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Shoot-down
Shootdown may refer to: * List of aircraft shootdowns * 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 Ti ... * ''Shootdown'' (film), 1988 film * '' Shoot Down'', 2006 documentary * "Shoot Down", a 2004 song by the Prodigy from '' Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often resulting in severe injury or death of the occupants on board. This list does not cover aircraft destroyed during the Korean War, the Vietnam War, or Gulf War. Military aircraft Cold War (1945–1991) * 9 August 1946 – A USAAF Douglas C-47 Skytrain was shot down by two Yugoslav Yakovlev Yak-3s over Slovenia, northern Yugoslavia and crash landed. All crew and passengers survived. * 19 August 1946 – A USAAF Douglas C-47 Skytrain was shot down by a Yugoslav Yakovlev Yak-3 over Slovenia, northern Yugoslavia. All five crew killed. * 9 February 1948 – Two Turkish Supermarine Spitfires were sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 British Hong Kong, 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 promin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ..., 80% of the critics enjoyed ''Shoot Down'' with an average rating of 7/10. References External links * * * American documentary films Documentary films about aviation accidents or incidents Documentary films about Cuba 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language documentary films {{hist-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
