shootdown'' is a 1988 American made-for-television drama film starring Angela Lansbury. Leonard Hill served as the executive producer. Plot In the film, Nan Moore (Lansbury) loses her son in the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 disaster. She wishes to discover the truth about her son's death. Cast *Angela Lansbury as Nan Moore *George Coe as David *Kyle Secor as John Moore *Molly Hagan as Elizabeth Moore *Jennifer Savidge as Mary *Diana Bellamy as Lillian *Alan Fudge as Bruce Production The film's production was delayed due to controversies surrounding the KAL007 incident. NBC subjected the film to various cuts and rewrites. Producer Leonard Hill said that NBC's censors "played the role of grand inquisitor. It was quite a relentless interrogation and it turned into a war of attrition." The network deleted dialogue that criticized the U.S. government for using the incident for its own political purposes, and specific criticisms of the Reagan administration were likewise repressed. ...
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